Show Y J J I v I KATHLEEN NORRIS COPYRIGHT KATHLEEN NORRIS MORRIS SERVICE SYNOPSIS Antoinette Taft Tart twenty three at attractive attractive attractive at- at and ambitious but unable to bold hold a Job jobs lives In a drab San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco fiat flat with her hor sister Brenda and brother Cliff who are older her sev sev- year old brother Bruce Druce and their Aunt Meg files In her Job hunting rounds she Interviews Lawrence Bel Bel- Bellamy Bellamy lamy lanty editor of at the tho Journal of Commerce Commerce Com Com- merce but finds he has no place for tor fora a 0 woman writer She likes him very much as she tells Brenda later Diffident Diffident Diffident Dif Dif- Barney Korr crr drops In Barney has his eye on Tony but she ahe despises dc- dc him Tony gets a n. telephone call from tram Mr Greenwood city editor edl- edl tor tor of or tho the Call offering her a n Job as society reporter Cliff returning Just then accompanies Tony to tho the newspaper office Tony finds ands the themen themen themen men In the office friendly and help help- ful tul The Tho first night she goes boes with Cliff and Joe Burke of the sports department to a n restaurant and seCs sees Bellamy She Sho thrills when he nods to her She Is thoroughly happy In Inthe Inthe inthe the hustle and f tho the newspaper newspaper news news- paper office She bhe manages manases to solve the problem of getting photographs The only other woman on the tho staff is Bess Dess Cutter Culler who does docs a n column and Is 13 very friendly with Fitch general general general gen gen- eral manager Bess comes to depend on Tony Bess invites Tony to dine with her at ot her apartment with FItch Fitch and then go to the tho theater Barney proposes to Tony and Is reJected re rc- rc t k CHAPTER CHAPTER VI Continued VI-Continued Continued 5 51 5 I 1 dont don't think I 1 m meant ant to tell you rou so soon soon not not until I have ha something something some some- thing to offer o er you anyway But nut I you knew it I It Well If It I 1 didn't I do tin now And AndI I do du like ULe you yon ott tremendously tremendously- Barney Barney Bar Bar- ney we all do After all I asked aske you what to do tonight of Cliff Clift or Denel Bendy Barney made no comment upon this for Cor some time Then he burst nut sut ut unhappily I wish to God I IOUI tr could OUI protect you from froni Fitch an and his love affairs 1 I Oh dont don't worry about me Tony assure assured him Til Ill I'll Ill I'll tell her er that I have ha a vc an ao understanding with you an and you dont don't like me rue to go CO out with other men weal I she sU suggested suddenly They were standing In the dark doorway of or her own borne home now Barney leaned leuned toward towar her eagerly Will WIlI you do that tha t It Il would be an no alibi Tony sal salo said MNo No o but will you ou do that Then the they may ask you 00 But I mean mean we we have an un nn understanding haven't we we She looked luule up at him curiously unsmilingly Dues Does It mean so much to you Barney sh she asked In In surprise Well WeIl he began and stopped But an understanding Is s an engagement en Isn't It Wh Why why not the man mun asked aske clearing his bis throat Only that Only that Id I'd like to think about It It Think about It then Tony Barne Barney said lowering his voice I I dont don't want to rush you Its It's only that I want you so much nn and that Im I'm afraid someone else will get you Tony laughed nervously liking him In his awkwardness u more nore than she wanted ed to like him But nut you do like lIle me a little nn anyway anyway any any- way All Bar Barney's Barneys nty's arrogance and confidence were gone You know I 1 do Ill I'll think about It It-I It I truly wl will 1 Barney She way was wai laughing again at nt the foot of the thelong thelong thelong long stairway now She felt Celt in her heart th that t she never would marry Barney Darney Kerr Still It was distinctly a passed milestone to have him want her One morning In the office sh she confided ed In big blond blon Vince Toller Toiler I Vince you ou know Bess ness Cutter Cutler Sure Sure Sur Vince answered with a a a surprised glance She wants me to fome come up sand and have ha dinner with her her ber next T Tues Tiles es- es day Well 1 He ne really was very Ger Get German man It was almost veil vell Well would Well would you Would I I 1 go co Oh are you going too They asked me Oleo 1 e Oil Oh Tony smiled In sudden relief reller Well that makes a n difference difference differ differ- ence she admitted Why not 1 the man demanded A 1 I I Well after all all all- she began stiffly Now see ace Vince Toller Toiler said I dont don't holt halt with nil all this moralizing r business She Is my friend nn and he Is m my boss now now now-now now what else do we do We say No you nr are not coot Boot enough h for or me and then we dont don't make mala friends here where we work You think she can hurt burt you OU 7 No 0 I 1 dont don't Tony protested You Yon sa say No Im I'm not like she slie Is' Is I. I well Well Tony tried to pass It off ofT with Ingenuous lau laughter Im Imi i not All girls are arc like We that Only the right man does oes not say Come Cometo to me You have a high opinion of or the Fes ex VInce Tony said her ber face hot Some the Some the man asks