The Washington times., 1927-03-23
Making Career for Ones Self Is Not All Peaches and
Cream as BObbie Ransom Found Out When She En-
tered the Movies at Hollywood

TUE next day was Sunday.
1t was to be a blazer-one
Of those parching days Of dry
August heat when even the wind
Is like the breath from a furnace.
But 1t was cool and dewy when
Bobbie woke at s in the morning,
and stretched her slender body
in it's thin nightgown.
The nightgown was pale.pink
silk and all around the neck and
the armholes were little embroid-
cred scaIlops. Bobbie had made
It, herself, with her clever fingers
and 1t had cost exactly four dol
lars and 10 cents.
But if you had gone to a shop
90 buy it you would have had to
pay three or four times that
much for 1t. Easily.
Her Ruling Passion
The dainty white room was
filled with other proofs of Boobies
passion for nice things. The cur
tains at the window were lengths
Of sheer white organdy hemmed
by handy Boobies hand. Under
the bed was a small pair Of pink
satin mules, and on the toe Of
each one she had painted a clus.
ter Of rosebuds with oil colors.
She had made the shell-pink
dressing gown that hung over
the chair by the windows.
The plain white dresser had an
organdy frill all around it, and it
was covered with cold cream jars
and scent bottles, and powder
boxes-all of them fill with the
most expensive beauty aids that
are sold.
fool nonsense" was the way
Aunt Gertrude described these
things that cost a small fortune.
Aunt Gertrude was proud Of the
fact that she never used so much
rs talcum powder on her nose, and
she apparently never knew just
how large and pink and shiny her
nose looked sometimes.
It was very rosy and shiny in
deed when she opened the door of
the room at 8 o'clock to see il
Bobbie was UP.
She wasn't. She was still lying
In bed, with her hands clasped be-
hind her yellow-gold head and her
dark eyes fixed dreamily on the
ceiling.
my stars, girl! Don't you know
It's breakfast time? What are you
lally-gagging there for?" she asked
sharply. "I'm boiling the water
for the eggs right now"
Against Their Will
Aunt Gertrude had been getting
the family up at 8 o'clock for Sun
day morning breakfast for years
against their will. Both Bobbie
and Mr.. Ransom would far rather
have stayed in bed and gone with
out breakfast, but Aunt Gertrude
wouldn't let them.
She just kept nagging and call
ing and complaining until, in sheer
desperation, they got up.
IF you hadn't stayed out until
all hours with Andy Jerrold last
night you'd be ready to get UP at
a decent time this morning. she
scolded Bobbie. II heard you
incoming around with him It'll way
pass midnight
She was always scolding about
Andy Jerrold. The plain fact of
the matter was that Aunt Ger
trude hated to see Bobbie or any
other woman with a sweetheart,
because she never had had one her
self. Poor Aunt Gertrude.
Men liked her. They liked her,
sharp tongue and her acid sense
Of humor. They liked her because
she seemed so unromantic and
matter-of-fact. And no one ever
guessed that way down at the
bottom of her heart. Aunt Ger
trude was hungry and starved for
the affection and sentiment that
she scoffed at.
When she was gone, Bobbie
jumped up from the bed and ran
into the bathroom. On shelf
above the tub were all the bath
toilet things that belonged to her
--geranium bath salts from a
French perfumer. skin tonics. rose
toilet water. lemon shampoo for
her blond hair. and huge glass
Jar OF busting powder with a pale
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