The Washington times., 1935-03-07
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O4C"1 VI SOuAoS1 oAN NOU CONAS
but cocktails are new to me.
"You're joking!"
"No, I mean it," said Nc
Spadden earnestly. ''But I'm
not a prude! No indeed. I
{ think it's quite all right-in
the home"
:. Chapter XIV
The cocktail reached Nc
Spadden's taste with a cold
= dryish salute. It was sweet and
acrid simultaneously and it
slipped easily down his throat.
Somewhere in his interior It
came to rest, and resolved into
a warm golden bubble that ex-
panded in the region Of his solar
plexus.
every pleasant, isn't it," he
inquired with a smile.
;. II like them once in a while"
Juliet admitted. II was rather
down tonight. Do you ever get
down, Mr.. McSpadden?"
e, IT never allow myself to-" he
said, as she refilled his glass.
"You see I work in my garden
after hours. Then too, Mrs.
McSpadden is quite a converse
. tionaliSt."
IT hope your wife isn't
jealous?" said Juliet.
McSpadden quietly expert
D.: mented with the second drink
before answering.
"She is and she isn't" he de-
clared profoundly. II mean,
she really isn't because she
never has any reason-but you
know what wives are. They all
like to imagine things, I sup
pose.
Again the dry GOODNESS Of the
second went to mingle with the
golden glow of his first.
''No, Mrs. McSpadden Is a
splendid woman. I don't say
she hasn't her faults-we all
have-but by and large I
couldn't have done better. Of
course, I don't like arguments
myself-never did. For in
stance, these flowers tonight.
She thinks I was carrying them
over to a fellow-gardener on this
:: side of town. I mean, it saves
argument. And there Is moth.
ing wrong in it, is there?"
He was so beaming and kindly
and innocent that Juliet-had
he been a little boy-would
have patted him on the unruly
hair Of his head and sent him
home. He was l'athetic, but
not even cocktails could over
come his dizziness.
what you need" she told
him pleasantly, sis one more
drink and then I'm going to
pack you off home"
A wave of confidence surged
through McSpadden dnd he
took the shaker from Ju1st's
hand.
ALLOW me, please"
: HAS it ever occurred to you."
Juliet asked him suddenly, her
mind reverting to business,
"that our products, with Ill
those fancy bottles and pack
= ages, are rather too expensive?
I've been thinking that a much
: wider distribution might be
practicable"
For the Select.
McSpadden balanced himself
carefully and considered this
thought.
"I'll tell you about that" he
said, with a captain-of-industry
frown. Our policy has always
been to put an expensive
product on the market for the
select trade"
- Juliet knew this to be true
but for some time she had been
revolving the idea of a broader
market. The Institute was i'm
menSeIy prO1lCapIe puG IL served
only those women who had
, plenty of money. Big as it was,
there was still opportunity for
expansion
81 was wondering" she said,
elf it wouldn't be possible to
put up the same product in
cheaper packages-under a
separate trade name perhaps,
and sell them through all the
ten-cent stores in America. The
profit would be small but the
= volume enormous"
AS soon as these words had
fallen from Juliet'S lips she
knew that she had stumbled
p upon a plan that would revolu-
tionize Madame Hubert'S bust
, ness. 1t was a golden idea, an
inspiration from heaven knew