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’ THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 20. 1921—PART 4. | i e — THAT STACEY GILES PARTY By Sewell Ford STERLING HEILIG WRITES OF GARNIVAL AND THE UNUSUAL PROCESSIONS AT NICE of the “new rich,” made up like burly millionaires in high silk hats cnormous watch chains over padded “corporations” and dress suits of golden yellow cloth. American jazz dancing (craze of rich hotels) is cari catured by the foxtrotters, fwenty vouths in evening clothes and twenty ov goinz to work, Take this Stacey T had him i prune whip north of the collar but- ton. - Uh-huh! I ever can tell he BY STERLING HEILIG. R ST ST L HE Mardi Gras on a Very Big Scale. voungz. we all read a Alcott e s Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Amy and Lawrence, when s party he sure had the look of a party wita space to between the cars i 1 Maybe it was just the bulgy eye H i . ick & E the stiny { Ernalisl s e e e pent tor I'ireworks, ostumes an i Trocks, all hiding their identities in way he bad of hole his neck. Any- | i b s E - > | foxes” heads—big hairy artificial heads way. | had him rated as a poor fish. 1 i Hbut- . Fl E ER A > {ihat cost the fotes committee dear Besides, if he'd boen @ real live one i 4 | Nice. in those days, was thh sweet, oats — Lintertaining the MEr1CAN | Behind them. the pajama dances. Cor TR M G aty Rave eonie. (0 auEre s & sunny climate and unaffected sunny o n | tain dances. truly, in flowered satin ; ¢ 3 e i s e M 2 E 2 | pajama_coxtumes,’ started the stors small place s Rockhurst the H & 3 u 1ll1onaires—iINi1ce ivals onte Larlo | i the ramilies of > that the rich Unaffected good mnature of the Nice | hotels are full of it | Envy and malice in the group of “the complainers.” Well dressed men < they walk in the processi 2. squabbling amonz themselves Sound and hung out a law sign : a residential suburb, we think We've goi il over most places Course | population was an article of Amer asa Gamb]mg Resort. Says Special CO!‘— {can belief, and when the carnival sea- son put gavety on tap—-for any tired inside the 50-minute zone. but when 1L comes to providin' an openin 1o { buddin' legar talent, that's another {tourist. without an effort—it was an, respondent. raise arms to heaven erying in pro matter. You knew how deiad these o1d world ideal to fulfill, romantic— ) ’=“"" Tam u £ ‘jl"‘“'“n:';”‘\‘ I _ 3 e .58 il not vay i « cravat is v jngxpensive I yon silk™ “The service is wort) commutin burgs are along that line. | lass 1 paid half for the same zood Why. most of our citizens even tahe | 2 : o their aMdavits to town and a lot ot | The fowery town still lies, white 8 e = | ‘em den’t get down to our two biocks | jand vellow, amid greenery, e e | : in Paris™ And rich & L ie0s ACTGE - MO dnce T &} ndigo blus Mediterranean, beneath an | ; “Your curling iron is cold nidgth i (indigo blue sky,’protected by a screen | S . sam much Tea™ Do ok eall th Y& he'd hunz out his shinzle be- | jof mountains from all coid winds— cleaniy Jutt Zut Zut e\ fhe Wikdows over Feitners? {mild, swect, balmy. perfumed. Buti There are the “undesirables,” 1 bakery—stacey Giles rney at not inexpensive! : “eranks” (as butterfly chasers), anf Law—and had waited for clients to [ And the carnival is grandiose. mag roup of “lady samblers™ in exa-<- climb the narrow stairway. 