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Evening star., 1928-06-10

dinner went on. Oysters fish, steak,
Strawberries. cotfeel The car started
for Pennsylvania Station,
When you're done, I'll take YOU
into the Kitchen" said the steward.
Il gotta make up my change. It's not
so soft. The road gives every steward
500 when he starts on this Job. He
keeps 1t, and Is supposed to have 1t
as long as he holds the place. One
steward died and the road was three
years getting Its hundred from his
estate. Yes. We get short-changed
some. They insist that we always give
out new bills MS change on these crack
trains and they stick. In few years,
maybe, we'd give away the whole hun
dfed, but / guess customer gets short
changed once in while--~we have TO
work 80 fast~~and SO 1t evens things"
During the war, the writer went down
once or twice In submarines. The In
sldeS or subs are masses OF c0gs,
wheels dihls. machinery. The inside of
The miraculous kitchen Of a modern
railroad diner Is much the same, save
for the diais.
At Steward Hronson's gesture,
looked down the 14-foot alley of the
diner, The walls and racks we're
aluminium, perfectly polished, The
ranges, the ovens, were black, There
wasn't trace OF the seven baskets Of
food IN sight, there wasn't trace of
the trouble my dinner must have
caused, not even IA dirty dish,
TO the left was the big drinking
water tank, Just beyond u little ali
minum pantry. with sink and tiny work
table, The pantry man Is In there The
pantry Is wide enough up Ia his neck,
SO lac can work with his hands. but
from there up ingenious cuhhy holes
jut out on all sides with dishes and
the stun OF salads In them. Beyond
that Is the dish-washing galley sink
with two tables, and above ten slots
eath sized for some particular dish of
plate, into which the plates 90 from
the top. Opposite this and just ahead
of us Is the table from which the ed
ibles are taken by the walters the end
Of "the line" In the parlance Of the
workers,
Far down on the left, set in the end
~ the car Is the Ice box 10 the right,
also against the end, Is the range with
warming cabinets above, This side OF
the range Ii the bfoiling oven, now
aglow with the hottest Of fires fire
made from nhafkets, which cost, ae.
gDrdlng tn Bronson, $40 q ton, but
which gAnefatea just the right ex-
tfemely Intense heat that gives bfoiled
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at the Lake Placid Club, with all ex-
penses paid. And here she was.
-
A GAIN In her room, she removed the
carnival costume from her bed, pro-
posing TO drape 1t over a chair. Yet.
as the silken folds caressed her fingers,
an instinct as old as Eve gave her
pause
ITS beautiful" she unused as. her
slim arms extended, she held IL before
her Il wonder fit fits"
Twenty seconds later she discovered
that it did. Exquisiteiy. The lower
extremitieE sileatfed ankle and knee
tightly and then swung out, coquet-
tishly, naring like riding breeches.
The bodice, with it's black buttons
fastened, swung up from waist TO
shoulder as II she had been poured into
H., a tiny run fitted snugly under her
chin.
mask had slipped 10 the floor from
the costumes folds: she bent 10 retrieve
II and discovered, inevitably, that she
must try that on, too. It ghadowed her
eyes and quite concealed her amused
mouth, added To the hint Of youth and
carnival that seemed To permeate the
fresh impulse
She removed the mask, but only that
she might powder her nose.
The elevator boy gave her grin OF
frank admiration. She suddenly be-
came self~conscious, might have re-
treated had that not seemed awkward
Accordingly she carried on to where
The orchestra was playing something
riotous that Carmen might dance with
Pilgrim Father. Franciscan monk with
Coiumbine. There she discovered that
masks had been discarded and that she
must remove hers. too.
Feeling absnrdly like another Cinder-
! ella, she slipped into seat well 10 the
rear of those who merely watched
Then among the dancers she discovered
+. PieTr0t, His partner was the deb. She
/ wore q costume akin IN hancy's. but Of
( black satin, 10 accentliate the blondnegs
of the sieekiy shtngied head They
danced few steps while Nancy
( watched, and then { Coesack cut in.
