The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-24
l'.All for Love and the Stage
Well Lost Verified by True Story
Man Relates Incidents of Trip to New YorkWonder Girls
Voice Occasions the Episode Society Women and
Metropolitan Company, Backers-she Comes
Home At First Word From Sweetheart
by DOLLY DALRYMPLE

golden money These women who We're
headed by my old friend were not idle,
empty headed applauders; no, not at all.
| They really gave her lot OF money and
pledged themselves to supply her various
needs until she could make her operate
debut, which they did to the letter. She
was also In the custody of the Metropoli-
| tan Opera"
"And how did she get along?" asked
| Polly.
'Get along" the man repeated. MY
| dear lady. that is what occasioned my
remark about woman keeping man guess
ing That young lady has returned.
'Homesick?" Polly inquired with upiift-
ed brow.
"No-loveslclx," returned he laconically.
"She came home to-MARRY."
.'N-o-o?' Polly denied interrogatively.
''Why she couldn't have stayed abroad
very long"
But even six weeks-that is just
how long she stayed in Paris" the
man went on, seems in her case TO
have been that many million years.
She fairly RAN down the gang plank,
so the wires from New York gave out,
to meet her sweetheart, who by the
way is a singer himself-a young Chi
cago Impressario. He was pacing
lnervously, according to the newspaper
accounts, up and down the dock, wait
happened to be) to come in. Great Is
the power of little blue eyed True
Love-"
And is your prodigy to continue
her studies?" Polly asked
Heavens, mol" the man replied. "She
says, however, that her studies are
only temporarily interrupted, but that
not be under the auspices of kind
friends or the Metropolitan Opera
Company, tie latter of whom has as
sured her that they have a career
awaiting her whenever she Is ready to
embark upon It,"
We'll" Polly said casually, does 1t
surprise your"
ut shouldn't surprise me in the
least" he replied. IT am simply inter-
ested in watching whether In this case
love will make or mar a great artist"
How do you mean?" Polly asked.
IF she Is happy with him, and they
continue in the Windy City to make
enough money for the rent and to
keep the romance going" the man an
swered, her voice won't be heard
again. But-mark my word-if the I'M
pressario proves to be not at all what
her fancy dreams; If a great sorrow
or unhappiness comes to the little
golden voiced Western girl, who loves
love more than she does glory why.
will yet see her on the stage, hllnB
the slippers of a Media, Calve. or an
Eames."
Il suppose those women couldn't I'M
derstand," Polly said, why she gave
lit all up after she had said when she
went abroad that what she wanted
more than anything in the world was
to sing"
"Oh, yes. suppose they understood"
said the man, but I suppose at the
same time they were mad with her and
disappointed when she came back be-
cause she didn't fill her contract after
they had given so generously of their
money and time and energy in get
ting her started. But everybody
OUGHT to know that the heart has to
be reckoned with even in ART-when
the RIGHT MAN wires for his sweet
heart to come home"
mo doubt she is interesting" Polly
averred, but there's one thing that
seems to me would keep her husband
on the jump mentally most of the
time"
"And that is?" asked the man.
what she was going to do NEXT"
she answered smilingly.
Precisely my sentiments and what
brought about all this conversation"
the man said VIGOROUSLY.