San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-25

cd in getting an Audience with an
/ who knew all the Germs along Fiftl
| Avenue
He told her the climate near Forty
second Street was too rigorous 70
one of her delicate Build and she ha,
better beat it TO a Playground il
| the South.
So they headed for the Palms, boil
Itching and Cocoanut.
About this time. the Fortunat,
Couple began to devote all their Ner
vous Energies to that absorbing
\ Pastime known as watch the Bag.
1t is a Game unknown to salariet
MiniOns. but a never-ending source OF
Agitation among those who are pain
fully Prosperous.
The Good Woman had, by Frugal.
| ity. and Perseverance, accumulated
over two Quarts of Twinklers. some
of them running as large as Pecans
Her JOB on Earth was to keep tab
on the Chamois Pouch, because the
! moment il was swiped. she would be
out $4,000 and practically Nude.
1t was too valuable to trust TO
Servants who were Stupid, and all
who appeared Bright were suspected
of getting ready to frame an Inside
Job.
The Bag could not be left IN a
: Safe, because Madam had to wear an
Assortment to Breakfast and another
Constellation at Lunch Time. while
the Dinner Display was simply Mag
noiius.
Ma loved her Trinkets, but she
knew that, sooner or later. she would
be tapped on the Noodle and relieved
of the Whole Works.
We find the two haggard Vaca-
TONERS in a large wooden Hotel re-
sembling five or six Hotels that had
run together.
Getting Tired Of Job.
Father had been trained to crouch
like Bird Dog and watch the Jewels
for Hours at n time, and the Job
was beginning to Pail.
1t was one of those Resorts at
which the Guests are afraid to turn
in at Night for fear the Building will
burn at a Time when they are not
Presentable.
They had to open each day Of Re
Taxation by getting into the Dining
Room before it closed.
Then they liked back TO the Twen-
ty-a-Day Attic and made up for the
first General Parade. otherwise known
as the Neranda Inspection. under the
control of the Enamel Sisters and the
Jowl Brothers.
One of the Unwritten Laws among
the Elite was to lay off of Alcoholic
Nourishment until along toward Tiffin
lime, after which it was considered
Good Form to fly at it with out
stretched Pinions.
Mr.. and Mrs. Basker sometimes
read in the Paper, that the whole
Country had gone Dry, but it did
not seem Possible.
Between 1 and . o'clock. a great
many Ladies fixed up to represent the
Aurora Borealis or a Cream Puff or
a Zebra or something like that, would
blow in for Luncheon, one at Time.
and delay the serving of Food.
Mrs. Basker would give the Gimlet
Eye to each Upper and then rush
back 10 her Apartment to slip on
something little more Ultra.
She had come South to enjoy her
self, and she did not propose to be
shown up by lot of Maudies.
In the Afternoon, she wore a dainty
5000 Contrivance, made loose and SEN
sible around the Shoulders, so that
she could either watch a game of
Tennis, go riding in Roller Chair,
or lift a Slice of Lemon into her
Young Hyson.
Along about Dusk, all OF the Re
laxers showed an earnest Desire to
round out Perfect Day.
The Dollar Princesses began to get
on their V-shaped Lumties and
the Tired Business Men began to get
on their Brannigans.
All who had been put on a Diet
found themselves attending frolicsome