She was
loaded with jewels, both real and paste, and her Egyptian
headdress was both gorgeous and becoming. Mona had never looked so
well, and Roger, who was Father Nile, expressed his admiration
frankly.
"I say, Mona," he declared, "if the real Cleo Pat looked like you,
I don't blame old Mark for flirting with her. Maybe I'll flirt
with you before the evening is over."
"Ha! Minion! Methinks thou art presumptuous!" said Mona, marching
about theatrically. But she smiled at Roger, for the two had
become good friends.
Adele and Jim Kenerley were Dutch young people, and in blue and
white cotton costumes, looked as if they had just alighted from an
old Delft platter.
Laurence Cromer took no costume part, as he had to direct the
posing of the characters and the scenic details of the parade.
Mrs. Parsons was enchanted with the gorgeousness of her party of
young people, and when Patty gave her a sprig of seaweed to tuck
in her bodice, she felt as if she belonged to the water carnival.
Motors carried the laughing crowd to the Sayres' house, from where
the floats were to start.
Of course Old Ocean's Float led the parade. Though not very
realistic, it was a theatrical representation of the sea, and the
great billows, made of green muslin crested with cotton batting
and stretched over somewhat wabbly framework, tossed and swayed
almost like the Atlantic breakers.
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