Evening star., 1932-07-15
BABES %BRoAOM4Y
. BY MM DIXON

! into a pair Of dilapidated blue KID slip
pers.
~One-and- two and-three - and -
she counted, circling her arms ana
slapping her hands against her shoul-
ders in an effort to chase away tne
lure of the pillow, Then she STOOD lp'
slipped into blue cotton bathrobe,
which for wear and tear rivaled the
blue kid slippers, and went to close the
window. so to greet another day, sne
caroled to improvised music.
The heap on the bed to the right
moved ever so little.
"Oh-go-sh," a muff1ed voice COM
planned Don't tell me It's morning
already" ,
for exactly"-Tony glanced at the CLOCK
seven hours"
There was an upheaval, turning
and twisting, settling down again OF
the covers on the bed to the rlght OF
the table. Tony disappeared behind
screen in a corner of the room. Llttle
domestic noises escaped around the
screen: a cupboard door opened and
closed a whirr of lighted gas; as
Greet scuffiing through metal objects
that clicked. Presently the room was
permeated by a familiar pungency,
nose-titivating delight, and the covers
in the still occupied bed we're nuns
aside Leslie Moran sat half way up IN
bed, leaning the weight OF her upper
body back against her elbows ana ex-
ploring the air with appreclatlVe STILLS
Coffee" Lee said. "She mad peen
"Iee" for such long time she mao 1ot- -
gotten Leslie. "4ummy! As 'iie'e A0''
of it, darling?" ,u,,,
Tons" Tony poked her head from
behind the screen, sent an encouraging
smile toward the bed L hate to as
turb your beauty rest. but we've simply
got to get on the job
Lee rifed the last cigafet from PACK
on the table. Job? Don't be odd'
angel. job"
"If hunting a job isn't job I don't
know what is" Tony brought a cup Oh
steaming black coffee and set II on INC
table by Lees head. .,,
afternoon-sort of store up strength 10
buck the crush?" Lee decided a second
lump of sugar wouldn't make much
difference, just this once.
mo cream. Sorry" Tony placed
segment of crumb cake on plate py
the coffee. BEST to hunt in the morn
ing. Early bird catches worm she
nibbled at her own segment of cake.
Il loathe worms" Lee sat up so that
she could survey herself in mirror
atop the painted bureau opposite
the bed What she saw there dlspleased
her.
The water wave was coming out OF
her blonde hair, which would not be
blonde at all, but mouse-colored unless
she had the right kind of shampoo at
once Her skin, which should have
been fair and transparent, had an
OPAQUE saffron tint and under her pale
gray eyes with flecks of darker gray in
them were shadow smudgeS.
The perfect fright" she said and
pinned up the corners of her mouth
which were dropping, with the fore
fingers of her two hands. She sat thus
for moment, then removed the finger
pins mo use. A good massage with
plenty of cold cream and astringents
and ice would do it. No matter how
beautiful you are it takes money to
keep that way. When you haven't any
beauty to begin with. . . She broke
off. looked intently at Tony. Hey,
darling" she breathed, "how do you
do it "
How do do what?"
"The schoolgirl trick. Roses and
cream, cherries and garden; "a COM
plexion any beauty parlor would be
proud to use as sample. I know. It's
that bowl of soup and the roll you eat
for luncheon. I'm off nut sundaes from
now on"
You'll have to be if you don't get up
and dress" Tony carried the empty