an and 1 they love and saI said an they say yes he Some Some no He does not like them lie does not ask osle them An Arid And that's the whole difference difference differ differ- encel ence No because sometimes he can cansay cansay cansay say Marry larry me and then the sisters sisters sis sis sis- and the aunts are happy But nut 1 If there Is also a n wife and this thisbe he be cannot say then he lie must do dol o oI what he can cati and to him she comes l I Now I l Do you go Tuesday l lOh Oh yes Im I'm going Ton Tony said sulkily She naturally wanted men mento mento mento to respect her and respect her attitude at at- It was mad maddening to be laughed laughe at to be thought a prude If It men were not going to differentiate tinte between women who quite frankly sold themselves es for tor furs and orchids an and luxurious apartments apart apart- apartments ments an and girls who held themselves themselves them them- selves as ns too fine for Cor that sort of oC traffic tragic then then then-then then It was Just too tooba ba bad She told Brenda and her aunt that she site was going to a little office party that Miss Cutter was Ing ng on Tuesday nl night ht Miss Bruce ruce flushed a little nn and blinked at her herbut herbut but jut saI said nothing but Brenda Drenda chose an opportunity to protest Tony this Miss Mss Cutter You Yon told me me-I me I understood that she an and Mr Fitch Fitch friends Tony admitted You said saId saId-OJ Oh nen Bendy Beady y for Cor heavens heaven's sake I wish such people woul wouldn't nt ask you youl l I Brenda Brena diverged In vex vex- I 1 wish they wouldn't But nut they hav have e. e CHAPTER VII B DESSIE'S ESSIES apartment was In the popular neighborhood of the big bighill hill bill hotels It was rich with color The curtains were ere taffeta In pale French pinks and blues there were sliver silver cor cords s an and tassels great cushions cush cush- cushions ions an and brocades fat tat chairs up up- holstered In pale cafe cafe-au cafe au lait satin and embellished with knobs an and scrolls of at thick gold A row of some some six sis long legged dolls dons was on ona ona ona a cushioned window seat sat an on Italian italIan Ital ital- ian fan doll a doll dol that looked like Ike a little Empress Eu Eugenie enle there was wasa a dog tiny Uny and barking and re red red- e eyed ed In a tangle of or pale brown hair Here Bismarck Bessie Dessle said laughing looking very handsome passing passin cocktails with the air o oa of ofa a woman who knows what men want Top bartin I Bismarck barked barke on and was shut in the bathroom for hIs bis bad manners TOD Toby feeling uncomfortable an and out nut of place nevertheless ne threw herself Into the conversation heartily Bessie Bessie Bessie Bes Bes- sie seemed quite different In n her he own home In the office olice she was the woman cf r the world Here she was quieter even en a n little timid ver very anxious us that er e everything should go co right n-n n and that Mr Fitch should be pleased please With Tony she was at first firsta a little self conscious us but that wore off and tho the dinner was excellent and the Ole show most amusing VInce took Tony home bome decorously at eleven It was nothing It was Just like any other party We had hod dinner at Mrs Cutters Cutter's and then went to the show and ond Vince brought me home It was all allright right ht not not very cry thrilling but really business In a away away way J f she he said taid aI Impatiently undressing un un- dr dressing It was was was' well weil over the Cutter din ner crisis Tony hoped hope fervently fer that that It woul wouldn't ot occur again One day the thc city editor eltor asked her lur If she was In a n goo good humor an and had nad na her lunch and didn't have any nily special dates otes for the weel week endI end I think Im I'm all that Greeny Only I have bave that lint debutante lunch In Bur- Bur ume tomorrow tom You weren't going goIn down there Oh Uh no Just going to telephone Well listen n heres here's this midwinter ter carnival over o In Piedmont mont I think 1 Id I'd 1 like to do It I Tony said with all a girls girl's eager anticipation antici pation of or a n part party Heres what It Is Arnoldson wants a n page of or It see because his wife wICe Is la the head of or the com com- They're opening the new clubhouse with a lunch and a 8 program pro gram sports gram sports of or all sorts I believe It Is And then afterward a big dinner and speeches and a fancy fancy- dress dance h O-o-h tt i-tt h doings oln s I 1 Tony saidI said I dont don't know what Its It's nil all about out the city editor said gloomily thyre always nl getting up thlu things s. s 1 I should think they'd get sick and tired of or seeing each ench other Between ourselves cs they do Tony told him They get bored to death eath The girls have bave nervous breakdowns and their mothers go co off to New York or Honolulu Honolulu nn any anywhere where to get out of or the everlastIng Ing lag dinners and teas I t IThen IThen Then why do they do It 7 Oh for tor something to do An Anns And Andas as ns a sort of or announcement that a n girls girl's marriageable That's what It Is really an nn open market Not so bad to have to work for Cor your living Greenwood o offered ITe rc after thought Not so bad I Tony laughed Joyously But