The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-04
AS A GIRL THINKS
.Todap's Short Story.
By Charles McGuirk

and then rise to day OF excite
ment or leisure, or do exactly what
she wants TO do, regardless OF ex-
pense. She can walk into an exclu-
sive gown shop, pick out the most
expensive model and have it sent
home. She can go to the Ritz for
tea. She can--well, she can do any
thing she cares to do.
or course, there are O. million and
more women in New York who can
do that very same thing and who
could have done it all their lives
And that is where Jane is different
Up to only few months ago, she
couldn't do any OF them. 50 now
besides enjoying new luxury, she
Is experiencing contrast.
Eddie Davis, the uper-salesman
who goes places saw her the other
night through haze of smoke and
perfume and music in night club.
she had changed so he didn't recog-
nize her until she bowed to him.
And even then, he had to shuttle
through the files of his memory TO
place her. He has been talking
about it-and her-ever since. He
says it just goes to show the infiu-
ence of mind over matter.
James blonde hair, Eddie says,
was beautifully coiffed. Her COM
plexion was clear and her blue eyes
sparkling. And she was dressed in
something so breath-taking that
even Eddie knew it had come out of
one of the most exclusive joints on
Park Avenue.
Eddie says 1t took him quite a
while to place her and he didn't
hold that against himself because he
knew 1t was no easier than 1t would
have been for some acquaintance OF
Cinderella's to recognize her at the
ball which discovered her to the
prince.
TINE last time he had seen Jane
II before that night was in an
office where she was one of the
most efficient secretaries OF a great
corporation. And she did not then
resemble in any way this stunning
woman who bowed to him and then
sent waiter with an invitation to
come to her table.
She was with q good looking
young man, Eddie said, whose eyes
roamed, but not too widely, about
and among the other attractive
women in the place and when he
reached the table she introduced
him to Eddie as mfr. Grail, my hus-
band"
Eddie got little shock when he
began to realize that this was John
Grail, the advertising man, who in
herited million dollars from his
father and then went out and made
another, just to prove that his fe-
Their had made no mistake in en-
trusting him with the money.
Grail, Eddie knew, had had ex-
perience in other things than bust
ness. He was man-about- town. He
knew women because he had met
thousands of them, lot of them
the cream of the beauty crop.
Models were part of his daily
Office diet. Jane, according to Eddie's
way of thinking, didn't fit in the
picture as woman who could take
him out of such circulation.
ZANE, Ed die remembered, as a
- secretary, had been anything
but a siren. She had been a sort
of discouraged blond with a notified
complexion and straggly hair. Her
eyes, then, were shy and weak
necessitating hick-lenzed glasses
Her mouth was thick-lipped, though
firm.
She had a nice shape. Hey voice
was high and inclined to be harsh
And 1t was bitter In tone, except
when she talked to Marie Carroll
the Office telephone operator. She
liked Miss Carroll.
Eddie hates to be puzzled by
anything And ne was puzzled by
Jane Malvin, the ex-cluck, in this
picture of the woman of the haut
monde so he went to Miss Carroll
and she supplied the missing pices
that made the puzzle completely
understandable.
Jane, Miss Carroll told Eddie, was
swell girl even if she did grab
John Grail, one of the best matri-
monial prizes that could happen
And anybody'd have to admire her
for the way she did it.
Eddie remembered how Jane used
to look, didn't he? Nice, but moth
ing to make any man turn around
and the last woman you'd think
John Grail would look at.
CHE WAS that way until John
~ Grail walked into the office that
first morning. He had been called
In TO handle national advertising
campaign which the corporation was
launching. and Jane, after one look
at him, fell in love.
Miss Carroll hardly noticed It al
first because things like that hap.
pen to women in business offices
every day. It's part of the routine
Nothing, Miss Carroll said, woulc
ever have come of 1t II John Grail
hadn't decided to work out the cam
paign right there in the corpora
ton offices. Jane was assigned tc
work with him because of her COM
plete knowledge of the corporation:
business. The day after that was
decided, Jane stopped at Miss Car
rolls switchboard.
Miss Carroll" she said, "Mr. Grail
has decided to work out the adver-
Using campaign from these offices
and I've been assigned as his Sec
rotary"
Well" Miss Carroll said, think
ing 1t was too bad girl with more
personal charm and get-up-and-g
about her hadn't been given James
opportunity. isn't that nice"
No." Jane said paSsionately, I'll
isn't, because I've fallen in love with
him and know I have as much
chance to attract his attention as a