Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-21

hostess might be deemed the more attractive of the
pair She was tall, slender, charnngly dressed,
and carried herself with assured elegance that
limited of the stage. Spenser caught CLINT of
Cornhower blue eyes beneath long lashes, and
woman would have deduCed from their color the
correct explanation of a blue sunshade, blue
straw hat, and light cape of nyosotis blue silk
that fell from shapely shoulders white lace
gown.
The other gir-she who answered to the name
of Helen Though nearly as tall and quite as grace
full was robed so simply in muslin that she might
have provided intentional contrast. In the
mans esteem she lost nothing thereby. He ap
praised her by the fine contour OF her oval face,
the wealth of glossy brown hair that clustered under
her hat and the CLEAN of white teeth between lips
of healthy redness. Again, had he looked through
woman's eyes, he would have seen now the
difference between Bond-st. and kiburn as shop
ping centers might be sharply accentuated But
that distinction did not trouble him Beneath
cold exterior he had an artists soul, and " Helen
met an ideal.
DRETTY as a peach!' he said to himself and he
continued to gaze at her. Indeed, for an instant
he forgot himself, and 1T was not until she spoke
again that he realized how utterly obivious were
both girls of his nearness.
Il suppose everybody who comes here is very
rich was her rather aweStncken comment.
Her companion laughed How nice of you to
put it that way! 1t makes feel quite impor
tant. lunch or dine or sup here often, and the
direct inference is that rolling in wealth.
We'll, dear, you earn great deal of money.
Il get twenty pounds week, and this frock l
wearing cost twenty-five, Really, Helen, you
are the sweetest little goose l ever met You live
in London, but not of it. You haven't grasped
the first principle of social existence If dressed
within my means, and never spent sovereign until
it was in my purse, l should not the
sovereign. l simply must mix with this crowd,
whether l can afford it not"
But surely you paid for your art not as
manikin You are almost in the front rank of
musical comedy l have seen you occasionally at
the theater, and thought you were the best dancer
in the company.
What about my singing?"
You have very agreeable and we'll trained
voice.
I'm afraid you are incorrigible You ought to
have said that sang better than danced, and the
hb would have pleased me immensely; women
like to hear ourselves praised for accomplishments
we don't possess No, my dear, rule art out of the
cast and substitute advertisement Did you notice
a dowdy creature who was lunching with two
your right? She wore a brown tusser silk and
in The Daily Journal I'll bet you pair of
gloves that you will see something like this in to-
morrows paper: Lord Archie Beaumanoir enter
tanned party of friends at the Embankment Hotel
yesterday At the next table Miss Millicent Jaques
of the Wellington Theater, was lunching with
pretty girl whom did not know. Miss Jaques wore
personal appearance, and you have the complete
paragraph The pubc-the stupid, addle headed
public-fattens that sort of thing, and it keeps
going far effectively than my feeble at
tempts to MARBLE a couple of songs that you could
sing far better if only you made up your mind to
come on the stage. But there! After such unwonted
candor must have smoke. You won't try Gig
arctic? Well don't look shocked. This isn't
church, you know.
CPENSER, who had listened with interest to Miss
~ Jaques' outspoken views, suddenly awoke to the
fact that he playing the part of caves
dropper. He had all an Americans chivalrous in
stincts where women were concerned and his first
impulse betake himself and his letters to his
own room Yet, when all was said and done. he
in hotel; the girls were strangers, and likely
to remain so; and it their affair if they
chose to indulge in unguarded condolences. So he