The Washington times., 1936-12-16

already half filled.
Subject to complete change, OF
course. Mr.. Bradley'S word was
final, although it was an under
stood thing that the Advertising
Head and he went fifty-fifty on
arrangements for cuts, space,
drawings, etc.
Now Mr.. Bradley asked sharply
"Who wrote the copy for this
lingerie ADJ"
st did" Gordon Gavin replied
A moments tense pause. The
merchandise-manager frown ed.
It'll have to be done over again.
It's awful" he remarked sue
cinctly.
The big ice Carnival for Char.
ity was to be held at Madison
Square Garden on the night OF
November 18th.
"And for the Lords sake, try
to sell some tickets for u.s."
groaned sister Bernice to Ann.
Bernice was now "cocktail-hoS-
tess" at The Laughing. Pig rem
devious on East 54th Street, dec
Grated by Freddy, and haunted
by "the so-called elite"
Bernice and Claire were in
volved in most of the big charity
functions, in one way or another.
Sometimes Ann had the disturb
ing suspicion that her sisters
were involved more than was
officially correct, lie. that they
were getting a rake-off in COM
mission, like many society dam
sells who were none to scrupu'
lous.
I'll do what can" said Ann,
who was enormously busy, these
pref Christmas days.
The work in and out of the
store absorbed her, though she
did 60 to a few parties, as be-
came post-debutante in her
first post" year. for Ann was
only nineteen.
Something new in ideas"
said Claire the blase, sis what
we want. I'm sick of seeing the
same old faces. I declare Freddy
did a good job of putting them
on the bodies of pigs!"
Claire was making a good thing,
financially, out of her eternal
contract-bridge games, especially
at such times as Captain de
Freyn partnered her. She derided
Ann for working herself to death
on a pittance of eighteen dol
lars a week, when even stupid
Bernice was collecting thirty-fiVe
dollars every Saturday for drink
ing champagne cocktails, at The
Laughing Pig, between the hours
of five and seven.
Ann thought over the Ice Car
nival. She Matched bright idea.
It would kill three birds with
one stone. Promote the success
of the skating fete. Benefit Bar
clay and Weiss's department store.
And placate Brenda SELF, the dis
gruntled Gift Shop buyer.
Since Halloween, for which she
had ordered a consignment of
masks and dominoes, Brenda had
been stuck with them. She had
had a wrong bunch.
Brenda had been called down by
Paul Bradley for her reckless buy
ing of the masks and dominoesr
which were luxuries that in these
times people couldn't afford. He
told her so.
Suppose" thought Ann. 1--WE
make the Skating Carnival a
masked affair? Masks and domi-
noes? To be bought at the en-
trance to the rink that night at
S. pair"
That wasn't much to ask for
something one could keep, and
use again and again for fancy
dress. She flushed, because. in
nateIy honest as she was, she
knew that to please Paul Bradley
was her principal motive.
Claire and Bernice were de-
lighted at her suggestion.
:. Bernice, thinking of Irritation
and of the amazing effect her
beauty would make on men when
her mask was removed.
- Claire because anything Secre-
tive appealed to her. just as a
certain slyness in Captain de
Freyn had put his stock up with
her.
They took it up with the charity
committee of which Bernice was
chairman. Ann was told to go
ahead on the order.
She approached Brenda SELF.
"You want to take the whole lot
off my hands?" in incredulous
amazement.
eve can use 200 masks and
dominoes, charging IS the pair, y
said Ann eagerly. "Of course
think we should get certain dis
count on the deal-to be given
to the charity, Miss Selz?"
Now to get rid of her white
Observation-Disclosures $1,000 worth
of merchandise that wouldn't
e"-certainly appealed to the
Gift Shop buyer.
She disliked Ann Delafield. but