"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 my debut party was really the greatest success of the social season,
because the second night of my debut party was the night when Willie
Gwynn’s sister was having a dance at the Gwynn estate on Long Island,
and Willie Gwynn said that all of the eligible gentlemen in New York
were conspicuous by their absents at his sister’s party, because they
were all at my party. So it seems as if I am really going to be quite a
famous hostess if I can just bring my mind to the point of being Mrs.
Henry Spoffard Jr.
Well Henry called up this morning and Henry said he had finally got his
father’s mind so that he thought it was safe for me to meet him and he
was coming up to get me this afternoon so that I can meet his family
and see his famous old historical home at Pennsylvania. So then he
asked about my debut party which some of the Philadelphia papers seemed
to mention. But I told him that my debut was really not so much
planned, as it was spontaneous, and I did not have the heart to call
him up at a moments notice and take him away from his father at such a
time for reasons which were nothing but social.
So now I am getting ready to visit Henry’s family and I feel as if my
whole future depends on it. Because if I can not stand Henry’s family
any more than I can stand Henry the whole thing will probly come to an
end in the law court.
June 21st:
Well, I am now spending the weekend with Henry’s family at his old
family mansion outside of Philadelphia, and I am beginning to think,
after all, that there is something else in the world besides family.
And I am beginning to think that family life is only fit for those who
can stand it. For instants, they always seem to get up very early in
Henry’s family. I mean it really is not so bad to get up early when
there is something to get up early about, but when a girl gets up early
and there is nothing to get up early about, it really begins to seem as
if there was no sense to it.
So yesterday we all got up early and that was when I met all of Henry’s
family, because Henry and I motored down to Pennsylvania and everybody
was in bed when we arrived because it was after nine o’clock. So in the
morning Henry’s mother came to my room to get me up in time for
breakfast because Henry’s mother is very very fond of me, and she
always wants to copy all of my gowns and she always loves to look
through all of my things to see what I have got. So she found a box of
liqueur candies that are full of liqueurs and she was really very
delighted. So I finally got dressed and she threw the empty box away
and I helped her down stairs to the Dining room.
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