Evening star., 1921-03-20

tickets; Llttte Roch.
and, Poplar Bluff rocked on the lake
side of the veranda and exchanged
popuiation. sunburn lotion, cat
stitches and cigars.
The hotel menu Immediately developed
"Consomme Bison" and Roast DUCK
ling au convention: the management
hung a stuffed Bison head. with
blue and white cheesecloth pennant
caught between the teeth. over,the DIN
ing-room entrance; out on the moon
lit lake the convention sailed IN hlreo
boats and sang Bison songs ana ne
Blue Danube.
In the half deserted lobby the room
clerk pinned a blue and white Celiu
loid button on his left coat iapei anu
promised thlrty-three orS to"e'" "
a mosquito netting. A.,
Miss Birdie Fink leaned across lhe
counter and smiled into the room
clerks eyes: her own were oiue ANU
transcuctent as a suf4ner lake.
say. Mr.. Gilly-after you've tahtn
the sag out of the bed in ftty-seNeh'
nut an extra wardrobe in the Indian,
apolis Grand Masters room. PROMISED
thirty-four a lake view and the con
vention a most popular lazy con'es'
and a potato race, would you NINA o,
derlng nlt up SOltC ISC y" az
ing me what's the earliest the $40
fier gets out of here tomorrow
Mr.. Gilly smiled at her until Two
gold mo,ars showed-the smile OF
Pierrot when Pierrette peered over
his shoulder and set the sides or the
world a-shaking with laughter.
will send you up some ice water
Saw. look at me like that again.
Queenie. and You can have anything
your little heart desires.
Fink is the way they spel my
name on the fiy-leaf of the family
Bible Mr.. Gilly-F-i-n-k- k-Miss Birdle
Fink 1t belongs to the same language
as tn word 'fresh'-ever hear it?
Believe me. il I wasn't on duty.
Birdie. you wouldn't be chirpins for
your key before ten
II wouldn't be too sure.
You. with the beach still warm
and a path of light leading straight
up to a high-power moon. would
make a combination that would stun
a safe blower. You only been three
hours. kiddo-you don't want that
eight -forty-five."
IF. Id known I was running into
family convention Id stayed at
home and took my vacation feeding
the swans in Central Park or took an
ocean voyage to Coney."
The minute you blew in here this
afternoon I says to myself. l says.
udt little III "Aohe'
Did you. honest"'
"Sure-tfat little look in your eyes
and the black and white checked suit
and black sailor hat with the black
and white checked band you was
wearing spelled home and 4ed street
in such big letters it was all I could
do to keep the tears from falling in
the ink and mussin' II up while you
registered"
"I know the feelin'.''
Stick around a while. Queenie-|
there amt any live ones around here
and it's slow as hot toffy. but I'm of
duty tomorrow at four. I'll take you
around and show you the island"
i
MISS Fink sagged her slim figure
-'A outward at the waist line until
she assumed the sans vertebra droop
that Manet and his school loved to
paint-the .boneless slump Of the ap-
rect descendants Of that same school
and who train themselves across the
covers Of the fashion journals.
'And.tlfis is the dump Maisie Smyth
told me had Atlantic City wiped off
the map. What I think Of her taste
III SuInHlcI IcSOftS III solhS " ~fAtC
hel aMs1s,sssa nSS sssSa as Bssis cue, eneen
that was out here a.sthoHf doing
the recuperating acfs..F
That's her! Were head ladies on
the same floor
''Sure enouGhr
Il didn't know there was a Michi-
gan till Aa5sie came back and had
every gin 3nsthe department SO dizzy
with plnA woods and moonlit lakes
that by the Tine my two weeks came
areupa ] didn't know, whether I was
sellins = Poiret model trimmed in
moonlight on the water. or ridin' up
6th avenue - . boat shaped like a
cigar"
Some littlesgifl was Maisie smyth,"
Eyes. MAisie was lucky enough to
lay down with typhoid fever just
after she sold the thousand dollar
gown TO Gertrude Meyers. in Believe
Me. Cleopatra and the house sent her
out to the pines on half pay I don't
grudge it to her. Gawd knows she
worked hard enough for it-I sold
last years TO Cissy -Grenadier for her
Amt Il > Joke. though-you a head
lady az RerffNy's-I was a clerk for
whole year at the Cosmopolitan.
right in back or you"
Il had customer used to live
Say. but maybe Maisie Smyth didn't
have a swell time out here-the Chi
cago Drummers' convention was on
the whole time. and say,'
believe me. little old Atlantic City
1s good enough for met makes this
place look like Coney on a wet night.
What time did you say the s:45 pulls
out?'
"Aw. stick II out. sis; things may
pick up and I'm Off duty tomorrow
That don't mean anything in my
Say. I bet I've seen you down at
the shore
1T was little me"
Il was AT the Sea Lion for three
seasons. l used to know all the girls
from Renuey's and Langerburg's and
them swell houses that used to come
down on their vacations"
sure. ] chum with all that crowd"
.Whatta you know about that"
Take 1t from me- Queenie. there
amt real class to these dumps out
here; there's only been one live crowd
here all season. and they was the ci-
gar drurnmers. This bunch around
here wouldn't have a chance in
snail marathon
Il took my vacation down at the shore
for four summers and say. for swell
times"
Its the first time I've been west OF
Syracuse myself. kiddo. and take it
from me. there's nothing to it,
Amt 10 so?"
Ten dollars day and up. marble
lobby and Circassian walnut trimmings
Is more my pace: the first September
breeze that whispers through these pines
is going to blow me back to Broadway"
Miss Fink glanced about the lobby,
At the wicker rockers. mostly empty
and tilted slightly backward; at the
postcard and cigar stand. with q Sleep