. The Saturday evening post. d in Russia, might soundimpressive in the United States; it wouldbe easy to hint at aristocratic she thought of how the Jeckylls andthe Gerrishes, who had lived in Russia,might pick her to pieces. And what wouldsociety do with a war bride whose favoritetopic of conversation was electric washingmachines? Garnie decided upon a safer course. Sheasked her cousin, Welch Stapleton—a no-torious Bohemian—and the amusing, rowdyGannisters and the bibulous Harry Borrup,who always brought his ukulele as a com-panion for her saxophone, and EthelGrundy, who didn
. The Saturday evening post. d in Russia, might soundimpressive in the United States; it wouldbe easy to hint at aristocratic she thought of how the Jeckylls andthe Gerrishes, who had lived in Russia,might pick her to pieces. And what wouldsociety do with a war bride whose favoritetopic of conversation was electric washingmachines? Garnie decided upon a safer course. Sheasked her cousin, Welch Stapleton—a no-torious Bohemian—and the amusing, rowdyGannisters and the bibulous Harry Borrup,who always brought his ukulele as a com-panion for her saxophone, and EthelGrundy, who didnt care who you weres solong as you played a good game of , as an inspiration, she thought of , who had been associated withl^heimperial Russian consulate. Though a rjnanof common origin, Egoroff knew Russiansociety from a to z, or the equivalent intheir topsy-turvy alphabet. And Garniewas determined to settle the social st: »tusof Mrs. Eddie Ransom. (Continued on Page 81) ig THE SATURDAY EVENING POST. WJmL BEAUTY THE compelling power of beauty hasput the civilization of centuries in debtto ancient Greece. Her art and architecturehave inspired our proudest creations. So complete is the influence of beautyover our lives that we can trace our progressby its expression. Beauty has many forms;the perfectly balanced machine and theperfectly sculptured marble each carries thecharm of harmony. The sway of beauty is of greater economicimportance today than ever before. Prior tothe coming of mass production and stand-ardization the craftsman could cast aboutuntil he hit upon a design that pleased thegreater number of his little group of con-sumers. Now appearance often dictates success orfailure, for the whole equipment of a plantmay be based on the value of a design; andthe value of that design depends upon itsability to please the public. This meeting of public approval is theseverest test to which the manufacturedarticle is subjected. And not the least of itco
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