The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-12-13
The Haters
By R. RAY BAKER

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Copyright. 1913. by the Mcclure Newspa-
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Maybelle st. Glare sat In her dress
ing room, smeared grease paint on her
face, recited soto voce her great song
hit and hated men.
Here's some more gorgeous flowers
from a Mr.. Hendricks" announced
Geraldine Alberton, her maid. entering
the room and holding a bouquet of red
roses alarms length, SO she could sur
vey 1t with the eye Of critic.
And why shouldn't Geraldine Alder.
ton be considered q conn0isseur on
matters Of Jfowersf Hadn't she per-
sorally received SO bouquets addressed
to her mistress in the year and half
since Maybelle had made her debut as
a singer and dancer on the vaudeville
stage1y A TRS 81
And hadn't each and every one Of
those offerings from admiring men
been crushed deliberately under the
same small foot or else dumped nm
ceremoniously into a convenient waste
basket1 ~
''Well, don't bother me about them."
,grnmhled Maybclle, as she ,penciled lit
tie black crosses at the corners Of her
eyes, adding luster to her already W.
vacious countenance. drop them out
the window. l noticed there's an alley
there"
Not that Maybelle st. Glare. dainty.
diminutive, dancing damsel." had an
aversion. for flowers. To the contrary,
she possessed q normal girls fondness
for them. It was the fact that men
sent them to her that caused her to
spurn these particular bouquets that
were delivered to her room on the av-
erage Of four a night.
When she lived in Ludington, Mich,
Mabel Clare (the extra w. and "le"
and the "St." had been acquired since
the aforementioned debut) had not
been a man-hater. In fact-impOs-
sible as 1t now seemed-she had been
in love, tremendously in love, at one
time, That was before she decided
on a career instead of a dishrag and
carpet sweeper. 1et ass 81.
1t. was her, only love affair. The
young man had wooed her for three
years and won her. when along came
this question Of women's rights. The
wedding bells were about due to ring,
when study of suffrage and sundry 9TH
er subjects put that career idea into
Mabel's head. Her fiance objected seri-
ously to the STAGE although she in
sisted that he should accompany her
and utilize his musical ability to help
make her famous. She had just about
won him over to her way of thinking
when the suffrage question came up
to have its fate decided by the electors
Of the state. Mabel took prominent
part In the campaign, and when the
amendment was defeated she was
heartbroken. In the midst Of her tears
of disappointment, while her husband
to-be was attempting to comfort her.
she ceased sobbing sufficiently to re-
mark that she supposed, Of course, he
had voted to enfranchise women. Be-
Ing an honest but undiplomatic young
man, he confessed that he had marked
his cross in the ''No. square. And from
that moment he stopped being q pros
pective benedict.
you're just lowbrow, with back.
woods ideas. and you'll never. mako
any progress" she had cried an she
showed him the door. II never want
to see you again--or any other man
IN never get married-never III
carve career on the vaudeville stage
as ! have planned but I'll do it with
out your assistance or any other mans
TIL show that men are not necessary
and you can stay here and rust into Q
grave" jlZ. A,-iI1 4
She gave up her position in a DRY
goods store and went to Chicago
where she had an aunt whose husband
exercised some influence in the theatri
cal world and, who had taken consid
cradle sympathetic interest In Mabel'i
footlight ambitions. The other aunt
with whom Mabel lived in Ludlngton
/. tried to dissuade her: but the objec
lions were overruled; and as both tn,
young lady's parents were dead. Their.
was no. one, to interfere with her work
ing out a future in her chosen course.
She sent no letters to her erstwhil,
sweetheart-not even post card pic
ture Of Lincoln park. "He's too mar
row-rninded and we have nothing II
common, she repeatedly assured her
self to assuage the pain that wal
/; bound to be felt after such long and
serious affair of the heart.
While Maybelle St. Glare '.made up
for her first appearance In the Detroi
vaudeville theater. Philip Warner sal
in the orchestra pit doing his bit In tn,
making Of melody for the first act OF
the bill. As he pulled out his cheek
and performed gyrations with tn,
trombone slide, he kept his eyes avert
ed from the slackwire artist, princi
pally because the artist was woman
and he hated women. His one dis
astrous love affair had embittered hi
heart against the sex.
Maybelle, st. Clare's act was third OF
the bill. She was electric-lighted on
in front as the headliner; consequent.
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