Arizona republican., 1919-10-08
Mother Lorimer Gives a Grand Party
 While 1 Look On Sadly
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Katherin Miller had her chance in the week that followed. Events showed that she improved it. The Lorimers were busy with arrangements for 8 grand out-of- door fete Even Mother Lorimer isn't superior to the joys of giving a party when she has a good excuse to do so. Jim's return to his aviation camp after leave of absence, furnished her with a fine opportunity for getting all of his friends together. The weather was too hot for danc- ing party-therefore a dancing enter tainment was provided-classical dane ing by barefooted professionals. Katherine Miller helped Chrys to se- lect and engage the dancers.
 Bob of course. had his share in the planning. and I. of course. had no part in it at all. I couldn't even type the business letters. My time was taken up in mothering Barbara.
 It was to be a moonlight spectacle, if the weather permitted To supple ment the moonlight, if necessary, hun dreds of electric bulbs were strung in the foliage of the trees which bordered the gardens, park and lawn.
 The affair proved quite the most gorgeous ever pulled off" in the city. The barefoot dancing girls, clothed in clouds of gauge. looked like the figures on a Greek vase come to life. By a system of eolored lighting which would have paralyZed the Greeks the dancers seemed to float like wisps of the rainbow, or massed themselves like drifting sea mist, or like fright ened nalads escaped from their holy trees, they raced across the green.
 Just as the last of them was return ing to her make believe abode in one of the grand oaks of the park. the lights went out.
 The decorator had been too smbi- tious. Now there was a short circuit somewhere and nobody could locate the trouble-although Daddy Lorimer swore his best. Not publicly, of course But l. being on the outskirts of the party most of the time heard him And it was awful. But it didn't light the lampsi
 Unfortunately the night was cloudy ana the Lorimer party, the most mag nificent social event of the season seemed destined to collapse.
 Finally some genius conceived the idea of surrounding the lawn with the autos and centering their lights or the tables, the orchestra, and the pa vilion. The effect of this flood of white | light was charming and novel, and il | the end the accident merely added tC 1 the gayety as well as the beauty O the occasion. But all the vast LOT l inner grounds outside of the circle o the autos were drenched in darkness for an hour after midnight
 l watched it all as 1 would watcl a play. Bob was, for me, the lead And Katherine Miller played op posite. She was as pretty as a beau tiful moth fluttering in and out of tn lights and shadows. I hovered on tn edge of things, like Cinderalla in tn ashes, not because l was altogethe ugly, but because l was lonesome fo Bob-and bored by everyone else
 About midnight, Jim, Jr, hunted m up to say goodbye. His train was du before the guests commenced to leave
 I'm awful sorry to go, Sissy" h said as we walked toward the benc by the side of my favorite pool. "Bu for the love O Mike, girl, do get ri of that masquerade before come hom again!p
 "Sure-if Bob's condition makes possible I agreed
 What Bob needs is a grand shoes If he is sane enough to hang aroun girl like Beautiful K-K-Katy-''
 Ssh -sh-sh-" exclaimed placing finger across his lips.
 You're a good sport, Sis dea, Good luck to your game, Count IT in, when needed With that my dand brother-in- law placed fraternal kis upon my right eyelid-and was gone