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CHRISTMAS SHOPPING WITH JACKIE
And I haven't had a vacation in years. So Mr. Horkhermer told me that I could have this month to do with as I liked. Ever since I learnt to play a ukelele, I have wanted to go to Honolulu, and now I'm going. But I want to stay the month down there, without having anything on my mind that should be done. Of course, when I get back, it will be almost Christmas; I will have to start to work immediately ; and what will I do with my Christmas shopping? Therefore, I shall do my Christmas shopping now !"
''Well, talk about people being foresighted!" I gasped.
"The only thing to do, when you want a complete vacation and rest, is to do everything that's expected of you, before you
go
>he
pro
nounced wisely.
Then she produced a list, and we put our heads together over it, and planned and planned, until we reached Los Angeles.
The first thing Jackie wanted was something for her mother, so we stopped at a jewelry store. Here we spent a delightful hour with the pleasant o 1 d gentleman who attended to our wants. Jackie finally chose an exquisitely beautiful cameo-brooch which she assured me her mother would love. And, knowing Mrs. Saunders for the dear little lady she is, I could well imagine her pleasure over the lovely thing. A pair of beautiful cuff-links were next chosen for Jackie's good-looking big brother, and a ring for a girl friend.
Then we went on to a smart little linen shop, where my golden-topped young friend fairly reveled in filmy handkerchiefs, dainty bits of neck-wear, laces
and ribbons. I was really aghast at the magnitude of the task she had set for herself in one day's shopping, for her list was a long one. But after I saw the calm, unhurried, methodical way she went about it, I could well understand how she could get everything done so . quickly.
We stopped for refreshment at one of the numerous confectioner shops, where we sat on high stools and
tered like mag
and where I
fully and
completely
forgave
* Jackie for
waking me up
so early — altho
I felt, when
1 u n c h e o n-time
came, that I had
been up for about
a week.
We lunched at one of Los Angeles' most famous lunching places, where we met practically everybody who was anybody in the screen-world, and where we had a thoroly good time. On our way back to the shopping district we passed a shop-window filled with the most seductive-looking lingerie, of delicate, cobwebby lace and ribbons and 1 k. Jackie halted abruptly and stared, with a glittering sparkle in her eyes.
"Come with me," she ordered, catching my hand and hurrying into the shop.
And what do you think it was that caused the excitement, and the deviation from the Christmas shopping? A pair of palest pink crepe-de-chine pajamas (altho a word as harshly masculine as that is almost an insult to the butterfly garment Jackie wanted ! ) . The waist or bodice of the garment was foamy with soft, creamy lace, but the main ingredient
THE START OF THE SHOPPING RAID