Evening star., 1928-06-21
SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
Rutter.and-Egg Girl.

The butter-and-egg man became so
famous that they wrote a play about
him and ran it successfully in New
York for whole season. The big,
good-natured sap who pays for other
peoples fun Is by-word in the
country.
There has not been enough written
about the butter-and-egg girl. It's high
time something was said on the SUBJ
ject in order that the unfortunate
ize their position.
Val is butter-and-egg girl. She is
a big, good-natured kid. whose parents
death has lett her very rich, very Inn
portant and very much alone.
She lives in an enormous house, with
lots of servants. and she entertains Law
ishly. Every bedroom In her place Is
crowded over the week end with friends
and comparative strangers, who enjoy
good food and all the luxuries of life.
She has the reputation OF being a
popular girl She firmly believes that
she is a popular girl. She's invited to
most dances: she gets a fair rush-from
rather insignificant youths on the
fringe of things-and she goes to every
show In New York.
Dimly she Is aware that men are not
in the habit of making love to her, but
that does not disturb her awfully. She
figures that her boyish personality ac-
counts for the platonic basis on which
she finds herself with all men.
It has not once occurred to the poor
girl that If she were not the big. good
natured sap. paying for her friends
good times, there would be hardly
man left on her list.
At dances she has a good time. be-
cause various lads with fiat pocketbooks
and big ideas are anxious TO be I'M the
crowd which uses her house as hotel.
They want to know her and to make
hit with her so that their week ends
may be enjoyable and inexpensive. For
her personality or herself they care not
a whit.
They are occupied entirely with gain
ing entree to q nice. cheap hotel.
Even the men who might be fond of
her-who might even fall In love with
her-are diverted by the thought of her
enormous wealth. They are appalled, at
the responsibility Of persuading any one
like her to come and live with them On
an ordinary salary,
Mostly. though, men do not enter
tain such thoughts toward Val She Is
the big, good-natured kid who makes
things pleasant for them-and that's
all.
Now the situation won't grow any
better as time goes on. Val Is killing
her own chances OF happiness with her
misguided notions about kindness.
She Is so kind that she entirely OBJ
literates her own personality for those
who benefit by her good nature.
She has ceased to be an attractive
girl with a charming personality and
has become q nice, big, butter and -egg
girl. whose home is extremely COM
Portable.
She can change the whole course Of
events herself. If she wiil--simply by
picking her friends with care, inviting
only few at time to visit her and
deliberately making herself the most
important person in the household
rather than allowing an her guests to
dominate the scene.
1t Is pity that so many girls today
with too much money are playing this
same role. Something ought to be dor 4
about them before a scathing play is
written, called THE Butter-arld- Egg
Girl" and allowed TO run for three sea-
sons on Broadway.
tcopyright, 1879,
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directed to this paper. pro gtded a stamped,
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