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s TR S B0 G RN 3 . THE SUNDAY STAR, {WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPTEMBER li.- 1921-PART 4. 8 SUBBING IN FOR GLORIA = — By Sewell Ford FIRST WASHINGTON TROUPE OF AMATEURS o jmes ot A= WAS THESPIAN SOCIETY, SAYS RAMBLER | R EsEARCH Sk Tt G ok | Er = Ean g And I was. But I couldn’t quite work up the rosy pink thoughts mi . ce w 's foneral, at Hock Creek Remitted Tax of $5 on Each Performance | |mety e’ foha® e sad- sory ana e looked so pitiful my heart went out to him. that were going on under Barry's siick light hair and registering in the flickery smile he wore. They even beamed from his blue eyes. = iooked & 5 rt went o i They Gave—Two Local Entertainers Who | | Bt R a8 and Hite atter been recalled in these notices, but w = ’“"‘}""{fi n--l:x "{L’,“.'."?.'." s 1% 0 will not . e Jmasleseatas ey cosie | Produced Their Own Shows. “The Three :T“.';:‘I‘...'.{.“"':"‘;,T..:".‘f..'.""', '.‘,x'.‘.’,"."l:',,??n’.:‘."" y gather together &l e fac 25 = bt aud suu ma ks o b relating to the wasnington stage-| | Dukes™ and “The Hula Girl"—Members of | |mfe s i aif fiy siate Tobs" Sxours folk of other times. In calling up th C o 5 A spectfuily, S b M H M memortes of the early players it was e Companies—Letters Telling of the “Old- GOE TIE 450 the Rarbier wrot thought best not to g0 back to thel | /p. " Local S o2 period earlier than the 70s, because imers on Local Dtages. ‘me:f one g‘;\:mu:g p:‘o';vu!m “Me?” says I. ‘wouldn't 1? you, reader, are Interested only in Trnasa wals peonaon e D = e T by e “Bgt your the one who got it put g on,” insists Barry. “Besides, 1 want & A 4 There were probably amateur actors B4 ; ) . you to hear how it sounds and tell Fa in Washington when the capital was / Wheat, the pianist. It was “a sacred set“up here, but the first local ama- concert,”” and one of the features was 1 notice you say the people you speak become of Clarencs HE Rambler believes that he nears the end of his string in the matter of old Washing- ton actors. He has a sense of tertainty that he has overlooked the names of some who should have adds. “Ames Hunt thought I'd bet- ter not come down at first. They just read their lines to start with. But by tomorrow they ought to know ‘em fairly well, and I'm to be tiére. You, too. Trilby May. You must come along.” * “T'd be a great help, me how you think iUs going And | ; i\ Y ‘ v anyway, yowre the only one who A F - teur troupe which the Rambler has ¢ - |- 1 i * really knows what this means to me- p : ; ol e ANt Wash™ > .Lelnap;\l«d l’l;e Shilling: s!ph;edl:,\ « At which I looks across at Inez to £ 7 5 i ington Thespian Society. That ref- / / L ) x;hlem(‘?ideo?{lgnl on, s 4 e lm!xge" Lo "i a‘(‘nc‘k‘":;‘e »': i g [Nl v (o 4 : erence is found in the laws of the city ' : 4 4 e o itlie Ahel A few the eyes " It dosamite 1N s ¥ H d o ! councils in 1823. The councils, by an i 4 ; days ago the Rambler received the foi- act of May 21, 1822, imposed a license lowing letter inclosing another. The wrapped in !hail attthr-dinner c:tl':n & which nothing less than an earth- ] 4 A g b H of $5 on each theatrical performance. 3 =5 auake would "disturb. But she is 3 : {4t On October 11, 1823, the councils en- (I : . : g et rolbwp: 3 M dimly consclous that ‘something im- I acted what follow i 5 e “Wasniagion folks , far portant is being discussed. . g ¥ g ¥ : “Be it enacted by the board of al- 4 ety e homesick, of course—and 10 “They gonna pl:(y’- ": !vl : e b4 g ; g A dermen and the common council of the - / rticle brought leasant recollec- read?" she asks. “On the stage?. F city of Washington, that the com- ; : o are certainly doug & good, work fo Barry nods enthusiastic. e B i J ‘3 | iy knowi by th e op thi 4 bring back pleasant memorles of other days oot O e outknow i : pany known by the name o o 7 e rince and the Flapper. ¥y 3 5SS ; ; : 17 1A Washington Thespian Socfety, or any - ; ; e e Sy ot g L ;i 1 5 other similar society of young men v e o Meri“Woodrow Hotel, 364 says Inez. Then she yawn i35 A e ] Y 5 £ A nd belonging to the " dan Francisco. was for many heaves herself up from the easy chair, 5 city of Washington, may, and they pears ook buver for Kann & Co.. and later for Lit Erothers. tladelphia. Her cousin. and drifts into the next room to wind | are