The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-18


place or firm,
ruffied. You'll find you can't go
any place else and live for 81 week
the way you can here, young lady"
she said quietly. ''You really live
here for less than that, because you
don't give mother your board half
the timer
Flossie glared at her. "All right,
go ahead and insult me all you want
tor she answered. Either you give
me a check for $40 for wave this
morning, or-or, I'll ask Hillary Dex-
ter for it. So there!'
"Flossie Middleton! You wouldn't
do a thing like that. You wouldn't
ask a man for money!" There was
honest horror in Mary Roses voice,
ANY day I wouldn't" Flossie
tossed her head. Don't kid your
self that I wouldn't! Why shouldn't
L ask a man friend for money just
as fast as I'd ask a girl friend for it?
I'd pay him back. And is it any
worse to take the price Of a perma-
nent wave from a man that it is to
let him buy you theater tickets or
take you to lunch?'
She stood f1uffing her hair around
her ears as she watched Mary Rose
in the glass. She saw with great
satisfaction that she was taking a
check book from the closet shelf
where she kept it.
"All right, Floss, I'll give you the
money this time. But you've got to
remember that it's the last I'll ever
give you. That money in the bank
is for sickness, or something like
that. Suppose we should lose our
jobs" Mary Rose said, staring
downstairs.
world should Gomez" Flossie called
after her, insolently.
In a few minutes she followed her
downstairs to the breakfast table.
"You wouldn't have to worry
about losing your job all the time
If you had your boss 'vamped' the
way I have mine," she remarked
cheerfully, as she poured most Of
the pitcher Of cream into her coffee
eff I were as crazy about a man as
you are about John Manners, I'd
take him away from that Doris Hi
mig so fast it would make his head
SWIM
Mrs. Middleton looked at her
youngest daughter reprovingly.
"Flossie, don't like to hear you
talk like that about the men you
work with" she said. "a girl as
young as you should be modest al
ways
Flossie didn't answer. Her eyes
were on the check, as Mary Rose
passed 1t across the table to her. She
took it., Without a word. and stuffed
it into the pocket Of her white shirt
waist
An hour later F1ossie was going
through the tortures of permanent
wave.
Does it pull, Miss?" the hairdres-
ser, a kindly woman Of uncertain
age and indubitable loneliness,
asked her.
+ 81 should worry If it pulls" Flos-
sic answered. I'D go through hades
to look nice"
She closed her eyes and sat like
an idol for three hours while the
woman wound her soft corn -colored
hair on steel skewers wrapped them
in oily f1annels, and then put the
bakers on.
docs it burn, Miss?" she asked
again, when the electric bakers"
were at their very hottest.
"a little," Flossie admitted. "But
what do care? I'd go through any
thing to have curly hair! How long
will it stay curly?"
For six months"
H'Well, then, I'll have another
wave at the end Of six months"
the girl answered, gritting her teeth.
I'm going to start saving for it
now"
She watched with anxious eyes
while the woman unwrapped her
hair. 1t stood all over her head in
little tight corkscrews until it was
combed out. Then it was in mass
of bright little ringlets all over hef
head.
Flossie was enchanted. ooh! Ism t
it beautiful?" she cried, with eyes
like stars and the smile Of a child.
I'm just wild about itv'
It'll be even prettier in two or