Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-01
Drawings by F. Vaux Wilson

ANY town that can turn out an aggregation Ike
the Red Sox and at the time be responsible
for Peregrine-well that's what I'd call bein' some
versatile.
Miss Peregrine Peabody Adams is her full name and
understand that anywhere east of Bridgeport just
sayin' it equal to givn full description OF her
Course it amt so illumination all that to me- What
I'm struck hardest by is the Peregrine part -,
"Perry-grin, eh?' says |. "Now, what vaudeville
sketch artist invented that
At which Sadie shifts scornful and wants to know if
I've forgot all the American hst'ry got in grammar
school, She says that the name OF the frSt baby
born after the Pilgrim Mothers landed.
"Al news to me" says l. 1--WE must have had that
chapter while was down with the measles or playln
nice lookn girl Miss Adams with name that sounds
like steam yacht a parlor CARP
Well, it seems her family went clear back to the
original Peregrine and that had got to be sort of
habit to saddle the name onte at least one female in
each crop
especially for such genuine bue-stocklng as Miss
Adams. It's just suited to her.
And when I'd accumulated all the facts in the case
had admit that Sadie or less right, as usual
for while wan any great judge of old Colonial stock
maybe should say that if ever there was good sam
pie Peregrine One OF these straight-nosed rigid
backed queens she is; with profile like you cut in
these old cameo rings, and rch decate-shaded color
ing that's almost too good to be true:
Oh, she's right there with the classy looks, Miss
Adams is; and yet it's style as much diff rent from
reglar Fifth-ave. type as Broadway showgr!
would be from pretty high school teacher Sort Of
looks thoroughly finished, you know, like tine old
lines and the age tint which Grand Rapids mltate
pretty close but can't quite produce Get me'
YOU see the Purdv-Pels discovered her while they
was on a yachtn trip up to Bar Harbor and when
they found she most twenty-five and not even en-
gagged they invited her down for couple of weeks
of for their box at the opera and Horse
Show. Also what does Mrs. Purdy-Pell and Sadie do
but just naturally plan out matrimonial campaign for
her. They'd had Peregrine exhibition for near ten
DAYS now though with practical results and they
inclined to feel peeved over It,
Il can't understand it, for my part" announces
Sadie "Now there was Dick Gaatin, who simply
crazy to her. fairly begged to be put next her
dinner Well, he hasn't been near her since. l must
say that Pererne looked too sweet for words that
night.
AShe did" admits Mrs Purdy-Pel "a little quaint,
perhaps with her hair done in that ridiculous odstyle
way but absolute picture, for all that: Dche
seemed rather dazed when he left, though. Now
what could she have said done to him in short
time?'
Hyde could tell. After he'd had his turn he asked
where we found the pink iceberg:
"Humph!7 says Mrs. Purdy- Pel. "Pemmy's always
strainng to say something clever and succeeding in
being nothing but dsagreeable hope Peregrine did
freeze him
That's her speciality, gather THROWN the chils
into chatty young cotllion leaders who are used to
havin things all their way at any of these skirt
conventions. No wonder Dickie Gallatin acted some
stunned; for hear that at leap year dance up at
Newport they focked around him four deep! And here
comes an unknown from the pie belt that meets him
with a wintry stare.
You'd never guess it to look at Peregrine, either.
Why the couple of times I'd met her she'd smiled as
sweet and friendly you please. But then. hadn't
loose with any fresh conversation, and there
didn't to be any danger of my bein exposed again
l wa mt worryn'.
YOU never can tell, though. Here the other after
Sadie calls me up on the phone from the
Purdy-Pells and wants to know if I'm busy.
Well says |, "we've got five Wall Street toss
in the medicine ball, I'm shown pair of Yacht Club
Johnnies how to put steam into their half punches,
and there's Montana mine waitin out front