Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-01-21

softly pink like the first shy clouds
of dawn and the rich satin trousers
were copies of thosg' worn by the
Royal Chinese family. Bizarre and
vivid jewels for my body and hair
made the tout ensemble one of UNI
usual brifliance and the many gems
flashed fitfully as l moved about.
ode Lord have muccy on ma soul, :"
exclaimed Nom Nellie when l passed
in review, eff dat lam amt zackly
lax boy chile in dem liz pants
You'll sho be knockin' de eyes plum
outer dey heads dis night"
"Thank you, Nom Nellie, but re-
member what I've told you before.
1t makes a difference when you see
people through eyes of love. Your
little Sallie's not so great"
Father was almost boisterous in his
Napproval. and sef after turning me
around several times for final in
spection, we were off.
Upon arriving, we found the spac-
ious club had been transformed into
a Chinese palace suggesting the mag
nificance of the. dynasty of Ming
Silks and rare tapestries, handsomely
embossed in gold dragons and heavily
padded chrysanthemums, covered the
walls. From the ceiling were swung
myriad lanterns of colored glass, the
glow of which danced to the far cor
ners of the room, bathing all in an
atmosphere of mystery and romance.
Suddenly the muffled sound of an
orchestra played Chinese march and
the room was invaded by six little fig
ures in Oriental attire. They waved
their fans and tottered toward two
tremendous tea boxes patterned in
motifs grotesquely bright. They
struck the tea boxes and the room
was thronged with Chinese subjects
CARRIED in robes of great splendor,
each being original in its design.
Then, up flared the lights and now,
indeed, did the room, with its fine
trappings, take on festive air. While
their escorts were in the tea boxes,
the fair ladies Of their choice had
stood attentively around the walls in
trigued with the elaborate ceremonies
being performed. To lend variety to
the event, they had been asked to be.
deck themselves in fancy array and
now as they moved over the floor to
a twentieth century tune, the scene
was one of Kaleidoscope delight.
Here were Sicilian maidens, balloon
giEls, Alsacian peasants, bewitchlng
nomads, Dutch flower vendors, Alpine
beauties, Colonial ladies in bouff tnt
satin and powdered coiffures piled
high on their shapely heads, Night in
her resplendent glory, whirled by and
proud Castillian bellies with mantillas
of costly black lace.
Everyone was sweet and cordial to
me as is they had long ago grown
tired of trying to make gossip about
anyone who had been as uninterest-
ingly orthodox in their behavior as
had been during the last few months.
Besides, as far as scandal went, to-
night Anne occupied the center of the
stage.
She seemed to be everywhere and
for the first time in her life was wear
ing black. With Anne's cleverness for
effect one would have. thought that
tonight of all times she would have
chosen sweet and simple costume,
like her frocks, which always gave
one the impression that she was the
fresh and innocent type. But, no, it
was a new Anne who came to this
dance-a daring Anne who wore the
most sportive costume of all the gala
throng. l heard someone ask her
what she was supposed to represent.
"a god time, for a change" she said
otI +hroxry hooLr hor, bQoH
Indeed, she might have been de-
scribed as Vice. A brief frock of
black satin came just above her knees.
From her waist line were innumer-
able ribbons of red that fluttered as
she moved. From these fell minia-
ture cards, cigarettes and tiny bottles
of liquor that had probably been used
as samples in the days of saloons. On
her head, poised at rakish angle,
was "put and take" top with each of
it's sides cleverly marked. Her crown
ing achievement, however, was pair
of square earrings made of enormous
dice. In some way, they had been
made electrical and twinkled inter
mittently with light. Slippers of
black satin with heels of brilliant red,
and chiffon hose cmopleted her con-
spicuous attire.
More than ever, had the PRESENT.
ment that within the next few hours
many startling things would come
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