Evening star., 1935-11-17
The Goldfish Are Fine
Continued from page eight

uedI III you give MIN Chance, maybe
he can get out of it. Didn't you say
he is also a contOrtionist?
am back at the apartment, all be-
cause there are two Hawthorne Clubs
in East Stonybrook.
Can you imagine, hon, at the station
| said Hawthorne Club, and the taxi
driver SAID 'okay." so all thought, as
we drove in through the big gates, was
that it was as high-class roadhouse
as Id ever seen. AS | climbed the
steps. a nice young kid in white
fannels asked me if | was one of the
new players. l said YES" and he
asked me to sign on list, which did.
And then asked where the dressing
room was.
There were three girls there, and
when | breezed up with a CHEEKY,
How va doing?" they just sort of
stared and nodded coldly l thought.
"Oh well, the first day is always the
worst; wait until we've been under
the same floods for a week, they'll be
offering to share their sandwiches"
So pretty soon l was all set in my re-
hearsal suit, and strolled out looking
for the rehearsal. and there was the
young kid again.
where do we go?" asked him. /
was surprised when he pointed out
doors, but l went out; and then re-
allied something was all wrong, be-
cause there were three courts going
strong with sort of miniature tennis;
instead of being at the Hawthorne
Night Club | was at the Hawthorne
Country Club,
tell you honestly, hon. l didn't
know what to do. which is rare with
me. So | just stood there for while.
watching. And as l guess you don't
know any more about Badminton
than l did up to then, maybe l had
better describe it a little. To begin
with, it is game. There is a space
marked off on the ground something
like misses-size tennis court, and
across the middle of it is a net. The
bats they use are exactly like the ones
we had in knights of Joy" when we
batted those champagne corks with
Indian head dresses back and forth
with the bald-headed row. In other
words. it's a kind of ping pong.
Well, hon, after I'd been standing
there long enough to grasp the routine.
which have always done quicker
than any other girl in new show, the
young kid in the vanilla slacks comes
up and says this open-tournament is
being big success and have drawn
Miss Smith. So l came to life and
said, "Oh, what tragedy! l have
forgotten my racket" Miss Smith
lends me one of hers. And then we 60
to it, and just keep sending the cork
back; pretty soon we change corners
for the second round and am ahead.
And just keep sending it back, which
for girl of my experience is too easy,
and pretty soon, after changing a few
more times, it seems have won.
Then all of a sudden, May, l re-
alize that rehearsal must be in full
swing over at the other Hawthorne
outfit, so l said, Thanks lot, I'll
have to be going" But the kid looks
Mortified and says can't do that, I'm
to play my next match Immediately.
Just then l caught sight of Miss
Ellen de Voc, all dressed up in demi-
tasse shorts and look of determina-
ton.
Well. you know, May, women
can be awful fools, and am one of
them. So said had always wanted
to meet Miss de Voc on the field of
battle and would hope to do so. be-
cause the day was yet young.
The next three girls who came along
were a cinch, May, and then another
was not so easy. But, you see, May, l
had something big at stake while she
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