Evening star., 1926-11-13
FEARING WALL-FLOWER' S FATE.
STUDENT RUNS AID FOR DATE
Clarendon Boy, at St. Johns,
Annapolis, Now Has drag"
for Dance Tonight.
Baltimore Girl Is First to Re-
ply to Plea for Part
ner at Party.

clarendon, we'll known embryo
metropolis OF Arlington County. Va,
vas considerably concerned today over
reports from Annapolis that one of its
favorite sons. Louis A. Hester, Jr.,
might have to go TO the big foot ball
dance in Baltimore tonight minus a
girl
Young Hester, whose home is on
Westover street in the thriving Nlr-
ginia town, and who is q sophomore
at st. Johns College. Annapolis, ad-
vertised in an Annapolis paper Thurs
dav for drag to take to the dance.
which will follow the gridiron contest
in Baltimore this afternoon between
his own college and Johns Hopkins
University. Drag is college Vernacu-
lar for dance partner.
The Clarendon youth explained to
newspaper reporters that back IN
Clarendon he had no difficulty get
ting girls. but all of the Annapolis
maidens had given him the cold
shoulder during the two years he has
been at st. Johns.
Six Send Replies.
But everything is O. *. now, thanks
to the "ad.'
The little notice brought Hester
three teie2rams and Ghree letters, to
SAY nothing IF II corps of reporters
and oh phDtographers. and Hester went
% tho game this afternoon happy
over the knowledge that he won't
have TO sit back and look on at the
doings or the Southern Hotel roof
this evening.
The lucky lady. il was rumored at
Annapolis today, is Ivonne Batchelor
of Baltimore, whose name was signed
TO the following telegraphic response
to Hester's adj Saw your ad and
loved it's originality. Won't a Balti-
more girl do? Call this evening. Madi.
son 57t5."
Yvonne's was the first telegram, and
naturally she had preference over the
others. When the phone number was
called last night the wires got twisted
and a man answered the call. but later
the number was Strengthened out and
everything was fixed up in short order
between the girl and the student, ac-
cording to his friends.
The want ad' which Hester in
serted in the Annapolis Evening Capt..
tai read
Young college student desires a
drag for a Southern roof party in
Baltimore Saturday night after st.
John s-Hopkins game. Address box
40. Evening Capital, before Friday
night
AS the replies filtered in Hester ex-
amined them with eager eyes and last
night is said TO have gone TO Balti-
more Ito look 'em over
One of the messages was from Miss
Maxine Rankin. a senior in the Mary
land Institute School Of Art and De
sign. who wired:
"Tha nkS for the invitation. Would
like to go. Call Liberty 1922"
Miss Rankin explained to newspa-
per men that the ad appealed to her
sense of humor. but added she would
go If Hester wanted her to.
Miss Sylvia Levy wrote: You have
aroused my pity. | would be delight
ed to attend this dance with you. Call
NV home If you care to take me. |
am a good looking girl | have auburn
hair and am feet 4 inches tall.
Other replies were along a similar
vein. Hester confessed a partiality
toward brunettes, and 1t is presumed
that Yvonne must have been OF the
favored type.
Friends of the student, both in Clar-
endon and In Annapolis, were suspi.
oious today that Hester wasn't really