The Detroit times., 1915-05-18

l said. ''Doss anybody know "a
80 or must ! wait herr ~ =
in my namei"
The girl nearest NJ ansWoGo1
Got q letterf" she asko6.
I did not know what she uonr
I suppose I looked pushed. * q,
"A letter. . drag. . puIli' - e. a.
cidated. ANY sort Of rsasoa ~
you should see him nrsti"
shook my head
NO." answered II havo III
letter.
Then I guess you wait n0
along with the rest Of u.s. che ~
"You just walt here until e &C.,
your turn to have your voice tx1o(
We 60 In one at q time; Ike Z 1onI
lists ofice-nrst come. 1xst sogv
cd"
At once all tho girls began G.
chatter again. Their interest n -
ceased as suddenly a. Il had begun
and stood leaning against the 0oo1S
left to my own devices. Presout1J
more girls came In. and more. anA'
more. Most OF them seemed -
know what to do and what was 0x,s
pe cted Of them. And most Of then
knew one or more Of the girIs ~
ready there. seemed to be thu
only one left standing alone and M
Eotioed. began 20 feel .
Il hIa and 4 fn1 M AAOknns1
Of the morning slipping from nAo,
Every so often and with greater
iapidity as time progressed. . small
door at the other end OF the rooua'
would open. A man In his shirt:
sleeves would appear silently at thu
shadow of Its arch, and girl would|
disappear in his direction and with.
him. Apparently they knew the
order in which they should 80. And
there was no Quarreling or sug6oox
ton of wanting to take ADVANTAGES
of each other. So hypnotized swam;
I in watching that did not Qulto'
realize It when my own time caSnosI
and so ! did not move when ne
mon In the door appeared for ne.
to depart with him. But no gir1|
stepped forward to take my piacot|
Instead there was q pause.
"Well," said the man. impstisnt,s
~, Come on. Who nextw
The girl who was to come after
me pushed me little by the sh0ulr|
Ger.
Get on" she said. Don't keep
US all waiting here all night"
| And then. as che caught glimpse
Of my face. in an undertone:
Don't be afraid. Bemis n the
best guy in town. Nothing to BE-
scared Of"
/ walked across the room and
passed into the shadows where the
other girls had disappeared. The
man who led the way walked down.
a narrow passage. turned abruptly
to the right, and ushered me into II
large room which would have been
bare looking had It not been Tor =
pile of draperies and tapestries
thrown over couple Of large an
tique chairs In one corner. There
was an upright piano at which sat
one man, and another man was star
ing out OF the window with his back
to me as I entered. He turned q
once as my footsteps sounded on
the uncarpeted floor. For fcw mo-
ments he stared at me without
speaking and then:
"Hello!" he said not unkindly.
New to the business. guess;
what?"
EYES," admitted.
The story OF my experience with
a previous company which Stella
had told me to tell dew from my
mind.
TOO scared to sing a little for
me?" asked Mrs. Bemis.
His tone treasured me. felt
more at home with him than any
man to whom I had applied for q
position.
81 am not so very scared" said.
Il can sing"
We picked out a little air knew
from the music on the piano. and I
sang a little for him. When had
finished the first verse he broke In
abruptly:
"All right" he said. THAT VIII
do. You get ten dollars week for
the first three months. unless we 60
on the road. It's low, but YOU are
inexperienced. And I want to tell
you this: Till you know the ropes
better you're lucky TO get decent
girls as far as we can. and you will
be pretty safe here. Better take It."
Thank you," answered. my
heart In my mouth. Il will"
Mr.. Bemis nodded to me,
"Ten o'clock Wednesday morn
ing" he commanded, stage en-
trance; first rehearsal"
His nod dismissed me.
Come on. Bennie," he said to the
man waiting at the door. bring IN
the next one. Guess we've got al.
most enough"
was engaged! must ny to
Stella and tell her. At last was to
become a regular actress.