Meade County news., 1917-08-09
CHAPTER XIX.
,,,ecess-And a Reconnition,

SuSCCSS-tAUu nCCO9UIllOIIs
There is a Kaleidoscope character
scout the events of the ten days or
90 preceding the opening performance
at most musical comedies which would
make n sober chronicle Of them seem
GAAtastcally incredible. This law Of
nature made no exception in the case
al 1.-THE Girl Upstairs" There were
R2AearSals which ran so smoothly and
gWiftly that they'd have done for per-
A0rmances; there were others so abb
aEainably bad that the bare idea Of
presenting the mess resulting from
SaE weeks toll, before the people who
Raa paid money to see it, was night
mare.
o. an the persons directly, or even
Hanotely, affected by this nerve-shat-
Naging confusion, Rose was perhaps
Hke least perturbed. The only thing
mat really mattered to her was the
IRceessful execution of those twelve
costumes. The phantasmagoria at
MoTsh End hall was a regrettable,
Aue necessary, interruption Of her
more important activities.
She wakened automatically at half
past seven and was downtown by
1&1f-past eight, to do whatever shop
wing the work of the previous day re-
~naled the need Of.
AZ nine-thirty-an unheard-of hour
An the theater-the watchman at the
Globe let her In at the stage door, and
&eee had half an hour, before the ar
x9Fal of the wardrobe mistress and
Aar assistant, for looking over the
work done since she had left for re-
heArsal the day before.
she liked this quiet, cavernous old
harm of a place down under the Globe
3eaga; liked 1t when she had it to her
saM before the two sewing women
0au1e and later, when, with couple
~ sheets spread out on the floor, she
out and basted according to her cam
bEfe patterns, keeping ahead Of the
HFing needles OF the other two. After
aRE own little room, the mere spa
9sOasness of it seemed almost noble.
IN keeping with the good luck which
Ana attended everything that hap
reNed in connection with this first
Ventura of hers, she was able to tell
Galbraitf that both sets of cos
i2mes We're finished and ready to try
ON on the very day he announced that
Bse next rehearsal would be held at
ian tomorrow at the Globe. ~
She persuaded the girls to wait I'M
lfa all six were dressed in the after
lnRcn fr0cks and until she herself had
AAa chance to give each of them a
1nal inspection and to make few
hSG touches and readjustments. Then
jfAay an trooped out on the stage and
Ita~Od in q row, turned about, walked
here and there, in obedience to Gal
lIHnith's instructions shouted from the
hack of the theater.
n was dark out there and discon-
GsRtingly silent. The glow Of two
cigars indicated the presence Of Gold
szaith and Block in the middle Of lit
nm knot Of other spectators.
The only response Rose got-the
anly index to the effect her labors
llad produced was the tone Of Gal
aeaith's voice. "All right" he shouted.
60 and put on the Others"
There was another silence after
aaey had filed out on the stage again,
dad this time in the evening gowns
q hollow, heart-constricting silence,
sRNOst literally sickening. But it last
M only a moment. Then:
will you come down here, Miss
Dane" called Galbraith.
There was a slight, momentary, but
perfectly palpable shock accompany
Ing these words-a shock felt by ev-
'EsyDOdy within the sound of his voice.
Because the director had not said,
'Hgane, come down here" he had said:
'AWm you come down here, Miss
EeneT And the thing amounted, so
ngid is the etiquette of musical COM
RIy. to an accOlade. The people on
G4e stage and in the wings didn't
how what she had done, nor in what
tAnEacter she was about to appear.
lxt they did know she was, from now
%, something besides a chorus girl.
Rose Obediently crossed the runway
nRd walked up the aisle to where Cal
hsaith stood, with Goldsmith and
mack, waiting for her. She was feel
ing a little numb and empty.
Gafhraith, as she came, held out a
,land to her. II congratulate you,
Aiass Dane" he said, They're admir-
sAaA With al - money in the world,