hereby, authorized to act in moral i . & ) e LW Bevtben, on a new 3 ;::zmr::((:dmn(‘mnt and put scenes in the character of theatrical ; . o ¢ Dow. in Keattie. I betieve. S0 you see wha o et e performances where the profits aris- , i % : . plessure to those fur from home your “‘ram thrilled she is,” I explains. “She has ing from such performances (over and can : i ¢ £ /| | Vs and reminiscences bring above all incidental expenses) are S 2 A e The letter inclosed with the above ix proved to the saiisfaction of the may- o o ha s from Belle. It is just a hasty littl or 1o be for charitable purposes, i pencil_serawl 1o o intimate frend in without being obliged to take license , Washington, and she had no thougit or ‘lfl be subject to any fine for such 7 ‘ : : G that it would fall into the Rambler's re- performance, anything in any law of 5 + lentless maw. It contains a few allega- this corporation to the contrary not- tions which some readers may think withstanding. ? shocking. but which others may com- There is another section to that |ES% mend as “realism.” 1f there's any libel act and which provides “that the 3 in it the Rambler stands from under, Museum of Natural and Artificial Cu- | B and man like, lays the blame upon the rlosities, established by James Grif ; lady. Belle's letter to her Washington fiths in this city, shall not be sub~ : friend follows: jetelm}o the prglvl-lo‘ns o: any set S :‘Pm“?l u'.. o s corporation imposin the last number of . o i iitions. Rambler, whose articles are truly delightf such an emotional nature.” - But Barry is scaring too high to be affected by little things like that. He merely shrugs his shoulders. = “I 1d you the best vet he . “Who do you suppose they've ged to play the Flapper?’ iily Burke? is my guess. ‘o joshing,” says Barrie. “Listen: Ames Hunt has found the real thing. o Gloria Whitney™ “Sounds genuine” says I, “but 'm afraid I don't locate Gloria. Has she been in the movies, or what?” e e, A : ) i on shows or theatrical exhibitions. e [BAREY lecks shuckad. “Shes mever » 3 . sewa '-‘;"'«-n-l‘:.; een anywhere before,” says he, > HERE come to the Rambler's mind % wexcept wt Newpert and Munto Caslo {1 THINK WITH THE PROPER DRILLING YOU’D BE A KNOCKOUT IN THE PART” T At thia. potint €his bamss. it o B ’ for _g.itn‘-"nmnu ;E'mukm e 3 'n‘-‘-:t‘_s,'m: . orty-five. or ‘more. s coniption fits and the talent got soused back ave mnot and Palm Beach and places like that. of our entertainers which Her mother is Mrs. Stuyvesant Breese and huge bone rimmed eyeglasses|I'd t him" HeE matferi s Mes oy e oo omehete Sn it imtiad | oa up there he protents as Dodge to finish reading the heretofore found a place in these nar- tney—the Mrs. ney—and an 1, from somewhere and hafled | that he can't tell anybody how to per's lines. - Will yor eatived Cast yonrnot Nt older sister is the Countess de Grau. | A L © ETeat| .5a the lines, but only knows when | pio)Jake atry at it” says I 1 2 o nol el Of course, Gloria has been in smateur says he. “Sorrs you|they don't sound right o wit was barely that for 5 whle, 1 plssiure ;heAH;rr;: h:othero—‘fl:d & hunk of eheese. He had bis mustache things—school plays, pageants char- | ¢ v Ve “Helps a lot, loean’t It?' says larris and “Arty" Harris? When the on upside down and surely wi scream. {hingsZachool plays, pageants char_|came today, Were not EeUNNE on Gloria. tossing her chin. “If T w Y. 8ll got into action and three or fOuT | Rambler sets down the names of tw T Sont the article to bim last Bight, T sore B A o bt Paws Munt | s welL i And Uss WhI ey e ok nepics {imes T either cut in 00 800m Or WS | operas. “The Three Dukes” and “The ve will ‘be deligited to get i Thank you e 0 rane Pt A Thes ams |agaln, Shell show up sqon. 1 sup-| ™At which Barry goes pink in the |talf ' soothing 1o me. tols ma. 1y | Hule Girl" does that ‘mean anythini I e to ask her to go on as a profes- p L golng. 