Betty Loring, Illustrator: A Romance for Young Moderns

205 pp. Illustrated by the author. Betty Loring commuted every day from her suburban home to New York where she doggedly made the round of magazines showing her work to art directors, without selling a single drawing. She was so determined to achieve success on her own that she would not get in touch with any of her classmates from art school. One day she meets an old classmate, George, and learns she is not the only one with troubles--her friend Andrea who lives with her family on Washington Square has a problem far worse than Betty's, for beautiful, talented Andrea has contracted polio. When Betty goes to see her she knows she must help her, for Andrea needs success far more than she. So she sets out on her rounds again--this time showing Andrea's work instead of her own. One day she meets the mysterious Anna Lee, fashion artist who seems afraid of meeting people, and as Betty helps Andrea and Anna Lee with their problems, she gains confidence in herself and learns how to develop her own special talents as an artist.