Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-04
West Wind Drift
By GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON
Copyright ISso bv George Barr Mocutcheon
Copprioht, 1870, bv George Barr MoCutcheor

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"poruIar Isadora Duncan stun,
.,ebed Peter Snipe, drawing laziiy a
Is nine. woodland nymphs. phahton
,,vtos floating on the wind, zephyrs II
No ouIse of fairies, dreams come tru
INV dear Olga, you are sorceress
Non change clods into moonbeams. yo'
turn human beings into vapors, you cas-
,bo mantle of enchantment over tn
,,,idsummer night, and We see Oberon
,rItania and all the rest Of them dis
,ortinr on the breeze And to thinl
that only this afternoon saw an o
,bose pawky girls working In the fields
,bSir legs the color of tan bark, will
sandals that looked like canal-boats
Iirts made of hemp-just regular kids
And YOU transform them tonight int
cleaning cloudets to float upon tn
: nmbent Atmosphere
FOR heavens sake. Pete, stop beinl
an author and talk like real man.
Interrupted Fits. Cant; you say Gee
''I II was twelfth Night" and olga
nupils had given a fairy dance on tht
green. To conclude the almost myst,
Entertainment, the great Obosky hersel
bad appeared in one Of her most mar
,o,oua creations-the "Dance of tho
CaIinhs Dream"--the sensational
neyer-to- be forgotten dance that had
been the talk OF three continents. There
was no spotlight to follow her sinuous
scantily clad figure as II spun ana leapet
and glided about the dim, starut green
,hore was no biarc of brass and cymbals
nor the haunting wall of flageolets--
only the tInke of mandolins and Spanish
GUITARS TO guide her bewildering feet
and yet she had never been SO aliur'us
When II was all over-when the
charmed clrcle Of faces had vanished
into the byways Of the night-she came
and flung herself down upon the steps
of the governors mansion. She mao
y-apped her warm body In sheath o,
yellow velvet: the tips OF her pare tee'
were exposed to the grateful night air
Her uplfted eyes shone like the stars
that looked down into them; her lips
we're parted In n smile: her flesh quiV-
cred with the physical ecstasy .nat
comes only with supreme lassitude:
YOU never danced go beautifully In
YOUR life. olga said Careni-Amori'
and after two years, too. I cannot un-
derstand. I shall never sing again as l
sang two years ago. But you-ah
YOU dance even better. I take courage
from you Perhaps my voice has not
gone to seed as Joseppi's has poor
man, Not that It had very far to go
81 hut still it was second only to Caruso's.
and that Is something. How can 1t be
II hat YOU improve with idleness. while
while we go the other way?" =,
"I shall never dance like Eat again.
III replled Olga, her eyes clouding.
You speak as II It were your swan
/ dance" cried Michael Malone.
"O1l. I shall dance forever" said she
hut never again like zat. You would
ask why not cannot tell you. I 40
rot know. Only can I say l shall never
lance like zat again-never."
Ruth turned her head quickly to look
at the woman beside her. Olga's face
1 cleaned white in the starlight. Her
eyes we're still searching the speckled
dome. and the smile had left her lips.
Don't say that, Olga" she whis.
n"red softly. You will delight great
| audiences again--you will charm
"PossbIy.' interrupted the other, low
| crirg her voice. turning her eyes upon
/ Ruth and smiling mysteriously. Great
| audiences. yes-but what are they?
| arpearcd tonight before an audience Of
ne, | danced as I have never danced
heforc-all for zat audience of one.
Your husband. my dear. He ono time
Informs ne he has never seen me dance.
Wcll-tonight I dance for him. Now,
10 can say he have seen Obosky dance,
/ lie will never forget Eat he have seen
p5osky dance"
Ruth laughed, but It was a strained
fort. "fIe was positively enchanted,
'lGa," she said. Then she added:
Put for goodness sake. don't ever
=" him know that you did it all for him.
'le will be so proud and important
hat"
"0h, Ne knows I danced for him"
"roke In the Russian calmly. in most
Ia,tor-of-fact tone.
"iou-yCu told him."
did not have to tell him. He knew.
Nthout being told Ia In, my dear! DO
..t look so shocked. 1t is a habit 7 have
.lWaNs | dance for one person in my
ntg1 u 1Nt -.
~ She-and zen I try only to please
Iht one person make him TO feel he is
me one | am dancing for, zat he is all
Iono In ;he great hiE hall-all aloae
Wlh me, Maybe no Is In the gallery,
lcoklng down; maybe he is In n box, or
Standing un at the back OF the house
70 matter where he Is, pick him out an
dance" an ~' '"''e
| and by the same token, he Is pow-
rIess 10 think of any one else. | see.
wonder you charm them out Of tkeir
And all the rest Of his lifo hc will
emenlber that | danced fer him alone.
Hdt man, As for me-poof 7 would not
,ecoghlze him again II he came to SEQ
me thousand nights in succession.
,nce saw very tiny boy in the stalls
Iva was win his mother and father. |
.dnceu I>r Eat child of six. When ho Is
very very, worry old man he will look back
"Ner the years and see me dancing still
Always the same whirling, dazzling
'nlnS that filled his little eyes and sui
Nn wonder. So, percivail has seen mo
Jra d. my pest HC will tell his Grandcril-
"ren now wonderful Obosky was-and
Wi n VIII mink OF her to his dying day ns
oh, Olga" VIE
lou lou S. my dear" said the other
nnprCss ,"n ,,S' | wanted to make good
onr ,'u on Hat NIrtuOuS husband of
" "uI" now he will think Of me "a .he
H.uSt. not ns tho woman. It is mnmb
letter so, is II rot?" ''N-''
sometimes You say things that cause
nIa ME 10 wonde? why ! don't hato yu,
Lrso,r Ls% oooSiy' cried Ruth under her
Olga laughed softly, "I r,ne,, ~,
,,olden Rule to mvsoIf every 'rPieSt nieb Hai
,ey ,wy morning, Ruthkln," said she
'lent linen they were
,,or, ,oCro,ny,eysatIon on the porch behind
rctbor tbo |GEed T; and finally ceased alto
mIv so,mJ =, soiL swish or fans was the
hess "'''N'p 'he tranquil sill |
tho TI,me,eeT, I,,m % eTI,twCniy," fell dreamilv From,
+" ,bjpnI. LIPS OF Randolph Fits wife, "T msnd i
far In VI nlhetecn-tweNty as heInp so
J ID m oi1 'me ne future that l would te an
here II hI h"o'T'ui, a. when came 10 it, And
| ot old" W" 'N'HE IN lt-and | am |
Yo,onToS rnTS'a@ntial year" said Nrichoe,
'ne nS'ID%' nino as he struck match TO T r%lImbi
Bake TRe ,5@,, 'Iat I,i had ,gon. out. "DS "DoesSn't
PStems oI oni,. '",ms ing to slip around. does il?
| Wilson ,hst week that I voted for
aCain" "o'''er II hell be running |
war our" NJ, J.. And il he can keep us IN tpo
,aid pctdrS "mS a., as ne kent us out Of IL"
him again" '"'pc' well have to elect
got ~ y CIV" " a lot to know whether wo.,o
| Fits W. vI.IInaans licked or not" n,,tscG oI
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rIotI tUIePe4l' entirely on the novv" .,,,
I"itto', minister of marine into' hwy SAID
""avvG "wGo states navy '''e' '"'e OF the
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