Life — December 30, 1926 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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Mrs. Pep’s Diary (Continued from page 10) the dentist or have the window- cleaner in, but finally up and out to mect Lydia Loomis for luncheon, and she did tell me of a dinner at the Beldins’ last night to which Judge Blank had been asked, and how upon entering he had recog- nized the butler as a criminal with a bad prison record and had given him fifteen minutes in which to leave the house before even going in to greet Milly Beldin, and whether she was as glad to see him as she said she was, after hearing his news, I doubt gravely, albeit there were sufficient servants remaining to carry off the evening smoothly. But the incident did form a point of departure for the table talk, almost every guest having this or that story to tell of assault, burglary, ete., from unsus- pected sources, until Lyd, who is stopping at her town flat, was afraid to stay in it alone, and routed out her maid from the servants’ quarters to come down in the middle of the night and keep her company. December My husband, poor I wretch, confined to the 8th house with a cold, and bawling so pathetically for enter- tainment and company that I did summon a few of his cronies, and amongst them came Aldis Squire, very merry over his most recent vels, who did tell of having been in a train compartment in Italy with his son and two Australians, the lat- ter so openly contemptuous in their inquiries about America during a conversation which they began that \ldy was finally moved to state as gracefully as possible that he him- self knew little of their native coun- try save that it contained a great many kangaroos, whereat they in- dignantly answered that they had never seen a kangaroo in their lives, which set Aldy up considerably, in- asmuch as he had seen no fewer than four in his life. At that point, a woman with peroxide in her past did thrust her head into the carriage in search of a speaker of French who would help her out of some wrangle she was having with the guard about her ticket’s privileges, and when Aldy had straightened the matter cut for her, she did thank him roundly, and did add, in a_ spirit truly reciprocal, that she would like to do something for him in return, and inasmuch as her husband was on the house staff of the George M. Cohan Theatre, she would, if he would give her his name and ad- dress, see that he got a pair of ASS ‘ime. . Passes some time. pid Leonard. S3595 < fh SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco’s newet hotel revives the hofpitality of Days of Gold and bids you welcome now! CA wee HOTEL..... San Francisco's finest achievement, combining California’s traditional hospitality with the best in modern hotel serviceand accommodations. Only a moment from the theatres and shops, yet aloft in the serene quiet of Nob Hill. § Smartly fur- nished guest-rooms, single or ensuite ~and beneath the towering strua- ure, a garage, reached by hotel elevator. Cusine by the famous Vidor. § Destined to take its place among the noted hotels of the world, the Mark Hopkins is an unexcelled stopping-place for travelers. Gro. D. Smit Pres. and Managing Direttor Wit P.Tayior, Jr. Resident Manager § Locarsp as itis,on Nob Hill, every window in Hotel Mark Hopkins reveals a matchless panorama of central California. comicbooks.com