"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
So now we have a telegram, and Mr. Eisman says in the telegram for
Dorothy and I to take an oriental express because we really ought to
see the central of Europe because we American girls have quite a lot to
learn in the central of Europe. So Dorothy says if Mr. Eisman wants us
to see the central of Europe she bets there is not a rue de la Paix in
the whole central of Europe.
So Dorothy and I are going to take an oriental express tomorrow and I
really think it is quite unusual for two American girls like I and
Dorothy to take an oriental express all alone, because it seems that in
the Central of Europe they talk some other kinds of landguages which we
do not understand besides French. But I always think that there is
nearly always some gentleman who will protect two American girls like I
and Dorothy who are all alone and who are traveling in the Central of
Europe to get educated.
May 17th:
So now we are on an oriental express and everything seems to be quite
unusual. I mean Dorothy and I got up this morning and we looked out of
the window of our compartment and it was really quite unusual. Because
it was farms, and we saw quite a lot of girls who seemed to be putting
small size hay stacks onto large size hay stacks while their husbands
seemed to sit at a table under quite a shady tree and drink beer. Or
else their husbands seemed to sit on a fence and smoke their pipe and
watch them. So Dorothy and I looked at two girls who seemed to be
ploughing up all of the ground with only the aid of a cow and Dorothy
said, “I think we girls have gone one step to far away from New York,
because it begins to look to me as if the Central of Europe is no
country for we girls.” So we both became quite worried. I mean I became
quite depressed because if this is what Mr. Eisman thinks we American
girls ought to learn I really think it is quite depressing. So I do not
think we care to meet any gentlemen who have been born and raised in
the Central of Europe. I mean the more I travel and the more I seem to
see other gentlemen the more I seem to think of American gentlemen.
So now I am going to get dressed and go to the dining car and look for
some American gentleman and hold a conversation, because I really feel
so depressed. I mean Dorothy keeps trying to depress me because she
keeps saying that I will probably end up in a farm in the Central of
Europe doing a sister act with a plough. Because Dorothy’s jokes are
really very unrefined and I think that I will feel much better if I go
to the dining car and have some luncheon.
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