Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1921, Page 72

THE SUNDAY The substitute beau who fills in more or less unsuccessfully on odd evenings. Mabel’s very best young man being out of town over Sun- day, she has sent out an emergency call for anything that happens to be around. The choice has not been a happy one. Art has been telling Mabel for two hours and a quar- STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—ROTOGRAVURE SECTION—APRIL 24, 1921. Among Us The Fillers-In Mortals The lesser celebrity who kind- ly fills in at the speakers’ table when the guest of honor fails to materialize. Miss Drina Doss Wickey, author of “Prince Cross Patch and Princ Cuddle” (No. 24 of the “Kitty Winsome Series”), is about to address the Na- tional Arts Club dinner in place of President Harding, or Mr. Einstein, or whoever it was who failed to show up. Box at the opera on an off night, the subscriber having turned everything over to the poor re- lations from the suburbs, who are only too happy to fill in A great deal of discussion be- forehand as to whether it would rain, and whether ov not it would look funny if the ladies of the party wore no hats into the city, and just- how far to go in the matter of evening dress. Some said ¢ thing and one another. Everybody is doing s best to look as though they sat in an opera box night after night and nobody is missing out on anything. ter steady all about the swell creamed oysters, and the steamed clams and the peacherino fried onio had at the hotel in New Or- leans the last time he was down there. The dancing man who moves in the wronz set, asked now and then to fill out in the right set when an extra big crowd of men is needed The bachelor girl who is always on hand to fill in at bridge Lepr —The unattached male who is in great den 1 whenever there [ danger of tharteen guests sitting fcwn at the dinnor ta Always ready to Al in at the last mo- ment The unfortunate relative who is always in great de mand to #ill in when some one is needed to go and to Aunt Sarah’s packing, or to help out at Cousin Lizzi when the un and left. Aunt Sarah and Cousin Li of the opinion that the change will do her so much good neu ire al = Qad is the lot of the doctor who fills in when the paticnt’s regular M. D. is out of town Not only are his prescriptions looked upon with suspicion, but he isn't even let diagnose the case The patient usually insists on doing that. is filling in a omed to waiting or g as a rule, and she can’t make out the memorandum of the coursss which Mrs. Ragoon thought fully pinned up in the pantry 1+ has about decided to just put evervthing on the table and let them heln themselves Annie, the waitres Ragoon’s little d table, being above