1 never: i nt. but not unaffectedly zood ma-; werated mowws of London. P and cnew whether any cver did or not | i New York. whos: hat trimm E Belere Y made fie: tin N i * today. is the first pleasure city | vast “fotishes” or Inck-hringars. The couple of years back. when Brick jot Lurope. "It is climate, heauty and are the “room hunters. good jokes « Hartley sprung that joke on the Citt |savety orzanized with capital and the tourixts’ There is even Madelor zens’ Union by gettin® me clected on jauthority. "And its carnival is one of | sweet Madelon of the soldiers’ so ¢ The school board. You Sec. we was | |the sights of the world. padded grotesauely to vast buxe mostly amateurs on the hoard and i = pronortione 5 g we hadn't had more'n hali @ dozen | RGANIZATION gives Nic : Y X Thev Jampoon cven themselves T sessions before we got all tangled up (8 s s 5 topical Zroun of the “big hands ciassical concerts in u gr 3 O Rt (s AT A mASAE RO T DR “Wore They are tér (mornings, eighty pieces), popu- lar music in the parks, Italian opera | |and Paris comedy, gaming tables that gardens and in stage-set scen- on some buildin contracts and aceded @ lawyer to straighten us out As the old board had left us more or of a deficit, we needed cheap dvice, t00. So somebody’ s gests Stacy Giles and I appointod a committee of one to sign Lim up at a cut 1 didn't go, thougn in fales faces rasn the ctrans titanic han dollar. And th ealvert spl the <'ime, whersfrom a = irival Monte Carlo, lov iauto excursion ery that are a dream. until after I protested to Brick p " )rganization the R N | 5 i, rovides to ri 'l‘l(l', goose has a ticket wWe hiearos N overs Imed with tickets “Why. say,” 1 teils him, “that suy don't laok to me like he knew a “droay % e o 0 trips, and cunnot do habeas corpus from a crop report.” kcesl natoavion e i “What's the odds. Shorty> say it L U DS 200 St DR Sl e Sy Brick. “Youre not responsible. Be- | “IT°S BY MES™ SAVS ) ? into the s \ ticket, and to losc one may me Bric ou're ne pons Sl | Organization gives Nice fireworks tanb) sides, he may not be such a dead one | FICIENCY ¢ [Oexn Sntor SHite) fuemorkd serions troub as he seems. 1 DID. THOLU (S R O R You must have a cloakroom tic 0, he cauldu'e” saved. & he| (REEP MY CHIN UP AND NO : {vard and a carnival that is like the for your hat and coat—can’t zo SRbanist faugers ofice T wus ever ST ON 1 WAS LICKED UNTIL ¥ |IaES of Josvew Aud Lol Tmeice T . : AR oo : S . : o % ays, as_ in old time. L zo in and out he Casine you nn . March. with repeated processions, bt “elub and restaurant. and yet anot for-1he sambling game of houle. the windows, a second-hand file case & gpps » corne \d two or three pine ! in one corner. and two or three § Siom s les of flowers, merry wa roped there in plain view, b ibombs and colored confetti, blue-an: shelves with some shabby law books | i ¢ k Nut 1 Bolt on ‘em. In the back is an iron sin Why 1 Y& he. “These laun s sway (0F 1 olawecke, o dent of the Xut and Bolt {{000Y Siauten and the spectaliy of i bt B o gt ol névitle « s {veglione—watch nights or. exact| Quits another set of tickets axe Casino of the 3 ! en days or s after | came back | Portchester. Biggest concern in this I happened to e downtown and ! seétion.” b noticed this new brass sign on the | “Yes! with a sereen part way around it and | gries charge outrageously a two-burner oil stove. Through the ; 8 barin’ {hatesam ; open door into the next room I had it Pristy. 