The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-22

| hilS IUSI WOll IHt LdihN
and she's a graduate of Miss
! Cranston's school,"
| Madame shrugged her Shout,
ders. ooh, zese prize winners!
They make me seeck. They thlAK
they. know everything She way
ed Her plump white hands. Let
me have that adj"
"But, Madame, why advertise
now? You can't get anything bet
| ter than these" and Miss Carohe
placed her hand on Gail
sketches. Then, turning to Gail.
she said, 81 don't believe l got
your name"
Gail Everett. the girl replied.
whats that name?" Madame
questioned, while Gail watched a
slight tremor pass over the Wo-
mans silken-clad shoulders. Wees
Everett"
"Ycs," repeated Gail; as Ma
dame announced, Tell that mai
there is no I'D. Give him the IN
formation he wants about that
material we have used in MeeS
Allwynne's trousseau. | will talk
to Noes Everett"
= X
Once more Gail joined the
throngs on Fifth Avenue. Her
step was light and little song
rose in her heart. She mad a JoD
! Tomorrow morning she would
Join the crowds of men and wo-
men as they hurried to their WORK
in the towering gray buildings
that thanked the gay street, ana
stretched in dim vistaS on both
sides of the world famous avenue
Of course the salary was moth
ing to write home about. and
Madame had acted rather strange
ly. She had kept repeating the
name, Everett" as though it held
some special Significance for her.
Gail had felt rather annoyed at
of her New England ancestry,
the moment, for she was proud
and the way Madame repeated the
name made her feel that II
brought tC mind some dista5tcful
memory.
Madame Lizette had also shown
she was quite skeptical aDou@
Calls ability, but somehow her
disparaging remarks that were in
tended to make the girl feel less
than the dust, did not accomplish
their end for Miss Carolie's cE-
thusiastic praise still echoed IN
Calls ears.
Undoubtedly Madame was ii
temperamental person. MayHr
working with her would be hare;
but Derek Hargreaves had ad-
vised Gail to take anything she
could get at first, so that she
might get experience.
She smiled as she remembered
now earnestly he had talked Of
her chances of getting q JOB.
Luck, he had said. often played
a big part in landing one. Shed
never thought of that before. II
one had ability, and perhaps en-
perience, surely one should easily
get start. Perhaps Derek was
..ight-she'd surely had lucky
break when she stenDed into Ma
dame Lizette's. Yes, that was so,
for Madame apparently didn't
think much of her work!
Still, if Gail could have step
ped into Madame's office an hour
later and heard her talking to d
friend about the newest addition
to her staff she might have had
more confidence in her ability and
realized that, from Madame
viewpoint, it paid her to beilttle,
the work of her helpers.
Slowly Gail sauntcred on, look
inc at the windows, getting new
ideas from the models she saw
displayed or from some paSserby,
for always Calls eyes were aware
of style. 1t was still early. She
did not want to go back yet to.
her room in the young profession
al women's clubhouse. 1t was q
lovely place. Miss Cranston had
made all her arrangements for
her to stay there. :,
What lot of people her old
teacher seeraed to know! Import
ant people, too! But then o.
course Miss Cranston had founded
Merrywood Hall more than 20
years ago, and now many OF her
earliest students were the wives
of leading Americans in business
and political circles.
How strange it seemed to be
walking down the Avenue ana
never seeing a person she knew.
Stranger still not to talk to any
one! Gail smiled as she thought
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