Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1923, Page 84

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C—ROTOGRAVURE SECTION—JANUARY 14, 1923. THE MATINEE GIRL By W. E. HILL Copyright, 1923, by The Chicago Tribune My Dear. Did You Go To Clara Button’s Wedding?>™" “Her Wedding! Why | Didn't Know Shs Was En- gaged even! Well. aid you ever!!”” And So On. You See. Three Minutes Before The Rise Of The Curtain, Mrs. Ruggles DCiscovers, Across A Perfectly Strange Man, Her Dear Friend. Mrs. Berry. From Joplin. And They Just Have to Tal: Ov(): Old Times All Through ct One “New. Mr. Pemberton.” 1 Said. “'Either 1 Take My Little Dog On Tour. Or I'll Hand In My Notice.”” “Oh. All Right.” He Says. Just Like That. *"You Can Leave Saturday Night.” Well. My Cear. I'm Sorry Now I Didn’t Just Tell Him What I Thought Of Him! But All I Said Was. “Well, Mr. Pemberton. My Little Dog Has Never Bothered Any One.” And With That | Walked Right Out Of The Office Bessie Has Just Spent A Wonderful After- noon At The Movies Seeing Gloria Swans- downe _In “Burnt Embers” Any Play At Any Theatre For Julia. As Long As It Has One Of The Three Barrymores In It The Post Mortem After The Matinee “But Mama, It's Just A Fantasy, A Barrie Fantasy! It Isn't Meant To Be Exciting!” Just The Same. Mrs. Blum Is Unconvinced }E-lvr Her A Mystery i The Late Arrival. “Bur My Dear. I'm Perfectly Sure You Told Me To Meet You In The Lobby Of The Casiro Theatre I'm Positive You Said The Casino Because 1 Remember At The Time Thinking It Was Funny. Because | Was Almost Sure That ‘Sweet Papa’ Was Playing Here At This Theatre” — Etc., Etc., Etc. The Drama Leaguer. Paid Her Dues And Everything. But, Oh Dear, Some Of The Shows They Send A Body To! So Highbrow At Times Five Young Ladies From Miss McCall's Select Academy. And One Harassed Teacher, Miss Roblee By Name. Of The English Department—Waiting In_The Lobby. They Are Waiting For Doris Perkins, Who Has Been Taken Shopping By Her Mother. Miss Roblee Knows From Experience That About Three- Twenty P. M. Doris And Mama Will Arrive Breathless. With Just Enough Strength Left To Cry Out. ““So Sorry. But We Thought You Told Us To Wait On The Corner Instead Of Here!!” Like Everything Else These Days The Matinee Girl Has Changed. Too. Time Was When The Wednesday Mati- nee Girls Loved A Good Sob Fest Better Than Anything Else. And Then Gradually It Got To Be The Fashion For People To Say There Was Enough Misery In Real Life Without Going To The Theatre For It, And All That. And Now, Would You Be- lieve It, Young Ladies Go To The Matinee To Laugh. But Many There Are Who Will Long For The Old Days. When A Girl Was Wont To Boast About How She Cried For A Week After Seeing Olga Nethersole In “'Sap- pho.” The Blonde In Black. Shown Here, Is Feeling Her Way Out Of The Theatse After Seeing Nrs. Carter In “Du Barry™ Matinees Aren’t What They Once Were. No. Siree! Along In The Early Nineteen Hundreds, When The Ten, Twenty And Thirties Were Rampant, Every Matinee Girl In The Thirty-Cent Seats Was Invited To Attend. On Friday Afternoon. After The Curtain Had Fallers On The Last Act Of *“The Banker's Daughter.” A Pink Tea On The Stage Where The Members Of The Company Would Be Delightea Te Shake The Hand Of “Each And Every Lady™