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A fluffy blonde

A fluffy blonde-headed bride of 21, weighing less than 100 pounds.

Nonschalantly pulled a new green hat over her sleek bobbed head, drove 35 miles to

a friend's home in a bridge party where she won all the prizes and sang jazz songs.

Slept all night like a child, ate a hearty breakfast, spent a day Christmas shopping, buying some gifts for her husband

in the love nest, and only ask for more cigarettes, which she calmly puffed when the

sheriff came to get her.

The poise and coolness of a modern woman have been much disgust of late, but Velma West, known as a nightclub girl in a curfew town, is the first woman known to execute a murder with something of the same attitude with which other modern young women handle home and job or do other feats unknown to the more

hysterical women of olden days. The murdered man belonged to a nationally known family. His father,

T.B. West is a man whose nurseries are known the country over.

West shrubs and trees and seeds grow in yards of Loveness from Maine to California.

Loveness, very much like the trim little bungalow to which Ed West took his bride less than two years ago.

Perry thrilled when they learned that popular Ed West had brought a city girl home for his bride. Perry wanted to meet the bride. A reception was given. All Perry was

invited to the Big West home. All Perry came. Just what happened is not clear, but the family of the

murdered man admit that Ed's wife was never really taken up by Perry.

Valma West was different. She smoked cigarettes and plenty of them in public. Maybe

other Perry girls smoke too, but behind locked doors.

Velma West was indifferent to all the things that Perry held dear.

Old families, old books, old music, old friends.

Velma laughed at the old and talked much about the kicks and thrills of life.

She was invited out a little at first by Ed's friends, but Velma was bored by the parties.

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