The Washington times., 1921-09-04

continued to tolerate her"
1t the right to break into the Lexi-
con-"
The Girl with the absorbent Mind
would clip out Hints to the Young,
and confidential Charts warning the
Just-outs against taking Presents
from Strangers and putting them
next to Rules of Conduct that would
be sure to please and fascinate
Proper Young Men. It seemed
strange at Times that these Head
Coaches who knew how to jolly
up any Man were not out spending
some Millionaire's Money instead OF
writing Pieces for the Paper.
All the Articles on the Woman's
Page and all the straight-laced
Men that she met came down Hard
on the Female who II trying to
be a Real Bohemian. She learned
from a dozen different Sources
that Men have no earthly Use for
the Upper who tries to do a Mile
in less than Two and kites around
in q Hack without a Chaperon and
carries her own Cigarettes.
And she heard nothing but Ex-
pressions of Horror concerning the
Woman who Drinks. Her Male Ac-
quaintances often brought up the
Painful Subject. They said 1t was
all right for q Man to move UP to
a High Ball once in a While. and
a Cocktail before Dinner didn't do
any Harm, until after the Seventh
or Eighth. But It did look Tough
to see Mere Children Of about
Twenty-three going after the Rum,
when there was so little left in the
World.
After sounding the Men on the
Liquor Question, the Long-headed
Girl made a solemn Resolve that
she would never hit up anything
stronger than Cherry sundae.
When she had her Notebook full
OF useful Directions she found a
Chance to try out her System. She
was invited to a Swell Dinner
Party at which all the Nice Men
In Town. were to be rounded up.
She put on a simple White Gown
and wore a Rose In her Hair, and
just before starting she locked all
Of her Slang words IN the Escri-
toire, whatever that may be.
SAT NEXT TO BACHELOR.
At the Dinner shs sat next to a
Bachelor who had nothing But.
She talked to him about the Rus
sian Situation just to show that
she was no Piker. When he want
ed her to dip into some OF the
Anti.Volstead Tonic she made an
Awful Stand and seemed surprised
that he should think that of her.
This did not prevent him from
spiashing in. BY the time the
Birds came along he was in Tune
and was paying lot Of Attention
to a wonderful Piece Of Work Sit
ting Opposite. She wore. a Red
Costume that must have cost ST.
900 and although she was very CAB
by and called the Men by their
First Names and invited all who
were nOt W
a Bumper, she was making fair
Headway. In fact, she seemed to
have the Bunch with Aer.
The Wise Girl figured that they
were tolerating her out of mere
Politeness. Later on. in the Draw
ing Room. they continued to toll
crate her the best they knew how.
The Girl with the Book Of Rules
played a sad little Opus on the
Piano, after which the Steeple
Chaser in Red leaped on top Of
the Instrument and tore off Musi-
cal Comedy Goo with eight men
turning the Music for her.
And these were the Eight who
had told the Girl back IN the Cor.
ner all about the Qualities in wom-
en- that would help to attract Men.
She went home thinking Il over
and the next time she started for
a Dinner, she added a Dash of
Red and a few Brilliants to the
Costume and cut loose up to a rea.
sonable Limit.
She got along .first-rate, even
though she was doing q lot of
Things that none OF the men ap-
prove, but somehow love to put
Copyright, 1891.