The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-19
BLACK OXEN:-:By Gertrude Anterior

surprise. glared at him. He
laughed softly.
II am the best hated man In
New York tonight" Then he
asked abruptly: IF you wish to
avoid fashionable society why not
see something Of this? It would
be quite a new experience and
vary the monotony Of books and
plays"
II may-some time, If you will
kindly arrange it. But am not
a stranger to the cognoscenti. In
London, OF course, they are re-
ceived, sought after. In Paris not
SO much, but one still meets them
the most distinguished. In
Berlin the men might go to court,
but not the women. In Vienna
well, genius will not give quar-
terings. But alas! so many gifted
people seem to come out Of the
bourgeoisie, or lower down still
whether they are received or not
depends largely on their table
Manners
'sOh. I assure you, our cognos-4
cent? have very good table man.
mars indeed"
81 am sure az It." she said
graciously. 81 have an idea that
American table manners are the
best In the world. Is IL true that
one never sees toothpicks on the
table here7''
Good lord. yesE'
Well. you see them on every
aristocratic table In Europe, roy.
atty not excepted"
"One more reason for revolution
Oh! Hang ftp
The lights had gone out. CIaver-
ing half rose, then settled himself
back and folded his arms. A man
stood over him. "Just take my
seat. Billy. win your" he asked
casually Of the eminent critic.
TITS only two hack"
The eminent critic gave him q
look Of hate. emitted a noise that
resembled a hiss. hesitated long
enough to suggest violence, then
with the air Of bloodhound with
his tail between his legs, skunk
up the aisle.
''Will you ten me how you
always manage to get one Of these
prize seats?" asked Clavering at
the fall OF the second curtain.
Nothing in New York is more
difficult OF attainment than good
seat-any seat-for q first night.
All these people, including myself,
have a pull Of some sort-know
the author, star, manager. Many
of us receive notifications long In
advance"
His Influence.
Judge Trent has pull, as you
call it."
"That explains 1t. There has
been almost as much speculation
on that point as about your own
mysterious self. Well, this time
I suppose must. But I'm coming
back"
He gave Mr.. Dinwiddie his seat
and went out for a cigarette. The
foyer was full Of people and he
was surrounded at once. Who
was she? Where had he met her?
Dog that he was to keep her to
himself! Traitor! He satisfied
their curiosity briefly. He hap
pened to know Judge Trent, who
was her trustee. His acquaintance
with the lady was only week
old. Well. he hadn't thought to
mention 1t to such friends as he
had happened to meet. Been too
busy digging up matter for that
internal column. Yes. he thought
he could manage to introduce
them to her later. She had
brought no letters and as she was
Virginian by birth and had gone
abroad in her childhood and mar
ried a foreigner as soon as she
grew up she knew practically no
one in New York and didn't seem
to wish to know any one. But he
fancied she was getting rather.
bored. She had been here for
a month ~ resting - before she
even went to the theater. Oh,
yes, she could be quite animated.
would expect of a woman Of her
intelligence. But the war had
tired her out. She had seen no
one but Judge Trent until the
past week.
He kept one eye on the still
resentfuI Abbott, who refused to
enhance his triumph by Joining