"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
he said, after that, we would all really have to have a bottle of
champagne. So he went to the telephone and ordered a bottle of
champagne.
So then his son said to his papa, “Why do we not ask the charming
ladies to go out to Fountainblo to-day.” So his papa said it would be
charming. So then I said, “How are we going to tell you gentlemen
apart, because if it is the same in Paris as it is in America, you
would both seem to be Monshure Broussard.” So then we got the idea to
call them by their first name. So it seems that his son’s name is Louie
so Dorothy spoke up and said, “I hear that they number all of you
Louies over here in Paris.” Because a girl is always hearing some one
talk about Louie the sixteenth who seemed to be in the anteek furniture
business. I mean I was surprised to hear Dorothy get so historical so
she may really be getting educated in spite of everything. But Dorothy
told Louie he need not try to figure out his number because she got it
the minute she looked at him. So it seems his papa’s name is Robber,
which means Robert in French. So Dorothy started in to think about her
25 francs and she said to Robber, “Your mother certainly knew her
grammer when she called you that.”
So Dorothy said we might as well go out to Fountainblo with Louie and
Robber if Louie would take off his yellow spats that were made out of
yellow shammy skin with pink pearl buttons. Because Dorothy said, “Fun
is fun but no girl wants to laugh all of the time.” So Louie is really
always anxious to please, so he took off his spats but when he took off
his spats, we saw his socks and when we saw his socks we saw that they
were Scotch plaid with small size rainbows running through them. So
Dorothy looked at them a little while and she really became quite
discouraged and she said, “Well Louie, I think you had better put your
spats back on.”
So then Leon, our friend who is the waiter, came in with the bottle of
champagne. So while he was opening the bottle of champagne Louie and
Robber talked together in French quite a lot and I really think I had
ought to find out what they said in French because it might be about
the diamond tiara. Because French gentlemen are very very gallant, but
I really do not think a girl can trust one of them around a corner. So,
when I get a chance, I am going to ask Leon what they said.
So then we went to Fountainblo and then we went to Momart and we got
home very late, and we really had quite a delightful day and night,
even if we did not go out shopping and buy anything. But I really think
we ought to do more shopping because shopping really seems to be what
Paris is principaly for.
May 1st:
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