The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-07-16

Kayle is still dangling MS damn
job at me. Madame is the
worlds worst bore. She's the
sort of good but misguided per-
son who spits at one in her en-
thusiasm. And, while I hate to
be uncharitable and intolerant,
I must confess, darling, that His
Lordship gives me a pain pre-
ciSely where I sit.'
Dirk! And you. call the
Kayles vulgar!"
Just trying to be light-hand-
ed, darling. I hope you don't
insist on going"
"Dirk, but I do"
every well, darling, if you're
really set on going, write and
accept. Only, please don't let's
get involved with them in re-
turn invitations. But I'm sure
you won't like them" he added
in a relieved voice. II think to
be exposed to them once is
enough to cure one. Come, kiss
me. I really must fly now. Co.
ing DOWNTOWN"
eyes, dear, a little later.
Good-by, my dearest dear. Oh,
and thanks for being so sweet
about the Kayles.'
Irene hadn't expected the
Terhunes to make any difficult
ties for her. She considered
them harmless, Intellectual peo-
pie, whose only value was their
social connections. She dis
missed them from the active
part Of her mind. The Rileys
were harder to dispose of but
even this she achieved. Since
her marriage she had so encom.
passed herself in grandeur and
formality that, though she
lived only four houses away
from Anastasia, it might have
been miles. She managed it so
that there was no possibility of
her sisters running in on her
unless they phoned first or were
invited. M ma, of course,
couldn't be held down by either
grandeur or formality, but Irene
determined to see less and less
of her.
Her main worry, of course,
was the salon. She yearned to
give it up. From a source of
pride, it became a sore spot with
her that she was tied down to
a business even though the new
friends she was making as
Dirk'S wife said they envied
her-actually seemed to envy
her, in fact-having something
vital to do. Irene's lip curled
when the women told her this.
1t was getting to be quite the
thing for society women to go
into business; dress shops run
by members of the Junior
League were becoming as COM
mon as fleaS. Interior decorat.
ing was considered very elite,
even the stage and, in an apollo
getic way, the movies. But as
Irene grimly told Walter, it's
one thing to go in gracefully
for a career and quite another
matter to have to mold ones
job in order to meet expenses!
Dined Weekly
OF course, so far as Dirk was
concerned, he had wanted them
to live simply and inexpenSively
within his income. He had an
additional small income from
his investments and she would
have been able to give up the
salon. They had threshed the
matter all out. But Irene had
no desire to live simply and so
she decided to keep on at the
salon and pay her share Of the
maintenance of the elaborate
menage on Park Avenue.
Secretly Irene was amazed
that Dirk had permitted it. She
had thought he'd be too proud
to let his wife work, but in this
she had been mistaken. Her
whole conception of aristocratS
was shattered by Dirk's queer
behavior. Sometimes she hated
him for being so different from
her ideals. For one, he seemed
to have no pride such as she
felt aristocrats should have. He
talked to elevator men as po-
litely, as cordially, in fact, as
he did to bankers.
(TO Be Continued
copyright, 1895. by Julian MessnSr,
1nc.)