1 you have | cars and star! S s right toe, | lked soothing -to me, told me tolio"yous" 1t ‘must to many. Bude: Last Sunday the Rambler used = sional. Trust him! He ‘goes after s B it bscutely, hough, | 2Kk It easy, and before we finished |12 YOU" [t mAsl (o many, Bud) photograph of Mrs. Chanfrau which S e ™ For® this Mapper | er- Cin Cin "Stias Bars, By k| Atter a painful minute or 0 he turns | rather 8oing strong once more and [T LS0Gown n the Washington he borrowed from his old friend. P i cwe must have the |wronihis ls Miss Dodge. Mr. Hunt!to Ames Hunt °r ‘asy." says he:|whal'the actorscall it. you Know, and The Ham. ? Levin Handy, down in South Wash- ht thing, as Henry James|the way and 100k on It vou dont | couldn't you—that is, would it be all|r'd always e oaIl 1t you know./and jod | ; ington, and who owns about 10,000 of 1 mean to get one. too.” And right if Trilby May—or. Mise Dodge; |neard the word Wsed that way. - But |21 0ld Washington boy in the real s Matthew Brady's photographic nega- Dext day he- wites Gloria Whitney: | “Help yourselt,” says Mr. Hunt|lere. should do that speech once?|now I know that the et way. PYlltate and Investment business in Pit | tives. Postmaster Chance has sent me She left a Newport house party to come | “Anywhere.~ . She gets exactly my idea of it and—| (s’ work, and good hard work at thac |PUrgh. a note in which he says: “I 2 note from Mrs. Arthur B. Anderson 3 on and sign up. How about that?" er— i ol T Whs 88 trembly and o vontics waat |know that you cannot possibly recall concerning Mrs. Chanfrau. You re- ot 58 CBcited ‘over the mews as| So Barry and I groped our way | -Very well” says Mr Hunt. “If|it'was over as If Td been in when R o o ot s JOHN GILBERT, ACTOR. : member. or you do not remember, that 1 e o e omire | down fo some. seats fa about 'the|Miss Dodge 'will oblige? "And helwreck or a subway smash. Tired too, |Eive you a little heip and I know that i (From the Brady-Handy photo collection.) in writing of the Edwin Forrest Dru ang listened to other intimate details |middle of the empty auditorium and | hands me the prompt seript. And at the end. the Ruspian came wup|You will remember the Harris boys, —_—m | matic Club I told you a good deal Shout the - production with aimost | waited, whispering a word now and| ~Me?’ says I ~*Why, Im no|t, me and shook hands ™€ UP Arty and Bud. I regret that I have z about Arthur Anderson. and men- B e O W e ™Por | then, but chiefly straining our eyes |actress. ’ 3 “Thank you so much, says h Ay B e et Eat®;|gen consecutive nights besides mat-|teas or a dinner. We seemed to take | tioned a pretty girl in the old For- human intolligence. @ I a"oB%eq Fok |and holding our breath. It was neariy hat charming modesty!” com-| ThARk You 80 much, saye he. not'a program, but I know that all|inees, which at that time would be|to them and we liked them very name was set down Diece for Barcy. I'a pulled It off more |Balt an hour longer. though, before [Ments Miss Whitney, = 1 [stare at him with my mouth open. '~ |seeing their names in print again.” 7 | equal to one hundred nights in New | much. ia Well, “Ada” became or less by accident, and what I still | tBis Wispy. big-eyed Young person|.g,me'aren't e 88yS L|"Then Ames Hunt beckoned e e e o D e hrettos, | York. We played several return dates| =Writing of the members of the old| Mrs. Anderson. She left the Forrest , had to learn abouf the stage was & E N e LI L L D “Some wouid be absurd without it," | the front of the stage, where e e o e oy | andEiattw ol tullscparatesweeks Hin | Thallanil ramatic GHubal ew Sundsys | b several other “For- eap. Especially drama as it is done E lece came | o, snaps back. * | Barry had been talking confidential. |er in the Harris operas. Arty was e ol e by the company of the heap. ~Especially drama as it Is done | B0 Ciig in." Gloria Whitney, of course, | "G fnaps back = . aye 1,|7XoUnS woman" saym he. “what have |the composer—that is, the Writer of | tocl’ w up and we ) Seflol sty R ing. playing “Ta e R L U ‘Are you going to be. frighttully |0 HoW well we agreez’ = 5 395 been Going Dot hiLE ave | tieficompossEstintfimuthe i n:" ;"n took us up and we were all social |Clarence Story Ho!