Evening star., 1922-02-26

basic facts, and she saw what I had
overlooked. quite so. lnez, Il
agrees" What might be considered a
whale Of a pile in Ogdensburg or
Troy or Cooperstown wouldn't be
enough to get her far in this town.
where gusher heiresses and bootleg
gers brides are opening charge ac-
counts every hour. Say, I guess I'd
better call for few details before ]
/, plot out any splurge campaign. I'll
get her on the phone now"
AND it happened to be one Of those
A cases where I could. I didn't do
any hedging or stalling either, but
gave her the straight income tax
QUESTIONABLE And how do you think
she answered that? BY asking me to
wait until she got her bank books from
her trunk and then reading off the bal
ance totals to me.
Its perfectly all right, Inez," says
l. "Pm no lightning calculator. but
she's got cash reserve that runs
into six figures west of the decimal.
and that's all want to know. Now,
let me get into kimono and slippers,
for I've got to think how to start in
with a person who's hitting the prim-
rose path late but earnest"
I've never been joy secretary be-
fore and I'm not up on the union shop
rules. but my idea. was that 10 am.
was quite early enough to report, and
] found that Mrs. Trueman had been
nm for a 1880 breakfast and had been
waiting hours for me.
How do you get that way? i
asked. breakfast before daylight!
You're not running on a commuters
schedule, you know"
.But-but at home.' she protested,
eve always got up at $50, all of us.
You see, the judge walked to his Of
fee and liked to be there by o'clock.
Then, after he died. Aunt Abbie and
Aunt Esther wouldn't let me make
any change They said it was wicked
TO waste the bes: hours of the day in
bed"
"pear old souls" says I. But I'm
arranging your program now, and
shere'u be none of this early-to-rise
stuff in it. So just forget Abbie and
Esther"
ct hope 1 can" says she. But now
that you're here. can't start in hav-
tng a good time?"
"Not in that outfit, my dear" says
i. elancing at her morning costume,
which I guessed had come from the
ladies' department of the Bon Ton
store.
"of course" she admits. i kno"
this shirt waist isn't very dressy. and
the SKIRT
eco that's skirt, is it?" I asked
- "I remember, though. They did
wear 'em like that once. But that
shirt waist isn't a relic; it's crime.
And we don't want the Society for
the Suppression of Village Dress
makers to serve us with a summons,
do we? Now turn around, please. on
xoshi Just as though any human
being could have a waist line like that.
Listen, dearie; if YOU had a mole on
your chin would you paint a circle
around it? Well. that's what that
tight belt does to your waist. It's
dust as effective as a piece OF hay
wire. No, no. We can't parade you
around New York in that. Let's call
q taxi and do some hurry-up shopping
arst."
"Splendid!' says she. 1--WE been
wanting to go through some of these
big department stores. but I haven't
dared"
"And you're not going TO now" says
L. Were headed for the Maison Noir,
where they make a speciality Of styl-
tsh stouts. 1t isn't a store; it's a
shop"
why" says Mrs. Trueman, 81
didn't know there was any difference" I"
you will when you've paid the BILL"
says I. III you don't before"
Another reason why 7 picked the