Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-28

\ " ho'S q ..u"ucI aHiu OILY answer
I our OVID note on the chime For In
1 stance. 'de'' would call for the glnk
who was Friday No. /. That would
be the captain here"
Let me be Friday tho thirteenth"
Bopp continued. lard jim. the galley
| mechanic. can be Black Friday. Kent.
you're Good Fr1day-?ou get hot
cross bun. What shan haptize you,
| Monty? l can't think OF any more
Fridays"
Let me be Ash Wednesday. don't
care much for fish anyway"
BY this time we had reached the
| house.
Lucille greeted us downstairs In tho
living room.
Miss Dunmore is waiting for YOU"
looked around to sec whom she
was addressing.
II mean you, Mr.. Blainey."
"Who Is Miss Dunmore7"
1.-THE lady whose lifo you saved. DO
you mean to say that you didn't rec.
o&nize her with those-things on3"
Il don't know what you mean."
That's right" said Bopp. mo mat
ter what you say we'll oil Of us agree
that it's true. We men must stick to.
gethcr. Monty never saw the laIv be,
fore"
This was especially despicable on
the part Of Bopp, as he knew as well
rs did that the Telegram had been for
the other Blaney whom Clair had slio-
ken Of.
GLOW about this, thenr" inquired
Lucille sweetly, handing me damp
newspaper clipping "She had that in
her hand oil the time"
looked at 1t in amazement. It was
my own criticism of production of
"As You Like It," which had been
staged the week before. One para
graph was marked with blue pencil
and read as follows:
Tho fashionable audience which assem-
bled to see Miss Langland as Rosalind was
obviously disappointed when tho manage
ment announced that Miss Langland was
indisposcd and that her understudy would
play tho part. Before tho first net was
over, however the discriminating ones In
front knew that they had been present ut
tho birth OF now star. The manage
ment need never again offer excuses for
presenting Miss Vida Dunmoro as Rosa.
lind. Tho public had ncvcr dreamed that
Rosalind could DO us physically perfect IA
Miss Dunmoro made us SEQ her. Shake
speare could never hnyo written tho part
had he soen Miss Dunmorc's figure. He
would have known that Rosalind In tights
could not for an instant deceive Orlando
as to her Sex.
It Is impossible to Bay moro than that
tho part and tho boots havo never been
moro perfectly filled. Miss Dunmorc comes
from famous theatrical family and nci-
Their her Cousin Ethel nor her Uncle Jack
need fear that tho family hurols wiH,fade
In Miss Dunmores possession. Her voice
has tho soft poto Of tho thrush which
seems too sweet to DO heard by an en-
tire audience.
had written In burst OF enthusi-
hsm over perfect bit Of artistry.
Taken away from tho context OF the
review, however, the paragraph did
sound trifle euloglstic,
"Hadn't YOU better go up and soc
herr" urged Lucille. "She Is conscious
now, and she seemed so pleased when
told her you were here. didn't tell
her that you were the one who rescued
her. l thought she would prefer to
hear that from your own lips.s
IL had known as much then as l
! do now about girl psychology could
have rand ealousy into every word Lu-
Z Gle spoke, aud 1t would have comfort
ed me o lot. AS It was, let. her drive
mo upstairs and into the room occu-
pied by Miss Dhnmore.
I entered alone Dressed In one Of
!Lucile's ncgllgccs she was proppcd up
In bed. My dramatic criticism was
right She was pretty. There was
veil OF charm about her such as one
expects to find around convent bred
girl who knows nothing of the world.
did you wish to SEQ mc?" asked.
"You are Mr.. Grcen2" She hcsItated,
mo? l have seen no one except the
lady, and l didn't understand whether
she said Miss or Mrs"
Her voice lost none Of its quality
through not being heard over tho foot
lights. 1t vibratcd like tho &c" string
on violin.
Miss Green 1t Is" I Informed her.
"Shc said you wanted to SEQ me. I'm
Mr.. Blainey"
"Not the playwright"
mo, the dramatic critic"