The Washington times., 1935-12-07
Romance Beckons Beauty
But Ambitious Mother
Seeks '.POsihOn"

with me thither?
He was q queer.looking young
man, thought Vernon. But any
port in a storm. She felt solitary.
She seated herself gingerly on the
divan whose springs were sadly
broken, and permitted him to en-
tertain her in his own quaint
fashion.
Extremely willowy in figure, in
pajamas Of deep purple, his small
waist was girdled by golden cord
with heavy tassels. He had very
small face atop a long neck in
which the Adams Apple was
prominent. His eyes were watery
blue-red-rimmed-and his tiny
mouth was topped by an infini-
teSimal mustache.
Vernon thought whimsically:
"He doesn't talk. He squeaks."
Small his mouth might be, but
the tongue inside it was excep-
tionally long. He was the great
est gossip she had encountered.
MY deah, in confidence, the be.
havior of the debutantes this year
is too simply appalling! Why
even the barnyard fowls have bet
ter manners!" He cooked his lit.
tie head on one side, and drew
down his upper lip. II assure you
l give them a wide berth. I liter
ally flee from them"
That's truly their misfortune.
SsIS al T,,fkH f,,,iH,
my deah. do listen to Nan
Washington laugh just now. It's
positively like the screech of a
hyena."
"She's a nice girl. She's my
cousin, you know"
How perfectly appalling for
you'll"
mot at all. I like Nan. She's
good-hearted."
MY deah, how can you say
such a thing, when she's doing
everything possible to break up
poor Myrtle Sarrail'S marriage
II don't believe it,"
Your eyes, my deah-your
beautiful beautiful eyes-do use
them, beg of you. Conceded that
Mans no better or worse than the
others, they've no more-er-
standards, shall we say?-than a
polecat those young girls of
today" Twirling at the ends of
his small muStache, he rolled his
eyes upward as though calling on
heaven to witness him.
Vernon felt that she could will
ingly have slapped him.
Suddenly, he nudged her vic
lently. "Look-Sugar, and Nan
just as I said"
Gossip
It was too true. Nan made
dramatic entrance clinging Wi
both hands to the arm of Suga
his right arm around her waist.
Doesn't he look divine? T.
Just dressed him in Bobby's ne
est ones from London" she call
out. isn't he the handsor
thing?"
Someone chanted, aptly: "Wl
Did I Buy Those Blue Pajam7
Before the Big Affair Began :?
This brought rounds Of sarcaSti
applause. Presently Nan diSal
peared with Sugar.
"Honeymooning!" This from tn
hateful young man with the fem
nine voice.
Vernon arose. She would G,
home. But the girl called Jemims
and her poet friend swept her into
a crazy card game called Mich
gan"
Then some rather nice girls ar
rived with escorts. Vernon was
glad to meet them, in view Of her
forthcoming party. ...
What was it Mrs. de Bray had
insisted on last night? Something
to the effect that the mothers of
eligible sons thought a great deal
of girl being correctly "pre-
sented" to society-that girls must
have an adequate background. =.
Suddenly it came to her that
Terry had never mentioned his
parents to her, beyond that joke
about being "Shanty Irish"
The thought was like a cold
hand on her happy remembrance
of last nights party at the Suy-
dams.
Prince Karinoff;, accompanied
by Mrs. de Bray, who was looking
very smart in q tailored suit OF
tobacco brown. fur-trimmed, ar
rived at the Pajama Breakfast
Club around four in the after
noon, that Sunday.
They frankly declined to change
into suitable garb"! They an
nounced their intention of only re-
naming for a few minutes.
II just thought you'd be here,
gushed Mrs. de Bray to Vernon l
popped in on the off chance.
thought it would be such GOOD
opportunity to go back with you
and visit your mother"
What could Vernon do but agree
with her? She was annoyed WIN
Nan. and this would afford a good
excuse to get away.
Nan was nowhere visible. YER
non went up to the balcony that
ran around two sides Of the studio.
Two out of the three rooms there
were locked.
Still more annoyed with Nan,
she was all the reader to bring
cordial Mrs. de Bray and beautl-
fully-mannered Prince Karinotf
back to her parents at the Splen'