FIRST IMPRESSIONS Miriam smiled involuntarily, Grace looked surprised, Elfreda indifferent, and Anne amused.

The word "woman" seemed absurdly out of place from the lips of this girl who looked as though she had just been promoted to long dresses.
"Oh, yes, I know I look not more than eighteen," quickly remarked Kathleen West, noticing Miriam's smile.

"But I'm not.

I'm twenty-two years old, and I've been on a newspaper for four years.

Why, that's the way I earned my money to come here.