Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-31
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
Tnez. the Girl Detective.

| That's what they called her after
a while-"Inez the Girl Detective"
She earned the title, too. It didn't
make her q popular girl, any more
than the tricks by which she earned
the title gained her popularity.
You see, she made the mistake of
| carrying into private life. methods
used only by gentlemen of the detec-
tive profession.
! She brought the spirit of cross-eX-
! animation into every conversation she
| had with friend about whose past,
present and future she was anxious
! to find out.
| OF course, inordinate curiosity was
at the bottom of her trouble-that
and strange certainty on her part
! that she had the right to know peo-
/ pies secrets.
1t was when Dolly married that
| Inez's powers of deduction and fer
| reting began to he noticed.
| Dolly married an out-of-town man
! who apparently had plenty of the
worlds goods
Friends envied the young bride
and wondered much--concerning the
| man. 1t was Inez who came to bring
| light to the group of Dolly's intimates,
most interested.
! Her husband isn't rich at ALL" she
announced one day. II know all
| about him. / found out from friend
| OF mine just how much he has in the
bank-and just how much of a mort
gage he has on that home he's given
Doll, too. He's just a four-fusher."
They stared and pricked up their
ears AT the time, no one gave much
thought do 1nez's part in the affair
| everyone was so much interested in
! the neWS-but later one or two of the
! girls thought pnn1Ioh 10 inc
! how and why Inez became possessed
OF such valuable information
! Then Jimmy Clifford startled the
whole crowd by going away to a big
| city and trying to make his fortune
painting pictures. He told every one
about his grand and glorious schemes,
laying great emphasis on the gorgeous
apartment studio he and a friend were
| just about to rent. The girls talked
| 1t all over, and decided that Jimmy
was lucky guy to go to the big town
| and hire stunning apartment.
! Inez returned from the aforesaid
| big town a few days later her face
| radiant.
Well. my dears," she greeted her
| friends jubilantly, I've found out all
about Jimmy's apartment. It's a per-
feet hole. Just a grubby old garnet in
| Greenwich Village. No one in the
world would want to live there. He
hardly pays a cent for it. either
/ But how do you know" they
chorused.
II went there" she informed them
blithely. He gave me the address
once, you know, when he was putting
on the high hat about the wonderful
place he was going to live in. Well. /
remembered 1t, l remember every
thing. And Sunday afternoon / just
| strolled down there, found the place.
| and actually got the landlord to show
me Jimmy's apartment. Said
| thought I might want one like it, too.
Pretty good idea. Ell? l certainly
caught Jimmy out. He lives in a
dump"
1t was after that they began calling
her the girl detective. And it wasn't
ticeable decrease in the number of
Inez's admirers and friends. She
grated on every one with her nosey.
impairment curiosity She ilTitated
and annoyed people with her persis-
tent efforts TO find out their business.
She proved conclusively by her bad
! example that it is unwise TO take too
great an interest in your friends al
! fairs If the interest permits you to
make private inquiries about them
| which are in bad taste.
1t is better to lettpeople get away"
with their bluffs and tibs than by ex-
posing, them to, eXposs,7y yourself as "a
| private social scieteetiNe.~, t.s1~
Copyright 4921 ,
! Mimi will be glad TO answer any inquiries
| directed TO this paper, provided a stamped.