The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-28

hltIllDtIss anu WHICH Sui GAlSlSs
She wassa very popular girl,
o, IT'S LOTS OF FUN
WHEN YOU LIVE IN CHINAi
IF | were suddenly to see the
sun tin-plate over, roIy-poiy wise,
and hurry to do a skirt dance Oh
top of birmingham tailest sky
scraper, it wouldn't surprise me
VIA amp
Ten or twelve OF Us incredulous
women around a luncheon table
stopped telling about what we got
for Christmas to hear more.
1t was Mrs. Alel Loehr-for-
merly lovely Irma Dozier-who
had stopped the clock.
why not?''
The demand was in varying fall
setto tones.
Because I've lived in China,
the lady demurely responded. mot
,,1that the sun does those things over
there-at least not yet-but there
| is a surprise every day of your
American life when you reside in
that country
Away Lon lime
You see, Mrs. Loehr, whose
scholarly husband was in consular
service in the orient, resided there
for 10 years (think of Birming-
ham girl being abe to stay away
from the sight of Twentieth street
and Second avenue that long9 and
i she has brought back wealth of
merry experiences from her stay.
The story she was telling con-
cerned a certain dinner of Chinese
dignitaries, to which she and Mr..
Loehr had been bidden- and the in
vitation to which they had 'ac-
cepted with pleasure.
But let Mrs. Loehr tell it in her
own merry style:
1.-The invitation specified that we
were to come at 1870 sharp; and
being recently in Pekin and a
stranger therein, | was eager to be
exactly correct.
"My husband-may his health
remain excellent had told ME
! that | should be not a moment late.
SO | started early in the afternoon
to begown myself, and when the
1880 hour sounded, | was all ready
to depart.
F.. However, my husband had not
! arrived! As is usual when one is
determined that all things shall be
exactly proper, something is
bound to happen. And so my hus-
band was 'unavoidably detained at
the office. Press of business and
so forth.
"Of course, became anxious. It
would be perfectly objectionable to
be late for dinner party So
charged him to hurry like mad.
Would Hurry
"He promised be would. He was
coming instanter-would be right
there first second he could possibly
get away.
well, he arrived-after
what must have been three-quarters
/ OF an hour. But II seemed ike
days interminable to me, and l
urged him to put on top speed II
we were to get to the affair at
all; entreating him, at the same
time, whether we really ought to
Try to go so late.
80, yes-yes'-we must go. 1t
would never do for us not to.
$50 | paraded around the room
like sealion-you know how they
always look anguished and Hap
around in undecided circles as
though they literally would go
somewhere or do something dell
mite if they could just make up
their minds WHERE TO go and
WHAT to do.
And during this time, Mr.. Loehr
dressed like a snail grve you my
word of honor! Hurry-he never
heard the world! You know what
husbands are like! Wei, he was
like that. He was whistling as
cheerfully as though spring had
came; and when l literally de
manded of him that we fly, the
worst again happend.
Heaven help us He informed
me he had tetotally forgotten TO
send some extremely important ca
blegram. 1t would be Impossible
for him to leave our residence UNI
til he had dispatched it.
"Well, of course, | realized that
business must come first-so flew
for pen and paper-and pune
tuated the message TO Uncle Sam
with sentences that no decent peo-
pie, knew, in the history of the en-
tire world, had ever been so late
to a dinner party as We were going
to be-
Not Long in Suspense
"What were our hosts thinking
of us by now. | could see our
empty places gaping at table
"But on this score, + was not
kept long in suspense.
Can you fancy what fright
fully embarrassing thing hap
pened?
There came great humping
at the door, and when | flew to, an
swer it, there was an actual mes
senger from our hosts.
weren't we coming to the
feast? the messenger queried. Ev-
erything was all ready-and they
were waiting on us.
waiting on u.s. | tried to stand
up under the strain-tried to eX.
press my overwhelming embarrass.
ment, stutter my undying mortifi.
cation-for that is what it was
but was only backed up MILDLY
by my husband, wh5 assured the
servant we would he along-anc
thank you, or something.
Finally, the terrible eableeran
was finished. Then that reminded
my husband there was still some
other wretched work to be done.
"So Won can we'll imagine +he