Evening star., 1921-05-22
Tell me you didn't yield to temptation
and throw a brick through some show

Tell me you didn't yield to temptation
and throw brick through some show
window
Me-" says Inez. trying to look
shocked. Il wouldn't do that. ever.
Miss Stokes. she send dresses. We
wear 'em to dinner party"
"Hal-lup!" says /. Now you're ex-
| ceeding the speed limit. I'm four blocks
behind you and dropping back every sec
| cad What dinner party? When?''
Tonight" says 1nez. by Miss
Stokes house. Swell, eh?'
'Abso.utely.' says l.. ALSO bit un-
expected But what's it all about. if
you don't mind my asking?"
And little by little Inez sketches the
whole story for me. 1t had been while
that Mrs. Stokes had suggested her
coming home for dinner with them. At
least. she thought it was the lady, al
. though maybe it was Junius
The milliner lady" says Inez. she
take my hair down and-and twist it
{ Miss Stokes she pat her hands and say
Look. Junius. how perfectly stunning =
And Mister Junius he say Yes and
and then they talk about dinner. They
! want ME to bring Uncle Ee's. too
On. ho.' says I. You'd been telling
the Stckeses about your rich uncle. had
you?'
! Sure says Inez. duckins her head
: coy.
! But when you were asked to pro-
i duce him how did you squirm out Of
it, / insists.
| much. Except that l like to have you
| core, too
! How clever says /. And then
! WHAT"
Mister Junius say All right. says
| she. "and Miss Stokes She take dresses
from trunk and-and the limousine
| comes quarter to Z.
| Gould anything be simpler" says T.
Il ask YOU. now? We have exactly half
an hour to find Uncle Nels and fit our
selves into those evening gowns. I'm
sorry to say, lncz. it can't be done; par
! ticu!arly the Uncle Nels part"
Il don't say l bring him. SAYS Inez,
starting to pout. And l want to go to
dinner party. Tou oughta see. Swell
! house. Butler n'everything"
] That settles it. IneZ, says !. In
all our young lives We've never bean
buttled over once. have We? And we
may never have the chance again. Be-
sides, the worst they can do will be to
j throw us out. Shall we risk it,
/. Inez mods as brisk as she knows how,
and in her excitement slips back into
her Minnesota dialect. '.Ay tank Ay
wear the pink one" says she.
just Il minute" says |. holding it ur
to get the effect. "rhc saints defend
us! Not the pink one. Inez. It's too
scant above the waist. Notice where
, those shoulder straps start from. Why.
you'd look like the weekly beef ration
arriving at an army post. And good
ness knows there's little enough of this
black net affair. but at least there is
material that passes for sleeves. Slip it
! on and let's view the result. while | see
if my native modeSty will survive the
shock of this pink scandal.
"O-o-o'" gurgleS IneZ, when she gets
a glimpse of me.
II know. dearie." says ]. My shout
airing since ! went swimming in the
creek back at Dodge's Clearing. but if
YOU can fold over about three inches
down the back seam and pin it together
neat guess I'll ge: by the censor. MrS.
Junius Stokes and ] aren't b.ilt on ex-
actly the same lines. but i; doesn't look
SO badly, does II
Lovely" says Inez. gawpns at me.
Why you look lke-like-'
II get you" says I. Words fail.
Just take q glimpse in the mirror your
self. though, IneZ. Uh. huh. Black is
your color. Shows off your hair and
complexion better than anything else.
Oh. for an eyebrow pencil, Wait:
Here's burnt match-end. There, And
if we could only stretch the skirt down
about two inches they'd say you'd ca
bled your measurements over to Chicot
But then. that part of you'll be under
II
so, anyway. And now if you'll show me
the funny way that milliner twisted
your hair
| \ X X 4
WE made a guess at it and by the
w time word comes up that the
limousine waits below we were ready
That is. I'd stuffed Inez into her bor-
, rowed frock and she'd draped min.
around me. What the general effect
, would have been on an outsider I cant
say. but as we passed the pier glass in
the lower hall and got our first full
length view We couldn't help pausina
: ara drawing long breath.
My" says In"Z ''fou--you looi
elegant"
81 admit it says !. That's thu
way ! feel. ANYWAY. or course. sea
shell pink doesn't go exactly witt
carroiy hair and frccklcs. but i
, tones in we'll enough with my goose