Porcelain and Pink is a comic one-act play from the short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age. The plot involves a young woman in a bathtub and a case of mistaken identity.

By : F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940)

Porcelain and Pink

"And do you write for any other magazines?" inquired the young lady.

"Oh, yes," I assured her. "I've had some stories and plays in the

'Smart Set,' for instance——"

The young lady shivered.

"The 'Smart Set'!" she exclaimed. "How can you? Why, they publish stuff about girls in blue bathtubs, and silly things like that."

And I had the magnificent joy of telling her that she was referring to

"Porcelain and Pink," which had appeared there several months before.