FjerFot surrendered her and let his eyes
/ rove. Evidently they sought another
! partner And 10, for the gAcond time
that night ms eyes met hancy's.
+, Ten seconds later he Was smiling
down at her. May II" he asked
,,otst,sS ns been years since danced" she
ITS been years since anybody
danced" he assured her Il feel sure
you WON'T find IT djfficult. Won't you
/ tlyP PleaEe2"
She hesitated and Was lost.
And you said you couldn't dance ~
i1e tnufnliITed
Il suspect II sll depends upon whom
you dance with" she heard herself
reply.
You are about 10 have the truth 0i
that theory tested out" he remarked
FtiefuIlg II have no luck tonight"
What do you nlaan2e sile demanded
puzzled.
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white background we're like confetti
scattered across tablecloth Some of
the Sklers could, like Tommy, do in
credible things with incredible case. but
majority, like Nancy, spent most of
the time gyrating madly, riding for a
fall
Not until later did she discover how
tired she was. And again she consid-
cred an early retreat to bed.
But you mustn't miss the ice carni-
val" protested Tommy. Get a cos
tune and join in"
This she negatived. Instead she sat
on the sidelines. again a spectator. The
Iink was brilliant with vari-colored
iignts. Inen the band struck up and
the costumed skaters came upon the
scene.
They circled the rink thrice, then
ranged themselves along its farther side
Nancy caught her breath. An exuui-
sitely graceful figure, sheathed in black
Velvet, with white fur at neck and
wrists. swooping onto the ice
she took second at the Olympics
last year" the woman beside Nancy
remarked to her companion.
bull-lght on the ice followed
after that, foot ball game. Then
again single figure darted out of dark
ness 10 cnallenge and hold the eye.
Masculine, this time. No swirl of
SKIRT, but a marvellous cleanness and
length OF line. A slim -tlipped wide
shouldered surge OF power and surety
that, with a breathless speed and with
no apparent effort, defied all the laws
OF gravity. She caught her breath again
and again as the flying figure left the
Ice altogether, turned In air, and came
down, gracefully and easily.
Tommy Stirling" the woman next TO
her murmured. They say he's Olympic
material. although he's only been doing
figure skating little more than q
year."
A thrill ran through Nancy.
Hes millionaire" the woman be-
side her added, "but quite unspoiled.'
And Nancy suddenly felt cold, some
how
You did Cinderella on me last
night" Tommy reproached, the next
morning. Where did you disap-
pear tor"
TO bed" retorted Nancy. And added
deliberately. "As Cinderella would have,
after a day on skis had she been 80
instead Of barely l6"
Evening star., 1928-06-10

ton. Monday and Tuesday are usually
light, maybe 65: Wednesday. the travel
ing men migrate. as a rule. making
business good. maybe 90 or 95; same
for Thursday; the other days heavy
usually with family travelings. perhaps
up to lao or $50. But on this day
the record keeper told him only SO had
taken passage on his particular flyer.
But he is not disturbed: there's still
two hours before train time. And sure
enough when train time came, Just
II more had booked passagel
Back he went TO the conmiasary.
There they had the stuff he had re-
QUESTIONED as necessary TO make un
for his estimated number Of customers
the particular menu of dishes the roads
chief maitre d'hotel had told him he
must put out that trip. They're con-
tinuaiiy changing the menus, by tile
way; always trying something new.
