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V XXIV (continued)
w voting. who was genuinely
- 'of Ollethorpe. and believed,
mover. that he had not yet
- of Madame Zattiany. gave a
Indus and colorless account of
adventure.
‘It is possible that she had had a
.ktail or two.” he concluded.
«It you must expect that. If the
pant with three cigarettes
. eat on a field de rouge. How-
‘ er. it wouldn't be a bad idea if
{you took her in hand. That is, if
you can.“
”I'll do it all right. D'yon mean
to tell me she was at Farren'a
without a chaperon?“
“There may have been a chape-
ron to each couple for all 1 know."
“You know damn well there
won't. No chaperon would have
cleft her alone."
~TV."But surely, Jim. you know that
chaperona are practically obsolete.
They don't gee with cocktails and
The New Free-
dom! Tho Reign of Youth!"
N‘Damn nonsense. No, i didn‘t
l‘now it. i supposed she was prop-
erly chaperoned, as girls of her
clue always have been. You know
how much I care for Society. and i
haven't got to the chicken stage
either. Took it for granted that
certain cast-iron conventions were
still observed. in our set. at least.
Of course l've seen her drink cock-
tails at home and thought it rather
cute, and l'vo rubbed the paint off
her cheeks and lips once or twice.
9...—
they Were strumpets, but some lit-
tle fool started it. and you know
the old saying: ‘Whnt one monkey
does the other monkey must do.’
It never worried me. Of course
.3“ l're heard more or less about these
w a: young
511‘ discussed
idiots:
and written
they're always being
up; but
:9} somehow you never think those
if}; things can happen in your own
in: family.
n
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3»: she bawled.
i went straight home
and blew up Molly—haven't had a
sight cf Janet yet—and of course
Always does. When
“ l told. her that Janet had been at
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night. uhon she had a theatre par-
, “'5, she understood that some young
woman was along. But
Molly's a fool. What on earth am
i to do with Janet? There were no
suit; girls in my young days. Some
of them Were had uus. but as dis-
crtct as you make 'eu. Didn't dis-
grace their families. Some of them
.used to drink. right enough. but
tit"? were as smooth as silk in pub-
lic. and went to n sanita‘rium to so-
her up when it got the best of 'em.
But those girls appear to be about
as discreet as street-walkers. You
don‘t think they kick over the
traces. do you?"
"l‘m dead sure that Janet hasn't.
Shu puts on the cap and bells part-
ly because it's the fashion, partly
hecuusu she thinks girls are alive
and having their fun for the first
inn llut she's no fool. She nour-
ly rinmnd me once or twice. She'll
(like care of herself."
"i'I'rin don't take care of them-
eeivm when they're drunk. But
l'w: an idea there's something else
tho matter with her. At lehst
mull): r has."
“Something else?"
“in love."
'Wuii, there’s your chance to
marry her off. The sooner the bet-
ter. But why should it drive her
to drink? If she's ilxed her RffBCr
’married
“(ions on any of those chaps that
dance at. her beck"—
"She hasn't. She's in love with
you."
"\V’hat!"
fork.
Clavering dropped his
When the waiter had rushed
‘ \ to present him with another and
retired. he still stared at Ogle-
thorpe as if he had been stunned
by a blow between the eyes.
"Whatever—what on earth put
such an idea into Mrs. Oglethorpe's
head? The child can't endure me.
She pretty wall proved it last
night, and l've always known she
disliked ole-since she grew up.
that is. To be perfectly frank.
aside from the fact that i don't
care for young girls, she always ir-
h'itatea me like the deuce, and I've
never made any secret of it. Night
before last i couldn't well have
made myself more disagreeable if
I’d rehearsed for the part.“
Oglethorpe grinned. "hot you
know about girls. Just the way to
make 'em crazy about you. Like
nil idealists, you don't. knowa thin:
Being a .‘rank ma.-
. allot myself, I know 'em like a
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Just plain female under her point
and outside her cocktails. More so
for she's more stimulated. Where
girls used to be merely romantic.
she's romantic—callow romance of
youth.“ perhaps, but still romantic
-pln: sex-instinct rampant. At
least that's the way I also 'em up.
and it's logic. There's no virginity
of mind left, mauled as they must
be and halt-stewed all the time,
and they're wild to get rid of the
other. But they're too young yet to
be promiscuous, at least those of
Janet's sort. and they want to fall
in love and get him quick. See the
point?"
“No doubt you’re right. But. I'm
not the object of Janet’s young af-
fections. She's either led your
mother to believe it for purposes
of her own, or Mrs. Oglethorpe has
merely jumped at that conclusion
-well. Heaven only knows why."
“You know why. Because she'd
like it. So would I."
“Good Lord. Jim! l‘m nearly old
enough to be her father. Barely
ten years younger than yourself.”
“You'll never be as old as i am
this minute, and l'd give my eyes
to see you married to her. More-
over. I'm convinced .mother's right.
