The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-02-09

dear. none OF themu have anything OF
you"
Why not get together after ttTC
show Lusk suggested, and have a
bite az the Kntckerbocker?'
Fay protested that she was not
properly dressed for the occasion, and
indeed her simple clothes did seem
somewhat inadequate when compared
20 the lace dress which the other girl
wore. but both Miss Gordon affti-tz-s-iiz
only laughed at her objections, and in
sisted that Fay and Fielding should
join them
Anything goes ia summer" Miss
Gordon protested. "and besides | like
your little frOck I'd have worn a
duck skirt tonight myself. but the
only two have are In the wash and
didn't have enough money this week
20 pay my laundry bin
With this palpably untrue but Well
meant social pleasantly they parted.
but with the understanding that they
were 10 meet an hour later at supper.
IL was through this chance meeting
that Fay Clayton really started her
career IN the more or less exotic life
OF Broadway, and in which she was
soon 10 play so conspicuous a part.
The first appearance OF Fay under
the most strenuous OF New York 5
white lights was not. as q matter of
fact exactly as Lusk had planned it,.
He was sorry that her debut with him
In one OF the big restaurants, where
he was wcll-Inown, should not have
been made In more spectacular raj.
ment. He regretted, in way, her
simple il violating clothes; the sail
or hat which had looked so becoming
at Pleasantyille seemed just a triie
too simple when compared 10 the
splendid black affair of Belle Gordon
with its great bunch OF bird OF para
disc plumes. and then tay's white silk
gloves appeared '9fost inadequate and
distinctly provincial But in many
WAYS the chance meeting appealed to
Lusk as fortunate one. For GER
tain reasons, both selfish and altru-
istic. he had wanted Fay To meet Belle
Gordon especially before the rehears-
ais had begun and before Fay had had
the opportunity to make friends of
her own choosing among the girls in
the company. Belle Gordon could be
useful 10 the new showgirl In the
theater and she had always shown a
Commendable willingness 10 be useful
TO Max I4usk outside OF It, Besides,
his mind still ranked over the scene
that had taken place during his last
visit TO the Yorke fiat. the insult
which Doris Yorke had flung at him,
and TO which Fay had been witness.
Therefore. II was with unseeing
ewes and unhearing ears that Lusk sat
through the last part OF the perform
ance at the roof garden. but HIS heart
was warmed with a pleasant spirit or
exhllaration regarding the coming
little supperparty at the Knieker-
booker.
The lead waiter found them table
at an open window, and Lusk placed
Fay so that she could see the people
as they entered the big cQol-looking
room With It's green latIiced walls and
snowy white tables, each with its vase
OF fresh flowers. and soft pink-shaded
lamp To the country -ored girl Il was
like first glimpse into fairy-land.
Her young heart with all its innate
love for beautiful things glowed and
thrilled at the sight OF H. and, then,
with a sudden loathing. there flashed
through her mind the thought OF the
stuffy diningroom At the Yorke fiat
and the ill-smelling smoky restau-
rants, where she and Porter had had
their little dinners together and
which heretofore had seemed so
bright, and so cheerful. and amusing
TO her. For the moment she had for
gotten the inadequacy of her clothes
as well as the very existence OF Field
IN Z,
hazy sort OF way il seemed TO the
girl as If she had suddenly awakened
TO find herself In an enchanted gar
den where there were the low pleas
ant strains OF sweet music and where
every woman was dressed more beau
tifully than she had ever seen wO
men dress before. The very air was
charged with a kind OF subdued gaiety
and easy content. and every one seem
al go kindly disposed toward every
one else and 20 bid her, an unknown
stranger. a warm and CHEEKY welcome.
That at least two OF the others at
tho table appeared Needless to- the
charm OF the scene about them did not
Worry her for one brief moment.
However callOus they may have be-
come 10 Il all she we'll knew that she
had discovered a kind OF paradise ON
earth. which seeiaad-ts- satissy all her
senses. AID which would always re-
main a Joy 20 her. She glanced at
Lusk and found him with knit brows
studying the menu, Belle Gordon,
acrurs the table, was looking out OF
the high French window at the twink
ling lights on tho terrace. and sitting
a vawn with her white gloved hand.
Dut when she turned 10 Porter Field.
ing, she found his eyes fixed on hers
and IN them there was look OF com
plete happiness. She nodded aud
smiled al him In way that seemed
to say, I'VE understand and then
unseen by the others she dropped her
hand TO her side. aud seeking his,
gently pressed IT,
or the good things that Lusk had
ordered with such care for her to eat
and drink Fay knew that 10 was all
very dainty and that the china was
eNqisltely thin and that every sip of
tho champague she drank from tho
Venetian glass seemed
20 add 20 the warmth and beauty OF
the scene about her Through the
open window she could hear She rum.
JIG W NAtf Nht HN~ ait.Af ANfAN VI az
no turmoil. nothing hut peace. the
subdued strains or exquisite sensuous
music and the smiling faces OF men
and women, happy and content in the
luxury that only money can bring.
During the supper Lusk was eager.
is attentive to her and pointed Oui
various local celebrities. seated az the
different tables. or as they entered
the room,
Several ofthe actresses whom she
IaH lcfrl gurliaf that same gt.artfr-a. -.