Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-02-04
Chapter 2
LOVE is SO TRIVIAL


Il tried to get Hope to promise not
to drink until she was twenty-one,'
Papa Ross remarked. Said I'd give
her that swanky roadster she's been
talking about. But 1t didn't work-ex-
THE way YOU spoil her. she knows
she'll get the roadster anyway"
shifted Mrs. Ross, unimpressed.
Papa Ross stared at the dull Chin
csc rug, and wondered about this.
AT any rate" he turned back 10
his wife, Hope has promised me not
TO drink until Christmas. Provided
she can give a house-party up at
Lake Placid for the holidays. / said
she could have six couples. Kinda
fun. Mother-eh?"
.Howard-that's just the way you
ruin her. II YOU"
The whole point of this argumen
being Mr.. Ross rose briskiy. and
tested his chin for stubble with the
TIPS OF his fingers. ARE we going to
the theater tonight or aren't we?S
Mo- chirped Mrs. Ross with q
Toss or her white bobbed hair. mo.
The Morgans, the ~Thompsons and the
,Wrghts are Ginning over to play
bridge"
II the promised Christmas party at
Lake Placid vas to be limited to six
couples, Hopes seventeenth birth
gay party, a month after this unset
Ting talk, was an open house verg-
ing on a fr~ee-for-all.
On the broad fifty-foot veranda,
IN the back of the house overlooking
the hills OF Westchester, with it's TOW
trains far In the distance, still cart
ing weary commuters to coy homes.
with the stretches of a golf course
TWO miles, barely visible in the cryp-
tic dusk of late September, some
eighteen girls and thirty-six boys
gathered TO celebrate In their own
charming and inimitable way, the adj
ditional year in Hopes gay and self
ish little lifetime.
BY six o'clock Of a glorious In
dlan summer Sunday, the circular
driveway of the Ross estate might
nave been an amateur automobile
SHOW were ii not for the jarring note
OF two or three decrepit Fords, and
rebuilt nondescript racing cars
crowded among the snooty chassis
of cars borrowed from various par
ents robbed of their Sunday drive.
Caterers, assisted by the scowling
and superseded house-servants pant
ed over the service of the long plank
ed table built for the occasion and
disguised by fine white linen.
Mama and Papa Ross We're there
too. Papa, quite decorative in his
white flannels, and his coat and cap
that marked him the Commodore OF
the Yacht Club for that season. All
costume that lent dignity and grace
to the occasion even more than Ma
mas trailing white lace gown, and
bed hair.
Only the surroundings for the Ross
home, only the setting for this grow
lngiy shrill gaiety, seemed to rec
ognize and prophesy the future.
a seemed the trees, with their
leaves turning to a last squirt of glory
But the trees n the flowers, the
brook and the lanterns hadn't a
chanceA A f~ive-piece orchestra set
up on the terrace after the lengthy
business OF feasting, quite drowned
the warnings. "Once in a Blue !,
Moon whined the orchestra, as any
Once In a Blue Moon, you will
meet the right one. J"
But Hope wasn't listening. Hope
fluttering about, talking a bub-
bling stream.
Hello. Rusty, you big %sehnozzle,
party at Placid. SINH We're not tell
everyone. | a only have six
couples, and Goody has to come. SO
that makes five couples really I'm
asking you, Rusty, not because you're
an outstanding favorite, but because
my AOlhS cAptCl me 10 ASK YOu. Iney |
have an idea, Rusty, hat I'll marry
you some day. Isn't ii a scream?
Maybe | will, when ] get old and
toothless, and have five divorces.
Don't propose to me again, RUSTY
love Is so trivial, and / want to be
serious tonight.
Lets go down by the tennis court
and cool off. There's nobody down
Oh, isn't there? Look at
Judy Hunt with Roger! Making up
with him! / never thought she'd do
K. oh yes, it's because of the foot
bah games. He's on the Harvard
team. and Judy wants to go with the
hero half-back. Listen, Judy has de-
81 half-back evening gown. she
wants to go and wear 1t, / suppose
Isn't she a lark? OF course, Judy's
to Placid. Isn't Judy my
srandest friend In the world?
Lets go back to the party, Rusty,
.hey'rl be missing us. Well, | have
10 care If they miss us because I'm
he hostess, and besides Dad might
rot sore If I'm not under his nose.
Well, If you must kiss me, kiss me
IN the back Of my neck. :"
Chapter 3