The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-20

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lions are obsolete. Berenades are
quite unnecessary ms well as archaic. the c~haperone
is as passe as the mandolin or the blush, Young
folks manage their own affairs in their own ways
now.
Take II from Flo, the nip. ny f~apper-there must
be something doing every minute or she'll pass out
of the picture.
Flo In the salt In the blood OF the younger set of
lovable rowdies attached to the Brentwyld Country
Club. Had she lived II dozen years ago she would
have been spanked and put to bed every twonty
minutes. AS II Is, she knocks hell out Of n golf ball
over tho course without respect for priority or ma.
jority. dances with the young scions and the old
dons at the i%nformals, expresses her marked opln-
ions on things no matter who is listening on the
porch or in the big Longing room. gives one swoctia
the ozone and another the grand pash every second
evening, and is so sure OF the power OF herself that
neither gossip nor downright bawlouts defect he-.
In another epoch she might have been a diniden;,
cooling, downcast-orbod maiden. with ~futterIng
heart waiting to be wooed waiting for n man TO
ask her mothers consent that he might present
court TO her. or wlldly-yet fchrfully-dreaming
that perhaps a L%ochiuvar would knock at her lat.
ticed window of a moonlight night, or n Prince
Charming ride boldly to her door to storm her.
In 1922, however, Flo had been engaged nine
times before college matriculation. and was dead
set to steal Ford Bately from IIilda Hammersmith.
tIilda was OF blonde persuasion, rated a beauty.
Ford was a young multi whom Hilda had introduced
into the set, he being by station somewhat above
the B~rentwyld outfit. though to the outsider not up
on the hairline distinctions of the blue book and fhe
day book. Brentwylders were considerable pumkins.
Hilda had snot a bit OF n sensation into the cana
with young Bately. It was no secret that she had
met him unconventonnlly-at a Saturday crash hop
in the Dillingham;. Bately had been Hilda's cavalier
for several months before she had ventured 70
parade him into the Brentwyld grounds Flo had
heard of Bately and knew that he was wearing
Hilda's license plates. But when she saw him on
her home grounds she gave him the east and west
and murmurod. Every man for himself"
Flo was a li'tle bearcat, but IIilda was no crow,
herself. After the challenge that was unconcealcI
in Flo's brown eyes and just AS candid in F1o's ac.
lions. Hilda could do no less than accept the def,
Tho whole club lined up for the battle, In a de.
cision contest It wB5 conceded that Flo had a shade
the better of it, weights and conditions equal, but
Hida already held the championship Of Ford Bately.
and only a finish fight TO a knockout could dislodgc
her from her title. SO II was a snappy sporting
proposition, and the betting was about mp and up.
Ford knew. lie had It from Hilda herself, cold
turkey, and from Flo. warm chicken.
He evidenced no Indignation nor embarrassment
Though a cRkeeater, he had n pronounced degree
OF fibre. Had Hilda asked him to escort her out
and thereafter never again darken the Brcntwyld
gate, he would probably have come clean Tor her
But when she williugly-yea, ea~gerly-risked her
title to him, he stuck along as he would for any
good match Besides, his first Hash Of Flo con
WINGED him that Il was a~nybody's fight,
Ford could not, in the circumstances, no less than
pointcdly attentive to Flo, for it was not up to the
cup to choose its winner. with midas consent.
he let Flo serve him the works, which she did with
all the dcft touches OF the adept and all the subtle.
ties OF the times.
Flo danced him dizzy. As a trottousc she hai
probably no equal at BrentWyld. But liilda out.
Classed her in defense, onsettiug the edge on the
nique in a hammock or a comfy easy chair, While
Flo crowded him and undoubtedly made him Ike Z.
Hilda had him coming 70 her because of a whit
more feminine appeal
Flo was tall, slender, boyish, athletic. She wea
in for snug sweaters that showed off her vibrant
tawny figure. Hilda affected sailor collars and
MILDLY blOuses that showed her rounded neck and
undulating chest, and was more OF the fragile than
the aggressive, the clinging rather than the swing
ing sort,
1t was generally granted that the day OF the big
taunls match, when visiting professionals should
battle out a tournament at Brentwyld, would bring
a crisis, II not a finale, In the Flo-Hilda contest
That afternoon would bring out a heavy attendance,
and 1t a solarpleXus punch We're being held up the
sleeve OF either It would be delivered then and there.
so that the memorable affair might be settled in
the presence Of an audience that bclt and the mat
ter concluded in the open.
SO that there might be no advantage given or
taken, the girls, by prearrauged agreement, arrived
by different routes and different motor cars shortly
after luncheon, neither with Ford. who had, how
ever, promised both that he would be there for the
match. Hilda and Flo met in the lounge and, like
decent gladiators shaking hands before the bell,
greeted one another with that crisp good fellowship
which has replaced the pristine gush and mush OF
hostile feins,
They even strolled out upon the veranda together,