The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-11-24
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COPYRIGHT. 1890. sv Dcaticdav, Puoe
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uleaf 18th the Wheeler
Syndicate. Tue
M,Sa I.ynnetto p'Armande turned
her hack on broadway. This was
but az for tat because broadway
had often done the same thing 20
Miss p'ArmandaA Stiil tho -tatH'
seemed to have n. Cor the ex leading
lady OF the -Reapinx the Whiriwinf
company had everything 20 ask OF
broadway. whilc there was no vice.
versa
So Miss Iynp~tfc DArrnanf- turn
ed the hack OF her chair 90 her win.
dow that overlooked broadway. and
sat down 10 stitch In tino tho iisie-
thread heel % black silk stocking.
The vumul, aud glitter Of the roar
INK broadway beneath her window
had ma eharm for her; what she
grvatiy desired was the sitting air
OF a dreNsingroom 90 that n.iryiand
street aud tho roar Of an audience
gathered In that caprieioua quarter.
In the meantime. those stockings
must ma hc nesiovtcd SILK doss
war out no. hut-afser an. ismt Il
just the only soods there is7
Tho Hotel Thalia looks on bread
way as Msratnon hooks on tho sea.
II sands IKE gloomy oiiff above
tho whirlpool whore tho tides Of two
grcat thorofarrs clash. Here the
payurbands gathcr at the end of
'ueir wanderings. 20 loosen the
busktu and dust tho sock. Thick I'm
the strvots around n ara booking
offices. theatres agents. schools. and
tho lobster palaces 20 which those
thorny paths lead
Wandering thru The eccentric
halls OF the dim and dusty Thalia
you seem to have found yourself in
some great ark or caravan about to
sail. OF fly. or roll away on wheels.
About the house iingcrs a sense Of
unrest. Of expectation. OF transient
ness even OF anxiety and apprehen.
slon. Ths halls aro = labyrinth.
Without guide, you wander like
a lost soul In a sam Lloyd puEzia
Turning any corner. a dressing.
sack or a Guide sac may bring you
up short You meet alarming TRACE
dams stalking In hathrobcs In
search Of rurnored bathrooms From
hundreds Of rooms como the buzz
of talk. scraps OF new and old
songs, and the ready laughter u tho
convened players.
Summer has come; their companies
have dixhznded. and they take their
rest la their favorite uzAraVanxary
whilc they bezisEe the managers for
engagements for the coming season.
Al thix hour Of the afternoon the
days york az uampinx the rounas
OF tho axcnts' offices ID over. Past
you ~ you ramhis dtstr4ctsdly thru
the moao halls. fiit audible visions
OF hoursx. with welded. starry eyes
flying tAaends ef things ana . swish
OF an, hsqusAahing 70 ths dun haii-
ways N sdos 81 Entsty ana . msn.
ory q fr~axip~nzk SERIOUS yeunx
opEnnzhA. wIth vsrnsafis Adams APP
pknA gAt1snr n doorwAvs and tax
oe Boo<h Harrsanhinx from some
whsrs cemes tho smell II ham and
rpd cabbage. and the cxzxh ~ dlxhes
ON the American plan
Tia tn<lstcrminats hum ~ nh n
the Thsiia 70 cnlivsned ~ shs dis
Great popping-at reasonable and
ssiubrious intsrvsis--of beer bottle
oorks, Thus puncsuatod. M. tn tho
aeuiAi hostel scans easily con-
ma being the fssorite mark. seml.
eoisns frowned upon. and periods
barred
Miss p'Armande's room was a
small one. There ~as room for her
rocker between the dresser and the
wash stand II Il we're placed Ionsi.
tudinalIy. ON the dresser were ita
usual aeooutFemsnts. plus tbs ex.
leading lady's collected souvenirs Of
road engagements and photographs
Of hsr dearest and bss< professional
frlerdk-
Al one Of these photographs she
looked twice or thrice Is she darnsd.
and smiled frtcndiiiy-
I'D like 10 know wharf Lea II
Just this minute abs said. halt
aloud.
n you had besn privileged 70 view
the photograph thus flattsred. you
would have thought at the first
giancs thai you saw the picture OF a
many-retaicd white flower. blown
thru the air by = storm But ths
floral kingdom was not responsible
for thai swiri OF petaleus whiteness.
You saw tho filmy. brief skirt OF
Miss Ronslie Ray as she made a
complete heels oycrhead turn In her
wistaria-entwined swing. far gu,
from the stage. high above the heads
6f the audiences. You xav the
cameras inadequate Representation
OF the graceful. strong kick. with
which she. at this exciting moment.
sent ffying. high and far. the yellow
silk garter that each evening spun
from her agile limb and descended
UPON the delighted audience below.
You saw. too amid tho black.
clothed. manly masculine patrons OF
select vaudeville, q hundred hands
raised with the hope of staying the
flight OF the brilliant aerial token.
Forty weeks OF the best circuits
this act had brought Miss Rosalie
Ray. for each Of two years. She did
other things during her ~ minutes
song and dance, limitations OF two
or three actors who are but imita.
tons Of themselves. and a balancing