The Washington times., 1935-11-16
ING GIRL" = SOCIETYS LURE AND LOVE CLASH

your young life. I'm itching to
hear it."
That's not q very pretty
Simile!" she smiled again. "Where
shall I start? Before we struck
oil on our property my father
raised hogs"
"Ah! itchier still"
She giggled.
That's ALL"
Impossible! Where did milady
90 to school2 Or, like Topsy, did
she Just 'grow'?"
Only for the fraction Of O sec
ond did Vernon hesitate ere she
uttered the formula her mother
had primed her with for the
debutante battle Of New York and
Society" I'm 10. was edu-
Gated in q convent. I've just
graduated"
And now Cinderella's going to
do some high stepping, and grab
off q Fairy Prince for herself"
Don't be so silly. You men are
so conceited. First thing in New
York-"-her eyes sparkled-"1'm
going to get oodleS and oodles Of
lovely clothes, and 90 to all the
first nights at the theaters-
they're Just starting now that
we're into October-and visit all
the big movie palaces and the art
gallerieS-and 60 about every.
where, and meet all the interest.
ing people that pour into New
York from everywhere-writers
and actors and poets and explor-
ers-oh, the people who DO
THINGS!"
He looked gently, kindly at her.
"Quite an eager child it Isl"
why not? Isn't 1t right to
want to improve ones self? To
get some culture? To learn
things?"
She flushed guiltily when he
asked: Didn't you learn enough
ct the convent?"-for the convent
was q "genteew invention Of her
mothers, nothing more.
He went on Your ambitions
are laudible, my child, but the
Park Avenue atmosphere-pardon
me-isn't particularly likely soil
for what might be called intellec.
tual growth for q young girl. I'm
far enough from being q prig,
heaven knows-but confess even
I, the last time was there, was
q bit stunned by the incesSant
round Of speakeasieS and cocktail
parties. OF course, one can study
human nature in the raw but 1t
is Just as easy and perhaps more
profitable to ones health to study
1t in, shall say. my construction
gang in the wildS Of Colorado, or
in gool old Palookah3"
DisapprovaI
"Sorry to diSappoint you, but
we've already engaged q splendid
erouS towerapGrtment in q mod.
ern Tower Of Babel. the Hotel
Splendide, on Park Avenue!"
At this moment, to Vernon'S
disnay, a stout, short figure in q
tightly-fitting purple velvet gown
with short mink cape and brown
cotton gloves appeared irately be-
fore them. 80 THIS is where
you got to when Pa. and I were
having 40 winkS! Come right
back to the drorin'.room, Vernon |"
why, mother, we were just
having q talk about-ahout New
York - this Is Mr.. Shannon,
mother"
"HuhP" Mrs. Tyson gave her
heavy toque composed Of purple
velvet and clusters Of VioletS q
backward push, off her moist
forehead. She nodded abruptly.
diSapprovingly, at the somewhat
shahbily attired youth. "Mr.
Shannon, you'll excuse uS-Ver.
mons pa has Q headache-she's s
got to come right back to the
drorin:room and rub his poor
head with camphor ice. I'd do 1t
myself but I confess I'm q bit
sick to my Stummick on them
trains-theSe trainS-I mean,
I'm q bit Squeamish-"-and with.
out further pSrley she led the
embarrassed Vernon off.
Maggie Tyson, I'm surprised ut
you! After all your Pa and ]
have done for you, and bringing
you to New York and everything
to make your dee-hoo, here you
act common on the train with q
pickup and ALL"
Hush, mother, he'll hear you!''
"That cheap-looking skate!
hope to heaven he does hear!
Serve him right"