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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1929)
l U . l S T K A l'KI» K K A T l ' K K S K C T IO N Mamba's Daughters I Si«»i» o i ''iiii i tier, / i o i m m r r . H i . m m uni! I n n ;t ,tl\ • C*»utU'u#\i Horn p*« Si fc<vn wrong D a rt i k and mixchtet wer* then* n.'vv A n d beauty. And the sw ift fluctuations oi a colour that could come and to Then* vva> a d i-tiu c t an ot woi M ilne. > ubou hei that was ii: w to S a n n m the women that he mot Even in that Mist casu al ‘iiom eat ot in e v .iiK . lie know that she wa> d o lin ite ly m otivated T h a t she would Know quite well what she wanted He responded to that w ith an in stin ctiv e ma>oulmc w ithdraw al Then he met the m is- luef in her sm ile a g a in and forgot ¿o be a fra id M a y l sec your card'* he asked * 1 should like trem endously to hav* th e pleasure.*' H e found a numb» 1 ot blanks Sh* h ad not met anyone Suddenly be h in d the sim les of the little group he saw a ctual distress T h e y did not know that rescue wa-> sure to come that guests on that ballroom floor were never left to then own re- teurccs The> were standing then C m iling quite steadily without the least Idea of what to do next A glance over h is shoulder a s sured h im that P o lly was labouring a m id an em barrassm ent of riches lie could catch glim pses of her b lig h t young head th io u g h the m ill in g circle of evening suits Rnpidlv he scribbled h is nam e twice on the card that he held then asked 11 In m ight present some of hi» m end* H is task was not a difln ult one V a le rie L an d was a lig h t that, u n der no circum stances, could Ion have rem ained obscured Soon she was h a vin g to snnle h e r regrets and exh ib it her com pleted card to new a rriv a ls Th e m en who had secured dances thanked S a in t Hi M kin sons beamed upon h im He had * \ - e ral dances for h im se lf H ein* a gentlem an was becom ing interesting a fte r a ’l At least there was some th in g to be said for it. B e h in d its banked palm s the band crashed into a Sousa m arch S ain t hastened to h is m other and led het into the lin e that was form ing for the co tillio n E v e n where about him couples were m eeting, young men w ith w h ite -h a ire d women on then arm s, gay old gentlem en p la cin g the g a lla n t to the debutantes a ll of ai age tonight, w ith the first-y e a r boy» ey<log thc»r sea « ners for f ia r th at they m ight miss somo fine point in the old-w orld courtesy that s till p revailed upon u s r C e c ilia floor T h e re were thing» that ladies and gentlem en s till re fra in e d from doing an d saying here ’ h a t would be both done and said at tomorrow nig h t's in fo rm a l hop T h e d ances—a sad ly In hib ite d fox trot a flapper dance tucked p n m lv back into petticoat*? fo r the night But the w altz! Yo u could give your body to th re e-q u arte r time, it would ■ gem, w ithout v io la tin g the niceties Sam» tO"k V a le ria ;nt » the curve hf h is arm and launched her w ithout n word upon the broad lim p id tide 01 the B lue Danube T h e floor was just crowded enough to require perfect g u id ing in the m an and in stinctive \’ «.v.-mlwr !•, gagixl picked h is way between them and returned to ih e g n a t dootwav the old Negro, a r d the little lambent flames to eunv u n it liq u o r . like .1 gentlem an th e p h i M vcaa a com m onplace worn th in bs Mktig usage it dn i not re a lly m atter liow im ie li one got away w ith It was know ing your lim it and stopping lust on the safe side of It It meant becoming more and more and mot« id a m ntlejm U i w ith each d u n k u n til one emerged the suprem e and effulgent per »uni Heat Ion of a ll g en tility Hut u n til tonight the que* - turn had been e n tire ly a h yix M h e li cal one to the bov In youth, d rin k i ltig is a h a b il ol the gregarious and S a in t had alw nvs been a solitaiv soul It lu u l never iH fu rre tl t»> bin* to so to the sid' board in tfie llit»i U hureh street house and help h im - d iv in a tio n ot h is iu ih h I and teirip» in his p a rtn rr T h e surge and Hr. of the peerless old w a ll/, m ul th g irl in his arm s, subm issive to hi .