01 on cot bed. Most of his collars had word as the i translation. the sam good old Trish “wakes The hotels are orgs zood for \mble higi st show vo1 none of which ar earat in cither. th s Stacey. “But sinee I'v nized in hier- ) 100 franes you m A glimpse of a white Ahel been here Tve tuken in cxactly $18.75 it's plain that thi not only and his high crowned black | doorway leadin® up to the offices over pee ere I've taken in cxactly » ch e » offce But his livin' quarters was an antique, couldin’t | 1he Ttpckhurat National Bank. in fees, and my overhcad for he of-jatchies n |I'||JU~ e When Stacey Giles hears what T° i s e T “Siacay must have | fcaialonelamounts! tbimore thantthres | o1d=feahiontdihCuses W catered to passport ; come for he beams graceful on me {Lut we had a baiance on the right side | moved |timen that voery week. 1 confess, I'm | dignified English and Americans. Ao’ sou must have vour ident through the thick glasses. His voice [of our ledger. A st gk e b op- | frightened when 1 think where Tl .,'” ”f palaces with private suites lcation card and residence tax rece goes husky nd his hands tremble asj What 1 was expectin’ fsudn |' o e 1 \‘\ be £t the end of a vear. But Caroline ('r s .","‘ et amdiLu i o e e eeistaa: ety e A s lie thanks me for lookin' him up. wis some spec bl el L S g B e bt thit- T must keep on. 1 hope ——and where. in one case. a pleasur TeSEIDE WOk, oDy MIGLel 8 quits 1 believe 1 could have hired him | ma’am with a pinched mouth 2 e Sl il el sestate e esettled PR S e Tt e s ucire on von feket ror Vo | teel for the board at half what |sacky shirtwaist. U osay. w e, e wanty et ST o]y sn't days. was frightened o bring her Hickets on yon—ticket for vour t DU ineided to offer, but 1 @idn't |shows up with the new i usses o ] ne pop his shoulders. {vigiteen-year-old niece, so broke a FLETR L e i el 5 Sided ol had to ghsp. They do raise some o ! ot e Sk e (A N e e Eia Ssohet. (on khE MenmIa RS t tell You how mu is ers down in the Blue Gra . L “Anyway, vou lock :in P . e el e e e e Metabe, S e et e e et ttie 3 Ll T T Lt e o D Sptathed. Gne mizht 1 connted T oins iy me. N McCube” saye he | ot vour eves ans. - Som the g tedora and the castor glove: Vou could see what T've done to|chauffeurs. valets, lady’s maids who splashed. One night I counted fo L8 about the Ao re ere. and 1|doll baby. if you ask me: ~ a lot of G L IONSWS MW L0, FC TLEE Shchen, el DS b U e mort of them W ert ot of s e e member who brought | henna colored hair. big blue eves. P LR RS L S Ty : that_I'm anx. iuxnious than in the old i most of them were out of dat Al e T & ‘most opportune | bouts red lipa. How he ever hooked |00, Myt A SR L o Taay | lous. aroline scems happy and|days. A dozen vast. white or- | 1171« @ tieklish thinz to ‘destro time. too. You see, I am to be mar- |One like that I couldn't imagine, unless |oionog who lays ofi the keys tm ] !namental piles. glitter in the sun of | P®] | ticket at Nice. You might tear ried next month." be found her in some little four corners | *Ienef. Who Jasg ofF (€ FERE BT Yes she was ali of that when e the semi-circle of the hills—what is, Qlane maons one H 1l say | Where there was a surplus of village | (" & i b E her the next ni U the Coul < s GE 4 5 e You might tear up woney! % You are™ says I “Well. I'll say | %" Pment with Mr. Giles h : distance to them. witl their autos % that's nervy of you' Jaacens ‘0. but mayte I can make onc.” Cab. Algo in nat biack-beaded! yjong tne Promenade des Anglais . ; { tickets Took like money and the m- e now . says he. “My prospects!| Anyway. there she is, established injsays 1. evening gown she was about t B Sl c e oite.a The InpaBics ot . o [ ey looks like tiokels. Your pock: ok kugw.” say8 e Y Piierec | three rooms over Feltner's, and look-| s parhaps he can see you now,” | voung person cn the floor. Afi single rooms in them are humble tol i bulge with paper money. But 1 help me along. And, besides. the girl jing about as much at home as a but-, g, e acey through one fox trot she | SINSLe rooms. t Lhem art Ko ! eyp JIS MAJESTY CARNIVAL ARRIV AT NICE ON A STORK FROW lickets are clean and the paper mon. L M oing to bring up here