Evening star. [volume], July 25, 1937, Image 92

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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BLIND DATES
By W. E. llill
Copyright. 1M7. by Cbictro Tnbww-N. Υ Ν#*» Syndicat*-. 1m
Their dancing date was arranged
by mutual friends. They said he
was a regular Fred Astaire on a'
dance floor. And he was led to
expect a second Ginger Rogers—
only with more pep and charm.
They're both making the best of
it, though the same thought is running through
their minds, "Can this possibly be the person
I've heard so much about?"
"Oh, yeah? Well, how was
I to know that her sister
would be mouse-faced ?"
(Just the usual post-mortem
after a blind date with
the plain sister of a good
looker. The friend suspects
trickery.)
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Joe had been telling Mary what a grand
guy his friend Bert was. So Mary said,
"Fine, bring him along and I'll ask Dottie-v^,)
to meet him." And here's Bert. Mary, who,
wonders how friend Dottie will take
him, is hoping that he has lots of money or.^
social position, or something, to offset lack
!
"How tall is he? Does he really
dance well or just so-so? Has he a
car ? Where will we go for dinner ?'"
Showing girl who has been fooledj
too often, getting the low-down
The blind date following a ^Rone~flirtation. "I'll meet you at the store
entrance," she said. "I'm wearing black, with a little black hat and a short
face veil." And he said he would be wearihg a white carnation. He's right on
hand with the white carnation, but it seems as though every girl in the city
had stepped out in a little black hat with a short veil.
Mabel is very nervous, for this is
her first blind date. Meets a girl
',1 chum and can't remember the new
boy friend's name and can't intro
duce him. Which is awkward because
her girl friend will broadcast
"Mabel was so
afraid I would
steal her beau,
she wouldn't in
troduce me!"
This is Harry's sister's '
roommate at college and
sister arranged a blind.
date for her to attend
junior prom with Harry. -«r
You 11 simply be mad
about Eisa," wrote
sister. "So sparkling and /
so clever." Eisa is special-1
izing in biology, zoology!
and such, and uill talk shop. So
has a weak stomach, has to hear all about
the reflexes of the frog they cut up in "lab"
last week.
j'Tm your old friend Bill's col
lege roommate, and he asked
line to look vou up as soon as
I got to town," etc., etc. Show
ing man in phone booth trying
Ihard to convince a girl friend
of his pal's that they have
mutual friends.
She was his day nurse
\at the hospital and
when, later, he called
her on the phone and
asked her to meet I
him for dinner, she
^accepted. She's won- ^
ydering if they will ,
j recognize each other. ^
Because she never
saw him except in
^ pajamas, and he only
^ saw her in her cap
■ and uniform. Street
/clothes make a dif
ference.