Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-17

Ily hurt ~ didn't think you'd 60 back
ION me-"
IT haven't" returned Mrs. Walling.
ford, still smiling. ITO prove that,
Violet. I suggest that you and I finance
this thing ourselves. leaving the men
entirely out Of 1t, except as business
agents and GRAND boys"
That's the ideal" agreed Violet,
highly delighted
That was the idea that remained.
Wallingford saw to it that the Avon
theater, sadly run down. was put In
proper condition for the play, and he
ATTENDED to all the necessary business,
while Blackie put in his time and in
Igenuity devising wonderful dispatches
from st. Petersburg concerning the
lgreat dancer Lhaa! She was missing
from the temple at Lhasa. The lama
WAS Offering fabulous rewards for her
dead or alive. for she knew all the hOr-
rid mysteries Of the temple. She was
rumored to have been seen in: every,
capital of Europe and Asia. She was
definitely located in st. Petersburg.
The Russian government captivated
tby her marvellous beauty. would not
turn her over to the lama to be be-
headed, and war was startlingIy immi-
|nent. She was finally ON her way to
lAmerica. Later.-She had been Sc
Cured by the enterprising managers Of
The Lama's Coat to dance Lhasa's
most jealousy guarded sacred cere-
|monial in that stupendous Forthcoming
production. It was great "stuff." and
the papers printed some of 1t. 80
In the meantime the Daw residence
was the scene of at least equal activl-
lily. The Wallingfords moved over to
|the Daw residence bag and baggage
and took possession Of the colonial
suit. Dicky Dolger, being found
homeless and forlorn by BIackie down
Jon the BOwery, was pushed by the
| shoulders through Turkish bath and
a barber shop into some clean linen
land new suit of clothes, trundled
Iout to the house and installed in the
G'umpire" room, where the, cellaret
was most scantily stocked, but replen-
|fshed at judiciOus though regular In
Iterval. ricketts, johnson went home of
nights along in the wee small hours
when he felt like it and was given the
Tudor room because the window null
lions and other vertical decorations re-
minded him Of pipe organ. The
Renaissance music room, in which a
mechanical organ, an electrical piano.
Ia birds eye maple photograph and an
automatic guitar had been installed,
was turned into a rehearsal hall, and
here, while Dicky Dolger culled nose
| gays Of wit from vast sheaves Of dead
and bygone llbrettos to adorn the plot
of "The Lamas Goat" and ricketts,
johnson adapted" the hit numbers Of
all the successful musical productions
since "Pinafore" and Blackie and Wal
| pingford in the dutch library concocted
weird and still more weird tales con-
Icerning the marvellous Lhaa Of Lhasa,
Violet Bonnie, with the unobtrusive
assistance of Mrs. Wallingford, took
|up Melissa Trip as lump Of raw
| material and nodded upon her the
lt'Dance Of the Sacred Goat"
II Attired in short skirt made from
Ian early spring chiffon, which had been
ruthlessly cut OF at the knees. Violet
danced and postured and explained
land did it all over again from mid
Afternoon to dewy morn and enjoyed
almost killing her constantly complain
| ling pupil, who held that genius should
not need to work.
Il Honest. Fannie" Violet declared
after about two weeks Of it, this has
banting. dieting and all the other fat
cures beat to a custard. II Melissa
Trip only lasts till we get through III
be able to squeeze back into that year
before last lavender that I keep to
| measure myself by"
| Members of the profession" wan
dered into the rehearsals, which soon
began at the Avon and said. "My
Gawd, how could they ever cast Tom
my Delaney for that part" or they
said it about Willis Lawrence or Elsie
Devoe or whomever they happened to
know best, and went away. Friends
bf the profession" came in and listen
ed while and yawned and said: DE
lightfully reminiscent! Why in blazes
don't somebody spring new one?"
and went away, forgetting that ninety
nine out of every hundred who defy
Broadway by "sprlnging q new one"
die the recipients of charity. Man
ayers OF other houses came in and
kawned and said: why, look who's
here!.- Dicky Dolger and ricketts, John
son, the pair that never came back!
We'll. order the hearse" and chuckled
Ind went away. .4>.
! \ After all this criticism upon the part
tpf the experts in the game the piece
was bound to be stupendous success,
and Business Manager Wallingford
WAS 80 certain Of it that during the last
week Of the rehearsals he went back
Into the lonely corner where Dan
sickels always rat In gloomy apathy.
"Well. Dan, what do you think Of
the piecew he inquired.
Dan tried to force a smile. You
never can tell. If1 all q gamble. No
body knows" he ,aaid.
You're entitled. to a guess Wal
lingford insisted, "Come on, Dan. tel
me honestly, what do you think
| about it,"
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