The Detroit times., 1914-02-14

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other criminals. En-. what"
Miss Kane smiled and then shook
her head at the thought or the fear
iul deeds true art sometimes imposes
on the Woodworking actress.
What troupe she sighed. what
a troupe That was the worst bunch
OF girls / ever saw gathered together
Why. when a gentleman friend asked
me 70 make up party for supper, !
was actually ashamed. There wasn't
a glrl IN the crowd was sure had Ia
decent dress 10 wear, or wouldn't take
away few forks or spoons for SOU
yenirs'
Wasn't Teddy Marrove In that
SHOW Belle Gordon asked, and Edith
Carlton
That's right" Miss Kane admitted
but you wouldn't want TO introduce
Edith TO anybody over seventeen and
Teddy MarIowe didn't know how TO
treat men of any age
She's been married twice that !
know or Miss Gordon suggested.
That's ali right, Miss Kane adj
mitted little YEARLY, "but. believe
me, Teddy lacks experience. And
then Teddy was educated very much
above her natural vuigarity. and
that's an awful thing 70 happen 10
any girl
For three hours Fay slipped her
champagne and iu silence listened 10
the other girls discussing their WON.
en- and men friends Most OF the talk
appealed 10 her as being very dull. a
very little that was amusing, and
much more that was vulgar. But the
| nights, and the music OF the orches.
ira, and the noise ana laughter of
the crowded room appealed to her
very strongly, and she was really glad
10 he there, surrounded by so much
eXhliaration, and not alone In her
room at the hotel Several times she
wondered what Fielding would have
| thought OF it, and In her heart she
was glad that he was net there
Once she remembered the advice
that Doris Yorke had given her. not
TO ally herself with Belle Gordon or
her crowd unless she wanted 10 be
identified as one OF them. and for q
brief moment she was annoyed at the
thought that she had disregarded her
friend kindly warning. IL was not
until she was on her way back 10 the
hotel IN the automobile that she thor
oughly realized. and the realization
came 10 her then with great force that
the other members of the company in
the restaurant who had seen her
| would, no doubt. always connect her
with that particular set OF girls.
When Fay awoke the next morning
the sun was streaming into her room
and she found that It was past IL
o'clock. There was TO be a genera
rehearsal at eleven and so she dressed
hurriedly and went downstairs 10 her
breakfast IL had always been her
custom 10 arise early, and now she
was conscious OF r guilty feeling al
the loss of these morning hours that
had always appealed To her as the
best OF the day. Besides this, she
was unused to late suppers. her head
ached. her limbs were tired. and all
her accustomed energy physical and
mental, seemed 20 have gone. and left
her exhausted and depressed. On her
way to the theateY she decided that no
supper party Was worth her present
condition, and /now that she was away
from the lights, and music. and the
excitemeDt OF the crowd she realized
that the supper had not been very
gay but rather dull. Fay was also
keenly conscious OF the feeling that
she had not been bored BY the vapid
Z taik and the suggestive remarks OF
her companions and that II would
nave been much more To her credit
I TX she had not only been bored but
wholly disguised She found how
ever. certain balm for her selfaccus.
ing thoughts In the argument that she
had gained a knowledge OF her fellow
workers and their friends which could
have been acquired by experience and
by experience only.
In any case, she determined that
she had been TO her last snpper-party.
at least as far as the week az Allan.
TIC City was concerned
Hereafter. however, lonesome az u
might be. she would at once return
10 her hotel as soon as the perform
ance was over, and thus keen herself
in condition for her work and the
allimportant opening in New York
On that night she had already ar
ranged TO take supper with Field
ing. They were to celebrate her met.
rCpolitan debut. and il was to be a
real cclebration--th is, as far as
NuAHE NOWlN permit. ltnf
at that supper there would be no one
but themselves, and in no way would
1t resemble the heavy eating, heavy
drinking riot0us affairs Of the night
previous.
For the FIRST time. the rehearsal
That morning did not amuse FAY and
she was delighted when IL was over
and she could get out or the warm
theater into the sunshine and enjoy
the cool breezes from the sea with
several other girls from the com
pany she went at once for "a bath
IN the ocean, and after an hour spent
In the water aud lying about on the
hot sand, she felt much better and al
most free from the effects OF the
suppcr-party
Late that afternoon she started out
for walk by herself. but at The door
OF tbC hotel she met Belle Gordon
and several OF the men who had been
8t the supper the night before They
insisted on her Joining them and foI
tile next tWo hours She idled away
her time ak the shootlpgg galleries. the
moving-picture shows the booths ol
the palm-readcrs. and al various o'
the other eatch-pcunv devices OF stht
BOARDWALK Like herself, MISS Cor
don and her men friends seemed re-
freshed by the sea air and Fay found
their aociety vastly more amusing
than being alone with her owl
thoughts II thc men were at times
la little boislerOus and free I'm their
manner toward her they actually did
'or said nothing TO which she conlt
object. and when they insisted on he
Joining tHem again At supper that nigh
Hhepg seemed to Tie mo legitimate *