Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-02

and l was In n act of Shampoo1ng
my hair. Phyllis was making candy,
and GLADYS was reading aloud to us
boths Imagine the mother of a mill
lionaire's son coming right up, and 1
in a shampoo.
to wear, and l am not used to million
aires sons mothers. and I. won't
know what TO say to her.
leave it to us, Conie!' cried my
friends valiantly.
GLADYS whirled the magazine I'M
der the bed, and Phyllis turned out
the electricity under the chafing+d dish
and put the candy in the window ID
finish at a later date.
Did I~tell o about our house
keeping venture? Gladys Is a private
gets, an enormous salary, thirty a
week. Phyllis is an artist and has
a studio somewhere, and we are great
friends. So we took a cunning little
apartment for three months, and W:
all live together and cook our meals
in, the baby kitchenette when we feel
domestic, n dine out like p~rincesses
when we feel lordly. We have, the
kitchenette, and a bathroom with two
kinds Of showers, and a bedroom
apiece, though mine is really a closet,
and two sitting rooms, SO two of us
Gan have lbeaus the same night. If
we feel the need Of an extra sitting
room-that Is. three beaus a night
we draw cuts to see who has to resort
to the park, or a movie, or the ice
cream parlor,i or the kitchenette. Our
time is our clearinghouse. 1t is
great fun, but 1t is expensive, and we
are SO busy.
I'VE have lovely times. The girls
Wen q yyIy TL 49, ~
society buds, and wear startling eve
ming gowns and go places in taxis.
and are quite the height Of fashion.
1t Is a wonder they put up with me
at all. Still every establishment must
have at least one Cinderella. But
let me admit honestly and Method
istically that I do less Cinderelling
than either of them. Gladys darns
my stockings. and Phyllis makes my
bed fully half the time.
Anyhow, when Andrew Hedges,
millionaire's son. telephoned that his
mother was coming up, they fell up
on me. II one rubbed and one fan
ned. and they both talked at once,
and in the end / agreed to leave my
self in their hands. They knew all
about mtllionaires' sons mothers. ii
seemed, and would fix mo up Just ex-
actly 0. K. right. Gladys and l are
the same size, n she has an ex
Quisite semi-evening gown of Nile
green n honest-to-goodness lace
which have. long admired humbly
Just the thing. I should wear It
and make the millionaire's SOM
mother hook like twenty cents.
"Wickedly and wilfully / agreed. Sc
when the hair was dry enough t.
manage, they marched me into
iadys roomTthe only one Of thu
three capable Of accommodating
three of us-and turned the mirrors
to the wall. ! protested At that.
wanted to see my progress under thetl
No. said Phyllis. 1T looks hor
rible while It Is going on. You mus
wait until you are finished, and ther
burst upon your own 5enraptured viz
ion. You will enchant yourself..
Gladys seconded her and I assent
ed weakly, I know I am not natur
ally weak, Carol, but the thought q
a millionaire's sons mother afecte,
me very strangely. It took ali tn,
starch III Of my knees, and the spin,
out Of my backbone. ~
BY TINS time I was established ii
GLADYS green slippers with rhineston,
buckles, and Gladys was putting al
OF her own and Phyllis rings on m,
fingers. and Phyllis was using /;
cri.nping iron on. my .curls. / was to,
curly already, but Phyllis a nat
ural ctlrliness VA not the thing an,
more. Then Gladys. began dabbini
funny sticky stun all over my finger
ana scratching my eyebrows. AM
Ip9wderinE about twenty layers ON m,
fare and throat. After that. ~,
rubbed my finger nails until / could
almost see what they were doing {.
mo. I never thought I had mnci
hair. but when Phyllis rot throusi
with me ! could hardly carry Ii. Th,
ladies In Hawaii who carry bushe
hasksts on their heads wlil tell Va,
how 4 felt And Whenever. / movef
" wabb1Od, but they both. clarpef
their hands and sid Hooked ii,I
9 dream. ana Of course / would hav;
seayired another buahel md sthsy
~ trusted them beoauss they loo,
~ wonderful when they are finishSd
Just r5ghh.--never too much %.
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