Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-09-10
hungry for the city tonight. are your
mo. sweet. What a funny question %
Cuuuir Lost In Whiri.

II
the big metropolis Itself when the bales
arrived In their Gypsy two weeks later.
| Fer hours they drove about the grad
ualiy intsnsifylng city before they
reached It's heart. Automobile How.
where the Gypsy salesrodms and Fred's
Offices were Iocatsd.
Members OF the selling force wh,
had been notified by President owens OF
the Daies' coming. hsd prepared every
thing hut a home for them The right
hotel had hen found. dates for the frs
few evenings entertainment made ane
even several apartment prospects hunt
I'd up.
pa interested In U.S." ran the com
iany's slogan. ''and wen return III
compliment"
II gave Connie thrill 81 pride. there
fore. IN Fred and his employers. when
with their arrival at the New York
ssiesrooms the majo part of the sellin,:
staff turned out for them.
Fred. fiery with pleasurible EN-
barrassment was introduced to d dozen
men at n tine. and IN turn lntro'iuced
his blushing bride
For the next few days Connie was ~
Ian excited whlrl. Their room on the
eighteenth floor Of u marvellous hotel
1.-THE exciting hunt for an apartment
lConnie's sentimental dream Of white
colonial cottage had tn be postponed
I'LL their plans were more settled. Nh,
declded-the heavenly theaters and AZ
ter theatre dancing and JAM: the thrill
ling whlri and clangor of life In ths
heart ~ New York: the giant shops: the
ceing.tbetown rides on bus tops: peer
ling into second story windows as they
Ijigsisd along by the lovely Hudson
Trim: the sal-sinen friends az ffeds Will
lhteir Hauve sophistication: all stirred
Connie into q state OF mental chaos. sh.
was living at too breathisss a pace u
form any Judgements IN yet
when she id tind anything thai
made her uneasy she sens.biy dismissed
her missivlngs. telling herself every
Thing was IN NJ temporary d state that
IVORY was useless.
II vas not tili the following MONDAY
Fred's work would begin. and this Wal
loniy another phase Of their honeymoon
IIt had been Fred's idea 10 break NJ
Their camp five days earlier than the,
lhad planned 10 put them the sooner 10
New York.
"Noth.ng like being on the sround 4
lfsv days before actual work starts. IN
Prettiness?" ne argued. And conni,
icould not deny the worthiness of TIN
Ircnttueut -r'sf
| II there we're anything to worry sbou
lshe told herself AZ she Ivy In her linen
siieeted little twin bed Ia that tall ho
tel. she could fad u In her heart To wish
1.-THE Gypsys were not 90 rapidly becom
ling the favorite with . certain type Of
public.
There was something about tho cat
that appealed TO thu gay. the newly
Imoneyed. the sporting. theatrical ex
Itremely sophisticated crowd.
Salesman. Fred among them. were he
Ing coached by n Oypsy Motor Compa
my bulletins 10 SHOW your customers
you're a lodge brother. Mlx. Be Ro
man In Rome. Sell yourself ana you
sell a Gypsy.'
Something about Il sounded onin
Iously 20 Connie through her dresm,
ifor prsd.
Pesd Locates A Hone
On saturday AFTERNOON Fred came "a
Ibus,i!nx with excitement.
Get your things on auick, me
dariint. I've got home for you
Oh. Con. hut it'a a pippin.'
A flood Of questions and a few mis-
sIvInRs were In Comics mind. Hut
wisely she nut them OF.
Cypsy fairly took the cornSSs Of,
New York In Pred's eagerness TO gel
mi. wife 10 their new home. II,
wo,,idnt tell her ANYTHING til she ss~
lIt. Rut she knew from his excitement
La would Ia "A serious matter u sh,
did no, like what ne thought 30 won
lderf,,l
Anxlous,y ghe scanned the streets
Ithey went through. Was Il 60 he tn
noisy, over dressed neighborhood will
the frightening mounia ms ~ apart
n,ent houses. row after row. each one
La crowded city. with not an. dis'inc
Tive touch 10 show ones own hom'
wind0ws from a hundred Thousand
A vast cliff tcemlng with population
was Cleopatra Court. Before It's sct'ir
entrances stood four or five machines
lmy with color and metal trimmings
Tho hallway was hlare Of marble
and gold. llveried doormen. telephone
Operators. elevator runners: stone Jar
Of palms. ornate .lectroliers. tapcsiries
seats and hangings.
"frcd--no,--not here
And why not here?' laughed Fred
IL. N.fllne'a Ton gssni for my Qlft