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Fresh Ait Bamberger's wife has gone away for a much-needed rest and his sister ia keeping house for him. The children miss their mother, but, after all, it's rather spicy having Aunt Nan around. One evening while Bamberger was taking oft Us overcoat in the hall, he called out to whom it might concern: "I sincerely hope, for the Bake of the rest of you, that the air of this house is not so vitiated as It seems to me." -Hello, daddy! What's that?" it ■was his high school daughter, answer ing from the living room. "I was saying that you need fresh air in here." He appeared in the doorway and viowed his three chil dren, snuggled together under the lamp, reading in stuffy content. His sister was not there. "Kenneth, get UJI and open the win dow, and do it quick." the man of the bouse commanded. "The atr in here Is vile. You could cut it with a knife." "Vile!" The echo sounded from the dining-room. Then the curtains part ed and his sister faced him. "Vile!" she repeated, emphatically. "Well, Nanule, you there?" His tone became conciliatory. "I mean, you know —coming in from the fresh air outside—" "There certainly can be nothing in the air of this house as offensive as your word—vile!" "Oh, well, I dldn\mean it as strong as it sounds. But, really, now, have you had any of the windows open to day?" "Any windows open! Before you came down to breakfast this morning I opened the dining-room window, all three In here, the parlor window, and the front door! After you'd gone to the office they were all open again, for cleaning and dusting. One win dow in the kitchen is down from the top all the time from morning till night. The bedroom windows were wide open half the forenoon. The window on the stairway has been up all day. I Just closed things a little while ago to have it comfortable when you came." Bamberger suppressed a retort that rose to his lips. "Oh, all right!" he said Jovially. "I'm "glad it's better than it seemed. It struck me as pret ty hot as well as close." Then he looked at the thermometer and smiled. Remembering the children, his sis ter swallowed several remarks which she felt would have been good for him, before she said calmly: "Iteally, George, It's out of place to ask an Intelligent woman whether any win dows have been up during the day." She turned back into the dining-room, where she was giving last touches to the table. "Cut it with a knife!" they heard her say Indignantly. "The Idea!" The children looked on in open-eyed delight. There was nothing new in daddy's criticising the air of the house, but to have anybody dare to talk back—that was the spice of hav ing Aunt Nan around. At about five o'clock nert day thlngß began to get spicier than ever. Aunt Nan, with spirited motions, went from room to room, flinging up every win dow in sight. "Whew! It's cold," Kenneth grum bled, but a word from Aunt Nan turned his scowl to a grin. Down to the base ment he hurried and turned off the hot air from every register in the house except Aunt Nan's. Then into that warm and cozy spot, by Aunt Nan's invitation, lie nnd his brother and sinter merrily trooped. "It's Just a little April fool Joke cn daddy," Aunt Nan explained. "If wo could get him to complain of too much fresh air for oace, you seo, it would be a great success:." "I say, Aunt Nan," somebody pro posed, "wouldn't It be "better if we were sitting down there enjoying It . when he comes-? We could put on our coats and tilings." "Yea, and spoil the whole effect!'' the high school daughter objected. "The right way would be to put on double clothes underneath and look &s it we were Just dressed for the house." . A little later four puffy-looking per sons, bubbling over with giggles, met in the livirfe room. Aunt Nan, looking unusuafly plump and matronly, pro posed that t'uey all pretend to be read ing. At the last minute Konuoth, with a brilliant inspiration, presented each one 111 the group with a table knife. As soon as daddy ehould comment on. the cold every one, instead of answer ing, was to lift this knife and bsgln to cut the air. . In the dining-room a disapproving maid sneezed and sneezed again, won dering ii everybody was crazy. " 'Sh! Here he comes," whispered Aunt Nan for the seventh time, but the step cutside passed by once more and died away. p The high school daughter began to 'cough. "My feet are like Ice," she confessed. "It can't be long now," Kenneth en couraged her, and as he spoke every -one Jumped. Just the telephone bell on the desk! Aunt NOT, being nearest, took down the receiver. "Well, what's Uie trouble, Nan?" said Bamberger's voice, a shade Im patiently. "I've been trying for an hour to get the bouse. I won't be homo to dinner. The New York man ager's in town, and I'm tied np with him for the evening. Good-by."