-tightest su g estion. yc( m > separate h passionately in d iv id u a l worked on W entw ortii like a drug l ‘he sm all brown head lay against his shoulder and the g irl never irl.sed her face tt hi* Beiore his eyes colour* swam and wove as they drifted between tin couples C olour ulw ays moved him deeplv and now the m a n y-tin te d . .1 troro 1 lie it*cantei that 1 .»• al Now. as he down dresse* w h irlin g and tream inv ways kept there d h is tn ird M ien v in* ex|H*intued a< rasa hi 1 islon Dim rad Into one an other, area'in g an effect like* a ru in that expansic'n toward h i' own kind ;>«'vv w ith .» fries* or faces slidin g that comes from sh a rin g a co n v ivial T h e bent old N i , io was an along its upper edge W hen tie ■ ■ 'la>s m usic slopped it was as though the a rchan ge l of reve re n tial p rsutfslve O lh e t m en were In the group rainbow had fa lle n about them tn a ness llu iric 1-- of r« s e rv - and thousutid gleam ing ! ravinent.- Thev m ound h im drew apart slowly T h e g irl press restrain t were cru m b lin g Now the •xi S a in t's hand then she raised het iCimtliiii'd 0 11 p«|r S i face and gave h im a long u; d pro- tc riia tu ru llv solemn gaze r iit > did not jo in the prom enade of couples 1 but turned nvvav a m i h gin d a coi ner under the palm s by the band A n old bent Negro appealed tn the doorwav w ith 11 truv in Ins hand Upon the truv gleam ed n row of d i m in utive wedges of yellow lire Thev looked la fh r r like the illu stra tio n m i S a in t's old IP b lr story btn>k * * f ht com ing of the H oly Oho.sf H* 1 « h cd up and saw them there I P 1. he broke u tenet of the society by going and b rin gin g « ne to a tl buinnt.- on the ballroom fl«H>r H r felt that he must do so u u th ln g spectaeulai substitute some m em orable sym bol tor th** inadequacy of specth sh e took the gla.vs by its sfend« r stem and touched h is own gtuvrlv w ith it then they drain ed them vwthoul .1 word and put them clown T h e touch nf g Kiss on W‘ **d te rm ed to break the spell Thev laughoi into each other's faces. tin* g irl d a rin g ly the boy u little sh a m e faced "SUlv a re n ’t w e?” h* suid “D ivnielv "W e ll if it 1» sentim ental and all »hat. I d o n t cure.* he defended 1 "One docs not have to w polop-e for , being sentlm* n»al a» a Ft ( ’rvtlia b all If is u part of the show' like the old silver and the sixteenth dance B v the way whom did you give the sixteenth to s h e extended her program m e, and h er escort fr >wncd h e av ily over It T h is w ill never do,* he assured her M r JtMv.vi is one of the n u ir a ger* and everyone w ill th in k that you were stra uled and he had to come to your r- scue Y o u m ust give »t to me and let me tell h im tnat ther* wa a m istake " 'No. she told h im firm ly I un derstand that the sixteenth 1* avec! for wives and sweethearts I am not going to let vou be g a lla n t to rt stranger and break some C h arle sto n g irl s h eart.” Fe e lin g verv m asterful. F a u lt wrote h is nam e boldly down for the data« and handed rhe card back w ith u bow lust as the band crashed Into u m arch 'H ie couples were fo rm in g for the j m arch , and S a in t, who was un e n - Make 3 0 #//* luiirlustmus 1 00 k ou o g oor ha A l M UM- m im it h o ir ou a rtrtt» r >OH 1 % 001.1 g» i*. u » v ««linger. m a i l I c o u p o n o d o r . A n y t h a ï g e l» o n » « a l p * u m h r i u t l « lu iik lv t lh o u » a iu U I I «’ - il» von on«* m ort s I I . » ( »iL>rn« 1.4 l'w B F A U T ¡III 'I ill DRESSING don t h o u se w o rk enslave von D o n ’t »«nil any longer to have th e mlilctl a t t r a c t i v e n e s s of long, straight tint! b e a u t if til hair! 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