The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-03-18
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Elsa O'Dare sat for moment
dipesting this. Then Sh6 threw
back her head and burst into peal
upon peal Of unreStrained mlrth.
We'll" she gasped finally, wip-
ing her eyes. Il imagine advertiS-
inp is about the inSaneSt business
any woman can be mixed up in;
but NV widest experience never
prepared ME for anything like
This. Well, I'm certainly not
going to shed any more tears over
Il. OF course you did put us in a
spot about that coat. On the
other hand, we could also have
sold the other costumes you mod
eled several times over. =. You
want a job"
Like the very devil" Con-
stance told her.
All right" Elsa O'Dare got up
with one OF her enthusiastically
clean-cut, decisive movements.
LUCILLE won't be out Of the hos
pital for weeks. You've bought
II. Now you've got one more
outfit to model today, haven't
YOU? Better
She broke off, her green eyes
suddenly dubious.
II suppose you know that your
final display is wedding outfit,
don't YOU" she asked.
~ know" Constance nodded.
Elsa O'Dare said with the near
est approach TO hesitation. Con-
stance had seen in her manner,
This show is really important to
me. We're staging it rather elab-
orately, you know bridesmaids,
pages, wedding march - all the
trimmings"
81 know" Constance said dryly.
Everything but the groom"
"You wouldn't let me down,
would you? 1t may be ittle-I
mean"
Don't worry. Ii Pm tempted
to hysteria, | shall remind myself
that my telephone bill is due to-
morrow"
Constance did not know that as
she passed, 4 little pale in her
white velvet and gossamer veil,
sentimental old ladies wiped their
eyes, young girls dreamed, and
men looked thoughtful.
Her thoughts, if it were pos
sible to report them coherently,
might have run something like
this: az wonder if ought to walk
little faster. -. What would
Derek think if he knew was hav-
ing wedding all by mySelf-and
4 fashionable one, too? But !
mustn't think about Derek. E.
think if he knew | was having a
wedding all by myself-and u
fashionable one, too? But |
mustn't think about Derek.
The trademarks look marvellous in
those posy-garden frocks and bon
nets. Derek would have liked
i big wedding. ] mustn't
think about Derek. :. Now if the
pages don't forget to lift my train
when turn. D.. ! wonder what
Derek isl must not think about
Derek. promised Miss O'Dare.
Think about my telephone
bill. :. Oh. Derek dear, it was
to have been just about this
timew
When it was over, and Con-
stance had taken off her wedding
finery, she found Elsa O'Dare
waiting for her in the little office
off the dressing room. Pc.
Before you decide to go into
this, Miss Maidwell," she said, II
want you TO understand exactly
what you're getting intoH The
publicity department of an estab-
lshment like ours is no place for
people with tender sensibilities.
We are tuned to a pretty high
tension; and people who are hur-
ried and worried seldom have
time or inclination to consider
other peoples feelings very ten
derby. e. You, like every one else
in the department, will be con-
slant target for criticism, fault
finding, buck-passing, and back
biting from other departments all
over the plant"
II suppose the only answer to
that is that | can IA Ike it," Con-
stance said.
you'll have to. Sometimes it's
like living in a psychotie ward.
. Personally ! rather enjoy it"
Elisa O'Dare grinned a surpris-
ingly boyiSh grin---"'perhaps be-
cause I've grown up with it. Per-
haps because Pm Irish and like a
fight. Pm telling you this be-
cause you seem to have had a
rather different background from
most of our girls"
81 think I'd like to try" Con-
stance insisted. e. ~. 81. ....
She went home with instruc-
tons to report. at Bartlett's at
$3.50 tomorrow.
Her first day in the store left
her a little giddy with all she had
seen and experienced. 80
After leaving her bus at the
corner, she almost ran the half
block to the apartment house,
hungry for the letter from Derek
that she hoped would be waiting
for her.