Evening star., 1931-12-06

got there she didn't give me any more time
to think but insisted I come in too so she
wouldn't be alone in her town house which was
closed for the Summer, she said. She unlocked
the basement door and clutched my arm till she
found the switch.
Then we went upstairs and she excused her-
self to get what she came after she said, land
take off your hat and make yourself comfort
able" Easier said than done as they say be-
cause it some beautiful place and things
had been happening swift, don't you think SO?
Maybe she got what she for I don't
know, but brought back big cocktail shaker
and without her evening cloak and made me
take my coat off it was SO hot. III say it was
hot, but all my perspiration wasn't due to the
heat I know it wasn't.
I'm just dying for drink, aren't you?" she
said and shook the shaker. Now tell me all
about yourself; you look too nice to be a cab
driver, and what do you think of any
way?"
Bert-Bert is a corporation lawyer I had
letter of introduction to, but he doesn't act
like a corporation lawyer but friendly and
human-Bert says if you don't know what
else to say to woman natter her, but of
course mine wasn't fattery. Besides, real
pretty woman don't need hattery and ugly
one can't use it.
Well it took two or three cocktails-they
were stiff ones, toto make me feel myself
little. Then she wanted to show me the
house, and I shouldn't worry about anything
she would take care of everything Upstairs
it was also very beautiful, and was she,
and we sat down in one of the rooms-Mr
Carter's room maybe-and talked some more
Well. one cocktail led to another and one
thing to another, and then she started run
ming her fingers through my hair and should
have my head shaved AS soon as could
leave without being too rude to her I got out
of there.
Anyway, after that Mrs Carter-Adele she
said say-had way OF driving up on me no
matter where I was parked, and she had
passion, as they say, for showing me her town
house, which never did see half of, and I'll
explain about her to you which I figured it all
out from noticing so many women when they
themsef.
h low the general run of women, and it's q
good thing, too, have much more self
possession, they call it, of themself than Adele,
but when they do lose their self possession of
themseh they lose it, Now, you take Adele
think the trouble with her was just too much
nature, that's all, which you learn all about
in the movies-just like a lot of men have
much too much of 1t, too. In fact that's
about all some women and men seem to have
nature. OF course it's all right and an i'm
portant thing to have in moderation you might
say, or people wouldn't of had it handed to U.s.
inquired G0aJ nalI examining town houses
and getting my hair mussed up wasn't exactly
the way to be making big success in New
York so the only thing for me was to quit
Adeles husband and get with another COM
pany, small one. and try out new stands
and speakeasies. 1t worked, too, and not long
after that I read where she divorced Mr..
Carter from Paris for what they call incom-
patibility. And since then she's divorced two
more and I think she should take up her
residence, they call it in Paris, and save herself
all her future trips,
Now, it was near the end of my cab driving
days, for while anyway because late in the
morning the next night couple came from
one of the exits Of club the kind where
they have several exits if you want to leave
in a hurry like when they have fire or some
thing. 1t wasn't real club like where you