Evening star., 1927-09-30
SUB ROSA
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BY MIMI.
BY MIMI.
Beginning Young.

She was the only girl IN nlSn scnool
who had a stunning New York man
with big car at her disposal. All
her friends. lining up to see her off
after school each day, envied her
with an intensity that hurt.
Why should she be allowed to settle
hack luxuriously into the rear seat OF
big limousine driven by n smart
chauffeur: to settle back beside a
sleek, mustached young Romeo who
was the ideal Of every envious, girl
ish heart. while they. her poor friends
slowly betoOil themselves home to
dull household tasks and idiotic, child
ish play?
Later on. when they hegan to step
out themselves. Lily was still way
ahead of them. She was going to
college proms when they were just
timidly stepping onto the dance floor
of an ordinary fraternity hop.
She was seeing irst-niSht openings
on Broadway while they beg sed their
mothers to allow them to go ~ the
moves with the boys.
When she was IS she was voted
the most popular girl on one of the
biggest proms. and everybody knew
there was no use trying to compete
with Lily
From then on the crowd saw her
only occasionally. At New Yo'i night
clubs. where they were finally per.
mitted to go by careful mothers, they'd
have an occasional glimpse of her as
she swept through n door. furred and
jeweled, almost hidden by her masses
of orchids.
They still envied her. She was
much more glorious and dazzling than
they could ever hope to be.
In connie of wears they hpy1n IN
forget about her. because they all be.
gan to get married. and their interest
in night clubs and dances was not az
keen as ever.
Hut they still talked of Lily. and
waited to hear that she had surpassed
them all with brilliant marriage of
which none of them would have been
capable.
They waited a long time. Lily
wasn't in any hurry. Until she was
2S she continued to break boyish
hearts. and then her family began to
talk seriously about her getting mar.
ried.
They hadn't had an awful lot of
money. her family. but they had
banked it all on Lily. From the min
ute they realized she was to he a
great beauty they had invested all
their money in her future. and now
they were waiting for the investment
/ to yield a little profit for them.
Well. Lily did her best. She mar
ried nice kid she was in love with
and they settled down to light house
keeping in an ordinary. tworoOm
! apartment and all the girls sat ur
and rubbed their ewes and said. why
she didn't do 80 much better than we
| did. after ALL
If they had been wise, they wouIt
| have guessed as much long ago. The
girl who begins to step out too soor
very often settles down to the most
| mediocre existence in the end
You see. her popularity and the
| good times she had gave her a sense
of importance. They convinced hei
| that there's nothing she needs tc
| learn. She's on top Of the world, ant
nobody can tell her anything.
| Consequently. she learns really
nothing about life or human beings
Neither does she learn anything about
improving her mind. She doesn't see
any necessity for 1t. Everybody
crazy about her, and always will be
| That's her fixed conviction.
! So she goes serenely along, thinking
vaguely OF the beautiful marriage
she'll make some day, and wakes VI
| WIN cfupI SHOCK 10 realize tndL Hcl
small world of night clubs and dances
is about her ears. She hasn't either
the brilliance or the opportunity t.
make a stunning marriage.
| She has ambled around with tes
hounds and lounge lizards so long she
| just has to marry one Of them. There
| is nobody else on the horizon.
Beginning first often means finish
| ing last.
| fCODyright. 1927
Mimi will he glad to answer an inquiries
| directed to this paper. provided a stamped
| addressed envelope is inclosed.