The Washington herald., 1920-07-07

AAISS POSlE CAhhlNtfION
Nl had earned her success.
She began life Handicapped
by the family name Of "Bogss.
In the small town known ~
Cranberry Corners. At the age
of Is she had acquired the name
Of ''Carrington" and = position In
the chorus of q metropolitan bur-
iesaue company. Thence upward
she had ascended by the legiti-
mate and delectabIe steps OF
"broiler," member OF the famous
-Dickey-bird" octette, in the sue
ccssful musical comedy. Fudge
and Fellows" leader Of the po-
tato-buR dance in "Fof-Ge-Rol,'
and at length to the part of the
maid "Toinette" in The Kings
Rath-Robe." which captured the
critics and gave her her chance.
And when we come to consider
Miss Darlington she Is in the hey
day Of fattery, fame and GEE; and
that astute manager. Herr Tim
othy Goldstein, has her signature
to ironclad papers that she viii
star the coming season in Dyde
Rich's new play. "Paresis by Gas
light"
Promptly there came to Herr
Timothy q capable twentieth
century young character actor by
the name of Highsmith. who be-
sought engagement as SOL Hay
tosser," the comic and chief male
character part in "Paresis by
Gaslight."
MY boy" said Goldstein, take
the part IL you can get it. Miss
Carrington went listen to any of
my suggestions. She has turned
down half a dozen of the best
imitators of the rural dub in the
city. She declares she won't set
q foot on the stage unless Hay
tosser" is the best that can be
raked up. She was raised in a
village, you know. and when q
Broadway orchid sticks a straw
In his hair and tries to call him.
self a clover blossom she's on. all
right. / asked her. in a sarcas-
tic vein, il she thought Denman
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 a turnstile.
/ want the real article So. my
boy. IL you want to play Sol HayS
tosser' you will have to convince
Miss Darlington. Luck be with
YOU"
Highsmith took the train next
day for Cranberry Corners. He
remained in that forsaken and
inanimate village three days He
found the Boggs family and cork
screwed their history unto the
third and fourth generation. He
amassed the facts and the local
color OF Cranberry Corners. The
village had not grown as rapidly
as had Miss Darlington. The ac-
tor estimated that it had suffered
as few actual changes since the
departure of its solitary follower
of Thespis as had a stage upon
which -four years is supposed to
have elapsed" He absorbed Gran
berry Corners and returned to the
city of chameleon changes.
1t was in the rathskeller that
Highsmith 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 Caring
ton after a performance of The
Kings Bath-Robe."
There was a Jolly small party
At one of the tables that drew
many eyes. Miss Darlington. Pc
tite. marvellous, bubbling. electric,
fame-drunken, shall be named
first. Herr Goldstein follows
sonorous. curly haired. heavy.
trifie anxious, as some bear that
lad caught, somehow, a butterfly
in his claws. Next, a man con-
demned to newspaper. sad,
courted. armed, analyZing for
press agents dross every sentence
that was poured over him. eating
his a la Newburg in the silence OF
greatness. To conclude, a youth
with parted hair. name that Is
ochre to red journals and gold on
the back of a supper check. These
sat at a table while the musicians
played, while walters moved in
the may performance of their
duties with their backs toward all