"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 when we got to Henry’s country estate, we told all of Henry’s family
and they were all delighted. Because it is the first time since the war
that Henry’s family have had anything definite to put their minds on. I
mean Henry’s sister really jumped at the idea because she said she
would take charge of the studio trucks and keep them at a bed-rock
figure. So I even promised Henry’s mother that she could act in the
films. I mean I even believe that we could put in a close-up of her
from time to time, because after all, nearly every photoplay has to
have some comedy relief. And I promised Henry’s father that we would
wheel him through the studio and let him look at all of the actresses
and he nearly had another relapse. So then I called up Mr. Montrose and
made an appointment with him to meet Henry and talk it all over, and
Mr. Montrose, said, “Bless you, little woman.”
So I am almost beginning to believe it, when everybody says I am
nothing but sunshine because everybody I come into contract with always
seems to become happy. I mean with the exception of Mr. Eisman. Because
when I got back to New York, I opened all of his cablegrams and I
realized that he was due to arrive on the Aquitania the very next day.
So I met him at the Aquitania and I took him to luncheon at the Ritz
and I told him all about everything. So then he became very, very
depressed because he said that just as soon as he had got me all
educated, I had to go off and get married. But I told him that he
really ought to be very proud of me, because in the future, when he
would see me at luncheon at the Ritz as the wife of the famous Henry H.
Spoffard, I would always bow to him, if I saw him, and he could point
me out to all of his friends and tell them that it was he, Gus Eisman
himself, who educated me up to my station. So that cheered Mr. Eisman
up a lot and I really do not care what he says to his friends, because,
after all, his friends are not in my set, and whatever he says to them
will not get around in my circle. So after our luncheon was all over, I
really think that, even if Mr. Eisman was not so happy, he could not
help having a sort of a feeling of relief, especially when he thinks of
all my shopping.
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