from |terfly in an egg crate. I could Just}®™'f "G 000 outa. 1 finds him at in th corner while she (e touzh millionaires of the suilcs | STRASSBURG AND BRINGING BACK 1N HIS BASKET THE TWO LOST |int The “chips.” also. of bac R e e s s | Eiikgite hex doill cxpeetmental cook-luin Gar i T CHVeE Suth |daneed with {ue. souns cHaps who ey’ are haughty 1o the denizens | PROVINCE and boule and Monte Carle roule: : in' on the kerosene stove. tacklin’ herijig foet on a Turkish rug and a lof round funtll_ they intré | O mere liotels & : : (quite current as money) are heaut heed more'n that, Giles” |first fam'ly wash, and sittin’ around|of imyosin' lookin® documynts Lo . And voung Bill _ First-class hotels begin at a hoard-; : 3 Y fully clean and pretty, but they d "y mot be any judge. but | that barren office inspirin’ Stacey tolgur before him. meate o i hecastie of the lot. | Ing Tate of 63 franca per dar. pius, old-lime carnival of Nice. Only onc’ work half time and take out the re-not give the thrill of gold beforc 1 L Ty o Y o oy | —Well, that's as far as T got. What |*"". - she n a Wit with the ladies, taxe de luxe and municipal tax tojfeaturc suryiy flour bombs” | mainder in climate. War—the rivers and eascades of o e momgh In this town to keep | there was that she could inspire him| ' T SET RO Al I notic-d her wavin® Billy off when | hrentic the tiave | Oxlbombs 6T powdery plasteriof Rari || S iplust sreras and &decord (ora fofizolling foven HieFuren FatieH A notary public in clean towels and | to do. with no ciients to do it for. was | YT SHOOUS, Slanclis soont was chaitin® with Sadie” and Mrs. ! gyites. whose e stiff. Which burst when they hit You and | the new lotel de France call it a None of it scems like real mon s. 1 hope the two of you don’t | too much of a strain on the imagina el 1 S Eeangmausy when supper was with the plain folks of top floor| COVET You with whi You have gol week on Thursday afternoon. which Not to us. no: but to “them.” yes 3 Lo _n'r;ll ((-'uvl~l~{ f e Steel Truse, or | g ved s to get,v.d J. B oot oo, in tufn. are mere holy i % Wear a wire mes ask at the is the r n why the newest palace the natives of e before the w there's no danger of that| Once, when I daropped in on some “JRCUHAE Glaers lanDl shaicasi) TEadlg seatel her and Suieer {oan s negligible crowd in second- | NS CATIVAL oven, today. The mil- - - . he. “As & matter of fact, Mr. | schooi board business. I found her nia'head: o use trying (o fool 3 ouids ¢ tell whether it was Justluek | (A8 S8 DEEREL0E 00 0r Tress for ! MERRIT S domit nealls J it McCabe, T am not dependent on fees | sittin® with her chin propped up on’ Shorty,” says he oo or good plannin’, but it wasnt such a g a8 BOTE But the grandness of jt—— \ coming in at once. T have quite a |her hands starin’ out_across Main about me. This is all—well, 1 sup- | Poor thing to pull Yet one such big. fine boa-ding- ! e e Sl ke S T ek 1o Moo u Gen [ atret: at the New Haven tracks|posc.you would: call 1L dressing the|| el it dinnecparty, wasu'e a total} Sl 30 ne hotel by &5 beklna| ine: T ue foas. clase. noteliaherel several years; that is. providing we | Course, Stacey introduces me and 1| shop window 3 S e e e e Burdy |2t G oo rot S oomeardibiara and | et el o wing poor SiUhasiina] live 1y an v as to ask ¢ kes < 5 o] .| Bcumer-Days and Mr. and Mrs. y s for ard. ane e are = 2 poor. as the | live simply and frugally, s we shall. |bas (o asi how she likes Rockhuret.