The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-17
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Mrs. Neal Mary Alden
Mr.. Neal Andrew Arbuckle
THE STORY
1t is the story of one OF life's waits
little Ellen Neal, combination sales
woman, model and errand girl at
Stems Department store. Ellen lives
in very drab surroundings at home,
her earnings insufficient to crafty
her natural yearnings for brightness
and life and gayety. One day Jennie
Peters, once a saleswoman at STEMS
but now a cabaret singer and dane
er, calls to see Ellen and sympathizes
with her sad lot, inducing Ellen to go
along with her to see little life at
Bender's Joy Palace, which with its
lights and laughter and music, where
cares float light as corks, is a gold
mine for its owner, Jack Bender.
Ellen is introduced to Bender and
the suggestion is made that he shall
give Ellen a tryout as she possesses
good voice, but it is all so new and
strange that Ellen hesitates. At
Bcnder's they meet Arthur Coakley,
gilded youth (slightly tarnished)
who sometimes strays from Society"
The dreary weeks pass. Again Jen-
ME Peters importunes her friend to
become a star performer at Bender's.
One night Ellen tells her father that
she intends to go for walk with
Jennie but he strongly objects to her
"galivanting around with that hussy"
Her mother intercedes for her, but
to no avail However, Ellen decides
to go. 1t is amateur night at
Bender's and Ellen has her tryout,
and makes big impression. Coakley
comes on the scene and offers to drive
Ellen home in his car. The hour
is late. Ellen's father is awaiting her.
He sees Coakley kiss Ellen good
night. When she tells him that she
has secured employment as a singer
at Bender's, in a terrible rage he
turns her out of doors. With no other
place to turn to she returns to Jen-
ME. Coakley has also come back to
"make a night of it." He suggests
that they shall ego up to Brady's and
get some breakfast"
Quite innocently Ellen falls into
the trap, for she does not know that
Brady's is a place where no respect
able girl should enter. The place is
raided and Ellen is swept into the net
and taken to Jail, but released next
morning.
One sample of "Bohemianism" has
stated Ellen's appetite for "gayety."
She secures a position as housemaid |
at Mrs. Fullerton's, society matron,
intolerant of any one outside of cher
set" and her son, Hugh, manly !
young fellow who has just enlisted !
for the war;
Ellen worships Hugh-at dis
tance. He is to her the embodiment |
of all that is manly and good. But |
Hugh sees in her merely little SER
want girl When the time comes for i
Hugh to leave to join his regiment |
Ellen can contain herself no longer,
breaks down in his presence and con-
fesses her love for him. Coaklev in |
the meanwhile has informed Hugh |
that Ellen was formerly the cutest |
little kid at Benders.'
A lapse of time now occurs. Ell
lens mother persuades her to insist |
upon the Fullerton's helping her to
support her baby, but Richard Full |
lerton, Hugh's father, spurns her,
refusing to believe his son is culnable. |
Mr.. Fullerton's friend, judge Filson,
is strongly inclined toward Ellen,
but nevertheless he agrees to repre-
sent Mr.. Fullerton in the matter. I'm
nlicitly believing Coakley's story of |
the raid that nipht at Brady's Judge
Filson secures him as a star witness