™ and other plays, in B ety i I you aro. Ters have It over with; g Zhey tell me thats the most mad- |y g \gs.” suys |Bone from this world long, for it was | ships e e e O S e [ S T A T I i 1o Pea it Mt tan [but T simply couldn't get here & e g o haa’Orori tiiug |demonstrating electric washers, and Suly i Avnlithatinelpatod avhy. e foncany hacamel regula NEA oD | (bwink{lSLerz D Asthur wens amarrind 'l M first cigarette. moment sooner. Really! Two long- s managing a Greenwich Village. ";‘ e s ‘:a ness came upon |and friendly callers. We would give| pear Rambler: I am an old resident of this| be: ang. 3 o tor H. T Ch L ClgaTelte. nt for O. P. Biggs to|31%tance calls and a maid who will Notmaing » Greenwich Village cate |him he had made arrangeme little parties for them in the eVERIng city and have beon so Itorested i readin | pean chom you all rememt K s . P. ;o B e =l e Nothingt e & grand|the production on the profes and they would invite us on boATd for your Jawe aricles 1 bave Loown weet ail of | (V. Whom you all remember as "H do the King.” goes on Barry. “Did|spend just so much time i ugges- | I, 1. stage of several of the Harrl | the Arkansas Traveler, and she took . Some g00d Work In stock last season | ety shink T aem i ool (Y halr-| tlon to make. we may listen fo it. nt?" he goes on.| “The Three Dukes” was presented at a job in the company playing Mrs at the Hollis Street, Bostom, but of |orsiy Sunk I'm well up on the lines.!Go on, Miss Dodge. "|the National Theater February 6, 1894, Stubbs. When Henry Chanfrau put course he'll jump at' & chance to get | Ames Hunt sald that they would. Woit ihore ) o < e, “that Dodge.” says|and among those in the cast were | on “The Octoroon.” “American Grit: to New York. Then for the Prince |And they did They made several e oca | Carning: to iy on . o scuaecretiy [ Bud Harris FrankiBenstock; oomes and “The Debutante” Ada was still Thap by the name of ScnersoftFius: | sulted, My Funt. " He was ratnes | noces”in Temoreok Jutorion ea e*"savs T “Oh. ‘come Mr: Hunt, | Sardnors pase: Felis. Manony. parl- i A st onEs Su3 Ganors, e e T L O e e e [ T S : ot yhere Ames dug nim up, but he has |wowld insist thai Miss Whitney stick | haps the most critical stage manager | He stares at me susplclous. “Yo McCullough, Fanny Atlee, one. When they didn’t have an or- 'y ow- to the script, Instead of improvising.|in the business looking on, not to|are either quite subtle, or u | meszo-soprano; Gertrude McCullough, | NICE man and woman—you|so joyously youthful in temperament | chestra and had a piano, Ada played . O an_ex-{contralto, and Webster Cullison, R. T. could tell they were nice—|as to be entirely happy. say L A entirely happy. say, on a|chestra. When there wasn't a piano bia head TP gy t%e/he. shaking (Oliver, Sam Bruckhelmer and Mast ; e ian which. But we have decided to :f;; Raleigh Luckett. “The Three Du found &'HARTYKE ‘on ‘the sol(t - WedHesdny afternoon, if he has a|in the town hall or the opry house you & try-out as the Flapper.” :n.d. v‘unt ::;-m-‘: ;‘!fi:\a:clx:y‘ o‘t“lelll‘n:: side ‘of. the, Avénne af 3, Jun¢- | “dbllar-ten"in his pocket—gets tired Ada ded -at. & Jittle organ or *xx 1nd ran throughout the last week 1n [uier about two-weeks ago.. I wa |of moviss, muscums and the like, he | Tioie oy cuse uny theater should be Pnnflus I should have guessed the cast with nearly all the others|a neat bag, and -the couple halted ‘lakes‘ haphazard prowls that lead| “just out” of orchestras or pianos. what he was leading up to, but I :!n'r‘ned above were Hans Roberts, Dor- | quite a bit. each keeping a lookout, cl;lo confabby. touch with any likable| Ada told me this some time ago. She . . y Byrd Rogery, Bertha Lincoln and ap, white, black, blue. green or|said: alap't. So T suppose T stared back | Cécella Sullivan. to see If the-owner.would show up. | grizzly—you are expected to know| ‘There were many places in the at him just as lifellke as two|., The, Hula Girl" was exhibited first | She did not” ‘Then they searched in- if."r’i‘"‘fo Polo. He may come across | gouth and west where there were no poached eggs on a platter. e ‘fl:lhffif'r?ns?::';nfh’-"‘::? '31':'; {side to find if there was any means of | T} TUCRAs on Jbark benches, around | orchestras. and in those towns I was “Not—not truly?” says I. Two mutinees. It was put on again at [\dentification. There was not. ¥ouland everywhere, always fRteresied n | oty “the. squeaky Merle organ. which He nods. “Platt belleves you can |Ui Columbia Theater and ran success- couldn't expect people, mo matter how }oach adventuneihe hits &nd somictimes e’ catried along. I-:u;rn‘e‘nm:yx:x do the part to perfection,” says Mr. ;ullly tbhrnulgh‘ut’h'o X:elk :oxlnnlnt nice they are, to stand at a junction | & :’n:yb: 3.': ;;Tcl;e:tu: :Tor:‘l?!’leam rollicking dance music on that kind of