Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-05
"A DAUGHTER of TWO WORLDS
A oryo Of NeD YorsL
By LEROY SCOTT
Aathor Of NO 1 Mary
yes" che said.

Yes che said.
''But you, Jennie ~ he exclaimed.
you sure look a winner And you're
right in with this classy bunch as
though you were born. there! The last
heard Of you you had jumped your
knew where you were, and no one had
ever heard from you. And now here
you arc Iu the name OF God, Jennie,
how did you turn the trick?''
Briefly she outlined the last four
years.
"But it must have taken dough, real
dough, to have put that across he
said: who put up the dough?'
Black Jerry! All of it?'
YES"
And who's backing you now?"
Dad"
You mean to say you're playing
this game on what Black Jerry shovcs
you ?-playing big game like this on
a shoestring like that !"
yes"
He whistled softly. well, you or
Black Jerry may be short ou chips, but
you're long on nerve! Here's hoping
you win out !"
II can't-unless you promise not to
tell on me.
'oh. III never tell, he assured ber'
Thanks, Slim"
why should I tell?' he went on,
smiling frankly. Even if 1 wanted
to be crook, what'd there be in it
for me? You're going up'-I can see
that I'd rather have friend at the
top than a friend at the bottom--where
you d be if my tongue got to running
too free and easy. Sure, there il never
ho n Hxyhicnpp from
Jennie"
She thanked him again, and then she
asked how he had come SO fur in four
years. He lifted his shoulders and
smiled at her with cynical frankness.
"You know I never did hate. myself,
Jennie. got up here because I'm a
clever guy. And also because I've
worked like hell--yes, don't you forget
It, I've worked like hell! But I've done
it chiefly because | own a bean. ]
danced six months in vaudeville; at first
l thought il was great. Then ! saw |
would get nowhere unless l developed
an individual act--something that was
different. That was when ] put the
bean to work. / saw that the stage
was sll cluttered up with teams dancing
stunts--pretty bum, most of them.
decided that the freshest line for me was
to try to become the best straight dancer
in America you know. the social aud
ballroom stuff, done better than any 3.
body else ever dreamed of doing it.
more finish to it, more refinement.
started out on that line--and believe
me. Jennie, I sure worked. I took les e
sons as long as anybody could teach
me anything l practiced by myself;
worked out new ideas and new com
binations got new partners for my
act, and let EN- out as fast as I got
too good for then---and SO I kept on
getting better and better as a dancer
Am I knocking myself too hard, Jen-
nie?''
please go on,
"And all the time he continued, 81
was looking out for other things.
made it my business to learn to dres:
| like q gentleman and act like gentle
man.
There are lot of danes in thi
burg, swell danes all right, who viii
! privately take you on and teach 20,
society manners and society conversa
tion and everything there is to know
about how to behave with the ladies'
and. Jennie, you wouldn't believe hoy
much coin l paid out to one of thos
danes, but / made her earn 1t, you bet
and what ! got was worth a hundre
times what ] paid. And as the rcsul
of it ALL" be ended. "here I am, til
delightful and popular gentleman 20
see"
Your the one who has done won
ders Slim - she exclaimed.
'Thanks for the flowers, Jennie
But. honest,' he grinned, 'it does seer
q queer situation when ] think it a
over. I've never advertised where
came from but I've never tried to hid
it. The most I've done has been
twist my name a bit to get somethin
that sounds better for the stage. An
here I am, Slim Jackson, formerly {
the Pekip--now making more doug
than any other man In this line in th
country and welcome any. place 60
And some Of the swell ladies, real an
would be, trying to slip me money o
the quiet to dance with 'em Funny
amt it? But I'm not kidding myse
in any way. I'm good, but this game
not going to last forever. so yours yer
truly is cleaning up while the sucker
are falling for my graft
Slim" she exclaimed with sud
den thought. "you and Kenneth Har
rison seem to be friends. You're nc
trying to put anything across on him
anything crooked, | mean?'
ION my partner--of course, not"
"Your partnerT
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