| Show U f SOME ME GIRLS I VT IkNo KNOW By Py CYNTHIA GREY TIlE THE GOSSIP f The fact that Ruth Robb Is a gossip Isn't important Most women are In a mild mUd way But Ruth Is the dangerous type type of gossip who never gets her story straight There was the Lita Long affair for instance Lita Long is lovely to look at and she has the reddest lips I have ever seeb i Her mouth looks like a scarlet scarlet scarlet scar scar- let flower dropped onto her t face ace On One Ond night Ruth was giving a dInner dinner din dIn- ner ncr and Lila Lita came in late Heres the girl with the l kissable mouth said old Ben Peebles when Lita Lila walked into the room full fuli of ot people Few people pay any attention attention attention atten atten- tion tion to Bens Ben's compliments He is a anice anice nice silly old beau But ut about a wee week weel later w When en I Iwas Iwas Iwas was having lunch downtown with my best friend Fifi Sanders she asked me if I had heard the latest scandal I said I hadn't that hadn't-that that the thelast thelast thelast last Id I'd heard was about three da days das s old Its about Lita Lila Fin Fifi told me It seems that haE Jim Brewer and she have broken their engagement be because because because be- be cause of some story to the effect that half the men in town have made love to Lita Lits I alwa always s 's suspect suspect sus sus- those quiet prim girls like Lita Lila myself That wasn't fair of Fifi and I Isaid Isaid said so Lita Lila Long Is a cold l type but I I knew she was honestly in inlove inlove inlove love with Jim Brewer I had no business to do it but I called him up Look here Jim I said said I I want you OU to tell me pie where you heard that story about Lila Lita being such a petter I should think you'd oud be ashamed to believe such a tale Of course he wouldn't tell me where he had heard the stor story but out butI outI I was sure I knew The other night night- when we were at Ruth Robbs Robb's old Ben Peet les called Lita the girl with the tile kIssable kissable kissable kiss- kiss able lips intending to flatter her I went on I noticed at the time that Ruth pricked up Ull her ears ars and I realized that she thought shed she'd shed she'd I heard a choice tidbit to pass on onto ono to the rest of the girls better ask Ben what he meant and then It looks to ra m mea u I if you'd better stand eland by Lila Lita wh when she needs you ou instead of Jilting er because of a bit of malicious gos gos- sip A fortnight later the papers an announced an i LItas LIta's marriage to toLita's Litas Lita's mother told me In confidence that Jim had insisted that R Ruth th Robb apologize to Lila but that Ruth had sent a a wedding present nevertheless s. But she hasn't spoken to 55 ins since |