Hanth e -| September 12 1898 At its firat pret |ana keep on nursing a bag that dldn't [ ings—and so liberal in e temars | on axexnt e DoWHISE RSES BooRE Barry!” says I ‘“He' cast By the Columbian University | DOlOng to them, 0 the man went over | years that one experience coaxed him LoiThe Mate Kl L Dih R judge.” ve L “Hes mo|§h, DY, R Columblin Unirertlty o the trame policeman and gave it|2Ut of his benknife for mumbleynek | (ihets when the. ticket seller Tatled 2% Rey tall me 1 am, however,” saya (801 1 Rambler inds these names: | nto s keepiag. And that ended their | e o Himid o1d siranger every won | 10 5how, up." fmes Hunt. “although at times, I am | NGraeil, Ciark Cross, Paul Warrington |SHATe of the incident der inside the Library of Congress| uaw ks ottar ot oMoy, St e o doyRt It | SHIL. T've"made | Evih, 'Ave Beriram Shader and Clyde | An onlooking man who had wit- S0, (5 JGhi7, (el he Bad ppased bis| Jod nere e fe:” S .| Bhade, In the press notices of “The [nessed the finding of the bag and Was | thing 1o limp a3 far as 1he wuiside B| “Seeing Mrs. Chanfrau's picture in i 5 - b 1 4 H ) b you know. And I agree heartily with Col = i : P t At loaat, I'm willing to chance B atthe Columbla Theater In [curious enoush to follow develop- His little tours with Job lot hu- the paper todsy reminds me of some : £ E = o proper drilli . manity yield very pleasant times with her. While ! wd Do & knonors Pkt drilling | Gva Whitford, Edna Scott Smith, Dor- jmenta inquired of the policeman a | DALY leld stacks of Mformation.|Mr. Anderson was manager of H. T. ; real nise of you . 1.|othy Byrd Rogers, Marie Howe, Belle few days later if it had been claimed. | fng that he enjoya th s e e i FamBy At “but you haven't seen me in & good | Lyans Ivy Herriott, Frank R. Dooley, |mpe oficer was genially communi-|you can stand 303-'- gfi; all and I} 1 ong Branch and in Philadelphia. “Mra. light Yet. Not that I'm erosy aboo |Billy Conley, Will Morsell, Bud Harris, > here goes. pse or two.] 4 i et was a beanifal w hending myselt oy LM crasy about|George O'Connor, Clyde Shade, Clar- | cative: “Wars all over th 1a, fhost abtractive woman. She had the T'm atrald Td hacaly quatity as a|cnce Howard Paul Evans, James Cot-| “Oh, yes, & woman came along an|ihe trade in loving S orld, son. but) e Sdmiration for her mon that o sweet young thing. = Not with my ‘!;'"- m;h‘g‘}?::e“‘l;-fle:‘:sm Car- | hour later and said she had lost a bag,| “Sometimes you can trust people|mothers have for their sons, and she Shrrotty. fhaies nmb:-rryug{e- and | SN R A February T, 1894, had |50 I handed it over, but she wasn't|2nd then agaln you can't. but always S T I . ‘nle ou . - > - T at a ban! 00k ti proach to perfection, if he didn’t actu- Thean to have Barry rewrlts the pleod | this about “The Three Dukes”: satisfied; said there ought to be a|jjen LS s | et o fhantran R and make his prince color blind. Not since John Sousa’'s “‘Smugglers” bas|dime in it; but there wasn't a cent “Girls put up with their parents,| retired from the stage when we came \"Oh, T sayl" Dprotests Barry,|inobers by & Washinglon composer been inside when I got it And that let|DPut they don't want 'em around when|to know her. Her home at Long ."Ylt;u ;‘omp::n;fiy. l.-e.u ;l.):t, h-rfi::y e e Dukesr 8 comie, opers, 'l Ar- | him out. ::}:-:I:ex:‘zm& ee:ylln.‘toll g!o"ll little Bru‘lch‘wnn ‘Liberty Hall' for the » Ju . Isn’t she, Mr. | thur P. Harris, was given for irst time at < nu! ste] e | ‘profession.’ M “HOW WELL WE AGREE,” SAYS I, SPRINGING MY CHOKED SMILE AT HER. Hunt?" r | e National * Theater. ~The libretto| NOW, then, first class in human na- | parlor along comes maw = p!-hw .& ardent Chrls:;ncg:::\rl‘“ ey H::zlzl; cgoe':.:-. n:ue out of Ames W of ture, stand up and explain: ::g:fln r‘&' .:n]_ mnhl“te rl-lur after | was told among us that she made X S ADywAS T Uaye e - W. . ieve holler al otta | some wonderful , grs and looks something like Jack| -But it means fust the same,|mention the sister of the Countess de | Miss Dodge has vocal organ “whicn | SieD, 4ad, ines and as & WNL Gn | bag. or i abe. like the. onlvoking| Sy Sutiat the front door ax 1258 | Doy was Frank. “He was very hand- 3 ? t?