"Gentlemen prefer blondes" : $b The illuminating diary of a professional ladyLoos, Anita
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"Gentlemen prefer blondes" : $b The illuminating diary of a professional lady
Loos, Anita
Diary fiction; Humorous stories; Man-woman relationships -- Fiction; Millionaires -- Fiction; Young women -- Fiction
Mr. Eisman has litereally filled our room with flowers and the steward
has had quite a hard time to find enough vases to put them into. I mean
the steward said he knew as soon as he saw Dorothy and I that he would
have quite a heavy run on vases. And of course Mr. Eisman has sent me
quite a lot of good books as he always does, because he always knows
that good books are always welcome. So he has sent me quite a large
book of Etiquette as he says there is quite a lot of Etiquette in
England and London and it would be a good thing for a girl to learn. So
I am going to take it on the deck after luncheon and read it, because I
would often like to know what a girl ought to do when a gentleman she
has just met, says something to her in a taxi. Of course I always
become quite vexed but I always believe in giving a gentleman another
chance.
So now the steward tells me it is luncheon time, so I will go upstairs
as the gentleman Dorothy met on the steps has invited us to luncheon in
the Ritz, which is a special dining room on the ship where you can
spend quite a lot of money because they really give away the food in
the other dining room.
April 12th:
I am going to stay in bed this morning as I am quite upset as I saw a
gentleman who quite upset me. I am not really sure it was the
gentleman, as I saw him at quite a distants in the bar, but if it
really is the gentleman it shows that when a girl has a lot of fate in
her life it is sure to keep on happening. So when I thought I saw this
gentleman I was with Dorothy and Major Falcon, who is the gentleman
Dorothy met on the steps, and Major Falcon noticed that I became upset,
so he wanted me to tell him what was the matter, but it is really so
terrible that I would not want to tell anyone. So I said good night to
Major Falcon and I left him with Dorothy and I went down to our room
and did nothing but cry and send the steward for some champagne to
cheer me up. I mean champagne always makes me feel philosophical
because it makes me realize that when a girl’s life is as full of fate
as mine seems to be, there is nothing else to do about it. So this
morning the steward brought me my coffee and quite a large pitcher of
ice water so I will stay in bed and not have any more champagne until
luncheon time.
Dorothy never has any fate in her life and she does nothing but waste
her time and I really wonder if I did right to bring her with me and
not Lulu. I mean she really gives gentlemen a bad impression as she
talks quite a lot of slang. Because when I went up yesterday to meet
she and Major Falcon for luncheon, I overheard her say to Major Falcon
that she really liked to become intoxicated once in a “dirty” while.
Only she did not say intoxicated, but she really said a slang word that
means intoxicated and I am always having to tell her that “dirty” is a
slang word and she really should not say “dirty.”
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