Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-26

tion at any moment that l get a better offer How long an engagement do you guarantee me-" j..
 "One minute" returned Violet. tear ing piece of insertion out of her gown. eve reserve the right to fire you and get real dancer any time you don't make good
 II feel secure in my art" announced Melissa stiffly. No one can take that from me" And she went to bed
 'If her art was catching they'd quar- antine herw ragged Violet. "ls my nose getting red, Fannie:'
 it was fully five minutes before she was able to join the rest of them in the enjoyment of the funny side of it all, and she was through with it quicker
 Everybody says l have sweet dis position" she explained. and know l have; but, honest to Christmas, folks. this Flopsie academy graduate has me Strangling feather pillows in the night And calling them Melissa! There's one thing sure. lhou@h-she's fixed if so have to make this goat piece win or die of apopleXy. Now. we'll al four chip in and become producers in earn est"
 You'll have to count me out" de clared Wallingford Eve just made bet with Blackie that won't go into any money making scheme for six months"
 Maybe this isn't" suggested Mrs. Walingford with q smile.
 "Oh. Fannie"' protested Violet, real ly hurt. II didn't think you'd go back on me-
 "I haven't" returned Mrs. Walling- ford, still smiling. "ro prove that. Violet. l suggest that you and finance this thing ourselves. leaving the men entirely out of it. except as business agents and errand 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 genuity devisng wonderful dispatches from St Petersburg concerning the great dancer Lhaa! She was missing from the temple at I.hasa. 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 hy her marvellous beauty. would not turn her over to the lama to be be headed. and war was Startlingly imm nent She was finally on her way to America. I.ater.-She had been se- cured by the enterprising managers of ''fhe Lama's Goat" to dance I.hnSa's most jeaonsly guarded sacred cere monial in that stupendous forthcoming production. It was great ''stuff." and the papers printed some of it.
 In the meantime the Daw residence
 
 ty. The WalliugfordS moved over to the Daw residence bag and baggage and took possession of the colonial suit. Dicky Dolger. being found homeless and forlorn by Blnckie down on the R"wery. was pushed by the shoulders through Turkish bath and q barber shop into some clean linen and q new suit of clothes. trundled out to the house and installed in the umpire room. where the ccllaret was most Scan,ily stocked, but replen. ished at judiciouS though regular in terval. Tickets 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 q pipe organ The rena iSSancc music room. in which mechanical organ. an electrical piano, q 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