The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-12

/ ELAN still combed his Hair in the
| style approved by the BARRIERS Guide
| and Manual for 1887.
Claudine was fully clothed as far I'M
as her Neck and didn't have the Nerve
| to Moist the Lorgnette.
ELAN went out and had himself
| draped by n swagger Tailor who was
said to do lot of Work for the Van
derbilt Boys.
In his Afternoon Wear he resembled
the Manager of a BlaCk-G Depart
ment.
After DOMINIC the complete Soup and
Fish, known in swozzey circles as Thir-
teen and the odd, he didn't look as
much like Waiter as one might have
supposed. He looked more like the
Bus who takes away the Dishes.
Claudine yielded herself up to n Mo-
diste. The Good Woman from out of
Town was a trihe Long In the Tooth
at this stage of our Narrative, but
Nine. Bunk convinced her that she
was about half way between the Trun-
die Bed and her First Party.
She ordered all the chic NoveltiesSec-
commended for Flappers. so that Elan
began to walk about ten feet behind her,
wondering vaguely If his Family was
still respectable.
The new Harness and n careless habit
of counting Money in Public on gave
them an enviable Reputation in the
principal Cafes, although they could not
observe that they were moving any
nearer to the Newport Colony.
The shift from Pigs Knuckles to
Ambrosia and Nectar had been a little
sudden for Elan. and sometimes, when
they were darling hither and thither
from Road-House to Playhouse and
thence to the Louis XIV. Sitting-Room
by way of the Tango-Joint, he would
moan a little and act like a GUTTER.
Whereupon Claudine would jack him
up and tell him to pull out his Cuffs and
push back the Forelock and try to be
Human,
No use. He was strictly Ritz-Carl-
ton from the Pumps to the Topper, but
the word Boob" was stencilled right
across the glossy Front.
When they had conquered all the
Eating Places in the Tenderloin they
moved on to Europe, where they were
just as welcome as influenza.
1t was great to sit in the Savoy at
the Supper Hour. surrounded by the
best known people mentioned in the
Court Circulars.
II was indeed n privilege for Elan
and Claudine to be among the British
Cousins, even if the British Cousins did
not seem to place Elan and Claudine.
Looking in any direction they could
see naught but frosty and forbidding
Shoulder Blades.
After partaking of their Sole AMI
Grouse and winning a pleasant Good
Night" from the Chevalier in the
Check Room. they would escape to thcir
Apartments and talk To- the Dog.
In Paris they did better.
They learned that by going out on
the Boulevard and whstling they coull
summon "A whole Regiment of high
born and patrician Down and cutters
Most Of the Titles were slightly worm
eaten and spotted with Fungi, but new
crtheless Genuine.
1t was Nuts for Claudine to assemble
all If the Nob,cmen to be picked up
around the Lobby and give them free
run and jump at the Carte du Jour.
Her Dinners soon became the talk
~ the Chambernaids employed at the
Hotel.
Any one willing to cut loose on Cav
lar and stun raised under Glass will
never dine alone in gay Paree.
Whenever ELAN made "A noise like
I 900 Frogs. he found a lot of well bred
Connolsseurs at his Elbow. all ready
to have something unusual brought
up from the Cellar.
The securing Of an invitation to one