| “Ehz" says I <A proserity blaft?" |kl who are both topliners in Rock|it is packed with etsy-golng Amerl, diegunce of pedraom teicphones. Joag) e tion? i e i 5 Ay ntacey, {t, socialiy and financially. And|cans (the kind who ss) | distancs era, ocal. “The 1o win the confidence of the people. | cent question? But it seems it w We have had i windfall. At least, | o it S RARL RN et b ! L ami. curious'y, has no atmosphere of | cannons’ he exclaimed. “thex are ap- | proaching! What is it—that can-| Tt may take a year or so more. But |Just the wrong thing to say. Instead we've Had word that one is coming | e sou aek richer than green turtle | jealousy and hate. when they find that T am no fiy-by- | of answerlng, she puts her hands over|our way. Caroline has lost an aunf.|yteaks, stuffed phensant, and shortcake! ™It is not in the movement. ! nonading: “it is just the firework the, night. that I am living well withig|her eyes and goes dashin’ into the e a w old i o : my means, they will begin to trust | back room. Through the thin partition ST h'nn‘fl‘:‘fe‘n:"x:{r:fldul;.“.}a"fl migdeionhuenOh e Bl aphere Jealousy and hate take up. et S - . me with their affairs. That Is my |1 could hear her throw herself im- o7t of thing. Caroline wi | scRedUS Esax S SRale s L where godlings of the palace ont" -answered. - But it did sound | - Caroline was her | jGea thac this Mr. Gues was such a suc- | 500 FUC (0 1 the villa proprie- | ke the dru fire at Compicgne in | er. He must have won some | &lare hop G Y Here flod 917.° Those fireworks cost the car- | v et tors of Cannes and e ere flock={ 15007 pudget $14.000 L “ don't it? says I,!the cream of those American 4| " naccounted hundreds of thousands o French who invite: English nobilits. | o qollars are spent on the carnival | Bkl . week later, though, that 1 Russian grand duk 5 procession, with its “floats,” giants, | Ldrops ino Stacey’s ofhwe and hinds { Portuzal and Lady ‘heads” triumphal arches. miles of “amped in his desk ch 1 it). te American | festooned eloctric lights and zratis | i ana his hands wrembly. H to in r. At the top: cosiumes lent to the younz popu- | “For tne loye of xoap, Stacey! of this Olympu ou may put Prin s of Nice to mike the procession. L UWhas hit yoa? vss Ghika (nee Singer of New York) i The iass of rich hotcl proprictors, the municipality. the (wo casinos, ihe big P. L. M. railroad and the i zovernment itsel pinzton belping out ) . e il up. § ser of Mrx- e d Cornuchet. old restaurant’ in “How's thai? Who's | rleans wreeked you i 1 i mad s successful ri . "ve done it myself,” sayvs he. and made ‘ANNECE § eS| e . Louis or Philadelpbia shooters shouldn't hive lix.ened to Caroline. Youboth Nice and Monte Carlo. Cornu-| (i, o rich appropriation’ ask just Know that legacy 1 Told you about™ = ichet. who bezan head wailer. js be-fone thing-—no accounting—just mi- h-puh!” s rom the Tich!joveq of all, and socially regencrated. ! pificence aunt in Kentu { So the e closes. v rtists, decorators—the Auzello, Mu audi, Sidro, Calviera. The giant fiz- . some as high the third floor are seen in no other fetes m of them i i | I e nods. “It has come’ eavs h ; | “¥'wo pieces of untique mahogany furn « * * ¥ i hd @ collection of cameo brooches |« o ¢ xice. so the carnival. The na Zihe whole thing worth less than a{ Uapurand dollars.” i tives claim that when King Car- fut what about the stock farms and i pival XLIII and his fools' court en-| of urop co lards”” 1 asks. - » . S gl e Z R oDIB L e between e two sons,” was tered his good town. the other das.fis frc IfCEngtae ople. of the eas . taceye? O e O e passtimegs e S called “the” carni But, “CHARLOT.” OR THE FRENCH IDEA OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN, MOV1 [ me sons Bt A e wania gat| was their forty-thirdicamival, — |in fact, It is vers plural by repeti- | COMEDIAN. \THE FELICAN IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SYMBOL OF TH i the bulk of the property. She—she sim-{ This is ing from the war of 1871 tion.. It has not 'stopped: it is wail- | PROFITEE ply led me think that it would alliand, precisely. the giant figure of I v;f;s“l‘?’;:md Ilv: (.t';"f:;x':im{. l[”--'x'r;(z.' ‘.:Il’: L Ao Lene e o & 'gu'f“,.;nf“““,““; oy eenanish Tides a8 dne and. permit hotels 1o of them aill. announced to open Jan- mever had a chance to play ]:; =ph fl Ittle capital, that would ha el xstonuhont ‘: . ;"; NEINS . gouble their prices and the natives uary 1. 1s still but half furnished.) “chips” or gold-—the baccarat w o B il e e D I e Visitors a$ much as oultivated | Journeyman barbers work four days | clandestine. so to speak. in somAthi B Urudently, hae been squandered. | —Pretty girl | may risk, for climate. per week and play the tourist in|like real clubs. and they were warn Only a few hundred leff. And here [;COStumes. o The Nice season has its grand ac-:new suits hetween times. Only onelaway from the “little horses” «no Loy Sadled with an cxpensive house, | Others. call him Carnival XVIIL' complice—climate. When Paris lies|thing mars their jo that they can- | replaced by boule) And just | “xtravagant servants, this silly office { ) : Monte «ario tables were taboo ! ind nothing to keep it all up. I—I don't} 7 P TR T, 2 Monte Carlo cilizens, o those of goinz to become of LAY , : iood, the Teri at the gate, dis i : f i ; : - 4l consotate says 1. “Does look kind of | bz f e : They could never have a ticket!- % | squally ahead. dow't it? What does the | B % % . s . : But now that Nice and every tow L eay? What's her plan now. i ; S - | tor forty mitex the purple s 2 e i i < encouraged to entice away he « the worst of it.” says Stacey. : 3 - : must keep on, and 2 % : fe 4| gains from Monte Carlo. such pater. Ty « z5e b % i nal tyranny, for their own good wil P ‘U'm no efi- | K8 % g > 4 » 3 d| not do in the French republic. Lib- jeney 3 Vhatever 1 did. % % 3 . 7 cquality! The folks of Nie: though, I'd try p my chin up |[ES g . walk right into the boule and bae- nd not le s licked until they ¢ % carat. They pay the ticket; the finished countin’ 2 s 7 g Bt o have the right: they slap their “chips’ ““Thanks, Shorty,” says he, paw 4 W 3 5 on theiaracs CIDth. my shoulder graceful. “I—I'll try it s i ]| Just as good as i1l say, too, that he made a good | : & 3 | gutter of gold! stab at it. At the next board meetin’ 4 i - 4 he shows up weariw a big black per- L o gl £ : i A F_—’—— fecto in the side of hix face. and when : S o i : i e ain i 1f Thers Wit any wav L7 . : =1 : e orgivable Fault. 2 s %3 % i3y E i b _\N admiral said at a recent dinn. tourists—in th ™ BE THE MOST ENTHU | OF THE LOT. BUT SHE SEEMED | theory of how a permanent law prac- petuous on the bed and start sobbin’ TO MAKE A HIT WITH THE{,; inishin’ the new wing to the high tice should be worked up. Don't ¥ou | Course, Stacey apologi he's just LADIES, T00. { school buildin’ without waitin’ for| ? “There are too ma I think % am right 3 Naving her s Rs s el n St | e {he state appropriation to comc in he, 4 o oricoriis it s it Wbty 2 g iour ¢ ¥ who can’t bear the t-uth “Ye-ces. 1 expect so says he. “She miss el Tt surprises us by sayin' he thinks he i A B Maybe you a young people she has been brought up favorite niece, and when the estate|can fix it. P 4 E 1 We must pretend to these people that #ixht here over the with—the parties and dances and all | 1S Settled “It isn't regular,” says he. “but ; : ey iiig Aibiiis te oty 3 new Mra. Gites that sort of thing. And of course, not| - 2 I, “So you thought!might transfer some of the salary o : 5 ¥ i s perfect. 