nine until noon
`` From eight to nine came the Funnies ; and the majority had white kid boots and flimsy silk frocks cut as low as our grandmothers ' party gowns , and plumes in their hats and silver vanity cases . Their main topics of conversation were : ` He said , ' and ` She said , ' and ` I do n't care if I 'm late . I 'm going to quit anyway ! ' `` From nine until noon came the Frills -- the wives of modest-salaried men who can not motor , yet write to out-of-town relatives that they do so . `` And every one of those Frumps , Funnies , and Frills apes the Gorgeous-Girl kind -- white kids for shopping , low-cut pumps in January , bizarre coat , chiffon waist disclosing a thin little neck fairly panting for protection , rouged cheeks , and a plume in her hat -- and not a cent of savings in the bank ! `` Now there 's something wrong when we 've come to this , and the wrong does not lie with these people but with those they imitate -- Gorgeous Girls , new-rich with sickly consciences and lack of principle and common sense ; and these Gorgeous Girls in turn take their styles , slang phrases , and modes of recreation , as well as theories of life from the boldest dancer , the most sensational chorus girl -- and it 's wrong and not what America should be called upon to endure . And it all reverts back in a sense to you busy , unprincipled , yet conscience-stricken American business men who write checks for these Gorgeous Girls -- and the heathen in Africa -- and wonder why golf does n't bring your blood pressure down to normal -- when your grandfather had such a wonderful constitution at eighty-four !