"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 this afternoon Dorothy and I had an engagement to meet Count Salm
for tea at four o’clock, only you do not call it tea at Vienna but you
seem to call it “yowzer” and you do not drink tea at Vienna but you
drink coffee instead. I mean it is quite unusual to see all of the
gentlemen at Vienna stop work, to go to yowzer about one hour after
they have all finished their luncheon, but time really does not seem to
mean so much to Viennese gentlemen except time to get to the coffee
house, which they all seem to know by instincts, or else they really do
not seem to mind if they make a mistake and get there to early. Because
Mr. Eisman says that when it is time to attend to the button
profession, they really seem to lose all of their interest until Mr.
Eisman is getting so nervous he could scream.
So we went to Deimels and met Count Salm. But while we were having
yowzer with Count Salm, we saw Mr. Spoffard’s mother come in with her
companion Miss Chapman, and Miss Chapman seemed to look at me quite a
lot and talk to Mr. Spoffards mother about me quite a lot. So I became
quite nervous, because I really wished that we were not with Count
Salm. I mean it has been quite a hard thing to make Mr. Spoffard think
that I am trying to reform Dorothy, but if I had to try to make him
think that I was trying to reform Count Salm, he might begin to think
that there is a limit to almost everything. So Mr. Spoffards mother
seems to be deaf, because she seems to use an ear trumpet and I really
could not help over hearing quite a lot of words that Miss Chapman was
using on me, even if it is not such good etiquet to overhear people. So
Miss Chapman seemed to be telling Mr. Spoffards mother that I was a
“creature,” and she seemed to be telling her that I was the real reason
why her son seemed to be so full of nothing but neglect lately. So then
Mr. Spoffards mother looked at me and looked at me, even if it was not
such good etiquet to look at a person. And Miss Chapman kept right on
talking to Mr. Spoffards mother and I heard her mention Willie Gwynn
and I think that Miss Chapman has been making some inquiries about me
and I really think that she has heard about the time when all of the
family of Willie Gwynn had quite a long talk with me and persuaded me
not to marry Willie Gwynn for $10,000. So I really wish Mr. Spoffard
would introduce me to his mother before she gets to be full of quite a
lot of prejudice. Because one thing seems to be piling up on top of
another thing, until I am almost on the verge of getting nervous and I
have not had any time yet to do what Dr. Froyd said a girl ought to do.
So tonight I am going to tell Mr. Eisman that I have got to go to bed
early, so then I can take quite a long ride with Mr. Spoffard and look
at nature, and he may say something definite, because nothing makes
gentlemen get so definite as looking at nature when it is moonlight.
May 30th:
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