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



to have Il number and only answer
our OVID note on the chime. For in
stance. do would call for the ginlS
who was Friday No. |. That would
be the captain hc"c."
Let me be Friday tho thirteenth"
Bopp continued. "ard jim, the galley
mechanic. can be Black Friday. Kent.
you're Good Friday-?ou get hot
cross bun. What shan ! haptize YOU,
Monty? l can't think OF any more
Fridays"
Let mo be Ash "Wednesday. don't
care much for fish anyway"
BY this time We had reached the
house.
living room.
Miss Dunmorc is waiting for YOU"
l looked around to sec whom she
was addressing.
Il mean YOU. Mr.. Dluiney"
"Who Is Miss Dunmore?"
1.-THE lady whose lifo you saved, DO
you mean to say TINT you didn't rec
o%ntze her with those-things on?"
Il don't know what you menn."
Ihats right" said Bopp. mo mat
ter what you say well Ill Of us agree
that it's true. We mcn must stick TO-
gcther. Monty never saw the lady be-
fore"
This was especially dcspicable on
the part Of Bopp, as he knew as well
rs did that the telegram had been for
the other B1aney whom Clair had slio-
ken Of.
"How about this, thcnT inquired
Lucille swcctly, handing me n damp
newspaper clipping. "She had that in
her hand all the time"
looked at 1t in amazrmcnt, /. was
my own criticism of a production Of
GAS You Like It," which had been
staged the week before. One para
graph was marked with blue pencil
and read as follows:
The fashionable audience which assem-
bled TO SEQ Miss Langland as Rosalind was
obviously disappointed when tho manage
ment announced that Miss Langland was
indisposcd and that her undcrstudy would
play tho part. Before tho first act waa
over. however, tho discriminating ones In
front knew that they lp,d been present Mt
the birth Of Il now star Tho manage
ment need mover again offer excuses for
presenting Miss Vida nnnmoro as Rosa
lind. Tho public had never dreamed that
Rosalind could bc us physically perfect rs
Miss Dunmorc made us SEQ her. Shake
spearc could never have written the part
had he seen Miss Dunmorc's figure. lie
would have known that Rosalind In tights
could not for an instant deceive Orlando
as to her sex.
1t Is impossible to gay moro thnn that
tho pnrt ana tho boots havo nevcr been
moro perfectly hllcd. Miss Dunmorc comes
from famous theatrical family. and nci-
Their her Cousin Ethel nor her -, jack
need fear that tho family laurcls will .fado
In Miss Dunmore's possession. Her voice
has tho soft noto of tho thrush which
seems too sweet TO DO heard by an en-
tire audience.
l had written In burst Of enthusi-
hsm over II perfect bit Of artistry
Taken away from tho context OF the
review, however, the paragraph dill
sound II triilc oulo.istic.
"1Indn't YOU better go up and soc
herT' urged Lucille. "She Is conscious
now, and she seemed so pleased when
l told her you were hero, l didn't tell
her that you were the ono who rescued
her. l thought she would prefer to
hear that from your own lips"
If I had known rs much thcn as |
have Iand jealousy into every word Ir-
clio spoke, and It would have coplfort-
cd me lot. AS Il was, let her drive
mo upstairs ana into the room occu-
pied by Miss Dunmorc
l entered alone Dressed In one of
.Lucile's negligecs she was proppcd up
In bed. Ny dramatic criticism was
right She was pretty. There was
veil OF charm about hcr such as one
expects to find around convent bred
girl who knows nothing OF the world.
did YOU wish to see me 2" asked.
"Iou are Mr.. Grcen?" she hcsituted.
mo? l have seen no one except the
lady, ana didn't understand whether
she said Miss or Mrs"
Her voice lost none of Its qrmlity
through not being heard over the foot
lights. 1t vibratcd like tho &c" string
OH violin.
Miss Green 1t Is" Informed her.
"Shc said you wanted to see me. I'm
Mr.. Blainey."
"Not the playwright"