just like hotel. Al any rate, here
were seven great baskets Of stuff ready,
steaks, chickens, chops. a great bag Of
Cape Cod oysters with lots OF the old
salt on their shells, as Mr.. Bronson
points out fresh peas. carrots. cabbage,
caulif1oWer, grapefruit, oranges, rad
ishes, and everything Of the sort yo,i
can think Of A little beyond were
other baskets filled with bottled milk
and cream. cheese Of various kinds, but
ter, both for eating and cooking, gin
ger ale. mineral waters, cigars, cigar =
cites, imported fruit cake~-t0gethe such
a mass of stuff that AN electric truck
was needed 10 cart II down the platform
To the Spirits new, beautifully deco
rated pea green diner
Are you going TO put all that In your
dining car kitchen" ] demanded, Il
thought those things were smalll"
You'll see" he said ITS not 50
bad nowadays. There was u time when
we had to account for everything. II
We were a spoonful OF coffee short, we'd
have to settle But the road found
that wasn't so good, because on the
next trip some poor customer got awful
weak coffee, they give us lots more lee
way now. our orders are 10 give the
customers full measure every time,
Here's the carl"
The beautiful peh-green car looked
bad A dun ~eolored canvas covered the
pea green rugs They were changing
linens and tableclnths, and napkins
we're bili0Wlng about like a washing In
q March wind But 6ne table was SET
metlenlnlisly. Steward Bronson Aat the
reporter down there, Miraemlnusly, a
course dinner began To come tn, Whiia
the loading and preparing OF the BpiritA
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II am about to be cut In on-~darn
it, he explained.
Incredibly, 1t was true. And, as In
credibly. 1t was after midnight when
Nancy again confronted her mirror. In
the interim. rediscovering a forgotten
ecstasy, she had danced with all man.
, ner of men, In all manner of costumes.
1t had been Pierrot, however, who
had cut in and out of the last dance
and who. at the end, had bade her
good night.
"Of course, you skate-everybody
does" he had said. But do you skip
ITS been for ever since I skated and
never since / skied," she had told him.
Then you have a thrill coming to
you May l introduce you to skis
tomorrow"
Tomorrow" she announced firmly,
Il shall be hundred and ten. And
skis are not for me. I'm not as young
and elastic as l used to be, and"
Then appearances are once more
decoitful," he interrupted deftly.
X X
1T was late when she awoke the next
morning. Pierrot was waiting In the
lobby
Who's hundred and ten this morn
ing?" he demanded gayly. I've been
waiting an hour for you," he added.
rs it going to take you another hour
to get ready?"
Ready for what?" she demanded
evasively.
To ski. of course"
Il told YOU l couldn't ski"
you told me you couldn't dance. II
there is anything you lack, there's
shop here "
Thanks" said Nancy dryly. 1--WE
seen it,"
The words had no more than passed
her lips when bell boy approached.
Miss Sayles." he PACED.
She beckoned him to her. Telegram"
he explained.
Nancy ripped the envelope wide. To
read;
Am wiring one hundred dollars for
incidental expenses. Buy whatever you
need in the way of sports equipment
and enjoy yourself to the limit This
is our party"
Not bad news. hope" she realized
Pierrot was saying.
She glanced up at him, lovelier than
she guessed.
1t was at that second that she realized
that he must be Older than she had
first supposed. Twenty-six, perhaps.
But the thought got no further The
little deb, costumed for outdoors
swung near
Going out this morning, Tommy"
she demanded. addressing Nancy's COM
panion--and definitely ignoring Nancy
Later" hs answered-and turned
back to Nancy.
The little deb passed on, without a
word
Why don't you go out with her?"
Nancy suggested impulsively, and with
no thought of coquetry
Because" he answered, "I feel It a
duty-and privilege, as well. If I may
to get you started right"
He was nice child. And she had
been wired a hundred dollars for in
cidentals and commanded to use 1t. So.
"I'll probably be all of an hour"
she warned
"1'll wait" he promised.
1t wasn't quite an hour. after ALL
when she appeared little self-con-
scious but mcasurably pleased with her
self. She had chosen one of the Sc
verely smart little skiing costumes
black, like the deb's. 1t fitted ex-
quisitely.
You look simply ripping" Tommy
assured her. Lets go"
E&
CKI HILL was black with skiers. Or
- rather crimson and orange and
every other color that ever was on land
or sea, for the costumes. against the
Evening star., 1928-06-10
NANCY CHOOSES
She Loved Business and Tolerated Men.

