Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-25

when they have to marry and leave
their particular office? What about
some of those pretty. rather wistful
looking photographs one sees in The
Daily sketch every day; Miss Violet
Carbon. Or, Miss Onoto Pelman to
wed"-and, of course, ito give up go
ing to the Office" Do they mind as
BADLY as l do?
Or am I the only one?
Perhaps most girls stay at the Of
ice until the very last day or 30 be-
fore the wedding? That wouldn't be
so bad. / dAresay. What 1 seem to
mind Is being in this sort of hiatus.
Not at the office any more, and not
yet married. No house of my own to
run. and nothing much to do (apart
from going u with David Lewis) ex-
cept talk to Grannie and arrange that
beautiful standing work-basket and
look at That Bag; that gorgeous,
odile-leather, Russian violet -colored
satin-lined, gold fitted, be-monogram-
med handbag that my fiance gave me.
That's all. !. Why! l should feel
like begging David to let me go back
to the office at no salary for the rest
of my being engaged to him, only that
the office, itself Che told me) is clos
ing down. On Tuesday there will be
no more Of that office! &c.,. Mon
day would be my last chance OF ever
seeing the darling old office and the
girls again.
1 must, I will look in at tea-tine
on, Monday. I'll take That Bag and
go then.
(Later.) d, .
The girls were all. fearfully i'm
pressed by That Bag. But they all
said they'd be frightened to use it"
which is 50 much what I feel myself,
1t was heavenly going in there again
all among the ltypewriters and the
green electric shades and sitting on
the table by the window and having
tea out Of one of those delightful old
white cups with the jig-saw rim and
Petit Beurre biscuits in the saucer
with some of the milk stopped over
them. How was it that hardly knew
what a. happy time I was enjoying re-
ally, all the time that I'd worked in
thai pet Of an office: Years and years
it SEEMED since I'd been there. And
only now did l realize how perfectly
ripping 1t was to see Mabels and
Dorothy's pretty blouses and hair
again. and how amusing to hear them
talking nonsense, and how badly l had
missed them!
I don't think they'd had time to
miss me. Dorothy .wassfull of then new
dancing-class that she had Joined since
l saw her, why don't you come. kid
die ?" she said me "Ethel's going
to-"
A dancing class. .
What's 1t like?" l asked, feeling
out of everything.
It's over the Cromwell Road"
Dorothy said. Ever so jolly. A
great big front room all mirrors and
gliding, and u lovely floor. Two aw-
fully nice girls teach. ones got a
bush of frizzy hair all bobbed-they
call her O-Cedar Mop. Then there's
a. Miss Carteret who's been teaching
there lately. She always comes in
with a great tall boy, with nice eyes.
Smith, his name is" chartered Dor.
othy. We all think it's a Romance
and that they're going to get en-
gagged. I. 1t is fun watching
people. All sorts you'd meet there.
Australians-they q dance!
jolly music, too. Do comet"
As il 1 shouldn't have loved it!
Even q dancing-class to 20 to would
have made just all the difference Ia
But I should never be allowed
mean. they wouldn't understand INV
wanting to go. An engaged girl and
all that-".N :
Ethel, the girl who has such a good
time, said firmly. u always knew be-
Ing engaged must be monldy.'
Mabel (the cngaged) threw up her
chin and said;"Oh. thank YOU! Not
30 mouldy I can, assure you. Mine
doesn't mind how much we go TO
dances; he's gotta theory that the peo-
pie whose. steps SC BEST together. dane.
ing. are the ones who'd get on, mar
RED" II. -
Opens UP a train Of ideas, that .
a Ethel. gazing. out Of the window
I the chimney-pots of Westminster,
Take care ! don't try and dance him
away from you on Saturday week!''
"oh, that reminds, me. / haven't
asked Julia yet said; Mabel. turnine.
to me as I gathered up my gloves ana
That Bag o .depart out of this fatmos-
phere Of office-dust and carbons anA
tea and CHEEKY chatter.
Coming to- our party ons Saturday
week, kid, aren't you? It's a dane.
ing-tea at our house at Neasden, and
our boys say it's got to be some sort
Of Fancy Dress because their khaki IL
dropping on them In strips and they
can't really. rely on their civvies. Dor.
her from Cromwell. her Road-place
oh, we'll see You have all the partners
you want. Tall boys and nice eyes and
everythtngw label laughed encour.
agingly: Wear your hair down ana
be little cottage E2rl, she waa eiSh,
years old, she said We aren't send.
ing out:@any proper Invitations Iii,
time. Just say you'll come. Yo,,
must. MI Lewis,swiN bring Won. j
Know, if you ask hln1sprsthiy. That,s
quite settleds3s'S GOA NJ ~ 4
They all took thatslaA such ~ matter
of course that Isdid3i1d%f
I looked forward toa that party very
much indeed,