The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-30
The Diary of a Debutante

already moved up a few n, ,h.
rungs and looks like II. He wear.
huge glasses and discreet ties and
an air OF rectitude. He also talks
ABOUT conditions" and the rate,
OF foreign exchanges and reads the
Atiantic Mnthly. But he's not bad
looking In bathing suit and serve,
IKE ridden. His short approaches
are quite deadly too. and he puts
amazingly. although his business
on the green. lying fiat on the
sroono both sides Of the hole watt
ing until everybody in sight has
stopped breathing. takes years OF
one Ire. l am AFRAID / shall have
70 ike him. He's the first real
eligible who's come nv way an f.r
ana mere we are in October. with
my second season looming mn
Thank Heaven he's not a prohi-
bitionist. anyway, although M,
name Is Ernest.
Thursday 1880 D. m.
Dora, my Oldest and deares,
friend. ran OF with the first mate
Of her fathers yacht yesterday
morning and is already the hero,ne
or the week. They were married
at a registry Office in Camden ana
Immediately after sent telegram,
to every paper in the country so
that there should be, a real gooo
boom. Dora had hired a press agent
for the occasion to whom she gave
photographs of herself in every
known pose. She came to me over
week ago and told me all about
1t. She had suddenly developed, she
said. craze for publicity as any
one else might easily have caught n
bad attack Of lumbago. She lust
had to do 1t. and chose what Is al
ways certain way. being, as Il
happened. extremely gone on the
butter-colored young sailor with the
lovely tan of sea and sun and the
intriguing way of saying "Ah done
II, or which. probably she will
soon get tired. She called 1t killing
two birds with one stone and tola
me In her frank. courageous way
that her father would have the
marriage annulled as soon as he re-
covered from the shock. "why
womans' suffrage.'s she laughed, "if
girl can't do as she likes" Well,
don't mind saying that I haven't
quite the pluck to get advertise
ment from a thing like this. The
sensation in Bar Harbor is inde-
scribable. The parents scratched a
dinner party but were Just able to
sit up and play bridge. Buxton Max
well, who had been kissing Dora
all summer was so outraged that he
Immediately went and had his Just!
grown moustach cut or to spite
her. He had grown IL for her sake,
He may even 60 to work as the re-
suit Of the blow. He's the sort Of
boy who suffers from tremendous
reactions. Earnest. who didn't know
Dora but who 10 very keen about
etiquette and all that. SLICED every
drive this afternoon. and finally, in
an outburst of hysteria, gave his
pet. driver to the wop caddie. We
all stood aghast at the deed. I've
JUST learned though that he bought
1t back from the boy before he left
the club house and 90 don't feel
SO badly about 1t now. But it shows
that Earnest is q man Of strong
convictions and deep feeling, and
almost against my will and early
training / have to like him for
those. Coming back in the car, In
which twelve Of us were piled, he
sat on the floor and held my FOOT
He tried to pretend that II WAS an
accident. but. like Margot who
knew her. worth, must say that I
can quite understand why he did
1t. I have the prettiest foot In
Maine. Besides which, to be honess,
I looked absolutely enchanting THU