South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-06

Leone banged into the chorus
with great gusto. II was her bust
ness 10 play the latest ragtime hits
so that everyone would want them,
and she meant to earn her salary.
The song ended with great blare
of sound. and Leone slid IL from the
rack and set another in its place.
The suave voice of Mr. Beckley
interviewed. Miss Parker. here is
the representative of Pierce e. Ware.
Will you please give him a few mo-
ments Of your time? ?"
Leone willingly assented, and
turned TO the pleasant-faced young
representative Of the well-known
popular song publishers She knew
him quite well. RE came every
week in the same way. to get or
ders for songs, and he had called
several times. and taken her 10 the
movies several times more To-
gether they checked over the list Of
new songs. At last the order was
made out. and Leone returned TO
the piano bench. She thought Mr..
Wilding looked as if he had wanted
TO say something very particularly,
and then changed his mind. She
looked after his retiring figure
dreamily. as she played mechanic
ally the opening bars of Honey
Love" What "a nice young man he
seemed to be. contented to deal with
ragtime all his life.
Leone hated ragtime II was not
through choice that she had play
ed it eight hours a day for three
years. The sales of the music de
partment had been enormously in
creased because of her playing, and
her salary had been raised twice.
but still she hated il.
Leone had been born To higher
things. From her refined and very
talented parents she had inherited
"a love OF music that even three
Years of fox trots and Jazz pieces
could not disturb. But her love was
for classical music. She PLAYED
Bach and Mendelssohn divinely,
bat of what value are they in de-
partment store? Mr. Beckley had
undoubtedly never heard Of Bee
thoven.
Leone pat aside Honey Love"
and began co the Roses i'm the
Moonlight" II was part Of her
ethics 10 let no one know that she
loathed rdgtime and worshippe6
grand opera Because the death of
her parents leaving her penniless
had forced her TO take the first
position she could ind which hap
pened 10 De playing ragtime in
Teckleys department store there
was mo- reason for her to complain
about H. so nobody. not even the
kindly landlady. who was next 10
her own mother. knew about it.
Leone maintained i'm public con
s~ious pride which made people be
lieye she lived only for ragtime and
preferred it 90 AN other delectable
things of life
BUT i'm her own little room she
often dung herself down ON the bed
crying out bitterly against the fate
that bound her 10 Honey Love"
You've Got the Bluest Eyes in
Town" and II Love You Truly True"
And she hated Mr. WudinC. am able
bodied man. who would deliberately
te himself with ragtime for life
She had almost resolved never TO
$50 to the movies with him again
Leone wanted different sort of
man. one who hated ragtime as
much ass She did
At $3.50 that afternoon Leone slip
red OF the piano bench and stretch
ED out her tired arms In the
locker room she got out her new
Jacket and new winter hat and put
them ON before the cracked mirror
Boo the dressing room Leone haC
blonde hair and gray ewes Her
blue velvet hat was very becom-
in-. and she smiled at her redec-
tion in the glass
The car was slow and crowded
as usual but Leone reached the
rrr.- a. .r..