* she pouted. Grau. "But there was Barry, 100, a|8he can use rather effectively, she |of meiody apd man and & bushel of others, seen its | Fisenon Sat any’ NODOY, Wants to be some and was a talented violinist. those ssened %t and made fun of. My| The glow-worm shows the matin to 1 admitted that it was. I raved| “Almost” admitted Mr. Hunt, “but|pleadin h . 3 & look in his eyes. as rather more int ful and catchy. in finding and prigged it on the sti ful | Snding and prige: e strength | )jttle lady has got so that she meets| be near and °tis time to hit the hay! over the scenery which Hadiey Hall [T think It would be better to give| -Oh. well!” 2ot wh was painting. And " says I. “T've never been time, all of whic of the adage that what belongs to no- painting. And we sat there on|the lines exactly as they have been|a Flapper alking fo a prince. but it t Swing that e vt suits < T body belongs to anybody? = Ine ouf JJust Wecauss of Cicway har com) r: the big davenport under a parchment | written. Now again.” R 3 T e | o e e o lwas it NI o Sl Soltbmonething | (L8 e FaKeTiant thejma e astraction th e Did she realy own the bag and |ols? Sl Stnals ‘Tnrith walus” falked—that is. Barry did, He was|real thing made another try i PP T Bave tn. “But its going to| sy e sad EIcAES. L 1 | Shmay Wes: she 'of ‘the sensations] | NICCr In the park, anyhow_—espectally Odd Reveane. of conversation. an o rprising, though, ! < ¥ t i ubble along untl he began to get |came over her e he AND say. I put all the sipp I had strain on tho beauty.shop, I'll| Bt o NGl St 'seo e i athier i th Bicimnatal o0 | CtUREISSY | uHERE (plane momsce € sevenns 5 personal. I could see it coming by |recite her part. 'As Gloria Whitney into that speech. Tl admit I| il : T lindin's 18| waroe ron mian onts ooy Sing th Lk bt K the look in h she had been full 2 ! ; appers is as flappers does,” says tic school. coin on the principle that “findin’s is n S asd S o YEL orget, Triloy | Liod o Dech fill of exactiy the right | was scared biue inside, but T didu't, Mr, Hunt We can make & grand: |ioly e~vodl ant”orhesini s wers | Keepla] or-uhal T Golag lout of the baaiinag with the | e o tatas oo ihal procestiar ThatCirol Daduy |her eves ana her shoulders and hes |let that bother me. I hardly looked | move®e 0%k SIS 2 it i tagk and Also. Just 1o prove that the sense; lirm- conviction that ovsters have | I e e number of stamps that gays L | whatever ehe had lo eay. She was|the thing so many times with Barry|lo work hard and fast, though, Miss e result shal and Intelligent | viewing the officer a womam, forty. | Sring them o this wharf and then| There are two waye in which the % 2 sub-deb vamp from the t1p of Tier | inat T almest knew it hy heart. And|DSGEC. for we intend to"open two| Sebinki, e,y be ‘repeatad with | § " o ner fat nor fair, rampaged U | oo s e Pustel I & tub of water | government profits by the careless- o hontEResaks 1 W e e | tha Flappar S the first thing 1 knew T was letting | ' I modded as carelses as I could, Just who had of ;‘nt:w:hnol:l;:l:r‘yol;g’ '12‘%?3"2;&"'{.‘3‘ d king or 'any other moles | 128 &nd u‘::ennce efAhe BubIL a B T g e o | poune e Eooke” T Rty | Tt o e i peiiimas, Sotied | ster, S ot Rl oty Yy of Wifaing’ Keop | stroyed. This reans o pront 1o the ers Into 1t, an ng . g and to i o ’ Peen meeting and parting, from Bab- | She was as vivacious as the plume on & up | 3 ndering 17 1 coulans broslt a| The gentlemen who write the thes |¢ hiCh 15'%0 on et oY |quiet for a bit and they Slowly begif | pogt Office ml.'m:('of:fi,“&f,fif o T Bayonne PBut jast now it's|s hearse. Her elbows stuck out and|to this Russian person as coy as/as somebody's secreta atrionl news for the papers approved A e . il they v V. - ay] 3 irth . ter, o S T Bt P BTl e S T TR SSLA el e " e o e S 00 el Tt 6 e i G e v e e St BT i o | s, o ol T S8 | s, o LY Ao B 2 : reh in the moon! ime Sompany did splendidiy. ng cooplais e rst_word that fs spoken. Though |cannot be esti Toom. Not that I want to throw out | the other players for her cues “Perfectly bully!” says Ames Hunt, stars. street in broad daylight without a g1 not be estimated, for there is no E C 3 » . st . |1 can’t say as much t eager Diapy wasting for b bong | pattine ol ou the ‘Shailer, “Dre:| But as'T wandored out lato. the Tan: odhi Ete aheswmacR FiL ALt [runio Rab, cxsepting. mAyby. clia. | Saus Of getting Sgures exoept by LL this reminds me that John De- | Guaintance, e e B epn maybe. &% | elaborate and untrustworthy calcula- ¢ any hints, but—" “Doggone it!