Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-07
,,coinl arrangement t0lth
prhtsi " Pgyo,r,g%toS rgGtSr IiGlir co. Cant,
hioIt hGIit 1920, bv Lerov sooH

Fr""' HouIhtomo MbD ~, Terou Scott
o,,pjoht, 1890, W De'oV
IVY -
.,,v o.ed in their improvisation all
|1aipi .ool " pbrases and the well known q,,,
the s,o'n oinds could seize upon. Ine
|cues their ,ns n,', now in full laughter. Az
audience was va reached the point where
Isrws" slim could do many .ninss' bs ,,o ua'
other. el:r,s not sing. However,, However, iOad he wnD Sn
be cou,di u,Tith " words which should leaa ,1 ni "
|ready WY WV singing--and these words nc
10 Jennie s,ssns,e upon that most weari
|nids made ? y ouiN theatrical Devices the 's0ns
CUE a., YOUR face, deary9qr ySh.t face SeI,irde ne
|cied 10 soss n,s you used to sing about q
|me Of u sweet wee and simple song that was
iac',,ud ..udsr sr speech of the heart oome'
sng il again .ho niano md
he 4, Himself. KIM Jennie had no idea what a
sea'su = Sss going to play, put ,,,ht she wa Sbe
be was for anything-or thought she
ready pUt ,Ut when Slim, after a few pre-
vas put chords, struck into melody
Nninary ,nISyed very slowly, and when
|rN''y .,n;zcd what the song was, her
she recog,ll,nCst galmost left her. She glanced
couraSe, ,'dge aIn,c could that song send his
st the ,!SE lGas1, and % possibly connect her in
Sln1 ~ msmory vT with the missing Jennie
~ lsI,Ins ms he once had tried!
asGu' s,im had twice played the lntrouuG1ion 81, n
slin s%s lua had recovered herself, Then
before ofe,snsd sne forward. clasped her hands;
Se SHPpu. i"r ewes toward heaven, and
rslssa net nneetthetically, she sang a Bowery
slowly Ip,b;cb pba;b had been familiar to her
ballaa Mn ""The Face on the Bar
g Tlnor Si,lG " The combination of her
IIsSsrnips, room w. plaintive figure, the grIsly
entI,r,I5f N,b0s II the words, and this pelng Mrs
Is!uuS Is,O,s y, most ambitious social tunc :,
ssaanpNltbe sapnsbu incongruity of it all tripled
The ef'ct, os -. il
~, uSsn The song was finished, and
nsI. IN cloves love and bruised palms in its de-
ni1G Slir,' ~ nod informed them that there
% ouI, ~ be an encore. He played
va. .as " for few moments until there
euU,us l"N uSsomnarative silence, and then he
vus n,a again again in his previous voice of
ssyyssrserated sys emotion: ,,
''ssTs,t isTsst face-that face! Another
-, % To,, used to sing about a face !!
ISssr ISnS mothers face it was. A sweet
and and simple song that was the tender
m sueecl Of the heart. Nome' sing IL
again" -,
! (,Dcp more, while Slim played aimless
,bnrds Jennie wondered what was COM
iuv' ;uv And once more she was horror
, stricken when he switched into the
melody But once more she clasped her
hands % raised her eyes, and slow ",
nsthptically, holding long upon notes
FThirb T she could make dolorous, she sang
smother gem from her memory's col :
lscton Of Bowery ballads -- Don
I,riye Nail in Mothers Face
The applause which followed this was
oven more tumultuous. But Jennie was
suddenly rather frightened. Perhaps
Mrs. Shipman's bazaar was being
saved but, by throwing herself into
tbe breach, had she not endangered her
own standing--her prestige--with those
people among whom she was deter
mined to win greater place!
While the applause was still thunder
ipg, she whispered rapidly to Slim:
" don't want the final impression
these people have of nue. to be rough
house. Let's switch into something diff
ferent-say end off with dance"
slim closed the piano in manner
to Indicate that change was coming,
shot few low words to the conductor
Of bis orchestra, and the orchestra i'm
melately began softly to play Il modern
waltz. AT once their manner of bur-
lesQue fell from Jennie and Slim, he
slipped an arm about her and they
swung away into the dance. All New
York declared that Jackson Holt was
The greatest Of all male dancers who
specialized in the ballroom dances; a; and
In the whole of his life Slim Jackson
had never danced better for money than
be now danced for nothing. And Jen-
ME, trying to superimpose upon the bur-
lesQue impression an impression of her
sell that would be more graciously re-
menbered, danced the best that was in
her Into the slow grace of the old =
time waltz they interwove the intricate
steps Of the waltz of their own day.
They were we'll nigh perfect pair.
There was silence out in the audience
where before there had been unre-
strained hilarity--until they swung off
the stage and the curtains drew to-
gether. Then there was applause that
out thundered the previous thunder
Jennie ana Slim acknowledged this by
slipping through the curtains and bow :
Ing to the audience and then to each
other, But the applause did not dimin =
lsh when they We're again back through
The curtains.
fl, You take this call alone, Jennie, "
sll said. ITS really your crowd, not