New-York tribune., 1908-01-26

on u, and give Us a drawing room in a sleep
ing car. and a maid. and a hack To- the hotel
But there are the helpful books that YOU
admit can bc read in smoking cars. and there
is always the prospect OF New York and the
friends waiting for YOU there.
The girl stared at me and shook her head
'' But the friends don't always wait IheE
forget Us in time, because they ma ne"
friends, and then we WlSh We "tls .,.r oaI' -, Jn
the road again with our own.-our own 90
You understand. not the chance acquaintance
but the women and men We work and hVe
and play with
Your own" repeated
Ycs. NV own. There are no outsiders IN
this Iusinc-s You must be in 1t, and OF It.
or YOU can't exist in 1t Its HE all OF ITSELF
and down IN our hearts We love It
-Notwithstandlng l said, Il never met
anyone on the stage Just like YOU You re
well you're different 80.
The qirl laughed Everyone IS different
Did YOU ever know any woman IN any walk
Of HE who was like any other woman, may
,lrc~, differently from some OF those glrlS YOU
saw last night and may live differently ana
may read books instead OF the evening papers.
but we all belong Just as much
Just rs much | interrupted as d'''
lust as much" she repeated as YOU don
and can't belong" Miss AberCromblc smiled
and rose slowly from the table heTI ,I', are
some of Your friends OF last night tonne
and see. me later in the drawing room
Gb.. s+rr,Drj a,idc to let Baker. the second
,,,-nciiau % bv. and a. She did So he patted
her familiarlv on the shoulder ana gave hef
arm a gentle squeeze ~.
She followed him with her eyes down the
aI.l,. and then turned o. me, crInl<ed her bTo"'
and smiled You see" She SAID, we are
one people Come back and see me soon Nr
Outsider Don't forget You are mere a. my
professional admirer, not - Miss kEin >. "r
t,,,. ,f +h,S,. wonderful show giTl~
LATER | went back to VISIT Miss Abrr-
cromb;e. and there it was that | spent most
of that day and the next. tor our TRIP was
a long one H..
were. the best of any trip can remember now
Between Us there was no word OF ShoP or
home or work. just the talk oil a S'r' VINO
had read and read very well. a glrl 10 "h'ih
hard experience had gwen hig sane view W ol
life a qirl who had become a philosopher in
her own right She had been talking TO me
once Of the early French dramatistS aRd the
effects on the playwrlghtS OF to-day ana her
views like all her views, were at least ih'h-
vidual When she had finished, looked down
at the tip of her shoe. -
Is that the toe of the boot of the well
known dancing soubrettc, Alice Abercrombie-
| asked. &,
I'll show YOU a dancel" she said. Much
more interesting than n'Raclne, promise YOU
For the greater part OF those two days We
were bv ourselves: but occasionally we re
ceived visits from Adler. who forever talked
of the stars he had managed and their eccen-
tricities Marie Belden, the soubrctte, and
AItha RYAN and Carroll and Baker too came
into the drawing room several tunes but
these visits for the most part were short and
productive only of sighS of regret tor Broad
way and the lights of the actors pet CITY
When awoke the last morning OF our Jour
nev | found that the train was side tracked
at Prescott; and from my window could see
that the real work of the tour OF " The Princess
Popiniay" had begun Long drayS We're
backed up 70 the cars for the scenery and
heavy express wagons were carting away the
costume trunks and crates OF properties
Youths whom | had seen lolllng about the
train or PLAYING poker with the chorus girls had
suddenly become galvanized INTO men OF
authority, and were quietly but surely BRING
ing order out OF what seemed to me the most
hopeless chaos. Above 1t all Ben Adler ruled
supreme One moment he was giving dlrec-
tions as to how 20 load particularly heavy
piece Of scenery, and the next with Chester
fiedian grace was conducting a show girl 10 Z!
hotel omnibus. In the midst OF 1t all he seemed
to remember me: for he came dashing INTO the
car and knocked on the door OF my compart-
ment.
Don't forget. YOU are to be the iron mag
nate to-day" he said You'll find a room
,-.--.x.I g. ,,D,, he Hotter House IN the