Show I 11 cur Y k Z e er J 11 11 liE doorbell rang rong at the bachelor apartment of the 1 I sedate John Ellers filers just as ashe ashe ashe he had settled down for a quiet evening with his little blue books on philosophy What did John care about New ew Years Year's wild parties conventionalities and the like Now It did look like he be was destined to forego the pleasure and exchange and Socrates for an evening of worthless nonsense lie He sauntered to the door with a scowl of disapproval There stood a delivery delhery boy who hurriedly thrust a parcel Into the hands of the much surprised surprised surprised sur sur- Mr Bachelor and was gone before before be be- fore tore he could utter titter a word The stores on New ew Years Year's Eve were too 1 y et 1 ss I busy to waste any time In delivery as young peo people le were anxious to be finished finished and at af home bome dressing for the greatest c celebration of f all the year What on earth 7 thought John probably probably abl ably ably- a practical jok joke by some of his friends for when he ho opened the parcel parcel parcel par par- cel out fell a pair lair of golden slippers slippers- perfect Number 4 Kicking them out of his way woy he returned to his s study study udy entirely forgetting the Incident Meanwhile there was great commotion commo commo- tion In the the apartment above Lucia Bell the pretty radio entertainer was waiting Impatiently for the delivery of her dancing slippers She was to be beat beat at ot the Studio ball at nine o'clock and It was almost that now Out of breath she the rushed to the suite below and again John 1 llers Ellers heard beard his doorbell ring What now thought John In disgust as he overturned the whole volume of little blue books lost one of his slip slip- 1 pers perl and spilled d cigar cliar ashes over the rug rag He lie swung the d door or open with a It Jerk prepared to give ghe th the Intruder a piece of his mind I There stood Lucia Hell Bell demure and lovely lavely In her excitement Just as i she he was wal about to speak she spied her golden IlI slippers pers With a alook alook look took of ot surprise i she he sale said sweetly May nay 1 1 have my slippers John forgot all about little tittle blue bluebooks bluebooks bluebooks books bachelorhood conventionalities ties doorbells on New Years Year's a Eve Ey Eve Eve- everything I 1 And then tren he helped Cinderella Cin derella Into her slippers dippers He lie was as simply John Ellers Ellera serving the beautiful beautiful beau beau- Lucia Luria Cell Bell and all because of a a pair of slippers that had gone astray astral O. O 1131 N Nw w p pa p r U ion |