The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-05
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Miss Posie Darlington had earned
her success. She began life hand
capped by the family name OF
sBogSx," in the small town known a.
Cranberry Corners. At the age OF
Is she had acquired the name OF
-Carrington" and a position In thu
chorus OF a metropolitan burlcsque
company. Thence upward she had
ascendcd by the legitimate and De
lectable steps OF -broiier." member
Of the famous -Dickey-bird" octette,
In the successful musical comedy.
Fudge and Fellows leader Of the
potato-bug dance In "F'oide-Rol." and
af length TO the part OF the maid
s -roinette" In The Kings Bath
Robe" which captured the critics
and gave her her chance And when
We come 10 consider Miss Carrirgton
she Is In the hcyday OF fiattery. fame
and fixx: and that astuts manager,
Herr Timothy Goldstein. has her sig
nature to ironciad papers that shs
viii star tho coming season In Dyds
Rich's new play. "Parcsis by Gas
light
Promptly there came 20 Herr limo
thy a capable twentieth century
young character actor by the name
Of Hlghsmith. who besought engage
ment as sol Hsytosser." the comic
and chief male character part in
-Paresis by CasIight"
my boy said Goidstein. take the
part N you can get n. Miss Caring
ton won't listen TO any OF my suggeD'
tons. She has turned down half n
dozen Of the best imitators OF the
rural dub In the city. She declares
she won't set foot on the stage un-
less .Haytosser' is the best that can
be raked up. She was raised In a
village. you know. and when Broad
way orchid sticks a straw In his hair
and tries to call himself a clover
blossom she's on. all right asked
her. in sarcastic vein. II she
thought Dcnman Thompson would
make any kind OF show In the part
oh. no. says she I don't want him
or John Drew or Jim corbett or any
Of these swell actors that don't
know a turnip from turnrtIle. I
want the real article So. my boy.
n you want to play Sol Haytosscr'
you will have to convince Miss Car
rington. Luck be with you"
Highsmith took the train next day
for Cranberry Corners. He remained
In that forsaken and inanirnate vii.
iage three days. He found the Boggs
family and corkscrewed their history
unto the third and fourth generation.
He amassed the facts and the local
color OF Cranberry Corners. The VII.
Iage had not grown as rapidly as had
Miss Darlington. The actor esti.
mated that IL had suffered as few
actual changes since the departure OF
its solitary follower OF Thespis as
had stage upon which -four years
is supposed to have elapsed" He
absorbed Cranberry Corners and re.
turned to the city of chameleon
changes.
II was In the rathskeiler that High.
smith made the hit OF his histrionic
career. There is no need TO name the
place; there is but one rathskeller
where you could hope to find Miss
Posie Darlington after the perform.
ance Of The Kings Bath Robe"
There was a jolly small party al
one OF the tables that drew many
eyes. Miss Darlington, petite. mar.
yelous, bubbIing. electric, fame.
drunken. shall be named first. Herr
Goldstein follows. sonorous, curly.
haired, heavy. a trifle anxious. az
some bear that had caught, some.
how. butterfly In his claws. Next
a man condemned to a Newspaper
sad, courted. armed, analyzinR for
press agents droHs every sentence
that was poured over him, eating
his Ia Newburg in the siicnce OF
greatness. To conclude, youth
with parted hair. a name that "a
ochre 20 red journals and gold on
the back Of supper check. These
sat at a table while the musIcia ns
played. while walters moved In the
may performance Of their duties
with their backs toward all who dc.
sired their service. and all was
bizarre and merry because IL was
nine feet below the level OF the side.
walk.
At 1145 being entered the
rathskeller. The first violin per.
ceptibly flatted G that should have
been natural; the clarionet blew a
bubble instead of a grace note; Miss
Darlington giggled and the youth
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