"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
Well last evening Dorothy called up and Dorothy said she has met a
gentleman who gave himself an introduction to her in the lobby of the
Ritz. So then they went to luncheon and tea and dinner and then they
went to a show and then they went to the Trocadero. So Dorothy said his
name was Lord Cooksleigh but what she really calls him is Coocoo. So
Dorothy said why don’t you and I and Coocoo go to the Follies tonight
and bring Gus along if he is in town? So then Dorothy and I had quite a
little quarrel because every time that Dorothy mentions the subject of
Mr. Eisman she calls Mr. Eisman by his first name, and she does not
seem to realize that when a gentleman who is as important as Mr.
Eisman, spends quite a lot of money educating a girl, it really does
not show reverance to call a gentleman by his first name. I mean I
never even think of calling Mr. Eisman by his first name, but if I want
to call him anything at all, I call him “Daddy” and I do not even call
him “Daddy” if a place seems to be public. So I told Dorothy that Mr.
Eisman would not be in town until day after tomorrow. So then Dorothy
and Coocoo came up and we went to the Follies.
So this morning Coocoo called up and he wanted me to luncheon at the
Ritz. I mean these foreigners really have quite a nerve. Just because
Coocoo is an Englishman and a Lord he thinks a girl can waste hours on
him just for a luncheon at the Ritz, when all he does is talk about
some exposition he went on to a place called Tibet and after talking
for hours I found out that all they were was a lot of Chinamen. So I
will be quite glad to see Mr. Eisman when he gets in. Because he always
has something quite interesting to talk about, as for instants the last
time he was here he presented me with quite a beautiful emerald
bracelet. So next week is my birthday and he always has some delightful
surprise on holidays.
I did intend to luncheon at the Ritz with Dorothy today and of course
Coocoo had to spoil it, as I told him that I could not luncheon with
him today, because my brother was in town on business and had the
mumps, so I really could not leave him alone. Because of course if I
went to the Ritz now I would bump into Coocoo. But I sometimes almost
have to smile at my own imagination, because of course I have not got
any brother and I have not even thought of the mumps for years. I mean
it is no wonder that I can write.
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