The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-26

Grahame Vests, surveyed Celestine with
sudden interest, as though he had never
seen her before until that moment. and
agreed that she did look shy one might
almost say frightened TO death. Mrs.
West rushed through the second verse
of the song, bowed breathlessly. and ran
the refuge OF the balcony, while the au-
dIence appla uded with perfunctory DO
liteness and called clamorously 10 the
musicians to Let her go!'
And that is the song" commented
Van Biobcr. that gets SIX encorcs ana
three calls every night on Broadway"
Grahame West affected 10 be greatly
ChaSrtned at his wife's failure 10 charm
the chambermaids and porters with her
little love- song, and when his turn came,
lie left them with 9lacrity. assuring them
that they would now sec the difference,
as he would sing song better suited
10 their level
But the song that mad charmed London
and captured the unprotected coast town
OF New York, fell on needless ears and
except the evil ones IN the gallery, no
one laughed and no one listened, ana
Lester declared with tears III his eyes
| that he would not 80 through such an
ordeal for the receipts of an Actors Fund
benefit.
Van B5bers partner caught him
laughing at GrahJne Vests vain el-
forts TO amuse, and said, tolerantiy. that
Mr., West was certainly comical, but that
she had lady friend with her who would
recite pieces which were so comic that
/ q
! friend to Van BDber and he said he
! hoped tnat they were going 10 hear her
recite. as laughing must be 4 pleasant
death, But the young lady explained
] that she had had the misfortune 10 lose
! her only brother that summer, and that
I she had given up everything but dancing
/ think II looked right TO see n girl in
mourning recjte comic monoogues
| Van Bibber struggled TO be sympathetlG
| and asked what her brother had died OF?
She told him that "he died OF a Thurs
day" and the conversation came TO an
embarrassins pause.
Van Bibber's partner had another
! friend In a gray corduroy walstcoat and
| tan shoes, who was OF ilebraic appear
ance He also wore several very fine
rings. and officated with what was GER
| taluly religious tolerance dl the M. L.
. Bethel church. She said he was an
/ elegant or-gan-Ist. putting the em-
phasis on tho second syllable. which
made Van Bibber think that she was
! speaking Of some religious body to
which he belonged. But the organist
made his profession clear by explain
ing that the committee had Just invited
him to oblige the company with "a solo
on The plano, but that he had been hit
ting the champagne so hard that he
doubted II he could tell the keys from
the pedals and he added that II they'd
eXCuse him he would go TO sleep, which
he Immediately did with Ills head on
the shoulder OF The lady recitatlonist.
who ,actfuy tried not to notice that
le there.
They were all Waiting again. and as
Van Blbbcr guided his partner for a
second time around the room he no
tlced particularly handsome girl In
q waldng dress. who was doing SOME
sort Of fancy step with solemn.
grave faced young man In the hotel liV"
cry. They seemed by their manner to
know each other very Wei, and lhey
had apparently practiced the step that
they were doing often before.
The girl was much taller than the
man and was superior to him In every
way Her movements We're freer and
less conscious. and she carried her head
! and shoulders though she had never
bent them above a broom, Her com
, plexion was soft and her hair OF the
) iInest. deepest auburn. Among all the
girls upon the floor she was the most
. remarkable. even II her dancing had
not Immediately distinguished her.
The step which she and her partner
were exhibiting was ono thai probably
had been taught her by a professor oi
dancing AT some east side academy. al
the rate of 90 cents per hour. and
; which she no doubt believed was the
+ latest step danced IN the ,glded halls
e of the Few Hundred. In this waltz the
two dancers held each others hands
n and the man swung his partner behind
nd hon usc.lJH turn md TAXI