a lovely gesture, which I shall cherish forever.

At dinner we discussed many subjects but as might be suspected Aunt Catherine explored our new and in- triguing circumstances in detail. We both agreed that my being a new girl opened far more areas of common interest than it had closed not the least of which was "girl talk". Aunt Catherine found herself begin- ning to do this quite unconsciously and it tickled her sense of humor. Then too, she offered the hint that she would like to take me shopping "in the loop -just for fun." I felt she was thinking in terms of hats, she admitted that they were her weakness.

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After dinner and the dishes we each put on a new face and drove over to the Tivoli. The show was pleas- ant and the excursion uneventful. We arrived home late (after midnight) and it was forty-five minutes later before I completed my toilet and all the neces- sary chores, and slipped into bed.

We went to 10:00 o'clock Mass the next morning at St. Elizabeth's and then out for "Brunch". The ac- tivity of the day was to visit the Art Institute and we made sure to get an early start. We spent a complete- ly enjoyable afternoon in the various galleries and though Aunt Catherine had her favorites among the Ro- din and Monet paintings I must admit that I was capti- vated by the gallery of miniature rooms which I was given to understand constituted the cream of the crop taken from the donors' lifelong efforts. She certainly did exquisit detail work. It would have been difficult to tell any difference between the room and its mini- ature from a photograph.

We spent the remainder of the day quietly at home with a snack and the Sunday Tribune. Before retiring Aunt Catherine asked me into her room and with the help of her instructions, we both "did" our nails. "Is- n't it wonderful how feminine you can feel with agood manicure and a little bright red nail polish?"

Monday morning we left the apartment at 9:00 o' clock with the avowed purpose of looking into the Used Book Stores in The Loop." There were several texts