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The Senior Class Prophecy
ADIO audience, there seems to be some delay. I just want to give you a picture
X v of this splendid gathering here tonight. 1 wish you all could see it. The hall is almost full. Some of the finest gowns straight from the 'S. Lewis Salons’ in New York are in evidence. Mrs. Normand is wearing a gown designed for her especi­ ally by S. Lewis, a rose satin-crepe with the new tray-shoulder line. You may know Mrs.
Normand from her articles in ‘The New Yorker/ articles on boat racing written under the name of Jane Braitmayer. I understand the Normands postponed their Bar Sound races to stay down for the Inaugural Concert. The eight young Normands race their sloops the thirtieth on Bar Sound. Air. and Airs. Normand are seated in the fourth
row. 1 believe Mrs. Normand has l)rought her knitting to the concert. She is con­ sidered very eccentric by Washington society.
“Here entering are Aliss Peggy Taylor and Aliss Camilla Ha^^ward, the best known ‘Lucy Stoners’ of the day. They are walking down the right aisle. I hope you have all read Miss Hayward’s latest, ‘Angels About Us,’ proclaimed as the most thoughtful fancy (quoting from the New York ‘Herald Tribune’) penned by a modern American poet. They say that Aliss Taylor is working on another novel, encouraged by the success of her latest best-seller, Aliss Hayward is wearing a ‘Brooke-green’ chiffon, also an S. Lewis creation. We are sorry not to see the famous stylist here tonight, but I understand she is now at her ‘old Kentucky home.’ (Is that right, Lloyd?) Yes, Airs. Basil Dangerfield is staying for some time in Kentucky, enjoying the companion­
ship of her children. It may be a help to me that slie is not here tonight; I might confuse her with one of her elder daughters. You know, S. Lewis is noted for her youthfulness. I am sorry to keep you waiting, radio audience, for the honored guests of the evening. There seems to have been some serious delay. I’ll find out about it for you. Just a moment for station identification.
‘This is the Avenir Broadcasting System, Station WHA, broadcasting the inaugural concert from the Pan-American Union Building, Washington. I). C. Your announcer is
Dot Rice.
“I see Airs. T. Blair, formerly Aliss AL Tietjen. well known for her fine executive work as the president of the Federation of American Women’s Clubs. Airs. Blair is speaking to Senator Hamblet of Illinois. Senator Hamblet seems very much engrossed in the subject. They may be comparing the improved slum conditions of New York with those of Chicago. Air. Blair is looking at the ceiling.
“Ah, here is Airs. Janet Ainscough rustling up the left aisle. She is the daughter of the Syracuse Lewises, you know, very prominent in Washington social circles. She seems very perturbed. (What's that, Lloyd?) Oh, Airs. Ainscough is perturbed. Yes, some of her dinner guests are delayed in arriving at the concert. (Hey, reporter. Hey,
Lloyd, who are her guests?) This delay is unaccountable. The traffic police must be having a game of poker. The President-elect is very late.
“As 1 look over the crowd, I sec the Alison orchid-carnation in most of the wo­ men’s corsages. This flower is the greatest invention ever produced in the Alison
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