The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-09-25

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BODY says q AYE "a sweet DIS
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i {I5haxe; sl,ut hoas st to Chris has, folks,
this Elopste acade my igfaduateS aas me
gtrahglins feat her pill lows lid the night
mud eli llinggtliem Aiellssl. There's one
Thing sure, thou she's fixed It So !
lave TO make this gont piece win or
die OF. apopiexy. Now. vel all four
chip Ill and become producers in earn
est
e:.You'll have to count me out" de-
clared tWalIlngford. ;:Tve Just made
q let With iBlackie that won't 80 into
any money gmaking. scheme for six
months.
.s9Eaybc this isn't" suggested Mrs.
Wallingford with u smile,
IE.sUh;, Eanhie!' protested Violet, real
is hurt. II didn't think you'd go back
on me- #ite-
"I haven't" returned Mrs. Wallins-
ford; still smiling: ITO prove that
Violet, suggest that you and finance.
this thing ourselves. leaving the men
entirely out Of it, except as business
agents and Grand boys"
That's the ideal" agreed Violet.
highly delighted.s 4s. ti
That was the fden that remained.
WalIingford saw ito It that the Avon
thcater, sadly run down. was pit III
proper condition for the play. and llr.
attended to. ill the necessary business,
willie Biackie put In his time and in
gcnuIty deyising wonderful dispatches
from ST Petersburg concerning the
great dancer Lhaa! She was missing
from the temple at Llasa. Tie lama
was offering fabulous rewards for her
rid mysteries Of the temple. She was
rumored TO have been seen III every
| capital Of Europe and Asia. She was
| definitely located in st. Petersburg.
The Russian government. captivnted
by her marvellous beauty. would not
turn her over to the lama to bG be.
headed, and war was startlingly immi-
nent. She was finally OH her way to
America. Latcr.-She had been Sc
cured by the enterprfsing managers Of
"Thc Laina's Govt to dance Lhasa's
most jealousy guarded sacred core.
moninl IN that stupendous forthcoming
production. 1t was great stuff" and
the papers printed some of it.
III the meantime the Daw residence
was the scene of ut least equal activi
ty. The Wallingforls moved over to
the Daw residence bag and baggage
and took possession OF the colonial
suit. Dicky DoIgcr. being found
homeless and forlorn by BlMekic down
on the Buwery. was pushed by the
shoulders through Il Turkish BATH aud
a barber shop into some clean linen
and new suit Of clothes. trundlcd
out to the house and Installed III the
umpire" room. where the ceIlarct
was most scantily stocked, but replcn.
ishcd Mt judIcious though regular in
tcrval. ricketts, johnson went home of
! nights along in the wee smull hours
| when lie felt like it ana was given the
| Tudor room because the window nul
| lions and other vertical decorations re-
| minded him Of u pine organ. The
renaissance music room. In which
mechanical organ. an electrical piano.
] Il birds eye maple phOu0Sraph ana an
automatic guitar had been installed.
was turned into Il rehearsal hall. ana
here. willie Dicky Dolger culled nose
gays OF wit from vast Slleaves of dead
and bygone llbrettos to adorn the plot
of "The Lama's Goat" and ricketts,
Johnson adapted" the hit numbers of
all the successful musical productions
since "Pinafore" aud BlacEie and Wal
Iilfngford In the dutch library concocted
weird and still more weird tales con-
cerninS the marvellous Lhaa OF Lhasa,
Violet Bonnie, with the unobtrusive
assistance Of Mrs. Wallingford, took
up Melissa Trip as Il lump Of raw
material and nodded upon her the
Dance Of the Sacred Govt"
.Attired III short skirt made from
an early spring chiffon, Which had been
ruthlcssly cut or Mt the knees. Violet
danced and postured and explained
and did it all over again from mid
afternoon to dewy morn and enjoyed
almost killing her constantly complain.
ing pupil, who held that genius should
not need to work.
"Honest. Tannie," Violet declared
after about two weeks of it. this has
hanting. dieting and all the other fat
cures beat to u custard. If Melissa
TrIpp only lasts till we get through I'll
be able TO squeeze back into that year
before last lavender that keep to
measure myself by"
Members of the profession" wan
dered into the rchcarsals, which sOon
began at the Avon and said, "My
Gawd, how could they ever cast Tom
my Delaney for that part!'' or they
suid 1t about Willis Lawrence or Elsie
Dcvoc or wAomevcr they happened to
Know best. aud went away. Friends
OF the profession" came in and listen
"a a while and yawned and said: DE
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