The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-07-06
The Diary of an Engaged Girl
BY Phyllis Phillips

Well, well, wonders will never cease.
I have actually sold a cover to
magazine, and l had to pinch myself
TO make sure that it was l, Lindsey,
who had accomplished the same
The family could hardly believe it
when I told them-and as for Jack.
1t was this-a-way. At our jolly little
luncheon yesterday Prince Charming
told me that he had noticed a girl head
that was awfully well done, and that
was little goose not to try to make
name for myself, no matter how
humble, and Immediately.
He suggested my selling that head,
which, from his description, was that
pose of my dear little Jean, and to a
good magazine. At first I ridiculed the
Idea and scorned any such commercial
transaction, but when he pointed out
that that was the only way to indie
rendence, the kind I advocated and
dreamed of, why thought different.
After luncheon We all walked round
to my studio and looked at the paint
Ing and it did look pretty good to US
But never in my widest flights Of
fancy had I considered It possible for
me to sell any Of my work
II is Prince Charming who set my
young feet on the road to success
could anything be more fitting or
romantic?
At four o'clock I was sitting in a.
conference with the art editor Of Yves
tey's magazine, inwardly shivering, but
outwardly. as cool and composed as a
cucumber
We talked for a long time and.
would you believe it. that guileless
soul thought that I was an old hand
n'1ue highly. You can imagine how I
felt. I was right in the clouds, float
Ing as I had never floated before, and
yet had to stand on this mundane
earth because of an editor and the
business end of it all
Friends, Romans, Countrymen," as
The famous words go, at four-thirty I
had received my very first check for
a painting Of mine. Yes, sir. the very
first, and was walking out of that
blessed mans office with burning
cheeks and a tear very near to the
corner of my eve, a tear off of the
most divine iov that ever welled to
the eye of young and ambitious girl
hood
Outside. in the hallway three eager,
young confreres awaited my coming
and news-with palpitating hearts. and
VIXEN they heard and saw the check
"a pretty substantial one) they whoop-
cd in chorus
Without doubt it was the proudest
moment Of my life.
| threw nv arms around Prince
Charming and gave him a voluntary
hug on the spot. He turned quite dull
rcd with pleasure. But he was surely
entitled TO it, for had put something
ever. and without doubt would do SO
again. Five la Libertie,
Then we all went off TO 2 little place
that we know of-in the heart Of the
village, a sort of artists Hole in the
Wall. and celebrated. In the midst OF
cur lGlarity Laura quietly drew out a
blue check from her bag and laid il
on the table before our astonished
eyes. 1t was made out to Jean Jordan
AND was for one hundred dollars in
payment for a short story
That was an even greater shock tc
lis tlan nv little deal. to think Of little
Laun being an authorize. and in
secrt, and, in spite Of all get out as
tie new saying goes. to find time tc
wrie. II was the millennium,
Not only that. but there have beer
several of Jean Jordan's stories in var
los magazines of late. She, too, il