* grumbled Barry,[to be ed to him. and she put|cisely my idea, too. Now, Miss Whit- |light with Barry and figured how t ney, see if you can't make it go some- | short two weeks could be I'll admit witt, fatner of the Dewitt Sisters,!. The inquiring man -observed that|YOU may hook one out of a muddy |tions. A person carries stamps in his reaching for his hat. about as much expression into her thifig like ‘that. I'm sure you can. I got & bit wabbly in the knees. oy ..o and Vinnie; wrote a comic opera{she dldn't look like a woman who ditch and even if he is no longer than | pocket until they are so worn that he i TE% was auite comial fn blOGIE |1 ee o the. siatioha. on fhe” Oradell | Lot T im g -night. as e r radel 's try.’ didn't mind if a 11 sis Closed he remarked: “He talk ah|local Ames THunt ran his fingers| “Thank you: says, Gloria, “but 1 tucking | llled “Our American Minister.” Jobn | ¥OUId be bothersd by admirers, to b0 inderstand. Ton: Tho" holonm: You | does not dare use them. In point of don’t think' T care & organized a company and called it the | but all he said wal -|deep water folks. Never saw an eel | fact, anything that looks like a good time about the play, gfi: htll'xe:m‘ (?r:dlock and went’ X 5 o 33 et o agonized motions, * 7 3 - . 3 a oo other ® ot e et tords ln(ahelf 3;:3?:--. says ME. Hunt, 5 by M t 3 Dew name for you, Tril- |1 o1anq Opera Company and they went} -She comes at me with the same ot that didm't give me a sense of)stamp, mo matter if it is somewhat bt T on the road, stayed on the road for|S{ory every time she passes. It secms athoms. 1 been tied down so all my | mutilated, is passed by the clerks, " Was one other subject touchied on. B man] semto ket herito a9 s 3 h el an, ere = @ " says she, indulging in an-|aN: on't mind in_the least ng other yawn. sae - xoxx coached. by you. Mr. Hunt” saye erLaske, o fon the road et ablor happens | to do her some sort of good and as|i,I2%L L oYY DA% § ShANCE IO BTt |HHAL Bn e e b Shas +0aa. isn't It” saye I “but thats| BARRY was squirming about in his e DL O TR ou are, you know. 1|to know that when they came bick 1ot 30T For what it 1 worthe I Fonre, excoptin this much: 1t T ohoutd | It in- Wear wad dirt cannots withowt not the way ‘eel about it at al 0 ppens X se enough to have|to Washington they came by have ;ll chol f hi .0- ing around—well. that's a little too I-a-en 1t months aee. Bat S vioeve | he prayers in this troupe were very | The inquiring man appreciated the 1, ice of happiness after 1]almost destroying.the stamp, give it R T e sy ahoo | b T 3 0 P hemn were | Philosophy of the thing, but ell tl ass judgement, I shall ask to be al-|the look of one that has been can- Ao R e “‘{gl "Chaek!"l"::y :e{t %nl.otnlgh :h:i‘e_tnu Z:H::én}ng:;g.e'%ur‘:mv wis i it and | same, being a man, when he fiawad l: nlbl the seven seas we read |celed. Yet few persons will put a e Smuch after et Tashion, T (hink." | Whon you ars Sir Baisy Goobas and |0 were Billy Hyan, Lillls Lawrence | medioval aunt sboit it he stoned the |50 0, & out—and I bet, if 1 do, |damaged stamp on a letter. Besides. But there's a good .deal’ of pep-!I have a talcum powder named aftet|Allce Brewster. Do te McElwaln and [ Woman with derisive adjectives which el Th the Ueepneas where he b | citirely and the & et o dn. A 5 5 3 & 7 a) e deserved, and yet: 1 - g0 ment m: per in Ames Hunt os, atter all,|me. " Eretty, pretty. But just now 1lJimmis Kearney. In the firat 2ot th Any class in"humas &.u.{.h coula|longs. clear gain. . I failed to confess, though, that chafr, almost ‘as though some- there was something :llehl";hould body was jabbing him gentle with have done next forenoon besides g0 |pins, but he didn't know exactly what with Barry to the rehearsal. TI'd|(o do about it. Finally, though, when heard of a perfectly good job as B aolkerver” 15 "an “suto: | Oloria proceeded to murder in cold ‘mobile s:ndrltsh hnlln llnd‘“ I|blood one of the Flapper's cleverest really ought to have been tralling!speeches, h: from A thare to M out labontiIt | ey i BAICC Trmped S from B Perhaps it would keep for another £ groaced out, {Oh, /X sy} day. though. Anyway, I took a chance| Everybody heard him, including and let Blsrqry lead ine down