Evening star., 1940-04-14
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
THE RIGHT CROWD

in his bleak and dreary room in some
miserable Timmons fraternity house
heard from his very own roommate
about this wonderful girl at State -.
Gene listening to it all with hollow
feeling of what-might -have-been II
used to know her." he said. But l
guess she wouldn't have much use for
me now" The roommate laughed. Il
should say not!' he agreed. "A girl
like that interested in some guy in a
silly old hick college like this? Hardly"
This roommate of Audrey's inven-
ton had quite character OF his own.
She knew by heart a number OF the
lines she had made up for HIM. She was
mentally rehearsing a few of them one
day as she waited at the cosmetic
counter of Milbank's drug store and
soda fountain. Then the clerk brought
back the change from her half-dollar
and four peach-colored powder puffs
wrapped in cellophane. just as deep
and manly voice sounded in her ear.
Vanity, vanity" said the voice.
"All is vanity!'
Audrey looked up. "Oh! she said.
turning scarlet. "Only powder puffs"
She was distressed by her own lack
of aplomb. But. after all, this was
Alan Ferguson. who had never deigned
to notice her existence before. For
Alan was sophomore at State. and
fraternity man.
Care for soda?" he was going on,
easily. "Or maybe sundae?"
WELL" Audrey said. pulling herself
together, Il am pretty thirsty"
Sure" he said. Buying powder
puffs takes it out of a girl!'
Audrey laughed as if she had never
heard anything so clever, and in an
other minute he was cycling her with
obvious approval over Milbank's
Special Chocolate Frosted. Il hear
you're out of high school," he said.
why, of course ami" cried Audrey
- laughing again. for no reason.
Going to State?'
She nodded Just poor little
freshman" he said.
It'll be awful - simply awful
'Sure it will. You'll feel like grain
of sand"
Audrey looked at him doubtfully.
She had never, in her worst moments.
felt like grain of sand.
But I'll tell you what we'll do. he
went on, with a reassuring smile.
"We'n 60 over to Jan Parker's to-
night. She's having little party for
some of the crowd and I'll take you
along. l guess it won't hurt you to
make few contacts"
Audrey tried not to seem too over
whelmed as she slipped her frosted
chocolate But. of course, it was rather
a shock to think of being accepted by
Medville's Older Crowd. Jan Parker
was eighteen years old. do I go
formal?' she asked timidly.
"Oh, MOI" Alan said, in a rather
patronizing way Sport clothes. You
never 60 formal unless the man does.
And a man never would for an affair
like this"
Audrey nodded - trying not to
look dazed. 1t was, she felt, the begin
ming of her education. Back in her old
high school days, girls went formal at
the least excuse, the boys wearing
whatever they had to wear generally
their flannel slacks.
IT WAS strange going on date with
ANYBODY but Gene - and in spite of
the tremendous Importance of the
date she felt little guilty about it and
not very happy. She did not really
like Alan Ferguson very much, in spite
of his sophistication and in spite of his
car, which was at least seven years
younger than Genes. But she tried to
argue herself out of this folly. She
listened to Alan meekly as he gave her
pointers on life as it was led by the