— Chicago Dally News. His Hospitable Way - "Do you remember, mother," asked young Mrs. Albaugh, "that before I was married I used to hops that when I got a husband he would be a whole souled, hospitable man?" "Yea, I- was the smiling answer, "and I wondered then if you ! realized Just what it means to have i a man in the family who issues invi tations to everybody all the time." "I realise it now, anyway," said the daughter. "Why, mother, Jlmmle is j absolutely the most inordinately hos- , pitable person I ever saw. He seems j to want everyone he knows to have j a meal In our flat." "It's because lie's so proud of his little home, I suppose," returned her j mother. "Well, I'm afraid he wasnt very proud of it last Sunday. But I'll have to tell you about it. "Saturday night we had the Flakes ! —you know they are the people in j the apartment beneath us—to dinner, j and as they had entertained us so | nicely when we first moved in of j course I wanted to give them a spread, j so we had a four-course dinner. Just | after dinner Thora got a telephone message that her brother-in-law had ' had an accident, so without washing j a single dish she left for South Chi cago to help her sister take care of j him. "When we got up Sunday morning there were so many soiled dishes I could hardly get breakfast. I com plained to Jlmmle that it would take me all day to wash those dishes. 'Nonsense!' he said. 'We'll go to church and dine downtown and then tonight, when we have taken off our Sunday clothes, we'll do the dishes together in no time.' "That sounded pleasant to me and I j turned my back on my disorderly flat j with a delightful runaway sense of freedom. "While we were in the restaurant rain began to fall In torrents, so we lingered over our dessert and coffee a long time. Finally the storm sub- Bided and we went home. Imagine my astonishment when Jlmmle un locked our flat and I beheld his cous- I ins that I hardly know at all—Robert Albaugh and his wife—sitting in our parlor dressed In Jimmle's lounging robo and my kimono! "'Why, hello!' cried Jlmmie. 'We're ! mighty glad to see you.' I "'l'm afraid we came a little early,' | said Mrs. Robert as I shook bands with her. 'You see, we have taken liberties.' "'Not at all! We are delighted,'! bubbled Jimmie. 'This Is great. But how, did you ever get in?' " "Well,' said Robert, 'when we found you weren't at home we thought ! we'd take a ride in the park, as this ia the first time we've had our car in town. But we hadn't gone two blocks when that cloudburst came and we got drenched. We were too wet to go anywhere that we couldn't make ourselves at home in, so we ran back here and I climbed the fire escape to your kitchen window. The man who lives under you rushed out and threat* ened to have me arrested I told him not to bother me.' '"And I told hhn who we were,' added Mrs. Robert, 'and begged hira not to stop Eob, as we were expected to tea.' "When she said that I Just looked at Jlmmle, but Jimmie was busy as suring Robert that if .didn't in the least matter that he had cut our new window screen in order to get in, so my precious husband never noticed my accusing glance. But when I got him alone for c. minute I tuid, 'Janiea Albaugh, you invited your cousins to tea and never toid nie!' "'I forgot all about it,' he answered. 'But you can get up sctno Utile thing for supper, can't you?"' "Well, whr.t did you say to that?" asked her mother. "I Eftid cf eourae I could and T piichcd in, while Jlmmle talked to his j;ucßt3, I T.TiMd enough dishnr to set the table and I made hoi hlscultt and coffeo and I made a talad of tht cold cliickut that v as le!t from the night before. Inbidc of an hour they ■were all eating. "I wan pretty hot and flurried, bat I tried to be bright and chatty while they ate. When they left Mrr. Rob ert squeezed my hur.d in the most sis terly manner and whispered, 'The Al baugh men arc all alike, but they've ■ got sense about one thing—they choose capable wivea.' So I kiK-w that, despite all my eSort3, she had taken in the whole situation." "I hope Jimmy vpaa properly con trite?" remarked the mother. "Oh, Jlmmie "was a perfect dear. He said that night while we were washing the dishes that after this ex perience he wouldn't be afraid to a3k In a whole regiment to dine, for I was such a wonder. I don't want you ever to tfeink, mother, that Jimmie Is ua appreciatlve." "No, nor Inhospitable," added her mother, dryly.