"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
Last night we really met the Prince of Wales. I mean Major Falcon
called for Dorothy and I at eleven and took us to a ladys house where
the lady was having a party. The Prince of Wales is really wonderful. I
mean even if he was not a prince he would be wonderful, because even if
he was not a prince, he would be able to make his living playing the
ukelele, if he had a little more practice. So the lady came up to me
and told me that the Prince of Wales would like to meet me, so she gave
us an introduction to one another and I was very very thrilled when he
asked me for a dance. So I decided I would write down every word he
said to me in my diary so I could always go back and read it over and
over when I am really old. So then we started to dance and I asked him
if he was still able to be fond of horses, and he said he was. So after
our dance was all over he asked Dorothy for a dance but Dorothy will
never learn how to act in front of a prince. Because she handed me her
fan and she said “Hold this while I slip a new page into English
histry,” right in front of the Prince of Wales. So I was very very
worried while Dorothy was dancing with the Prince of Wales because she
talked to the Prince of Wales all the time and when she got through the
Prince of Wales wrote some of the slang words she is always saying on
his cuff, so if he tells the Queen some day to be ‘a good Elk’ or some
other slang word Dorothy is always saying, the Queen will really blame
me for bringing such a girl into English society. So when Dorothy came
back we had quite a little quarrel because Dorothy said that since I
met the Prince of Wales I was becoming too English. But really, I mean
to say, I often remember papa back in Arkansas and he often used to say
that his grandpa came from a place in England called Australia, so
really, I mean to say, it is no wonder that the English seems to come
out of me sometimes. Because if a girl seems to have an English accent
I really think it is quite jolly.
April 20th:
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