The evening world., 1914-01-17

that wasn't quite ready for me INST
aet
'TtS sxhilarat,ns hss& shaa's O." she
eenaiudsd you Just keep going and
nsv9 know when 70 ston IN London
you ~ . BIZ sogsy end hops the
weather win dear. Thso. before you
know It you'rs Gown m yeus VET
boot1."
She sighed 20 dsspay that three
bond w1g's-hse collection q scalps.
che eatsd tAm-wsrs swinging gently
from their hooks ON the wall Of her
dressing room. she didn't sound as I'll
IKE . London 0aiety girl
Yes" 30 confessed, II think hoad
the record - . Gaiety giri-that L. 20
fas - any one living y ooncsrnsd. Nsl-
~ Farrsn was there Tor twenty ysa1
or moro but she's dead. you know. My
first engagement with George Edwardes
began nineteen years ago. and since
then haven't had . holiday Of moro
than two months Al told. The only
good time I've had was the time I was
Nj In this country for eleven months.
Except for my trips here. I've not got
Sery Tar from London. Once went to
Dunain for Kings week. and I took Q
little run to Edinburgh and Glasgow at
another ttma Dear old George and I
had . squabbdA you see. But Glasgow
10 hardly the place for gaisty, 10 1t?
There's no place like New York"
mot even Parish
II wouldn't know Paris from Putney.
I'm not Boosting Of It. old boy, but
Paris 10 nothing In my life I've never
crossed the sChannel-fancy that! No,
I've bean very largely . homsbody. put
ting In most Of my time playing aunts
and mothers, though feel I could b
- anSsnus-!sh - . sweet young thing
Of sixteen II . manager would only toss
mo . nice, slender little role. ia play
anything for the sake of staying in
America for the rest Of my life. You
know. have . farm here, and when
I'm away I miss the bunch"
'Meanins Q bunch Of farmersf"
There are no farmers In the imme-
date vicinity Of Now York." she re-
Joined. with that laugh Of hers that 10
short but hearty. ''Oh my. moi And
then some nights don't 20 right
straight homA hop around for . bit
Of tango. you SEA like . Jolly bust-up
now and then, and It's % easy to have
one N New York, isn't ~ Here . chap
takes . gtri about the waist and says,
Come on. old Gal. lets have . 20 at the
tangor They dance It All over London.
Of course, but not in the same way
There whom people 90 out for on eve
ninFs fun they take their troubles with
than, instead Of leaving them at home
a. you do here. Just as tho gaiety 10
at it, height In London q woman will
catch her breath and. looking up at her
poor husband. say. Remember, James.
the grocer's bill amt paid And . little
remark Of that sort does take the snap
out OF an svsning--oh. It does. indeed
It's not what call CHEEKY, - IT."
But even q man with bill collector at
his heels would have stopped to laugh
II he had heard Connie Bdiss raising
this query. And u YOU don't happen
to know her motto In The Carl on the
F1lm" you ought TO for the sake OF an
other isush-'Iet what you don't show
be a. good a. what you DO" Meanwhile
she was sayins:
while you're at It over hero. you DO
. lot OF work. but you play . lot. too.
and you know how to play. Aud with
all the work there are 80 many nice
things for the lazy person In New York.
That's one reason why I like II here,
for I'm dne Of those fat siobs who IKE
| to sliuher through life."
You will observe that Miss Ediss u
frank. n not Lady We're de We're
at does keep me hopping though"
she added. Everything Is on the
tango here. Even the buildings look
dtppy. They hold up their heads. but
how DO thsy keep thstr net on ~
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