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 got to borrow money on the very house he lived in, in order to pay its upkeep. Of course the obvious thing to do was to reduce the upkeep as much as possible.

'Just till the war is over,' he told Dora, making as light of it as he knew how. 'Just till things get straightened out a bit on the other side.'

'I don't mind for myself so much,' Dora said. 'It's Sheilah I'm thinking about. If only she were married and settled and in a home of her own, I'd just as soon go and live in an apartment.'

'I know,' said Sidney. 'The war has come just at the wrong time for Sheilah, I'm afraid.'

'No,' said Dora. 'It would have been worse the year she was coming out. The débutantes aren't going to have a bit of a good time this fall.'

Sidney smiled wearily.

'That's too bad for the débutantes,' he replied.

Sheilah didn't mind the economies. The chauffeur wasn't the only member of the Miller menage who was dismissed that fall. Sheilah said she liked making her own bed, and argued that it was splendid preparation for marrying a poor man.

'If there are any men, rich or poor, left after this dreadful war to marry,' sighed her mother. 'I just