Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-22

8 ie,le Molie Inte weii-hiled bakers
rsgs while on her way nome q pe'iss
yy.sSSsTrged ire9m e9mroartment 9fr ore. While she
4 .ash gIiI,,ng whether to get herself some
wenta tc cat tor enSnge't spdS 10 of her drnnken
Fl 80 over prr,ni r n foreigner OF swart and
.Tr,su appearance ASKS efr pmFbt II e MAKES MAKES
h max, vs to his proposal ang she, she aes
W S,s offer e become mems mgem}iiher OF
m Flylng ~ re theatre she sits trans
f. o. ihe, s,Jbe wonders OF the show.
|,,arY sang and danced and to silver
.,,re a choir Of seraphim. Sud
y" ,he end of their dance they rose
fnp 10 the air, with their wings out
.sa and their pink legs and siippered
IA far back ,,,
SNei Nr Bruni's wires were already
ne - her belt. She stood rapt till
f =inAp voice from the rear growled,
naIs" tr 'front.' Then she dropped
DOW .sat but her soul went on rising
s.,Ilnq. swooping and soaring with
\. enchanted birds.
-. felt that heaven had fairly
sNe onon about her head. She was
|hcEen VA dance and fly and get a mill
~ s,iars week for It. II was like
~ l,,S0 Maid to see Coney Island.
F'ue pruni had brought the original
W. Mn.,s to this country from Italy a
FeV years before and made pro-
~ sensation In spectacular pro-
W., The charter swallows had long
~. outgrown their fiedgling. Mr..
~ ~, himself had been In his day n
r..,sopln. famous, for HARLEQUIN ana
~. and 1.-THE as his own lath sword.
". mad since taken the shape OF an old
=, her and acquired motherly dlspo-
ttlon. ,.,,to,,, .oot, aigbt
orc or acknowledgement he had
nnsn,,sd others. Gradually, as the nov
~. tsd worn off the idea and the cos
" - no had lapsed slowly from n
o.asduav feature to n roadway feature,
- one-night stand sensation to
.'mSsvllle on "the big time" thence to
"a. family time" "the big small time"
ns. onposton" big time and small time.
ras he was on the wee small time and
y. suffering spectacle was sandwiched
Algeen moving pictures.
t.otber year would see him-where?
ua, ~ silver the swallows were now
a., they had been to Broadway 90
...,s before. To her the obsoles-
,.ut little man was a great manager, the
e-y dre-trap theatre was temple of
.cnders To be one of these swallows!
=, AT through such scenes. Then fairy
ruries did come true!
When the curtain fell on the birds, all
vrcal and ahoat in the air, Silver beat
lr palms raw in applause.
In the lobby of the theatre Bruni said:
aysll. YOU like my svallows-huh?"
wit !,
a. manner of an expert; They're simply
rtat"
arou like to be one-huh?"
arm going to be one" said Silver.
Mr. Bruni,, like many another villainous
|hking man, had matronly soul. Ha
rn, your mawther geeves her consent
-huhg
aNe MAJ" said Silver. "Sure she Will"
ma knew that her mother would refuse
less because she feared for Silver than
bcause she feared for the pay envelope.
But Silver was determined that nothing
houd stop her from realizing this OPP
trtunity. 1t was so inConCeivably beau
tiul that she said:
SAY, why did you pick me out for this
when so many goils are so much classier?'
She wondered why he had not selected
arar Boinhardt or Mord Adams. or
lular Marler for the vacant position.
Mr. Brun was too gracious "A gentleman
b confess that he chose Silver because
d. was silver. and because she was at
hand and looked cheap. He explained
dat he had an eye for genius and could
Rl a born swallow the moment he saw
one
He vas so paternal that Silver broached
he qestion of expenses She confessed
that she was little short of money just
nov, He volunteered to be security for
ben board for the first week and to fur
nih her costume. He added that he
would also pay her railroad fares--which
struck her as mighty generous.
She ran nome to bid her mother fare
veil She found the fiat empty: she
tdged from the signs of struggle that