PRACTICAL VINTON
By IUCHAKD
WILKINSON
Monica was not an unusual
girl, although her friends thought
she was. They thought so be
cause she told them she wanted
to be married in white and in
a church. Even Vinton Stark,
the boy she had promised to mar
ry, couldn’t see it her way.
“It’s O. K. with me, honey,
bjjj^it just isn’t practical. Neither
o^jjRs can afford to put on the
dog. What good is a white satin
"edding dress after the wedding?
I mean, you can’t wear it to work
or you can't wear it to the mo
vies or on picnics. It’s a dead
Joss. We’ve got to look into the
future.”
That was the trouble with
Vinton. That’s what gave Mon
icr her first doubts. Being an in
surance salesman he was practi
cal. Too practical. He didn't
have any vision or imagination
or understanding. It flashed into
Monica's mind that if he could
n't understand even a little bit
why she wanted to be married
in white satin. how was it going
to be lab r on. about other things?
Sud«l« nlv she found herself
confronted with a problem, torn
betwt o her honest love for Vin
ton and the advisability, of mnr
rvin? a man who couldn't under
stand y n. was contemptuous of
how you felt.
Monica might have taken dras
tic steps. but within the next
week something happened t°
Vinton. He changed. He wasn't
choci ful as was his custom.
™ cane led dales, giving time
worn and slim excuses about
having to work nights. He didn't
respond as readily to her atten
tions v. h. n she was with him.
Mi men forgot everything else.
She was losing Vinton? He no
lun ar li ved her! He was inter
ests, d in some other woman!
These and a dozen other possibi
lities crowded into her mind,
panicky. She knew now that it
was Vinton she wanted more
than anything in the world,
more, evi n, than to be married
in white satin.
It was this secret aem'ssion
that provided the clue which led
to her understanding of what
was wrong. Vinton, being prac
tical. had. like hcrsoH, experi
cnc od doubts concerning their
future together. Looking at it
t'rl m hi- nomt of view she void :
imagine how he felt. He was
afraid that if she insisted on be
in? marre d in white satin she
inirl t In.- ist on other things of
i ’i> impractical nature after
■ — me: re He. t o, was
•. !• w *:i a prchl.-m.
'.*■ : . • comphiiu ut- d herself
i.m !."-■ inrenuity in. anprehend
>? the hfficiatv. It w,a.- a reiief.
I>t'>•i-urne re w she could admit to
Vinton that her idea hud nearly
been sillv. She couid tell him
that actually she didn’t care
wh-theij she was married in
white or not. After all. she
couldn’t afford such a luxury,
and what difference did it make
anyhow, as long as you were
really married?
Monica's understanding of the
situation came two months after
the first changes were evident
in Vinton’s manner. In another
six weeks they were to be mar
ried. It was luck.v, Monica
thought, that she had made the
J^scovery in time. Tonight when
he came to take her to the mo
vies she would relieve hisj
mind once and for all. j
She was alone in the house
when Vinton finally arrived. One
look at him and she sensed that
something had happened. His
eyes gleamed with a strange
light. The old - time smile was
on his lips. He swept her into
his arms and kissed her in a
manner that brought to mind the
now almost forgotten days of
two months ago.
“Vinton? Whatever has hap
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I pened?” She clung to him, real
izing now how much she had
| m'ysed him as he was before
It was as if he had been away
! on a long trip and was now safe
ly home. It occurred to her that
there would be a tremendous
! amount of satisfaction in telling
him she had discarded the idea
about the white satin. The self
denial would provide real pleas
ure.
"Happened?" he was saying.
“Well, look here!” And he
reached into his pocket and took
out an envelope. “Money,” he
I said. "Extra money. Enough to
! buy your white satin wedding
I gown! I worked nights to make
it. and kept you home from the
(movies. Didn’t dare tell you be-,
I cause you’re so danged imprac-1
itica! you wouldn’t see it my:
way." j
“Vinton!” :
He grinned. “Guess that’s the'
way I’ll have to handle you, kid
you into thinking you’re not
being practical. It would have
been foolish,” he went on ser
iously, "to let you spend the
money you’ve saved for clothes,
for a wedding dress. If you did
that, I’d only have to dig down
in the old sock the first month
after we were married. This way
you can have your drelss and
still buy your trousseau.”
Monica’s eyes were a little
misty, a fact that Vinton didn’t
seem to notice. “The fact is, he
went on, "I sort of understand
how you feel. I mean, about
wearing the proper clothes at
the proper time. It’s like me. 11
go in to a client and if I’m dres-j
sed up and my shoes are shined
and my pants pressed — well, I j
can do a better job. I feel as^
good as any one. I feel the part, i
And I guess that’s the way you'
are. I mean, you get married ini
white satin and you really feel
that you’re married, eh?" He
paused, grinned. "It’s a lucky
thing though that one of us is
practical.”
"Practical;” Monica cried, onj
the veree of tears. "Oh. Vinton,;
ASTC To Conduct
Teacher Workshop
Boone — Appalachian State
Teachers college is planning to
conduct its second workshop in
Resource - Use Education this
summer. It will run concurrently
with the first term of the regu
lar summer session from June
9 to July 16, lasting six weeks
only. ;
Dr. John II. Workman will be
the director. The work will car
ry both undergraduate and grad
uate credit, allowing six quarter
hours credit in Education. I
The workshop is especially de
signed and planned for in - ser
vice teachers, principals, super-,
visors, and superintendents. The}
main purpose is to help teachersi
to enrirn their teaching by aid-1
ing them in the discovery of the
natural, economic, social and hu
man resources in their commu
darling, that’s the most adorable
way of describing exactly what
it is that 1 want in a husband!":
Lansing Women
Install Officers
Miss Walter Osborne was in
stalled as president of the wom
en of Lansing Presbyterian
church at the meeting held last
nities and to help them to apply
this information in the teaching
and learning processes. This is
done so that the children may
become conscious of the many
resources that are about them,
and learn the practical uses of
this knowledge in making and
building a better community.
The members of the Resourcs
Use Committee will be helpers
and consultants during the six
weeks. In addition to I)r. Work
man, they are: Julian Yoder,
chairman: Miss Helen Burch,
Starr Stacy, F. R. Derrick, Dr.
John Barden. Dr. Lee J. Rey
nolds, Leo K. Pritchett, and Miss
Madeline McCain.
Dr. Workman stated that re
quests for enrollment already
have been received from a num
ber of students.
. Thursday night at the church.
Other officers installed were Mrs.
I Estella Powers, vice-president;
Mrs. Grace Simpson, secretary;
Mrs. Clyde Mullis, treasurer and
Mrs. Tom Powers, historian.
Miss Irene Baldwin spoke to
the group on “Christian Educa
J tion”‘ with Miss Betty Tinley in
charge of the Bible study.
Mrs. J. O. Blevins and Mrs.
Victor Clark, who served as
joint hostesses, served delicious
refreshments during the social
hour.
Many new Grade A dairy
barns are now being constructed
in Forsyth county.
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