The Washington herald., 1922-12-29
In This Chapter Former Yale
Hero Tells How He Forgot
Marriage Date With Fair
Geneva Mitchell, and Failed
to Get Necessary License.
IMAGINE foroett;no a data I

did.
No ,oomder Geneva Mitchsu, soho
had yislded to his sohirloind court
ship, spurned him sohen he sent
notes to the Midnight Frolic'
stage door! This pas blos0 to
Savage's heart that sent him back
to his school classes. In the cold
hour of reasoning that follosOed he
estimated the costs of hts three
,Deek pooing spell. Tho figures
came to $50, 900.
He tells of this period Of his
romance in todays instalment,
published Exclusively IN The Wash
ington Herald.
By ROBERT 9. r'B0B'1 SAVAGE.
Copyright. 1s,a.. by. New York
THE day following my rapid-nre
proposal to the beautiful Geneva
Mitchell, of the Midnight Frolic."
and her instant acceptance was
Sunday.
As I had retired after the break Of
day I didn't waken until 4 O'Clock
In the afternoon. I looked at my
watch in dismay and in my dressing
gown went for the telephone.
Calling Geneva, / was relieved to
find that she, too, had just wakened
and had been on the way to tele.
phone me when I called.
PLANNED QUIET WALK.
Sunday is q dull day in New York,
so we planned to spend II in a quiet
walk up and down Riverside Drive.
where / was living with my brother
Ed, and his wife.
As / was leaving the house half
hour later to meet Geneva my sis.
ter-in-law stopped me and asked me
where I was going. told her that
I was meeting a girl for a stroll on
the drive. and she suggested:
why don't you bring her home
to dinner when you finish your
walk"
had a moments misgivins
about bringing q "Frolic" girl in.
to my brothers home. But when
thought of Geneva's charming
air and "distingue" manner. my
doubts vanished.
I could think Of no reasonable
excuse for refusing this well
meant invitation, and so agreed
to bring Geneva home about Z.
NEVER SAW "FROLIC."
When told Geneva Of my sis
ter's invitation she refused ir
panic at first. It was not unit
1 reassured her that neither my
brother nor his wife had evei
been to the "Frolic" or. for that
matter, on midnight Broadway. a.
far as / knew. that she was con
WINGED. We decided that II would
be better to tell my brother moth
ing OF Geneva's occupation, nor o!
our coming marriage.
We were both trembling as We
came into Eds apartment after
our walk. My sister-in-law wei
coined Geneva graciously and
could see that Ed was rather
bowled over by her beauty, whis
pering to me:
you can sure pick 'em, kid"
MADE HIT WITH FAMILY.
Geneva took the whole family by
storm. Little Eddie. my brother
seven-year-old boy. whom Ed al
ready has selected as the fullbacl
of the Yale Varsity for 1885. wa,
smitten the hardest by Geneva
| charms.
With a childish knack for say,n,
the wrong thing in the right place
he Immediately began calling he
Aunt Geneva" which made 1t un
comfortable for US but furnishes
amusement for the others.
After dinner Eddie made It q littl
more difficult by selecting from hi
hundreds Of toys his pogo stick witt
which to amuse his Aunt Geneva
Then he pleaded:
Show me how to run q pog
stick, Aunt Geneva I just go
this for a present and don't know
how IT works"
SELECTED THE RIGHT SONG.
BY now I had entered into tn
j spirit Of the farce and searchin
through the new Victrola records
selected the song she had made tn
hit Of the town.
And so to the strains Of 'Bour
cling Up and Down, Pogoing A
Over Town" Aunt Geneva" den
lonstrated the proper use Of the pog
stick in my brothers apartment
All applauded her skill, but non
knew where she had gained II.
The pext two weeks are a blur 4
my mind today. All can see as
looked back is a kaleidoscope q
color. dominated always by the gra
Of Geneva's eyes and the crimso
Of her lips.
Every cafe dancing place and tn,
ater in New York came to know u,
for we were together every minut
we were not asleep or she at wori
Even that did not separate us. 70
had a seat reserved in the fron
row of Sally and my old table a
the Frolic every night.
The engagement ring that
bought foE Geneva was q goo
one. A diamond and platinum ba
pin followed the ring, then came
tiny wrist watch and a lavallier,
But Geneva could never be a.
cused of being a gold digger"
Towards the end Of my vacatio
the subject Of the date Of our maj
riage came up. Finally. agains
my better Judgment, we agree
that January 6. the day on whicl
I was to return to school, shoul
be our wedding day. We were Z
keep It a secret and was Z
go back to Yale and she to he