Evening star., 1919-12-28
BY SEWELL FORD

AOA uiihSi SocI dnu you may
judge for yourself"
But when this vision In blue tulle
with the rhinestone shoulder-straps
and hardly anything else above the
waist line floats in she had me guess
in. First off I thought maybe some
movie star had trickled through the
skylight out OF an airplane and was
goin to ask the way to the Fort Lee
studios. But then sizes up her gem
eral build and the big dark eyes and
decides it must be Sudie Belle. But
she's no more like the Sudie Belle
met at the train little over three
months ago than am like an Easter
lily. The thick braid of hair that
hung down her back has been done
up and marcelled and puifed out over
her ears In style that must have
come in only day before yesterday.
Also 1t seems to have new tint to
IT, Her complexion is a wonder only
there's little more of it on the right
cheek than on the left, but maybe the
black beauty patch was meant to
balance that Altogether she's good
deal of a whiz.
That shy downcast trick with the
eyes seems to have gone into the dis.
card with the blue serge dress and
the low-heelcd shoes She looks
square at You now and don't hesitate
to turn on the full candle power OF
her lamps. And she's found hsr
tongue.
on there you are, professor, you
ola DEAR. says she, givin' me the
rush tackle and grabbin' me by the
shoulders
think I'd been kissed. too. IL I
hadn't backed off TASTY. We'll. well.
Sudie" says /, starin' at her What's
the idea? Trainin' for the Folliesc"
You darling old goose:" says she,
chuckin' me under the chin. isn't he
the silly though. Aunt Sadie?"
On yes, Sudie Belle has been Eoin'
some since We saw her last. And IL
was lively brand of boardin' school
chatter she handed out durin' the
meal: mostly about their English rid
ing instructor. "who has just the
darlingest mus.ache," with here and.
there sketchy little bits about some
OF the men she'd met from the
prep. school in the next town. We
didnt have to say much. Sudie BeAe
could do the talking for a whole Ia
oierul. noticed Sadie watchin' her
puzzled for some time and then shi
asked:
Tell me, child, what have you been
doing to your eyebrows"
why. had them plucked, of course"
says Sudie Belle. They were perfect
1rights before-too thick. / tried shaw
ing them at first. but made a mess Of
IT, got OH too much and had to use a
retouching pencil for weeks. But the =,
last time l was in town bunked the
chaperon and had the pluckine done =
Next trip 1 splurged on a permanent :
wave Hurts horribly. doesn't II? But ;
it's such comfort"
"But-but what did Miss Spencer saw :
10 You when she saw it?" demands :
Sadie.
oh, she had one of her usual fits," saws
sudie Belle. shruggin' her powdered
shoulders careless. but that's all il
amounted to. All the other girls are
doing 1t, you know; at least, all those
in our bunch.' i.
Must be some torrid bunch" saysL
but not too loud I,
And before we doused the light that ::
night Sadie and me had a confab over :
what was to be DONE e.
I'VE simply can't send her home like
that" says Sadie. without any expla.
nation or warning
That's So" says l. "Pa and Ma
jerks would get a Jolt handed 'em,
Why. she's almost a vamp''
And there's no telling how she would
behave alone on the train" adds Sadie.
She would have half the men turning
their heads after her. Shorty. you'll lust
have to take her up. that's all, and tell
them we were in no way responsible
"Ah comet! says I. Me land In
with that
Uh-huh! That was the decision. And
while the street costume she appeared
N wasn't quite so zippy as her dinner
tress, her get-up was smart enough 80
hat we left trail Of stretched necks
wherever we went. Seventeen! Why.
she might have been IN the twenties for
'lI anybody could tell The nearer we
got to Tuppertown, too, the chiiiier I got
below the ankles.
See here miss says as we pulled
nto the station, what do you expect
our mas going to say when she sees
-ou?'
Mother? Oh, pooh. says suSis