Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-09-16

ing of, with all the chances and ad-
mirers that you have-I mean
she corrected herself, using the past
tense meaningly-"have had-not eV-
en- getting engaged-which would De
such a comfort to your father ana TO
me in our dreadfully changed clrcum-
stances"
81 don't want to have any of them
engaged till they meet the right man
Dad broke in, curtly.
Lolly's mouth dropped.
"There you go, never thinking OF
me. or of the tremendous effort
made over their coming out parties!
And all to no purpose, James" Her
voice rose to a wall.
Ann said quickly: "We're going to
he ever so happy all together here,
Lollv. so don't worry. And you know,
half the debutants of this past year
the ones came out with-have jobs.
In fact, eighty percent of the whole
Social Registers working. It's the
fashion, darling, and I'm sure every
body's a whole lot happier than just
playing about"
Giving her mother no chance at fur
ther argument, Ann vanished to the
kitchen, to return in five minutes
with a dainty little breakfast tray.
Orange juice, biscuits and coffee, and
a four-minute egg exactly as Lolly
liked it, served in and on the fragile,
rose-garlanded breakfast-set on its
fresh linen cloth that was the color
of sunshine.
Then to breakfast with Dad in the
alcove dinette. Ann maintained a
cheerful stream of conversation. VINO
cared about the old depression-the
turn of fortunes wheel-when they
could all be together? Why! for
herself she really quite welcomed it,
for the social round had already
krown monotonous. All the incest
girls she knew in the crowd were
working. She was simply "rarin' to
go"!
Dads tired face lightened as he
talked to her. He adored his family,
but while Lolly favored Bernice, Ann
was his pet. AS he looked at her
fresh young face lit by enthusiasm
and intelligence it was as through 1t,
that the steep path didn't seem so diff
f;o,,I+ oy,a 1it the W9V
With meticulous care, Ann bathed
and dressed herself for the forth
coming interview in the big depart
ment store of Barclay & Weiss. Very
little makeup. She didn't need 1t.
She had a good clear skin with the
faintest shell-pink shining through it
that-Quite au naturel-defied cos
metics, except a fluff of silk-sifted
powder, and a touch of vaseline on
brows and eyelashes.
For Ann was no prude, and believ-
ing in augmenting what the good Lord
had given her in the way of beauty,
if necessary. She took long look at
herself in the old-fashioned pier glass
of the room she shared with Bernlce.
Lovely Bernice, who was still sleep
ing with her makeup on, and plen-
tv of it) after her evening in lie
Cirhon Qui Ritz (ridiculous but in
triguing namely, with absurd Freddy
"If I should ever fall in love-
thought Ann, then made a pretty lit
tie face at herself in the mirror.
The man she fell in love with woueC
be the exact antithesis of either Cap
tain de Freyn-or Freddy. Somebody
strong! Somebody one could look uI
to!
Society (so-called) seemed full o.
broken weeds, or-what was the eXac
word light weights.
Sharp-shooters, lots of them were
She thought of the near-set eyes o.
Claire's best friend, his ability a
cards, his smoothnes which he ha
ted.
She regarded herself in the miro
with keen scrutiny.
NOG 1IOIu IilC POAAlC " 'eNAAANJ' -
from selling points. She had hear
that the Importance of ones appear
lance in a big department store
whether in role of executive or EN-
ployee-counted enormously.
Ann saw tall, slim girl, longlimt
ed, and with kind of gauche grace
fulness. Large eyes, expressive,
dark blue. shone under the fin
brows and long, curly lashes tha
were typical of the eDlafield sisters
He moth was a bright flower, III
touched by rouge as were her cheek
that perhaps seemed little thin, du
to the high Celtic pitching of he
cheek-bones.
"My chin is my best point" though
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