Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-23

YOU WERE ulpNt. jun A'tShI
ed him You ought to try Dams
stunt. He wouldn't sell his house OF
hits to either the syndicate or the In
dependents. so they made an object
lesson Of him with rotten bookings.
Would Dams Irish blood stand for
that? No. He leased the house to in
dividmal producers and put over eleven
straight flivvers Now it's the hoo
doocd Avon and it can't even put !;
moving picture show across"
A hoy c:,me through the bar Just
then. paging Mr. Dnw. and that gen,
llamam. after hurrying to the telephone.
came back. laughing. you're to come
out to the house for dinner. jim he
advised Wallingford. "l'anne's there
and Violet won't let her go home"
"Give nv rega rtls to Violet Bonnie,
won't your begged Sickels. "The hit
she made in The Pink Canary was
never had star in the house that
made so little trouble or was such I'D
all around good fellow"
"After you get past the age for mash
notes the mail brings you nothing but
trouble" complained Violet Bonnie as
she returned to the library Of the new
Daw residence, where Mrs. Walling
ford wandered idly from case to case
inspecting the shining new backs Of
standard books which never had been
opened and which probably never
would be. why. Fannie, right after
l made my first big hit in The Pink
Canary they had to give ME six pi
geonholes in the stage entrance mail
box. and l had to hire IL secretary to
open MY mail and send the presents
! back. Now if get letter it's either
| from dressmaker or an old time
rhun who wants me to steer her
daughter on to the stage or warn her
away from it"
Mrs. Wallingford smiled quietly II
don't see why either class OF letters
should annoy you.' she observed
"You have good dress,nakers. and you
don't object to paying the bills. and |
should think it would be II pleasant
task to encourage budding genius or
to warn weak girls away from the
! stage
II don't know why In either case
should nurse and bottle feed and bring
mp by hand Il crouch against the
stage" rctorted Violet. masSaging her
trace Of an extra chin. ut brought
me some perfectly good husbands be
sides Rlackie Say. | hate my Old
| chums anyhow"
You're making your nose red. VI"
warned Mrs. Wallingford. with a hileri
Gus laugh
Honest. am II" and Violet hurried
70 the mirror II am too fat to get
mad" she confessed. ''but it certainly
does get my Angora for girls used
t" know to write me that they have
grown up daughters, 1t makes me
feel so old. and won't be old"
"Thnts 1t. is it? Who has been re-
mindng you Of your only enemy"
Martha Tripp." snapped Violet Bon,
| ME Martha was my schoolteachet
| mp in Sqmlnosett. She wore corkscrew
| curlS on both sides Of her face. but she
ought to have worn 'em in front, for
| she was so ugly that she had to get up
| in the middle of the night to rest from
! It. II remember her Melissa. she
was n gangle sli,nkcd brat with freck
les and II sn,,h nose. Melissa is now
| in the flower Ut youth. this letter says.
and all her mother wants me to do h
to show her to Il manager. Melissa is
Supposed to do the rest The balance
Of the good news is that Melissa is on
her way here right nov She will be
among us probably By the time this
humble missive intrudes itself upon
me- Martha means by the time | get
| the letter Honest. Fannie. never did
a mean thing to amy living creature in
my life
Il think ynm must he iacing too tight
ly. Vi" demonstrated Fannie mildly
..or else you've had Sin awf,llly had day
Of it,
II can put my whole arm down in,
! side any place" dsliantly asserted Vic
] lss. i has. had :. rotten day though
AID It tales ll.st this Y finish it Gil