The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-30
ANDREW AND IMOGENE
By ROE FULKERsoN

Andrew" said Imogene, you simply must go to the tailor and order new dinner jacket" gS
 Whats the matter with my old Tux?" asked Andrew. M
 Honey" she pleaded fit looks shab- by. We run around to so many semi informal dances and affairs now that you have to have one and you have to have it right away, too"
 Times are dull" grumbled Andrew. T am right well satisfied when l can buy a dinner, let alone buying a. par ticular form of jacket to eat in, or eat out of it, whichever way you want to put it."
 T know how you feel, honey" went on Imogene, and while do not want to flatter you. you are. an awfully nlce looking man, and I am awfully proud of you. I am proud of you all the time and even with that old dinner jacket of yours you have an air of distinction that marks you out in crowd. But Andrew, it is shiny on the elbows and it has those cloth-covered buttons on it. and the best dressed men are not wearing them that way any more.
 'The new ones have silk braid around the cuff and all aEound the back. of the collar. and they have fancy but tons on the vests and they are very swagger.
 Anyway, since we do so much dane ing we attract more attention People look at you more when. we are on the floor for while I am not so much or dancer, you are the very soul of grace and there is no couple on the floor that is more closely watched than we are, and it's all because you dance so we'll "Only the other night at Carries heard some strange man ask who that lgentleman was who danced so nicely, land when some one else asked him who | he meant. he said he meant the man with the shabby dinner jacket on. Now, Andrew, you are so nice look ling and you dance so nicely and peo- ple look at you so much you simply have got to get new suit to live up to it. It's a duty you owe to yourself. Andrew tried to not look pleased at her compliments and made dismal failure of the attempt.
 "Well," he said, T guess l. will have to fall for it, but I don't see where In the dickens the money is coming from to pay the tailor Say, puddin.' what do you think of my getting one of those pearl gray vests this time. It would go nicely with that gray even ing dress of yours that you wore to that dance at Carrie's.'
 s "Get whatever you please, honey" said Imogene generously but don't consider that dress, TOT l nave been wearing it for, ages and I cannot go out in it any more without making people talk and say that you are hard Hup or stingy with me or something.
 "Of course you are. not. You are just as generous and big-hearted as you can be, and if we are little hard up. it's no ones business but ours.
 "Of course. do not need to run around to so many of these dances as [ have been, and besides. it is you they want more than mo, anyway. because you dance so nicely. and when you get your new dinner jacket, which you sim ply must have, It will only make me look shabbier than ever. and I just won't go so much till business gets a little better"
 "What's the matter with you, wom- an?" said Andrew in a helpless sort of way. "Confound it. you've got me in bad myself in some way. Of course, you can have a new dress if you need one. We will go down and pick 1t out in the morning"
 "Why, Andrew" she said, kissing shim, T saw one today that--''
 s.Ah, hal" he interrupted her, nodding his head sagely, the light now begins to dawn. My love, I know a guy that owns a bank. I wish you would go and talk to him for half an hour and we will own it."