—Chicago Daily Newß. "Well, thank heaven," he aaid, ap proaching a sad-looking man who sat back in a dark corner, "that's over with." I "What lsr • "I've danced with the hostess, i Have you gone with It yet?" "No. I don't aorfa to. I'm the host." Going Theater "Tell me all about last night's play," said Mildred as did her hair up in a psyche. "I have nothing to' say about it Nothing at all —not a word," emphat ically declared Marjory. "Whatever do you mean?"" (fneatlon ed Mildred. "Everybody 1b raving about it. This morning's paper stated it Is the best drama produced In years. T fully to hea* you rant about it" "That might all bo true, but I re iterate that I have nothing—no com ments to make on last night's master piece." "Marjory, you are exasperating. Speak! Explain! Never before have I heard you claim that you had nothing to say, be the subject what It may." "How can I criticise a production that I have never seen?" innocently inquired Marjory. "Do you mean to say you didn't go to theater last night with Bob, after all your wild anticipations and prepar ation?" demanded Mildred. "I went to theater with Dob last night, but I didn't see the play," calmly vouchsafed Marjory. "Kindly give me the answer to this riddle. You seem to enjoy propound ing conundrums." "I didn't intend telliag anybody about this affair," began Marjory. "I think Dob is sensitive about ft, and I know my feelings on the subject. But you have a way about you of making people tell things they have firmly made up their minds to keep a dark secret —so here goes. "On arriving at the theater, he reached in his full dresa coat pocket for the tickets, turned pale and et claimed: 'Heavens! I left them in my business suit.' He rushed to the ticket office. Not a seat to be had In the house. Even the scalpers had nothing. "'Marjory,' said Bob, 'l'll take you. to the ladies' parlor. You wait there. I'll Jump in a machine, ride home, get the tickots and return before you know I'm gone. I'm beastly sorry that I wan such an Idiot ns to forget thoso card boards. You won't mind, little girl, will you?' "So I retired to the waiting room and waited. Never was an apartment better named. Ladles came in and ladles went out. Still I waited. Be tween each act I fussed with my hair and powdered by nngo so the ladies would not be r.usplcious of my lengthy stay. One congenial woman with her mouth full of halrplnH turned to me and said: 'lsn't this play divine?' And rolling my eyes upward, I truthfully answered, 'Simply unheard of.' "Near the close of the third act Bob appeared. Poor boy, I felt sorry for him. " 'Had a deuce of a time,' ho gasp ed, all out of breath. 'I gave the chauffeur ofderß to "beat It" on the way home. Got held up for speeding. Had all kinds of trouble to straighten it out. Guess my family thinks I'm crazy, the way I rushed In and rushed out Such a miserable evening for you, Marjory. I'm mighty sorry. It la too late to go in and see the finish, isn't it?' "'Most certninly it Is' I agreed. "Then Hob said, 'Well, let's go and have a good supper—a regular blow out —and tee If we can forget my talninlty.' "The llchtK, tho music, tho gay sur rcfr.dlngs and the d.l! !oi:s repast put ue in good spirits and !>;/ the time tho :I:>£er bowls worn served we v.-sre quit? cxirilarateci. "As T ni button'ng my vllto glove, imagine my dismay upon seeing Jiob turn ghait:y whitt* far tl;o socoml time owning, end 1.-afse -1} end pathttiaa'dy gasp. 'Marjory, I loft TAJ- money i.x n.y other 8U.1.' '.'He wors a comrie'e k*runner in that restaurant. He didn't 1 now uny of tl > guests, either. Ho couldn't, pay 11 • bill. He couldn't tip vi e vxiter. Think i.l our chagrin. 'Tiha'.lr I spied t Mr "'or'-l'igton p horn I knew in pio v utork Wc waited until he passed b> out table. Then I explained to him our humiliat ing predicament. Of course, he gladiy lct corl Bob the necessary eunf. Ut:. tiie cmbarr&3fuioit! Moat awful!" "You Toor. v r clilld," lfjghed Mil dred. "Such nr. evening! It ci'rtainlj' was exciting. 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