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Show I Woman's Page 111 . lis! m '"" ' I ft Mr Eva Leonard' Story of Married Life on $80 a Month j 1 1 Caring for the Teeth Properly Stiff Tooth Brush Is Best II 1 To Clean Marble Quickly Recipe for Pea- ; nut and Cabbage Salad. I MARRIED LIFE ON $80 A MONTH 'if ' An evening with new friends cheers J1jj Molly Sutnor but only emphasizes '.; : their poverty to John "who realizes the fl gulf between him and his "Easy ill Street" neighbors. 5 "Wasn't It a lovely evening:? ex- iff claimed Molly Sutner, as they felt fffi their way along the dark, slippery If streets, "and wasn't It beautiful of If 3 MrB. EllBon to Invite us to meet her !! f , al pleasant friends. It i HPvSHHH n1051 3eems if f r fMHrlHl sne meanB t0 in' f jWPSHH elude us in their ft -; If-tB'FB "way over the cross' Hi HiMI ins. carrying his ' HmB sleeping boy In his fl T&WfczgM arms, to answer , AW &&&&"wSB for Bome minutes. IJhffH ISrH rhoa thc7 were I tiff) tSH a s a l n talking ij vWA fcT3wM along side by side ! fill iCfiM r "RTU7' l hs;d III Ire&i JB forgotten people Pftl PslC.! could be so happy H tjf i iBiAVxlj as an these folks ; ' tHrS O gppmpri tonight. frUn You can see they have no wolf to i Jjrlfl drive from the door every hour of . iK their lives. Easy circumstances; jj M w pleasant friends. No wonder they are 3 ,fi jj jolly and sweet tempered. It is just Ik If fl as I said to Julia Osgood: It takeB a ilti man ln cornfortab'e circumstances to oe good natured. Peace in the home inflS is largely a matter of being well fed." H vk I "Not if people love each other, U'f'! John." Molly clung close to her hus- I m i ! band's arm. M jf John did not answer, and they irf j walked the remainder of the distance Ulr ln silence. IPfjl " The little cottage certainly looked ijfjl dingy and bare compared with the lifl beautiful home of the doctor, and as fill they entered their door the heavy IBM weight of anxiety that belongs to the Bm life of, those dogged by the pressing bH need of money settled down on their HH shoulders. "If the Mortons invite us to their BjB house I want to ask all of them here BUI next time," began Molly as they pre- H::H pared for bed. i In "We can't ask those people here. I Aft Everything is shabby and old-fash- h WS, ioned. I would be constantly thinking 'WM of the difference between their houses 1 3hJ1 an our3-" John had settled back In- r'slfl to n's irrItable tone of voico. $M "Don't be foolish, John, dea?. We MM need friends as much as we nerd ijt'fj money. If those people ask us to their i jifff houses and give us such pleasure, we ryi would bo very foolish to lefusc be- II fH cause we cannot entertain as royally j as they do us. They know our cir- ' !, a rumstances, and they expect nothing u m from us that we cannot give. We j jfl can frankly do our best in the spirit ' !? in which they gave to us." Molly i -I placed her hand on his shoulder and & e smiled into his gloomy face. 1 !j "You are bearing your end of the ! in burden better than I am, Molly, and ! jj :i I am only adding to it. God knows I; j It is heavy enough at beBt." He stoop- ! IS cd and kissed her for the first time H In months. Molly dropped her head 1 1 on his shoulder to keep him from see- (I ing the tears" that sprang to her eyes, i tears of happy surprise. When she could control her voice she said: "If we can lift together the burden will not be unendurable for either of us." Jihn heaved a heavy sigh and turned away. The evening had cheered cheer-ed Molly, but it seemed only to have emphasized their poverty to John, and he felt that a great gulf was fixed between him and the comfortable people peo-ple on "Easy street." (To be continued). |
