The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-13
RADIO PROGRAMS-SER1AL

nam I got any carQS tnaI week Ill
wiling her to any of the embassies
but they could take walk around
and look at the lacy melee of arch
itecture which represented the va
rious homes of the foreign ambas-
sailors.
In the end they were to see the
shopping center, and spent most OF
the afternoon in Woodward's and
Hecht's and Garfinckle's, and An
drea said she imagined the New
York stores were bigger and bet
ter, but these were heady COM
pared with those in Pennington.
They went to tea at the May
flower hotel and Andrea had a
beautiful time pointing out people
she was sure must be celebrities.
Andrea's observations were peril
nent ones; she was mostly struck
by the dowdines of the majority
of the women and the aura of sue
cess and prosperity about the men.
1t would be exciting, she said, to
live in Washington.
BY the time. that Beth had fin
ished telling fer that it was not
exciting and that there were ten
girls for every man, an argument
designed to stop the further flow
OF Andrea's imagination, it was
time to start for the Blakes' apart
ment.
If Andrea expected the Blakes to
1--we in one of the charming. little
houses that had engaged her inter-
est, she was disappointed. The
Blakes had a small apartment
,Bert's government job paid ittle)
but Marion had got up delightful
dinner, and they were awaiting
cocktails when the girls arrived.
Bert Blake had got boy named
Harry Cole for Andrea, and though
Cole was not ball of fire, he was
a date and obviously Immediately
smitten by Andrea, who attached
herself to Vernon, saying prettily
that she was the luckiest girl in
the world to come fresh from what
was practically the sticks to find
that her best friends beau had
planned such a lovely time for her.
In the privacy of the kitchen,
Marion confided to Beth that they
were going to roof to dance
about 10 o'clock.
Beth said, "Oh, Marion, that's
terribly nice of you to want to do
things for Andrea, but won't it
be very expensive?"
The boys can stand the tariff
On one roof" Marion said. We'll
all have fun
Vernon had often offered to take
Beth wherever she wanted to go,
but knowing he hadn't much mon
ey, she had always chosen places
that wouldn't cost much.
Marion was right the roof was
fun. Washington spread around and
below them. Music and colored
lights and stars above, everyone
dancing, laughing, being merry.
Beth thought if she'd been Andrea,
she would rather be home alone.
thinking of Jim.
Andrea was keyed up, different
from the way she had always been.
wildly gay and, at moments, ut
terly remote, lost in herself. Beth
would like to have asked her what
it was all about, but that would
lead to talking of Jim, and Beth
was putting that off until the last
minute.
1t was Andrea who said, when
the roof was closing, isn't there
any other place to see in Washing
ton? Do we have to go home at
l o'clock?''
Beth had no opportunity then to
remind her that their hosts hadn't
very much money, because Yer
non mentioned the Willard, a d
Andrea said she would love to 60
there because she had so little
chance to see bright lights and
night life.
The Willard was only the begin
ming. Marion and Bert, pleading