| Show M Ov rIoH fl L i HEA U FROM IL HAMIL TO Th TOV TO TIER MOTHER c MRS IRS JOSEPH GRAVE IL Why by In la the world v orld doesn't Leslie Leshe i write cu ito to mo mother dear I haven't had a II letter from her In over oer three weeks week I wonder onder It if she ehe Is angry ann because I a at am here having such R a R rattling good rood time The English people are so o dIf dIf- dIfferent different dif different ferent from us u They seek sock to think that Jetty Betty Betty and m self are O something entirely unique There Is amount Cyoung C young man over OHr here lere who ie ha Rome porno SOl t of a 0 title tille broad broad- broadest est et accent vou ou es e ever eer er Cr heard The Tho othe day ho he sid to me Ah Ah Mia lIss Alice are are- are ou what the thy they call caU In the a flapper lie Ho H made his hisa is a 0 o brod that It sounded just like flopper and although I know knew that hOot he meant I ans answered ered Good Good- Goodness Good nes nose ness no I 1 never nover flopped in my life lite To flop vou ou know Sir John I continued Is i is to Peter out PeterI I Peter peter out out p ter out he saId aldi J blankly What does doea that mean 1 I quite despaired of telling himI hims him I s 5 10 that he h Ie could understand d but finally I said To To peter etor out means to geloff got off the mop mal m p Still he dido didn t understand It means you ore no good I said emphatically noI I Then he ho looked as if It I 1 had said Improper Improper Improper- I A Aw Av I soy say ay that Miss I e I Alice Ance he said You Tou couldn't be beno beK II no good vou ou know I I know It I answered In exas- exas exasperation exas exasperation I X meant I wasn't II a flopper I heard him telling Betty B tty Stok- Stok StokIe StokIe Stok-Ie Stok Ie U mother soon oon after that I was wasa wasa II a very smart young woman and he be did wish with that I could speak the English language Why WIlY Sir John she hc does doe speak ana er d Mrs Stokie Sh She l Is 11 an American you know knos Of course ho ans ered that that Is the th reason bho bhe doesn't speak I English she ho speaks American When I heard it I laughed until I choked I tell ou mot mother motier er It Its s st t a glY gey life It vou ou dont don't 1 weaken over here here- Betty is 11 a real authoress She Sho has a very ery 1 book It t Isn't quite quit finished lot Ct 01 She Sho tells mo me that Iwas the greatest create Inspiration Inspiration n atlon she the had h d III ill her stor story and be- be be between tween toen you and me m mother deall deai since I hay have 1 lead eod It I find that I ho have 0 practically given her the thes s hole crux of her story tory Arent Aren't OU proud of your our lounger I daugh-I daugh- daugh tel Dont Don't tell Leslie this tins or she 1 nih 1111 think I am more conceited than 0 eer er I do think Leslie might write to me You can tell her tor for me that It If slit she h doesn't write to me m soon I will wilt marry this tills Engiishman and go through the tho orld a mIsunderstood misunderstood stood woman until I die I had Iad a cable from Irom Karl harl day vester-day ester ester- esterday esterday day and I am awfully glad clad he h Is coming over OHr so o soon Betty thinks hinks she he Is goIng coins to marry and tod stay In England But you needn't orry about me mother dear door Id I'd rather man marr butcher from home homo than his royal highness the heir to the English and thione and he ho Is 1 boy bov believe me m The other othor night we got ot to talk talk- talking talking ing ing- about and Englith marriages and Sir John said American women were wro too Independent Independent dent I told him hint we w learned It ItI 1 hen our fathers wrote the th Declaration I atlon of Independence It was then that MO e told Englan England we wc could for tor es esI I He II asked me m what the v 01 oid 1 meant and I told him ii it mean to get along alone without 01 kIng for tor an- an any any- anybody any anybody bod body while hiIe we were eer- eer el e tr em embody body Ho He opened his mouth but for tor a 11 moment he could not say anything and ho fInally managed to ret got out the words You are aro so Miss lIss Hamil Hamilton ton Thank you I 1 salol eald ald I I hl hae haven e never vor been boen told that before Do ou consider It a It 5 compliment you are pa Ing me Ho lie Just opened his mouth again Mothel Mothe he ho always s looks look like lIlee lilt a fish when he h does that but he keeps following tollo me roe around just the th same an and l I dont don't know what I am going to do v with Ith him when hen hen Kari come over Sometimes I ant nant to hugh at the English but Betty thinks they are artall all right riehl and taKes lanes them very ser ser- serIously ser seriously so 80 o I cannot tell her what I Iam Iam Iam am laughing at Your loving daughter ALICE TOMORROW Sydney Carton to John Pau Paula 1 rs r's baby |