1 Ob. certainly.” savs knowin 1y one here and not bit on the strength | fund temporarily. 111 draft'the res , - b % we criticise. it m be criticism as oo o B e S ing around any or having fi Nty v . on for Yo 4 ¢ ¢ ' : s S mild as the chicken dealer’s. gl rhen & . talk 10, makes it hard for he e persuaded me th i “Say, he's a regular feller, ch?”’ ff i S ~ . . 3 { “'Do ¥ i N by . quit eozy. Then (i will . 41..m’xr‘r1‘ for her But alllgughi (0. admits Staces. “You sec, | whispers old man Benson to me. 1 ‘ i 3 o L s 1 0“&:‘ ;,‘:mr;n_:;‘_me:“rr: :.;:k f ‘Lly want to lear: ewriting and sh 4 tme T'd” given the other method quite a | “Ought to boost his pay. hadn't we? ([ . -2 3 . : - can_help me i o AT earell You what Youlihorough trial, and it didn't scem to s aar e tr R i A o 4 . : i : 4. gealer. to live modestly | (N 16 Q0 SHeer Jom e TURtTY [ be much of 4 Success. So she i3 really | Stacey had gone we votes to double 4 “*You bet I do, admiral, said tI know.”" HE shukés his hond" “On B . Ibacking me in this venture. Of course. | what he'd been gettin'. [ e J S e - vreafiers savs | He shabes his head. “Oh. T couldn't ! um using my own capital until her | “Sill, I was wonderin’ how long he Tk ‘ 1. “yowll qualify. ~Well, T wish you |4ard that.” savs he. “I—T should have | je, e Sl et Gl B0 DRl il g L B Has she ot no faults—no faults luck. Our first board meeting I riext | 10 bul new clothes and—and it would | pckless. Honestly. McCabe, I—I've | other day I 1ooks him up. at all?” 1 asked cautiously. Tuesday night and we'll look for S aTdie ]'\“l"“"m““ habits i Thatispent an awful lot in the last few “Stacey.” says 1. “vou ain't ;\\ell, admiral,’ the chicken dealer ook well—wouldn't be ac-|weeks. This isn't ail, you know Panast ot] tie deputs iaberHr Ehereaio n?an:mer;:iuelv:yl?nr"en S stenogray to be on han e artley had h cording 1o my program. you know."j He goes on to give me the dets o s had _more in’ his So 1 let it rid a t as! Thev'd give: & rooms ;| yet. are vou? y o S e ot b ek o 0. fixed up a come | britie. 1 cven worked up more or less|lase on that cute Titde Dmkham | (nes iacon he Back el o : : 5 b 3 : o Al mixe with the contractors and got >ym] Stacey. He was a good:place, down on the Post road. ot reE e e ; G ; 2 o . i % £ off eany Cours al law sha of course, but he dfit ali furnished. And Caroline had | o) o the \u\‘g'"{"gi’n‘i'.’,f;“ 4 - i 25 o s S STURGE N ; ; . Iways the Same. ex-Judge Smiley. might ed to stee ittle | gone to tow a hired a ¢ as | couns ) < ks Lo i L - . i e 5 . 3 CIN R Fs v wowked ux @ frivids and neighbors that when they | ountry. Club and gl iegun | ek HCarslSaia inic tananaliealary) NTY SUCH GROUPS WERE 1 Pt el e cured hat we saved moies L3 baving had anv amail legal matters that necd- | (kg dancing le He's lr:\rningll":;]‘,‘ej:“ AL AndEcomer DaviSies [iA = i {®ang of Germans had made on a soli- eid At N’ to they'd find Stace les | to toddle. ers e~ tary French officer in th . G e e s > ) e i tate to me to settle, and J s . 5 " . c S o omanma ol ally 1 got to know Stuc ton the job, ‘,.\;Il..m, Kot enthiusi- { Just waiting for sou u::;n:o back, | 11 S il i m“:gffi,fi,m“;,‘,!"om the grand fetes of \s:n.xwmm in chilly dampness Nice is basking in not be tourists all the week round! |the Hotel Adlon in Berlin. v o 3 0 h. Shorty & 8, © can give our r 4 - ’c E o 2 i S| i ine, v cld p i o 3. o souldn't It any corn R sy S ol oot s b et oulaln A e ays I “Coming your ) ooy wower of France to back her up. | of the Riviera, coast of enchantment. | cossign is made of three eléments: | speakable in the beginning, and they row any bluffs. Net him O R way strong. 