" Asst fiirted with West and West
L retorted In kind as the be,lboy
carrying Nancy's bag pursued
IL his course through crowded cor
rtdors. Exotic pierrettes, mex
tinguishably feminine, though In white
satin psntaloons angled for and won
the attention of East Indian rajahS,
Swiss mountaineers bowed gallantIy to
coquettish Spanish SenoritaS: a six
foot white rabbit tapped grotesque
paws for the delectation of Dutch
maiden. who was none the less demure
though she powdered her pretty nose as
she applauded him.
Eye-filling. all of it, for this was New
Year eve and a ball was about to close
College week at the Lake Placid Club.
But Nancy's eyes were very tireo as
she trailed the bellboy A new arrival.
the spirit of carnival merely eddied
about her. leaving her untouched
A successful young business woman.
Nancy. Absolutely and always. And
yet her mirror drew her But that, she
would have said, was only that she
might appraise the condition of her
tailleur
Eleven hours in the train-she had
left New York that morning-had not
helped it, So Nancys blue eyes. lilac
shadowed under her puckered brows,
frankly informed her But it didn't
matter She would doff it soon-very
Soon. she hoped-to slip into bed again,
with a long nights rest, both the New
Year and the vacation that had peen
prescribed for her by those overlords
who ruled her days and her immediate
destiny.
They had been insistent that she
needed It. And almost absurdly deter
mined that this. the Lake Placid Club,
vas precisely the spot for her.
Wonderful place" her immediate
superior had doomed. do you world
OF good"
This Nancy had protested though not
as she would have liked to. IF you
would only tell me what. If anything. I
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about her business experiences. If rather
more lightly and impersonally than her
Wont-had revealed flashes of insight
and greater depth than she had before
credited him with.
Even So she had been struck by the
incongruity of discussing business with
him. 1T can't interest you in the
least" she had told him.
1T does" he had assured her. And
had added thoughtfully: II think you
have it in you to become a very success
full business woman"
"Really?" she had Knocked. What
do you know about business women?"
He grinned. i've seen quite few
of them-first and lastl"
Nancy refused to be impressed.
And the trouble with those who
really want business success more than
anything else is that they lose all sense
of proportion he had elaborated
They eat, drink and sleep business.
Suggest to them that it's time they took
time out and they consider 1t an in
suit, almost The result IS"
"Gracious-who told you all this?"
she had cut in.
"Well-do YOU deny it?" he persisted
you aren't here on physicians ad
vice. by any chance?" she had evaded
impishly
Il don't wait for such advice-I write
my own"
Frequently, suspect"
Rather" he had grinned And, after
a second, had added ITO tell you the
truth, the minute find Job no longer
interests me chuck 1t up"
"A luxury few can afford" she had
commented.
'You." he had countered, don't think
1t luxury. You think it's cardinal
sim"
And Nancy did! Yet she did not
| condemn him for IT, She was at the
Lake Placid Club to play, and he made
n nice playmate If more than that
was sometimes imputed to her-as It
sometimes was by the little deb's
smoldcring glance-she could afford to
smile.
And had she been asked to explain
what he got out of his now accepted
role of daily companion skied,
went to the movies, danced, ski-iored
behind galloping horses on Mirror Lake
and even flew over Lake Placid in the
airplane that could be hired for long
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steak that master touch And this side
OF that are the two big coffee tanks,
with cream pitchers and sugar bowls.
