The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-08-27

lege. however. of leaving your produc-
ton at any moment that get better
offer. How long an engagement 90
YOU guarantee me:'
Zone minute" returned Violet, tear
ing piece of insertion out of her
gown. 1--WE reserve the right to fire
sou and get a real dancer any time
YOU don't make good"
II feel secure in my art" announced
Melissa stialy. mo one can take that
from ME" And she went to bed
.If her art was catching they'd quar-
antine her"' ragged Violet "Is my
nose getting red, Fannie?' -.0.
1t 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 [ have Il sweet dis
losition," she explained, land | know
, have: but, honest to Christmas, folks,
fis Flopsie academy graduate has me
strangling feather pillows in the night
and calling them Melissa. There's one
thing sure, though--shes fixed it SO l
have to make this goat piece win or
die of apopleXy. Now, we'll all four
chip in and become producers in earn
est"
You'll have to count me out" de-
clared Wallingford 1--WE Just made
a bet with Blackie that l won't so into
any money making scheme for six
months"
Maybe this isn't" suggested Mrs.
Wallingford with a SMILE
"Oh, Fannie!!" protested Violet, real
" hurt. II didn't think you'd go back
on me-
II haven't" returned Mrs. Walling-
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 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
attended to all the necessary business,
while Blackie put in his time and in
genuity devising wonderful dispatches
from st. Petersburg concerning the
great dancer Lhaa! She was missing
from the temple at Lhasa. 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
by her marvellous beauty, would not
turn her over to the lama to be be-
headed. and war was startlingly immi-
nent. She was finally on her way to
America. Later.-She had been Sc
cured by the enterprising managers Of
1.-THE Lama's Goat" to dance Lhasa's
most jealousy 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
was the scene Of at least equal activi-
ty. The Wallingfords moved over to
the Daw residence bag and baggage
and took possession OF the colonial
suit. Dicky Dolger. being found
homeless and forlorn by Blackie down
on the Bowery. was pushed by the
shoulders through Turkish bath and
a barber shop into some clean linen
and a new suit of clothes, trundled
out to the house and installed in the
umpire" room. where the cellaret
was most scantily stocked, but replen-
ished at judcious though regular in
terval. ricketts, 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 pipe organ The
renaissance music room, in which a
mechanical organ. an electrical piano,
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
and bygone librettos to adorn the plot
of 1.-The Lama's Goat" and Ricketts,
johnson adapted" the hit numbers of
all the successful musical productions
since "Pinafore" and Blackie and Wal
lingford in the dutch library concocted
weird and still more weird tales con-
corning the marvellous Lhaa of Lhasa,
Violet Bonnie, with the unobtrusive
assistance Of Mrs. Wallingf0rd, took
up Melissa Trip as lump OF raw
material and nodded upon her the
dance Of the Sacred Goat"
Attired in short skirt made from
an early spring chiffon, which had been
ruthlessly cut off at the knees. Violet
danced and postured and explained
and did it all over again from mid
afternoon to dewy morn and enjoyed
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