The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-05
HE DAILY
HORT story
on You Oboe!
. ARcaEY cAMERoN NV.

5Eopyri III 1918. BY. the Mcclure
1SWSDaper Synd1c4te.)
II BKENR ana Fenton did their last
stS1S21nd retired to their dress
~ In Toom. and the close OF the
= Iymp1a.6 Monday morning rake
y Set-Soniotimes called rehearsal
- bef6koned by the awakening OF
j n6y Sco6en the property man, adj
: deingW1f6 Z broom 0,Brien, In the
I.dl3s pttS laid down his baton.
: sGuess that lets NJ ont" he an
2S6ced 70 the others IN the orches-
Shawt9r started to close his
q, no. when o,Brfen, with twinkle
81 IFS eye, stepped once more upon
lie dafS And called TO 4wrinkIed fndi-
Vidal On the stage, ooh. beg par
don; ChArIie. Boys, one verse OF the
Funera1 march. Charles dom sin
e, entitIed The Death Of a Dying
tzin
4 roar OF 1auehte- from the pit
r6dght Charlie Zepp. the Olympia.s
eeSs a9ent from a huddled position
nz packing box in the rear OF the
70 to hfS feet. He advanced to the
5dfIights with savage frown-
Ead-ieG and gentlemen" he an
'ohnced, over orBr1en's head. to the
nifty house beyond. The Olympia,
always. leads the rest To en-
Courage the success Of amateur nights
~ have placed an amateur band to
a : aienal from oBr1en taps were
rolled on the trapdrum. and amid the
laughter that followed Zepp retired In
sseat.
Rrien turned to him with frown.
NJ who played the oboe, and the
H6une man followed him out under
TIT stage. When they were alone
OHrien turne dto him with a frown.
wallace, old scout" he began. apol-
practically Il hate to tell you. bur
S6u.fe looking awful seedy. TIL boss
thfhks It looks bad for the house. Bet
get anew suit"
.But, BflI.r objected Mackay, rue
al1y regarding his WORKOUT clothes.
~ can't do It right now. I haven't the
honey. Besides, why tn new clothes
InIy the first two rows see US, an
They're generally traveltn' men"
Not this week they amt" answer
"a o,Brien In the best queens Eng
1zshs Forests trying out that Law
der kid: she's local bird an all tn
home folks VIII be down front all
week t give her tn up an down It'll
400kfOA0 ZOE III LOUISE II IL OGS0SSl1S1
looks Ike buns. Get the new stuff
3Eaekay nodded dumb1y. and wended
hisway despondently to the stage
door Pausing near Charlie Zepp, he
Is talking to the latter. meanwhile
szrenucusly bxushing his spotted tux
EDO coat, when golden-hatred little
N;s;on doated by. attired for the street.
she smiled smerrny at the two men.
sch, you oboei" she greeted Mac
kay cordially, then her eyes lighted
onZepD.
ssah. mr.. zepp." she cried. eagerly
please give me a big wrise-up. will
yrUa I want all my friends TO see
$S1e here this week. Please do"
ssNhat've you doae2" demanded
zepp b-uatly. .'Y' can't get big write
DuD6sputa air, ynow. Smau-time acts
GETS snaa1Ltime writeups-"
And small time press agents gen
orally have small time brains" she
retorted. sood-naturedy. But maybe
you can stretch yours" And, fitting
away. she tossed from her. pink fin
gert1ps kiss to them.
Aleckay glanced at Zepp unhappily.
guess she's right he said, sor-
Yk4AS14yal-tT74 w 4OOA 44A0 d 4VOS.
y Ee4 O'Brien told me to get new
1t And just for her. too. Sos her
lt5ends won't think III Olympia is a
cheap joint,
sDon't let that worry y none" sym
pathtsed Charlie, howbeit sourly.
There wont be many t look at her.
IN az that
Alackay started, for vision OF her
EiStfnl face noated across his mind.
cGh. Charlie, have a heart, he
plea6ed. Don't ruin tn kids fun Just
c1nae you're In a bad humor."
shes q cheese! growled Zepp. and.
Rejecting on the orchestra.s laughter
y fey minutes before. he added saw
4gely. An. 50 are you. So mind your
oWn business.
Helen Lawder stepping out OF For
rests Office about two hours later,
heard two men wranglinS in the lob
6Xs stepped back again and peeped
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