as well as cups in appropriate racks
above. And everywhere, In its right
place, hanging about. are the utensils
th chef, the pantry man and the
others need. They do not have to move
foot to get anything And handy TO
every working point is an opening. each
part OF general refuse removal system
all the chef does with the useless part
Of the foodstuffs Is TO drop 1t into one
OF these little openings and see II no
morel Shades OF the housewife going
from table to stove, to cupboard to
garbage can. To flour bin. to stove. to-
ad infinituml
But where were the seven baskets of
foodstuffS9 Simple. Steward Bronson
opened drawer under one work table,
and there were the peas The meat was
in the icebox. The oysters were under
the pantry mems work table, In the big
long tank overhead was water for wash
ing, The icebox had a thousand com
partments. IT. seemed, end I'm sure
never could have gotten everything i'll
there so neatly.
we can serve anything, too" Stew
ard Bronson was saying, "A man tried
to buffalo me the other day by order
ing a caviar sandwich. but | had that,
of course, One day. on one of my runs
n whole parcel of college boys got on
Unexpectedly and wanted banquet
We gave 'em a banquet believe me
everything from soup to nuts~but me
and the crew didn't get much to eat
that night and there wasn't any sur
plus when | reported next day
But. altogether, things 80 very we'll
All my crew have been with me for
more than ten years; some of them for
twenty, They perform wonders. l re-
member one of the boys coming out
with big tray of stuff | forget lust
who was In the diner. but II was some
body who enuntedyou know almost
oil the country's notablea have ridden
with us one time or another, Presidents
Coolidge, Harding. Wilson and the rest
] stood IN The doorway and he walked
along, What started him slipping don't
know, But he almost fell The tray
danced, was steaded aud showed up
like a flag, II he falls, I'll kill him.
thought, starting toward him, hut he
shimmied and gyfated until ! was
hreathlesa, Al last he sat down fiat IN
the aisle, but the tray, all o, X, was
steady above him, He never did know
how he managed IL. hut aftefward he
said, 'nosa ! knew you'd kill me II I
LET that stnif downp
Evening star., 1928-06-10
By Royal BrolUn

I'm in business to stay" she had
assured him firmly.
II doubt It," he had retorted as firmly.
And not without reason, She had
been very pretty then-prettier, even,
than the deb who was so patiently
angling for Pierrot. Aside from her
hair. which was dusky and her teeth,
which were exquisite. Nancy had beauti-
full coloring and. as an overlay, that
definite adjunct to charm that is so
Sketchily described as personality.
Even now. at 90. she was not, she
supposed. unattractive to men. She
realized that Pierrot, not wholly en-
crossed in the deb. was actually OBJ
serving her
Almost any time during the last 10
years there had been some man on her
horizon whom a minimum of encour-
agement might have brought to heel.
None had been encouraged. One rea-
son was that she had widowed moth
er very much dependent on her. Quite
aside from that, however, she Scorned
her masculine cotemporaries. They
had so little to recommend them, to
her appraising eyes
So she had come to 90 and what is
accounted success. Yet: 'SucceSSful!"
Nancy always felt like echoing when
the adjective was applied to her IF
any man in the Office had worked as
hard as have, acquired the same
grasp of business. he'd be recognized as
a real asset-and be paid three times
what am
The new alloy for pistons was to be
advertised aggreSsively And she could
do it, She knew it. But would they
give her the opportunity? AS advertis-
ing manager-a real executive?
Not chance" she informed herself.
candidly and bitterly. Business is still
like those mems clubs that have res
taurant for woman guests. Women can
go that far-but no farther"
So she had been given this vacation
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am 10 get out Of all the big things you
are discussing so enthusiastically. ii
would help more than any vacation. .
she had felt like replying.
But hadn't, Of course. One seldom
does
Instead, Nancy reflected bitterly, one
came here 10 the Lake Placid Club.
enn-there she stopped. knock on
the door. She crossed TO open II.
Another bellboy stood there, with satin
frtyolities, white and luStrous, over his
arm. A carnival costume, obviously
"MiSs Eayles?" asked the bellboy.
And, Nancy admitting IT. dismissed the
suggestion Of error by placing the COZ
tune on her bed.
Nancy let IL lie. She had arrived TOO
late for dinner, but had been told that
she would be served In the tea.0om.
