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Show i, " Confessions of : A War Bride CHAPTER 89. I Learn the "Why- ef the Unwritten Lew Againat Office Finery. My coveted exprrlencea In him in roe life hrgan the mom rut I nvt foot In Ih express elfvatur f the Lurlmer hniUline; at 8:5 one fine fall morning. The erirla In the elentor fnced me with a united and a hufftlle front. I realized re-alized that I looked decidedly plain, perhapa a little bit Bhabby, In my Uat fall mtp fiilf. It waa a arm morn. int f..r sNuvt-inhfr, but man f the flrH were ajKirtlna; lnnfc racetxm coata. The men in the elevator save me "the onc-i over" in a way not at all un friendly. They were simpler than the KM, and more frank, 1 thmifcht. Kvi-drntly Kvi-drntly they were n pure I to aet upon i mo any value 1 should aet upon my-iteif. my-iteif. Not one of the ajfrla apoke to me In the drt-Httinit room where thy llnKored lo powder their nones. I'rolmhly they I would "plare" me lefore they made ad ivameH. The Htmopphere waa exactly j like that of th d renal riT room of a I formal lunrheoii or brlij party. There wan the annie frigidity w)(h which the j i women uf an eitahlihed eot lal aet in- j variably receive a newcomer. I l When I reportrd to t'hrya I whla- j IpereU: (JleHitn don't let it be known I hat I'm Hub Ioi tmer'a wife. ( '-in't j i I pn-a aa a p'Mr n latlon of the fain- Il1 Martha warned me." 1 flu a laughed. "Vou can. ahe j i agreed, "and ou would Ik tier. Ml i w.rri Iaddy or lie may tousle your j l.air" j 1 "oh. do," f hefcced, "and don't for-j (sett Kor It la Jjuddy'a favorite Joke J I to ruffle up my coiffure whenever he I fiiirl.f me when he la in a fino humor. I bra ahoni-d me now ahe wanted (the filir-u dWT.4 It wan eaey tu learn. I f had often helped my own father with the rutalofr.' ui.d ftlea he uited in hia jt'-lhke work. I tlui.k no honeet ex-! ex-! perlenre in life Ih ever lout. Chrya honenlly d I fchled with her new nuhoritlnate. ) "And thank heaven you've Rot aenae irnoiiKli lo die a the part, too," ahe j ' niched aa she surveyed my plain aerarv . frock. I Krtirn the drenaing room Converaa- I tion 'at noon 1 diH-overd that Miaa 'hryaotabel Lorimt r wa not no ppu-j ppu-j lar with her father's female employe I hi ahe miKht be. One mora Martha I was proved riKht. j Kvidently t'hrya had started wrone;. i Sht; diwipproved of lir.i-ry aa an off.ee I ntotet and aht );;uiii'i concealed her opinion. "W hy do you bother at all about how tu- jfirls i irons'.'" I askrd as wtr , wa.U'-tl lion!. fir t .f r in. aftr wurk. i iivr dnl f.r th sake of .ha; -kiiIh, my love. I did it fr in sake ( th men : i "Iki you menn to say yuu wers wor- rylns; utjut the men's morals?" Vi taiitiy nut. tnty uix-ut their ! work. H;iVf you noticed What hanBH-ns evt ry tune that pr-ny ManneriiiK Kirl rios-a die main eff ice? t-very man in i he place, flutters: You can marK ht. prureca l-y the noise! mhe wastes huis uf their lim Just by crusmjc the room!" I "AuJ how siiine of the ther girls iuthe herV 1 remarked. I -k, my dear, works exactly lh K;inn' In nn offii-.e ss it does in a b'Ui-n b'Ui-n "in The mrl with th ea-t ai.it Mi the mt masouims aUmirrrs, both ! ll'l'VH'" Vi;, that inut-h th ftiiic c m- a i.i that I hd md msjf. in the l:fiiii; room. I was disap.Kflnted. Th oiny surf iris tny revelation nhcul toe business wiTid, so f.r. was thnt it ;ifffrs not at all fnin any the- pt;rj-v pt;rj-v b r itin ai d women g-t 1'vtlni |