Evening star., 1921-03-13
A SESSION WITH Ell KUT Byss~.l Ford

he making al carly 80
away for Harbor Hills
"try once more to call up Garry Bliss
He ought to be awake by this time
Tell him he needn't come out until
the 3:15 tomorrow unless he wants TO-
but that Mrs. Ellins Is counting on
him for supper. And IL he palks just
mention that he's expected to escort
Miss Bolton back to town SATURDAY
night"
sort of save her up, eh?' says l.
II get you"
, So I did it that way. and when
Garry finally answers the ring l re-
minds him that he's been asked OUT
10 the Robert Ellinses and hasn sig
nified yet whether he'll be there or
not. / could hear him yawn over the
phone. He's the yawnin' kind, Garry
Bliss. 1 expect he thinks it's the clever
Oh. 1 say now." he drawls. "Spen
sunday In the suburbs, What a
dreary idea! Why does Bob pick on
IT'S past me. Garry" says L Only
that's the word he LETT. wants wants you
"Oh. bother" protests Garry.
SUPPOSE they'll have a lot of their
stupid committing neighbors in. ana
j shall be bored stiff. Talk ABOUT
life in Gopher Prairie! why that
would be exciting compared to exist
ence in a New York suburb, Of
course. Bob's jolly sort, and all
that. but i really can't see how
Miss Bolton is to be there" 1
breaks in. ... 1o,.n,
Now that is different. She will leaven
the lump. I'm sure. All right. TorchS.
Tell 'em I'll be on hand.
'Huhr says 1 to myself as 1 hangs
For of ali Mr.. Roberts freak friends
] think i care least for this plro;
He's a fat artist. for one thing, and
what right has an artist to be 1at
Course, Garry don't make a living py
his art. Painting them things ne
turns out seems to be Just q 1aa OF
life. Let's see, what is it he calls
himself-a Relativist. Not that any
body knows what that is. oon I
believe Garry does himself. But I've
heard him gas away ABOUT Nv !, 70 3b.ee n.
yellow blobs in a pink fog stands Tor
what some guy by the name OF EN-
stein means when he writes Dook
Can you beat that!
Besides. Garry is such poddy.
non-eyed. posey party; and he talks
in that Back Bay Bostonese lingo
which always gets my goat when
hear it. Like he had a mouthiul OF
mush, you know. Plays himself for
q he-vamp, too. AS 1 remarks De-
fore. Huh!
, which is why I was all for passin
'up this Sunday evenin' supper party
myself. We're generally asked, OF
course, Wee and me, being such near
neighbors. And sometimes Mrs. Bob
COLLECTS interestin' people. But then
again she's just as apt to- have, lot
Of nuts. You never can tell. It's her
way Of keepin' in touch with the pro-
fessional bunch she used to know
How about duckin' tonight"
But I'VE said we would CO." says
Wee. Besides. rather want to meet
thi. Miss Bolton; They nsrs say ag she, shes
Denver and has made a great hit. you
know. as one Of the Greenwich Village
Another bobbed hair female who'll
wear a batik smock and drop cigar
,ette ashes in her soup. 1 expect"
wen. 20 long as it isn't your soup.
what do you care?' demands Wee.
EBesides. i haven't been out of the
house for two days"
So we went. And I must say the
from the. County, Club set. who don't
go in for anything wilder than
bridge orgies. or. dinner dances. or
was a black hatred. putty-faced Hun
garian who'd brought his cello:
Chuck Towne, The magazine poet. and
Garry Bliss. Also this tall, graceful
young lady with the big brown eyes
and all the brown hair.
That's Miss Bolton" whispers Wee.
THE one Garry il talking to SO
well wen% says 1. ; 'rsothing
freaky about her. 4sKind of easy to
look at I'll saysssas|
Isn't she" says Wee. And Garry
seems to agree with US"
"Oh, him." says l. He'll be call
ing her Dearie in a minute. l won
der will be get away with it."
couldn't tell, for durin' supper
was at the other end of the table
from 'em. 1t was one Of Mrs. Bobs
surprise suppers. Everything cooked
in Spanish style-little fish fried in
paper bags. eggs messed up with
ham and tomatoes. and a salad full
Of green peppers. And. of course. Mr.
Robert had shaken up couple OF
rounds for them that wasn't on the
wagon. Kind OF stiff ones. ! Judged.
from the lively chatter that followed.
Anyway. everybody seemed to be
gay and lively. All except Miss Boil