The bellboy offered 10 guide her There
Eile discovered several Of her fellow
passengers on the trip north. Notably
n girl who nad slept most of the way.
Some deb who fad danced all night, "
Nancy had decided scornfuiIy.
THE little deb no longer slept: re-
yitalized, she positively scintil-
Iateo~~for. obviously, the benefit Of the
male VINO kept her company as she ate
lie was already cOstuned as one more
p3erfCt. Nancy recalled that he had
been AZ the desk when she registered
r. rather engaging youngster, the n1as
e81iine complement ~ the girl with him
belonging. as she oid. by accident ol
birth N WDsr passed tor an American
GF3Ebgcfaey.
These we're hancys thoughts, Then
her interest wsue1
Nov forget the ofice altogether p
nae been the parting injunction of heI
immediate superior.
Forget IT! H. had become her life
~ 10 she had begun IN that Office as
g. ktApngTaDilef. The company then. sf
nov, manufactured castings for aato.
T1Gblie engines, More recently il had
Gfyeloi,ed special alloy for pistons
Ehis promised big things, but had re.
naifeo neY capital " develop It's %,
Fptlal market. The capital had beer
hFchfSd ~ p1iep she knew. About u
We oyefgyFds talked InysteTioIgiy. And
0i q Deneficent future Just ahead
"Ies~~but what viii ID mean to rne9'
Uss what sancy wanted 10 know.
SIie feared ~ wosId mean little, Ehs
<an B. knoWiedge oi the coFnpanys AT
Islfs mat Wss sc comprehensive AZ tia
81 any ~ is executives. This hsd M
passed nEfoticsd Etls Wae regarded q,
'slhapie Bur always with the ines
capabie masculine qualification.
ITS too bad YOU'RE not q man" en-,
~ the executives hsd once told hen
YOU have more then q feminine sDt,
iaae for detail Almost q nlascu!inl
breadth ~ vision"
Much obliged" She had fell pYiVi
kRed ~ comment But why conside
vision 4 purely masculine sttribiue7v
''You know what / mean" he hs1
6oilntered Men consider business
career Women sre IN BUSINESS nleFel
raiN they get married, You your
Gslfre-~e
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He gave her swift glance. you do
feel your years. don't you'll" he COM
mented. "Why?"
You might feel your years, too
she assured him now. IF you had to
work for living as hard as / do"
Why work so hard, then?" he sug-
gested amiably
Some people have to-" she observed.
Have you ever worked yourself--at
anything?"
Now and then" he grinned. But I
have never really been convinced that
business should be permitted to inter-
fert with pleasure"
OF course, he wouldn't be. To come
here at this season he must have had
not only money, but leisure. Which
meant that he did not work seriously at
anything, or without frequent vacations.
Unspoiled? Hardly
Especially" he was adding lightly.
"at place like this! Surely you didn't
come here TO think of business? Can't
you forget it--aitogether?
Nancy might have replied that she
had done that at odd moments But
the truth did not suit her purpose now.
When 1t is my whole life-fills my days
and night-how can II" she asked.
"As bad as all that?" he protested.
Why should 1t be? / can name half
a dozen men of fairly large affairs here
who seem to have let them slip COM
pletely from their shoulders"
oh men!" conceded Nancy. Men
canl"
Why men-more than woman?" he
asked.
I'm afraid your business experience
is scant!" she replied. Elise you
wouldn't ask that A woman in husi-
ness can't hope TO win advancement by
being just little better than the men
around her. She has to buckle down.
show herself three times as capable, be-
lore she's given any consideration.
Il \
THE next morning she awoke TO find
1t showing. Tommy. she chose 10
believe. had been definitely relinquished
to the little blonde. And yet, when he
bore down upon her, after breakfast,
something that no woman eyer can hope
wholly to discipline, no matter how long
she lives. quickened In her
He was truly very nice child. More
than that occasional questions and com
ments--he had drawn her into talking