Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-04
Printed by Special Arrangement with
Houghton, Mfilin Co.
Copyright. 1919. by Leroy Scott
THIs sTARTs THE STORY

Nat Houghton, Mifflin Co.
Copyright. 1913. by Leroy scott
THIS STARTS THE STORY
Jennie Malone forges a check for
which sheNis arrested, but allowed lib
erty on bail. The next day she has
disappeared ''Uncle George" has
ouiet1y taken her TO fashionable
boarding school,. where she registers
as Jennie Miller. Four years have
passed and Jennie has studied hard
and done well. From being snubbed
she can now hold her own and easily
take her place with the best. On COM
mencement day Jennie delivers the
valedictory for her class. Her father,
Black Jerry, goggled and muf1ed,
watches her from O distance, proud OF
her accomplishments. She accepts an
invitation to spend the summer with
the Harrisons. Kenneth, the son of
\ the house shows open admiration for
her, though engaged to marry her old
time enemy at school, Gloria Ray
- mond.
ssae AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
TT WAS wonderful dinner--a thrill
= ing dinner. But at length it was over,
and just as the curtain rose on the
second act they took their seats in a
theatre. The setting of the act was
d ballroom In some millionaire's house.
There was not much of a story, but
there were lots of girls-"With Lots
Of Girls" that phrase was run beneath
the plays title on the posters-in very
large hats and in dresses which GER
tainly had never been selected by Miss
Van der Brunt. And after the girls
had sung something with an ogling air
of naughty innocence, and had danced
and maneuvered, they marched of rs
tramp comedian came on with his trick
dog; and after the tramp comedian had
finished the stunts which he had been
repeating without variation for five
years in vaudeville houses, a young
woman entered in an evening gown OF
Z a cut which knew no fear (exit tramp
and dog) followed by the previous young
women now gowned as guests at the
ball, and followed also by chorus men
I also in supposedly fashionable even
ming wear. The young woman, evil
IDENTIFY the hostess of the stage party,
advanced to the footlights conscious of
her every charm, with the air of being
= parsonage that every one knew and
wished to see, and sang supposedly
& humorous topical ditty, dealing with the
varieties of stumbling men a woman has
to dance with, each verse mournfully
ending with 'tAnd that's the sort Of
partner hostess always gets" After
she had responded to her last encore,
there was dancing of the ballroom type
by the guests-then there was an in
stant's pause in the action of the play
while the guests retired upstage-then
through a gilded doorway sauntered
slender young man.
fba rryho1a Hbeufra rae
plauding. The young man had to bow
his appreciation, which he did with ex
X traordinary grace, holding his silk hat
( with none Of the half -afraidness with
which men in real life manage that in
slgnia of formality. He had to bow
again--and now something distinctly
& familiar about him drifted into Jen-
y nie's mind.
not--but the sense of familiarity per-
sisted. He had few words of comedy
dialogue with the hostess, then laying
his hat on a chair, he slipped an arm
about the lady and the two went circling
around In a ballroom dance.
And then, suddenly, Jennie knew
him. It all came upon her with rush
those long gone years-the Pekin--
their petty rogueries. She almost gasped
aloud.
'Who--Wno is ne! Sne at lcngCn
asked Kenneth.
"What--you don't know who he Is! W
Kenneth exclaimed.
''Miss Gresham didn't let us come
IN to see plays very often she ex-
planned, "and I've read almost moth =
Ing about the theatre the last four
years"
"That," said Kenneth with empha-
: sis, sis Jackson Holt.
"Is he--is he very good?" :
"Good? He's the best there is in
his line. He's a marvel! He's the
real star Of this show!" And then
Kenneth added: "He's not only good
on the stage, he's a gentleman off of il
IL Happen to know him little. And
the women. who like to dance are crazy
about him; he goes just about where
he likes in society"
Jennie drew a slow, deep breath. Sc
that was Slim Jackson And so Slim
had made good his boast about getting
to the top! She watched him closely
Y There was nothing vulgar or suggestive
or exaggerated in his work; it was
graceful, finished, refined; 1t was ball
room dancing at it's truly highest. His
partner was good--but he belonged tc
a different order of dancers The gods
had put gifts In his feet. Indeed he
was q marvel!