Putnam patriot., 1928-06-21

having hard time to find anything
to bite"
Alice: another water lover i
Nadgy Nahibowitz. She is still sail
or's sweetheart. | hear that Nadgy
was the winner Of the international
Beauty contest Let's hope It doesn't
turn her head"
Evelyn: "Walter Wheaton has be-
come a singer. ! see him singing in
the Grand Opera. hear that every
one calls him Caruso. lie has fal-
setto voice and a falsetto (set of
teeth
Alice: "PhyIlis Tatem is going on
the stage, too. She has become
dancer. | can see her practicing
twenty stories in the air to practice
for her debut"
I Evelyn: "And here are Edith King
and Richard McCauley doing Bow
cry dance in vaudeville. | recently
read the papers that they are a great
boost to the chewing gum business
as they chew at least a package a
day"
Alice; "There's Gladys Shaylor in
backstage. Her act must be next
She Is acting in Johnnie Myers latest
musical comedy "And How" She
must have got her training by work
ing in the Bradley theatre after
school hours"
Evelyn: Speaking of music. Mar
iorie Steere has taken the place Of
Paul Whitman as leader and pianist
IN his famous orchestra. Now Mar
iorie and Bill need not be separated,
as he plays the drum in the same or
chestra."
Alice: "Well. of all peoplel II
here isn't Donald Child. and he's
principal of large high school in
oh yes--it's Boston"
Evelyn: II have heard that he is
very particular that all cases Of tardi-
ness should be excused"
Alice: "And If there isn't Ethel
Vaida teaching commercial subjects
in the same high school. She seems
to be quite popular with her stu
dents. She always was, more or
less, even tempered. can't imagine
her angry"
Evelyn: Evelyn Day is a teach
err too. She has established Swed-
ish school. She il teaching little
Swedes their A, b, C,s. It's too bad
He might be interested.
Alice: "This looks like one of our
classmates. (pause) Why of course,
it's Karl Whitehouse, and he's study
ing at Oxford. He has only few
more degrees to get and he will have
the entire alphabet. He is now spe-
cializing in Chinese. hear that
he can speak almost every language"
Evelyn: why here's Edward
Lacas, the commercial honor pupil.
He has made his fortune with new
sundae which he calls Bachelors
Delight | wonder what it's like. Do
you remember how Ed. would tell us
that he would certainly remain
bachelor?"
Alice: "Well, he is one person
who hasn't changed his mind"
Evelyn: "For that matter, neither
has Viola LaVallee. She always said
that she wanted to be a farmerette
and now she is. She is happily mar
ried TO the driver of the little red
bus"
Alice: Eve see now that gentle
men really do prefer blonds Evelyn,
you ought to have been a blond"
Evelyn; "Well what about you?
You're not hitched yet Oh, by the
way, did you know that Domnick
Bove is the owner of the 'Bove's
News stand on Front treetg After
closing time. Domnick plays forward
on the married mems basket ball
team"
Alicei 81 wonder il he is still so
crazy about peanuts. Speaking of
Domnick always makes one think of
Alfred Benoit. Did you know that
Bon-homme has started class for
reducing? His methods are not I'M
usual, but his classes are large. He
believes that practice makes perfect"
Evelyn: "There is one person in
our class whom | thought certainly
would be married and who isn't"
Alice "Who is that-Judith Sabin?
She is the happy victim Of matrimony.
At first, she wanted 90 teach chill
dren, but then she decided that Tom
needed it more"
Evelyn: IL hadn't heard that. |
meant Tessie Chilkott. She is an
instructor in a girls finishing school,
teaching the girls to be prim and pro-
per. She is setting an example by
wearing her dresses down to her
ankles. Evidently. Tessie had a dis
appointment in her youth for she is
now a man-hater. Miracles win hap
pen"
Alice: ooh. do you remember
Ruth Dryden? Well | got letter
from her the other day"
Evelyn: ooh, of course, she was
one Of the noisy girls. What did she
say"
Alice: "Well, she is a state at
torney and is making great hit. She
is still very fond of arguing and
usually wins her points. A certain
young man recently proposed to her,
but she argued him out of it,"
Evelyn: Speaking Of orators,
whom do you think ! see? Floyd
Green, soap-box Grating for a Revo-
luton Of the Reds in Russia"
Alice: "Oh, what in the world did
our other red-head, Frank Donovan,
turn out to be-"
Evelyn: II can't imagine. Let's
look"
Both: (pause) why, he's a crook"
Alice: land head of the Red-Head-
ed league and there's our old class
mate Jim Hall as a detective on his
trail"
EVELYN. "By the wav. I hear that