nut tell ten me what you want me to do o Satur Saturday ay she site sal said sobering Go to this Piedmont thing keep an on eye on the cameraman get Jet In touch with Mr Dir Arnoldson rl right ht away awny and do whatever he wants done Hove Have you yon a fancy dress dress- Queen Isabella pawning her ber Jewels something like that Youre thinking of or tableaus Yes I 1 have a gorgeous fancy dress But nut I shouldn't think Id I'd be bc expected expect ed to go as a n guest would I It No you wouldn't be a guest But nut I think the ol old man would like you to mingle In n with the glad thron throng Well you go over there Satur Saturday ay see Ill I'll have someo someone e over there to bring you back And youre you're a n good sport i 1 Why I 1 think It'll be fun tun I Tony said Leaving home with the brown suitcase In the foggy soft morning Tony ha had Joined the newspaper group on the boat Spike Illyan was In is charge of or the two cameramen cameramen camera camera- men and of or the expedition gen gen- emily Can you drive Spike asked her when she was on the front seat beside him and they were rolling along through Oaklands Oakland's long streets toward the southwest south Yep Tony nodded Why tired Ure 1 No but I may not feel teel like e driving driving ing tonight Spike said cantly Oh Ob shame 1 Tony reproached him bim No listen No listen Ill I'll be all aU right but butI I may be he sleepy Spike explained Ill drivel drIve I Tony was In wild spirits although h she held herself 3 1 1 S t s ti I Think Im I'm All That Green Greeny so steadily In check that there was no sign of them The They reached reache the clubhouse at eleven It was always thrilling to suy say Press to the authorities that would have barred their way It was especially gratifying today because be cause great creat preparations had bad b been en made for Cor the comfort of the press there were tables and t typewriters and Miss lIss Taft especially was to be considered Mrs Rogers had bad mn made e arrangements for Miss Taft to rest at somebody's house honse this afternoon an and dress there for the dinner I could coul change e right here at the club Tony finally finding Mrs Rogers In to a whirl of or directions an and last lust duties sal said good good My dear you'll do o nothing of ot the kind Youre You're to go to the Patterson house right house right near here It looks over the thc ninth green an and get et a hot hut bath on and take everything comfortably little Mrs Rogers protested In turn Its all turning out so beautifully she e exulted Its going to be such an exquisite day Id Just like to walk about an and get my bearings s. s Tony strolled ofT off studying the details details de de- tails of or the big raw new splendid place mentally fitting them to ph phrases rases The new clubhouse had been built on the site old one the golf links were beautifully groome groomed und and green creen the roads roods took their ol old turnings s. s It wn was teas only the great main building that lint was new It was all nil very ery novel very exhilarating It was more fun un Tony thou thought ht to be beu u reporter on and have bave a n business reason reason reason rea rea- son to b be here than to be one of or orthe the many girls who as one o'clock approached were gathering on the lawns and the porches nervously discussing the subject of or the dance ance tonight lt Others than girls were gathering too men who shouted te at other men women whose costumes were like lIIa n a fashion display but the hie de- de hl were Tonys Tony's especial In forest crest and she devoted de herself exclusively ex ex- exclusively to them She knew y them all now which ones were popular and which ones were not the rich ones and the ones whose mothers were having a desperate time tr trying Ing to keep their social footing Tony slipped into the ballroom nn and looked looke at the decorated tables tallIes and the souvenirs and the name car cards s she found the press seats scats made some notes of or decorations and went out ont to tho great creat screened piazza where luncheon was spread The day ay was sharply clear with a cold wind women slivered shivered In their gala attire and put on heavy coats while they lunched lunche But Dut afterward the sports went we well a and d Tony ha had fun questioning an and befriending the adorable little members of or the Juvenilia fat little rosy bo boys s au and girls who para paraded ed their dolls dogs cats ponies goats about the circle In decorated leading strings or coaches or cages The cameramen cameramen camera camera- men were patient with tho the small restless people an and proud mothers assisted gallantly from the sl side e lines Tony presently could coul go to the Patterson house and Introduce herself as ns the lie young oung la lady y from rom th the Call with a n feeling that everythIng everything every every- thing was right with the world CHAPTER VIII A A DELIGHTFUL home borne the Pattersons' Pattersons Pattersons' Pattersons Pattersons' Pattersons Pat- Pat surrounded by a fine garden caren with shingled gray walls on and dormers picked out with erish white and trimmed bare vines climbing up to the very rooftree InsIde Inside Inside In In- side were the usual evl evidences of or taste and wealth floors carpeted to the baseboards with hands handsome me rugs |