The Washington times., 1920-04-20

Carolyn Cranberry did this. But
she isn't proud of 1t. and perhaps she
did not know what she was doing.
And she Is sorry such a fuss was
made about il. and she has no desire
to have her pictures in the newspa-
pers; in fact, she would rather not.
But she Is old enough to realize that
when a prince has smiled on one the
public has some right to know more
about her. So far as Miss Cranberry
is concerned. she said:
"He is the incest man I have ever
met. I'm sorry he is a prince"
"a bottle of vanishing cream"
Pardon me; what do you wish?"
"I said a bottle of vanishing cream"
The girl behind the counter picked
a bottle of the stuff from the shelf in
the Panama canal commissary store
at Balboa, wrapped II UP and handed
il to the woman who stood on the
other side of the counter, who was
deeply engrossed in conversation with
a companion about 1.-The prince"
Thinks Princes Are Old.
The girl behind the counter said to
herself, as the two women left the
shop: al wonder who this old prince
is?" She took it for granted that he
must be an old prince when women
old enough TO be sewing shrouds
were buying vanishing cream ito
make up" for him. So when Carolyn
Cranberry went home that evening
she asked her mother about the
prince. The mother said she didn't
know, but she would ask her friend
Amanda Moore. Amanda said he was
not an old prince, but young and
hnr
be a joy to see, an unspeakable privi-
Ilege to meet.
"But only the very highest people
in society will meet him. because care
must be taken that only people who
do not work meet him, and they must
wear gloves"
As the time drew near for the ar
rival of the prince, more and more of
the story came to the ears of Carolyn,
because girls and women of all ages,
degrees OF fatness and thinness, and
stages OF ugliness came to purchase
face fiXers" at the counter where she
worked She heard that he owned all
Of England and most of the rest OF
the world. that he was not married.
not even engaged, that he was coming
to Panama on a big battleship. that
the British minister was to give a
grand ball in his honor, that the
President of the republic was to hold
reception, that one must curtsy
when introduced to him, and that
only a few would get a chance to
speak to him, and very few and
very select would dance with him. SO
she gave up the hope OF meeting the
prince, and only wished she might
see him.
And the stock of vanishing cream
and rouge and freckle killers and
pimple eradicators grew less and less
as the day of the grand ball drew
near.
Now IL happens that Carolyn Gran
berry has a little sister, about ten
years OF age, who dances so well
that once when Pavlowa was in Pan
anna the divine danseuse gave her an
audience and commended her. As the
talk Of the arrival OF tho Prince
grew more general. Carolyn's moth
er decided she would ask the British
minister II her younger daughter
might not dance before the
prince. The minister had no desire
in the world except TO please the
people OF Panama and the Canal
Zone, and he gladly assented
Invited To Grand Hall.
That is the reason Carolyn Gran
berry found an invitation for her
family to go to the grand ball, when
she arrived from her work on the
evening OF March 20, and that Is the
, reason she donned her little black
frock in joy and elation. and that is
the reason she stood and looked on
at the Hotel Tivoll that night while
the very select" girls and women
marched by in grotesque procession
and curtsied in front OF the prince.
She quickly ran Xhem over In her
memory. called THIN by the names