Janny let out something—broke
down. I fancy. although mother
wouldn't give her away any fur
ther. And you used to be fond of
her when she was a child. She's
sat on your lap a hundred times."
”My dear 'Jlm." said Clarering
drily. "You've just pronounced
yourself a man of consummate ex-
perience. Need 1 remind you that
when a man has held a girl on his
lap as a child. she is generally the
last girl he wants on his lap later
on? Man loves the shock of novel-
ty, the spice of surprise. it's hard
to get that out of a girl you have i
spanked-as I did Janet on two
different occasions. She was a fas-
cinating youngster, but a little
devil if there ever was one."
"She's full of fascination yet. I
can see that, if lam her father A
year or two from now. when 'ehe
comes to herscnsee "
"0h. cut it out. Jim!
ten. Even it were true-and
stake my life it isn't—l~—well
“D‘you mean there's some other
woman?"
“i don't care to talk about it—
but—let it go at that."
“Sorry. l'd h'u'e liked it. You i
could have made a fine woman out
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of Jenny. She has it in her."
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Ciavering did not express his '
doubts on this point aloud. lie
was in truth horribly embarrassed
and hardly know what to say. Not
for a moment did he believe that
the minx was in love with him. nor
would he have taken the iroub'r. to
find out. even to please Jim ”grie-
thorpo and his mother, had Mary
Zattiany never crossed his horizon.
But he felt sorry for his friend and
would have liked to banish his!
brooding distress. I
"Loni: here!" he exclaimed.
"You‘ll have to buck up and take
her in hand. After all, you’re her
father and she respects you. No
girl respects her mother these days,
nah,
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advantage of being male. Give her
a talking to. Tell her how cut up
you are. She's too young to be as
hard as she likes to think. Don't
preach. That would make matters
worse. Appeal to her. Tell her
she's making you miserable. If
that doesn't work—well, your idea
of taking a switch to her isn't bad.
A sound spanking is what they all
need, and it certainly would take
the starch out of them. Make them
feel so damned young they'd forget
just how blase they're trying to
be."
“She might run away} rumbled
Oglethorpe. "I believe I‘ll try it,
though. if worse comes to worst.
I’ll have no filthy scandals in my
family." -
“Why not collect all the fathers
and plan a regular campaign?
Without their allowances they’d
soon be helpless. It would be a
battle royal and might make his-
tory! Might also get hold of the ‘
[fathers of these young chaps. Few
have independent incomes."
Oglethorpe laughed for the first!
time. “Not a bad idea for a bache- '
lot. Lee. Maybe I'll try it. Let's
get out of this. How about the
Follies?"
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as honorable as its years.
than any. other newspaper
evening field of New York City it
has strives! to uphold the host prin-
ciples of iegitimatejournalism.
has resisted the paneful influence of
a. bulletin
auction with its attendant bargain
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should be. .
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for the success or the failure of
newspaper property. New York has
Times the Tribune and the World.
to mention the three representative
morning newspapers of that com-
munity, each with a splendid back:
ground of service. The Post has
been passing through this period of
decline for many years.
passed into different bands from
time to time but its proper phyecho-
logy has not during that time been
in has .
makes one newspaper worthier than
another though both are served with]
like facilities has been lacking.
The Charity Ball 20,000 B. C.
In the “Dailydagoozalum.” recenlly
found “m
At the back of a cave ninety feet un-
derground, . . : . _ _ .,
Is society's record in primitive print,
(Neatly scratchedon a. ledge with a
‘ splinter of flint). ?
“Mrs. Ylmplepodlnlesum, when:
the priest ‘:
Who is highest at court (may at
age be increased) , -'
Wore some mud from a. sm’at'np that
‘appliquc'
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doll
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who became a society
spring. you'll recall. _
Wore a. necklace consisting of on.
emles' skulls.
That: were polished andi etched
hyenas and
gulls.
party \
lust
From a boat constructed some eighty
feet long
The mediates got a tip that was
quite far from wrong,
glow his hide might. be
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That-Were worn by the charming
twin Misses Grubbganz.
Lovely Mrs. Bogump wore an ankle:
of snails.
And a light, filmy fichu of stégo-
saur's scales. . ,
creations
' But among the that
brightened that ball.
And the one that aroused fiercest
envy in all,
W’as that dream on the figure of
Mrs. Ker-choc,
For she came in a. gown of the la:-
cst tattoo. .
Mrs. Gushpotflescoozykuk struck :
{anticlip " ‘
\Ve regretfully mention that. sad ii‘l-
tic play
That occurred cm: the ball fairly
under way,
W'hen the sweet Miss Skaguggie
ruled from the ball '
In a gown too himrrc for the fash-
ions this fall.
For. indulging a fancy in this sec-
She appeared in a grapevine that
clnched up her hair.
But the act Was avenged. We are
thankful to say.
With an armful of rocks
brave fiance.
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