The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-03

you get to like 1t, it doesn't seem conflning. What, exactly, Is the trouble?"
 '.Men," Jennifer said. 'The wrong ones. There are some aw- fully attractive boys in the outfit but I never even get chance to meet them. Then old Harrison asks me to lunch and today he wanted to know if he could have a date with me on Friday night. You can imagine what said!"
 T can." replied Daphne. "Of course, Harrison is 35, and that isn't the doddering age. And he does have social position. You might as well learn now as later, Jennifer, that the attractive boys youl meet this way have girls in their own set"
 "1'd like to know if you mean that I'm not good enough for them? The Bretts aren't exactly poor white trash
 T know" Daphne went on pa- tiently, ''but we can't go around with marked page B of the so- cial register pinned on our tricks. And we can't talk about 1t. New York is a hard town, Jennifer. The working girl is labeled the working girl here the same as anywhere else even if she does ap- pear to have more chances. She has to work for them. You can't use job as 8 social wedge. Not your kind of a job?"
 "Why not?" Jennifer disagreed, "1f I get 8 chance to meet the kind of men want to meet, why can't take advantage of the op- portunity? If a chorus girl"
 You're not a chorus girl, Jen-, nifer."
 "Not yet" Jennifer said, and seeing the shadow darken her sis- ter's face, she got up, came around the table and kissed Daphne on the top of her head.
 You're like a naughty child" Daphne said, land you'll have to be punished for frightening me. You can wash the dishes and I'll wipe them."
 Jenifer splashed water mer- rily on her smart frock. Don't bother about it, I can send 1t to the cleaners"
 Daphne wanted to protest that every dollar
 ''Why didn't you tell me how attractive the Brett tenant is?" Jennifer demanded and Daphne had no answer. She didn't = or hadn't seen much point in ex- tolling the attractions of mar ried man to her young sister.
 T thought he was very attrac- tive the one time I saw him." she said, concentrating on the glass she was drying.
 "The trouble with you, Daph, is that you don't know how to make the best of your opportunities"
 Daphne raised a quizzical eye brow, Jennifer went on:
 T do! The one time you saw him, indeed! saw him once andAEnade up my mind I was going to see him again."
 "There's a g o'clock train. You might run out and ask him if the 1 water pipes are working" Daphne said dryly.
 ''No need for that. I'm subtle. l I'll do it my way - the subtle | way"
 'It's great help to be subtle" Daphne agreed pleasantly.
 What are you doing Sunday | afternoon?" Jennifer asked a minute later.
 Daphne suppressed a smile. | Was this the subtle way?
 Sunday? Let me see oh, yes, the Franklands are having sup- per party for Kim Preston and | his bride. We're both invited. ! Don't you remember? You said | you were going to wear your black | velvet"
 "Oh, heavensl Another of those | dreary supper-parties?" How Jen- infer had angled an invitation to the last one. T think I'll cut | it. I never get chance to get | outdoors and on my one day away from the office I have to stand around 8 smoky living room with 8 lot of old fogies."
 Daphne digeSted the disclosures in Jennifer's speech.
 Daphne buried her face in the Sunday newspaper and pretended not to see Jennifer's discontinue. She stretched her legs in her vel vet lounging pajamas as though she were settling down for the winter.
 "It's three, Daph. Aren't you going to get dressed?" |