to this|Ames Hunt. “Well?” asks Mr. Hunt, Sheridan juare eater where took my first plunge through a stage stepping down to the footlights and entrance. coam« “Wholly uncalled for, Miss Whitney." | feel like I'd sneaked up on an air- bers of the company were on a ho remarks crisp. And it you will!plane, got the motor Eoing. and was |ship. The ship caught fire and the|D n e S Tadre: ut ienoush e W= e e o LA L permit me to point out—" | discovering that T didn't know how [company landed on an island inhabited - B oot S B i T1l not!” says Gloria. *I—I don'tjto fly the blamed thing." By pygmies. and the pygmies were| o1 T e s wenieR. ar MmN S $aies D koo penians. Fxosts i ::r:u tg hear another ‘word.m = 'm 1 © “Oh, you'll come through all right,” | Josie and Vinnie Dewitt, Hans Rob. ¥ DL Sort as & Pl; zm“ lays|€¢\[RS. DORSEY ABS: I have for- | have not a five-cent stamp put three grouh with this stupld oia puay.|ways Barmy. U7 U TC U ferts, Eddle O'Connor Gstrele OB, e e doar Bita of Shine M, Tied the mustc of Lorenss| Ewo-cent ‘stamps on ‘forelgn letters. Well, it was & regular tantrum sho!s stagger st Delng 'the Rappiest Anite Lewis was a pygmy prince, Aerites yibianaimibiokien o1l £or | which yod 5o kindly sent to the reader | Loy o betaint of oag cont Dommstic B g Lo e e ool B, S L et % xx “I¢ Miss Whitney will pasdon {e.”| And she finished by thrgwing the ex- | step on the gas.” : A as Georgie O'Connor was| tion, bre when you come right down| “Coples were also sent by Miss Jane g e g L VW/E were both prepared to be thrill- Yo e bt Derhapd ) penaive allveFitex fax S iRahermdck (Oopyright, 193Y, by Bewell Ford.) the pygmy king. This was beforo the o, Solid thought there jar® =o|Clark and by Col. F. H. M. Both cop- dettor scales. i s ed. 1 expect, but we soon found | “Who s that person, may 1 ask?” |high heels® otickin Sajmounsine, DeT] | et days of “Wang,” and Jimmie Kearney | oY/ PO0RC it PN O Y atter- | 168 I have returned to the gemerous| Moreover, few persons know any demands Gloria. iBh heels cl g daflance as had a blackface part, and the surviv- vt 1 ywhners."” thing about the rates for newspapers that an early ngm-m saitethes | SoTAEN Slonin e I R Birds and Cyclones. ora of this old company will sl you Dbl Hiks wuoIT. and think that because & mewspaper draggy affair. Only a few people 5 g - o Was the firat blloklacapars 2 = lis lnth Sk - o enin S i Lot e ctage] G says ahe - TMust i remaint | aNatEt e A AL 4| (QNE naturalist has exprossed tne|shown In & O et Albied A MAN who works at night and ia| -Mrs Ads Ransom Bell: The ‘Crow |5 Ereat deai to"asnd: 8o they €0 on T O e meames vary busy,| .. “Tt 18 Quite usual” says Mr. Hunt.| wouldn't have done My m opiaion that birds habitually make | 1o o rence, the celebrated actor, an off afterncons while the rest of T never heard tell of | OVETPAYIRE (Mo ROSIRES. p ‘And if you don’t mind, Miss Whit- | take. Oh, I make ‘em. use of storms in traveling from one - day he was In all my born daye unless—unless] 00 00y o overament They were just standing about looking e Oy e e O et i | e o e atscranst. it Rl wesld InDeratng - &1 dky. Joba|Jouimsel thin apic oL e e e ke For the ShoriaEe e oot ,bored. A stout, motherly looking He Santa. Cl ]t e hat 18 bird canbot find | sh stage. Lillle was a pesutiful gisl, | Eets Dpeetty’ lonesome once In ajwarded by & reacer in southern Vir- T AT e TR woman was perched on & property Plaf have. shelter, it must be more comfortable | with an excellent soprano voice. while dnless, of course, he owns a o T o pay the due stamp. Knowing this, rock smoking & cigarette; and & tall on the wing than on the ground dur- | was -just a little fellow at ginmorous sub- | “Then said the blackbird to the crow,jand being anxious not to seem nig- lean, dark-eyed man was 'loumn in e: the air, as a m&‘fl'&‘%l A : wr‘:lvia:“l‘lm ofi'fi'&:’:’fl :,'n ; i K a i, the ‘We've served I‘.’ 4 ‘wings reading a race track dope|ing him. “*You must. is tn a moviag, sup- Cot p our trade at pulling doubt -often poor light. Finally a thin,| But if I hadn't half dragged hi says “A | porting medium, wimm “Our matn vas 4 % o » : Sam gets nervous acting chap with a long nose ' he’d never have budged. Even .m'\: few of us are 18ft. A "r-".‘.‘.%. n% a2 strongly lwll:‘kr.iv:@. e o NANNIE LANCASTER. ference.: e » 3 . P