Show o t n Ire In Inn In n High Hib gb eig I Now that it Is all over and toI tomorrow tomorrow to to- morrow will wUl see me a happy bride I I dont don't mind telling you how I did it said the girl from front Waycross who was giving a luncheon to her bridesmaids Two years ago none of you had ever heard of of me had you Well that's not strange There was not much society where I 1 came from But you see what I 1 have accomplished One of the the- best matches of the season and a all 1 of you have me me beat to a standstill on smart looks Well when I 1 presented dear mammas mamma's mammas mammas mamma's mam mam- mas ma's letter to Mrs Vere de Vere Vere- Vere they were at boarding school together in Virginia you know she know she gave me the tips Ups of her dainty fingers and didn't even ask me to call again I 1 saw at once that my clothes were root not right and I 1 wrote to Uncle Tom down In Jn Maryland telling him my plan He wrote back that I was a little fool but he sent th the money 1 I saw saw also that most of the guests threw their cards on a small mafI tray at the the thedoor and that nobody paid any ally attention when they were announced The second time I went to Mrs Mr Vere de Veres Vere's uninvited I 1 had had hada a a gown that made me feel as though I had a right there My card card went with others on a silver tray Whether Mrs Vere de Vere Vero heard my name announced or not I 1 do not know but she rhe came forward with extended hand saying How are you my dear Better 1 f nope Hope Your father told me you had been quite Ill Ul Th That t was a for poor I papa had been dead ten years But I 1 replied Much better thanks s Dr Blank is such a careful physician you know I I Iliad had u read all the uno society news I 1 could j i i lay Uda for ds n and I 1 knew what what at o special traIn tram for Ins o t f r i ta w i I J L J doctor to name t to make a n good Im fin One of the women who overheard overheard over over- heard me Insisted on taking me into her confidence about her own experience ence once with de dear r Dr Blank That woman woman wom wom- an gave me my dinner invitation Inside In side of a month I 1 took tool goo good i care to call on Dr Blank first Well I I just went around to houses of persons I Imet Imet Imet met here and there in the tho most casual way and I never got a throw It was confusing confusing- to be called by half halfa a dozen different names in the course of of one afternoon But I 1 saw that the tho theother other girls didn't mind it it it- and I didn't see why I 1 should Soon I 1 began to hear from the cards card I 1 left on the visiting trays I was Invited out I knew that some of my hostesses hadn't the remotest Idea who I was but they were afraid ld to risk slighting an n old friend by passing up my card Good old Unc Uncle e Tom got into the game heartier than ever Thank goodness goodness goodness good good- ness I 1 shall shaH be able to pay him back I was able to move into a swell board ing house where m my my friends could come to see me me- meI I arranged a system and worked as hard at it t my my rounds of calls caUs and visits as any ste stenographer stenographer- works in her office I went everywhere everywhere every every every- where I 1 could and talked with everybody every every- body wh who would listen to me me I 1 learned how to make myself agreeable agree able if not Indispensable Any girl can do it if she has tact And then then- well wel you you know how I 1 met Claude Clairie Lucky I 1 learned to swim In Waycross or there wouldn't be any Claude forme for forme me to marry now Do you know who gave that story to the woman newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper reporter at Newport about the unknown society girl who made such sucha a thrilling rescue I 1 did Claudes Claude's mother did the rest She gave out all aU the stuff that was printed afterward And in due time she gave out out Claude Tosa l sap C. C Ive I've got him 1 |