1 should say. "How doj Now, no more hesitation The thtng |(himmeEingRoaiite iche vtuplel ate, § (a)rlosteigien el T Bures | willibe oapsAKADIN MO RO DT ed e in the habit of Koing whead | gk Pian, for Eettin' Mra. MeCabe to]oh®®.Got "m comink you account for it, Stacey " 6 50m "R Nice municipality casing | the “seaboard of the setting sun. (b groups of dancing Pierrots of | ' He shook his head thoughtfully whether we had funds in sight or not, {Gud R (87 T SIa0ey dhles’ was! " iwell, there has been 3 “Oh. I'm not fooling myselt,” says|has as big a game of baccarat as|3nd © 7 % falrvian % RIREY | both, segen; anBide And-SbEn, S0} - isiis can) o Hap rustin® to luck that we'd get he |3 [eh 0€ 2 MieNer Andlumuatiyhoi o A ! {he. “Not for a minute. It was Caro-| Monte Carlo. Roulette —i.e., the |Principle o e | ¢c) _topical groups. who act, im-| “People can't change,” he sald. i rustin® to luck that wed et the o Wing up mew | CHents admits S e O (o3t Tinics DIafl (hat worked—nothing elar.| municipality. farms out the privilege promptu. in costume, s they ‘'walk.!Labouchere was born a fearless wit. by being over the bank here. And |But if she hadn't strung me along | exactly as the Prince of Monaco does | RGANIZATION saves the new-.‘“k'"fh "'{r,":v'l topics of the day, as :nd u..:enrlesk wit he died. A frw in a theatrical review. ours before his death, You know, a- s stick to ppropri He'd bl cats ey’ i~ Smiley has laken to speaking ribout that legacy I'd never had the| wit elcorpoTadionfioriibls Nice from herse! Beécause, ob- Spir t up half the night overa it i sts. s {impossible. She 18 rather a eute-look-{1o me. With an office just across the [nerve, - Say. people are queer, aren't | And $he French eovernment demands 3 g Now all this figuration is done by | bouchere'’s nephew upset a_tin: g but he's such ajfyu)l from his suite, I suppose he | they? its whack—a munificent one! In re- [@erve, the natives appreciate their|the Nice populace. They have in-{lamp that was burning by the bedside f freak. And living over Felt-|(hinks he must. I think I caught a| “Uh-huh!” says I _“As Lincoln|turn, you sec signs. flaunting big |climate just as much as you or I duinerlud a talent, a tradition, from|The dving man awoke out of a fitful Is. scalin® down a few nd @ few cents there, and racts ars her the days when it was all their own,|doze and saw the miniature conflagra- vhinkin® up ways of runnin’ the schools 1 ccanomical ner's bakery —it simply can't be done.” [ little of his business, too, the other |didn’t put it: ‘You can bluff all of ‘em | black ietters, of what was one-time 5 o v tome natural to him. That's| Which was where I quit. I didn't go|day when he was out of town. A Mr. |all of The time. » D e rhe Haccarat, This. Way!- | Their problem had always been to| .\l 505 dorporation organized them | tio o way he did cverything. An original it ey's office again for six|Randle dropped in to have a contract| And Stacey. leanin’ back in his ma-| And the Nice carnival is nationa enjoy it while getting a living. Now | jn ~giittering ' silks and spangles. Flames? he said. ‘Not vet, T think.’ balled CEE. ¥ oS R s or so and saw him only cas-|drawn.” hogany swing ir, lights up a fresh| All have forgotten the f that wages are four to five times! Within limits, it is still their own. 'And he laughed quizzica'ly, amé what -they -were. before ,the war, they.l . This season there is.a {opical group | dozed again.” , o . - . & .. :. .. perfecto- and winks knowia', - expensive gayety - which- mad board’s meetin’s. Then 1! "Randle?” sa ¥s L+ “J. K.2 Why, nin’ w shirt day. - Caught him ir

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