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“Oh, girls,” she said, “don’t you think it would be nice for ‘The Merry Hearts’ to try to make other people have a good time too? As K. says, we have as much fun as we possibly can now; and so many girls don’t have any. Don’t you think it would be nice to try to make more ‘Merry Hearts’ in Harding?”

Most of the clan looked doubtful, and Babe’s smooth forehead was puckered into a frown of disapproval. “Anybody can have a good time here if they try,” she asserted ungrammatically.

“No, they can’t,” said Helen quickly. “Some of them don’t know how.”

“Then they ought to learn,” declared Madeline. “In Bohemian New York, everybody has good times.”

“But Madeline,” broke in Nita Reese solemnly, “I know a sophomore who’s never been to a house dance or play or to an open meeting of one of the societies. What do you think of that?”

“I should think you’d better ask her to the next Belden House play,” laughed Katherine.

“Nevertheless,” Madeline took her up, “she may be just as happy as you are, Nita. A person isn’t really and truly happy until she’s learned that it’s not what you have, or what you do, that counts, nor even your friends, but just yourself; and you can make of yourself just about what you choose to. That’s the spirit of Bohemia, and if Betty wants ‘The Merry Hearts’ to encourage it here, why, I’m with her.”