Presently the party was driving off again, Tavia indulging in the laughs
she dared not take part in with the scissors at her ear, while Dorothy
"scolded" the boys for making such sport of a poor foreigner.

"Poor indeed!" Ned echoed. "I wish we had some of his cash on hand. I
mean the ready stuff. I have yet to make the acquaintance of a poor
barber; especially the imported kind."

It was a jolly ride home--and the evening that followed was one full of
pleasure.

[Illustration with caption: 'I AM SURE THAT WILL DO,' SAID DOROTHY AT
LAST]




CHAPTER XXIII

IN SOCIAL ELEMENTS


Dorothy wore her "heavenly" blue dress, while Tavia "blazed out" in her
sunset costume. As Dorothy had predicted Mrs. White was radiant in her
beautiful amethyst chiffon, so that the elementary evening "panned out"
exactly as scheduled,

Mrs. White was a handsome woman. As Ruth Dale, youngest sister of Major
Dale, she had been a belle, and now as Mrs. Winthrop White she was
acknowledged a social leader and a favorite.