Jean Dear;:—I'm delighted to hear—from other sources than your own infrequent post cards and cables—that you are enjoying Shanghai. But at the same time, as a well-meaning mother, I must remind you that even in the Orient one may have too much of a good thing. If you are bound to be talked about, Jean. do, for the love of Dame Gossip, give them something amusing to relate. It is pleasant to be vell known in one's circle, but (9 notorious is another matter.
Decorum, of course, has been excised from the 1922 dictionaries, but discre mination still remains, and your father and I cannot help worrying lest you fling away your future for one wild season. Of course we realize that family ties are not being worn this year, but parents are handy at times and komes are useful when all the other places are closed.
Your father is sending a cheque, and, I daresay, his love. Remember that extremes are aS dangerous in manners as in fashions.
Your apprehensive Mother.
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