Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-14
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towns only specimens OF evening

towns only specimens OF evening
clothes.
The afternoon bridge of the jolly
Seventeen which followed Carols lone
ly doubling was held at Juanita Hay
docks new concrete bungalow, with
it's door Of polished oak and beveled
plate-glaSs, jar Of ferns in the plaS-
tered hall, and in the living room, a
fumcd oak Morris chair, sixteen color
prints, and a. square vanished table
with a mat made Of cigar-ribbons on
which was n Illustrated Gift Edi-
ton and one pack of cards in a burnt
leather case.
Carol stepped into a sirocco, of fur
mace heat. They We're already play
ing. Despite her flabby resolves she
had not yet learned bridge. She was
ita. and ashamed that she should have
to- go on being apologize.
i Mrs. Dave Dyer, a isaLow woman
with a thin p%rettiness, devoted to ex-
! periments in religious cults illnesses,
n scandal bearing, shook her. finger
at Carol and tri!lcd. You're a naughty
one! 1 don't believe YOU appreciate
the honor. when you got into the Jolly
Seventeen SO eaSy!!'
Mrs. Chef Dasilaway nudged her
neighbor at the secon table. But
Carol kept up the appealing bridal
manner SCI far as possible. She twit-
e lazy thing, I'll make Will start
teaching me this very evening"" Her
supplication had all the sound Of
brides in the nest. and Easter church
bells, and frosted Christmas cards.
Internally she snarlcd, That ought
to be saccharine enough" She sat
in the smallest rocking chair, a model
Of Victorian modesty. But she saw
or she imagined that the women who
had gurgled at her so welcomingly
when she had first come to Gopher
Prairie were nodding at her brusque-
ly.
During the pause after the first
: game h p%etitioned Mrs. Jackson
Elder. Don't you think VIC ought to
get up another bob-sled party soon? ~
TITS SO cod when 0 get dumped
in the snow" said Mrs. Elder. indif-
ferently.
81 hate snow down my neck" vol
unteered Mrs. Dave Dyer, with an un-
pleasant look at Carol and turning
Z her back, she dubbed at Rita Simons,
"Dearie. won't you run in this eve
ming? I've got. the loveliest new But
terick pattern I want to show you.''
h Carol crept back to her chair. In
the fervor of discussing the game they
ignored her. She was not used to be-
! ing a wallflower. She struggled to
i Keep from oversensit;veness, from be-
looming unpopular by the sure meth
Tod of believing That she was unpop-
' IA ar; but she hadn't much reserve of
! patience. and at the end OF the sec
! ond game. when Ella Stowbody sniff
fly asked her. Are you going to send
-ibD Minneapolis for your dress for the
3 next soiree--heard you were" Carol
0 aid Don't know yet with unneces-
anry sharpness.
!, She was relieved by the admiration
: With which the jelne file Rita ST.
!. mons looked at the steel buckles on
I her pumps; but she resented Mrs,
: bwland's tart demand, .Donx Won,
find that new couci, Of yours Is too
g bsoad to be practical 2" She nodded,
9 tnsn shook her head, and touchily ie{t
2 Ms. Rowland to get out OF n anv
J. I.mlaning she desired. Immcdiateiv
g shs wanted to make peaces She wal
Rcl4'e to simpering in the, sweetness
. with which she addressed Mrs, How
e lam: Il think that is the pretties1
: dis)lay Of beef-tea your husband has
in bis store"
Q ph, yes, Gopher Prairie isn't sr
mup1 behind the times" gibed Mrs
Some one giggled.
TIER rebuffs made her naughty
her Ihaughtiness irritated them K
franfer rebuffs: they were working nj
e to aastate OF painfully righteous wa
whei they were saved by the cominI
OF fpd.
b Th8ugh Juanita Haydock was high
" adranced In the matters Of finrer
y bowls doilies. and hath-mats, hs,
"refrfhments" werc typical 81 all III,
n AFTERNOON coffeea. Juanlta,s her
e friend, Mrs. Dyer and Mrs, Dashs,
Z way lassed large dinner plates. eacl
with aspoon, a~fork, and a. coffee on
vitho4 saucer. They ~apologized an,
discused the afternoons game 4,
they fssed through the thicket q
n womer1s feet. Then they distribute,
Is hot bukered rolls, coffee poured iron
8 an enAnel ware pot, gtuffed olives
q potato falad, and angels food ca,se
n There tas, even in the most strict,
ls conforNn ing Gopher Prairie circles
n certain pptfDn as to COLLATION.. M,
olives ned not he stuffed, roughnut
+ were insrnall houses well thought =
ls az q substitute for the hot buffers,
ID rolls. Int there was In all the Tow,
no heets save Carol who .omitte,
angels bod.
n They be enormously. Carol ha8
p suspfcio5that the thriller housewife
made gthl afternoon trentsdo for eve
e NV frXa III 80 80 III.