New Britain herald., 1925-11-30
GSpZY!S; :: II

memory, barbara had Identified 'ht
face. She had seen Il beside that o'
the new governor, looking out OF the
pages OF her own paper the day be
fore. The jewelry customer was thc
new governors lady,
What fun" thought Barbara, -,
watch her buy nccklarcs!' Sb'
looked with interest At every l"tu
OF the woman's costume.
Then a sentence OF Wolls' occurr"
70 her. Write what you wou'
read. " you were on the outsid"
he had said.
When the Jade necklace mad br",r
wrapped up and the change deliver
ed, Mrs. Ezra Hamilton moved away
followed by an unohtrusivC youn.
person in tailored navy blue. NO
body observing would have guess,
that any connection lay between tn
lady in sables and the girl in serc'
For that matter, neither "on
the lady in sables
The first lady prefers whit
TO colored lingerie,
Her purchases in the under
wear departments yesterday aft
crnoon adhered firmly to the
conservative color note, in spite
OF the attempts Of saleswomen
TO press upon her the latest In
apple green combination suits,
and orchid chcmises.
The climax was reached
when q salcswoman advanced
upon the governors wife with
robe de nui, in apricot crep"
de chine, lavishly trimmed with
black chiffon frills.
"'My goodness said Mrs
Hamilton. I'd feel Ike the bed
room scene from Camille If !
wore that
"Whereupon she picked UP
her parcels Of white unmen-
tionablcs and departed for the
glove department"
There it was, right in the mAddl
OF page one, under a thrce-columl
cut OF the governors wife and
staring black headline, which read
: No Peach .Colored Nighties 10
Me Says Governors Lady
But that was not half OF It. III
story began With few lines aoou
the feat accomplished by the Ne'
Britain Telegraph in getting at firs
hand this detailed story OF the IN
2ugural wardrobe Of the new gov
errors wife.
There followed a favorable com
ment upon the taste Of the enFianl
woman. an epic on her choice
furs, some remarks on shoes an
gloves. and a lyric on her lingerie
barbara settled back in tn
croaking swivel chair. Her hand Ia
caresslngly upon the smiling pictn'
Of the governors lady,
! The city editor came by, on u
way TO the composing room, an
caught the pose. He made as II
speak. thought better OF 1t, an
went on. smiling.
"Conerats, Barbara Ea"le!
said somebody close by her car. bl
Jeceries again. you've made
splash this time. all right. Guess IN
about makes up for Nikola-Tha'
ris-nou,n. doesn't it,
/ Guess So" said Barbara, happI
at got good position, didn't IT,
BEST in the world" said 30
Sort Of stuff that means clrcuI;
zion. too. People rave on about y
Low Journalism, but CAD, no" I'M
cat it up And women make the De
yeIlow journalists in the world y
know
He looked at Barbara, expecting
sharp rntort. But he was dlsa
pointed. ,,,
Surely they DO" she said, %
cause they have nose for soss
and a flair for picturesque lmpr'
nriety, The talk that passes oV
,he back fences in our street Won
keep any paper supplied with hp''
news for weeks"
4 telephone call took Boo AN;
and left Barbara TO her pleasa
.mndi,ations. She picked Up I'll" p'
per again and gazed upon her Ftoi
han. condescending'y, she open
The paper and began to read some
the copy OF other writer's
She was beginning TO feel u
war,n affection for the Telegram
tina. young reporters d>ve)"p' vi
their first beat
Having read the news coI9h
rather thoroughly, Barbara glan''
at some OF Inc advertisements. EN'
for these she felt personal a
fiction.
4 two-column box at the head
column on the real estate pal
caught he. rye. Manners stone
Reynolds" it read. And und"rnea'
Realtors
This, with the telephone NUMB
: and a suite number in the Pfole
sional Building, was all.
The name Reynolds gave la
hara q STAR. There vas nothing
show whether It vas Bruce he
, nolds.
: Her thoughts we're interrupte
Adeline had let the switchboard
speak to her.
somebody wants to talk to yo
9 Miss Hawley," she said nonch
lantly, Says her names Mrs. f"
} Hamilton"
t ITO Be ContinueI)