Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

| out of breath when he Joined her at
the door; she was again calm. indif-
ferent, maddeningly glacee. With the
resiliency of youth they leaped to
the subject of modern marriage, as
they moved of into the surging bill
| lows of the dance.
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GONE one cut in, and she breathed
- a sigh of relief calculated to reach
his ears. He stalked away with per-
functory thanks thrown behind him.
She smiled delightediy upon the young
man who had relieved him, and over
whelmed him with q dizzying broad
side of chatter that would have de-
ceived no girl.
The truth Of the matter was that
the evening had slumped sickeningiy.
She was bored with the week end
house party of which she was mem
Der. There has to be at least one
piquant man to rush one. at party.
however small the party; otherwise.
wherefore born? Alice could remem-
the number of ''rushers" who brought
sest and tang into the evening; but
as one grew older. fewer and fewer
men could arouse the fresh. youthful
enthusiasm of ones girihood.
You were gone a long time with
Bob Norton" the youth in whose arms
she was bitterly rejecting declared,
not without suggestion.
People make such bright re-
marksw she rejoined. you have on
a white tie tonight. haven't your
He subsidized, and she giared at the
| orchestra, in silent prayer that they
would come through with the Home
Again Blues"
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THE real business OF a dance does
! not begin until 1t Is over. In
Mary Lee Cobb's mahogany and pink
boudoir the two girls sat and cold
creamed their faces and storaged
their hair in curriers' and talked over
everything worth mentioning. Espe-
cially interesting 1t Is, always. to find
out which men have given the same
identical lines to house party room
mates, which rouge best stands the
| test of an evenings wear. which line
| has proven most effective in whipping
up the jaded interest of the stays.
Alice and Mary Lee went over
almost everything. The same youth
had asked each OF them to go out and
SIT IN his car; Mary Lee had had a
fight with the young man to whom
she was reported to be almost en-
gagged" because she was weary of the
| stigma those two words cast upon
her and anxious to seek pastures
new; Alice had become bored with the
stripping who had been allotted to her
for the week end.
Mary Lee had her glittering hair
wrapped into little knobs all over
her head before she sighed and voiced
a poignant truth:
alice, 1 wonder why it is that all
the attractive men are the ones you
don't see much Of
| Alice stopped suearing magic
grower over her already well devel-
| oped eyelashes and raised a sticky
forefinger for emphasis. MARY Lee,
you're wandering into the point.
get so sick of meeting men-on week
ends like this or at-at dances-men
who live at the ends of the earth
men that you'll never see again-and
liking them-and dragging a good
time along-and then saying good bye!
Ny life." Adamantine Alice proclaim
ed, and surveyed her classic profile
In Mary Lees hand mirror, "is one
IF Al uo
You're knocking the nall in" Mary
Lee agreed. It's only the little weirs
and poor goophers that tag you along
with specials and candy and tele-
grams. The other kind-well, it's
just. It's been awfully nice TO know
you! hope I see you again some
time And there you are-or aren't"
The two battle-scarred veterans
were gloomiIy silent, thinking of the
might -have-beens that haunt every
girls maiden meditation. Alice was
the first to speak.
IF man meets a girl and falls for
her, he's got all the right and chance
to follow it up, even if she doesn't
live in the same place. He can make
her know him better. Seven years
study Of this thing has convinced me
that proximity turns the trick. But
If a girl meets a man and falls for
him, what can she do but shipper and
say goodbye when the time comes?"
Mary Lee turned slowly and focused
an inquiring gaze on her nate-at-
arms. She found there q halt OF
words and q rush of color.
"Alice-Beveriy!" she cried, then
became quiet, the more conyincingly
to level her accusation. II knew that
something was gummed somewhere
when you didn't drop q word about
moonlighting with Bob Norton! You
don't mean TO say that you-you,
after ali this time! II you've fallen
for him. dear old Adamantine, it's
seven years wasted-that's all can
write as your epitaph:"
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A LICE became even more self-be-
"A traying. 'why-what do you
mean? What's the matter with him"
Matter? Nothing. The matters
with you. He's the most attractive
man within reach, but he isn't within
reach. He killed every one off In col
iegs-his quotation in the yearbook
was: I've 'ad my pickin' of sweet
hearts, and twelve OF the lot was
prime Well. and now he's at Har-
ward Medical You konw how
much chance any one has OF getting a
medical student down to brass tacks.
And he--weil, he's Just like Quicksii-
yer when IL comes to mailing him
down"
Mary Lee took breath. and studied
Alice's face, beautiful despite layers
Of eold-creaIn and q frame of electric