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| Mme. da Pompadee:'s Facg Preparstion, 928 Peachtres St j Hemlock 5178 ‘[Helen Wills Moody herself has [epiked the been flying up ee j Peclie — oes ‘Berkeley, Cal, Apr, 80.—Mr4. rumota that. ‘haivt Coast relative to @ inne lerged bird having been seed flapping sround the vicinity of the Moody home here. If there really was # bird, it was pot & stork. That is settled. Aspir- ants for the world’s premier ten- nis honora will have to depend entirely on their own skill with the racket if they hope to see Queen Helen relinquish “the throne. ‘ “T have been {nvited to play on the team,” said the pretty na- tions] champion in a recent in- ‘terview, “and so has Helen Ja- cobs. But 1 told them IT eonald ‘not let them know definitely on- til April. ‘fend my national championship [ will, bowever, de- at Forest Hilla tn September. I also intend to play in the regu- lation United States Lawn Ten- nis Association tournament pri- or to the nationals, Except for that. my plana are indefinite.” Marriage seema not to have wetked anv more changes in “Littl Poker Face” than any iof the other momentous events uf rr Delph i Chapter | yy U . eri wVVL moo binges ff your work is of such a na- ture you have to spend half of your time waiting to see an e@x- ecutive or manager of some ad- vertiging firm, you will find. time hanging heavy on hands. “JT asid to myself after I en- tered this game of trying to in- fluance big executives into buying my ideas on ealea and promotion ¢ “you've got to do your atuff, if you make a dent in Atlanta. You have got to keep yourself polished mentally, well physi- eally, clever socially, and clean spiritually, or you will act he long in joining the liet of for- gotten men, The best atudy of gan jg stil! mankind.” Thus! began my carreer. _ For a Bumber of years now T have been getting a big kick your “Mack Strong,} lfew faces that arouse our eu- jricaity and make us want to ‘know them better. Such waa ithe case with me recently, | IT was leaving the Fox thea- ‘ter after # matinee and ran in- ta one of my mother's best friends, Mra. Francis Gaines, who ls one of Atlanta's big club workers when it comes to the Women’s Clubs and Child Welfare. She introduced me to a friend with her: Mre. Mal- colm Gary, whom I knew by her picturea in the papers and her record of Welfare work. [ have met many people of charm and ineraonality and beauty; Mrs. Gary had alt of these and more, atili there was something about her I could not name or de- ecribe, 1 only imew she teft me cold with excitement It finally dawned op me that this lown satisfaction. It was going out of reading the facea thar, woman was a picture of my pass by. Seldom do I find aiyouthful jdeala and dreams. face that does not tel) 2 com-|Here was the one woman IT had plete story at @ first glacce. Seen boping ic meet - Still there are a few stories| 1 locked at ber keenly, bat that you will enjoy reading tiej/her deep gray eyes told me second ime, and there are & nothing, hor "did ‘ker voice, na 7 — tory ae mathe WOMAD exret has ever bee qainst her. - titles, Queen ber triumph difference. they dubbed tock the ep courts. He: wrong. which was gracious but act friendly. A kind of cool indif- ference seemed to prevail with- in her. Her yery coolness ieft me with a pongering desire to take her and warm ber ap, I wanted to take ber hand and walk with her, T wanted totalk to her, I wanted to be with wer alone. While these emotional breakers were flooding me, Mrs. Gaines kindly bid me good-bye, and Mre. Gary only bowed her head. As I walked to my office in the Peachtree Building, my thought ran riot Here was a character worth knowing. What was the story back of her? I knew there was one. My curiosity was on the verge of turning me detective for my apoke, she ! a nod of he head, but | smile. Iv watched th she travele Now and th write-up, bt already kno Luck fav: two later w Tea Rose te coffee to c ting headec meet, but friend, Mra alone havi waved and table. “How do nes?” said “it is great Mrs. Gait smiled and join ber. you sit dow moved her the chair. “T'll be g Mra. Gal "You see 1 came in he tea and to! (Contiz to take some clever work on my part, if I found out what T wanted to know, without bring- wg down « atorm of eriticiam open my pwn head. You can't ask a friend, let alone an ac- qualntance fo tell you their life hietory, They may have already some doubis about your mental status; and such a stunt woul confirm their suspicion, Tt ts true, the people that Jeave ws guesaing are the ones that keep us on our tip-toes. I was on my tip-toes all right. To find something you believ- ad tp be leat ne wend Anes af Ou WO bE 1O5t TGF @G0G0 GoTE oO ten give oa a jolt. Thad found my idsal in the flesh, and I was determined to find out all eould about ker. The telephone directory gave me Mrs. Gary's addreas and al- so jaformed me that her hue- band was an attorney, I was 1 not interested io either just Canar then, The sity firectory said] Mre. Gary's giver name “was! Puppies, ¥ Dorls. So much for that, from|| tems, Dor now ou I would think of her as ine. Two evenings later, 1 was/| EVERYTHII leaving @ Sab fn front of mv 6 hotel, when I saw Dorls Gary /{- 24 W walk by with a handsome man wr '