South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-31

conduct themselves on the v7ude-
Vile stage. TO make the matter
plain 20 you (Gnd &c swell the num-
icr f wCras). ne was the best
fancy dancer on any OK taC circuits
between Ottawa ana Corpus Christl.
Wltu his eyes fixed Ou vacancy anu
his feet apparently fixed on moth
Ing, he nightly charmed thou
"a 7Cs,' as his press agent Incorrect
~ stated. Even t3kiTg night per
Torrance and matinee together. he
scarcely could have charmed more
than soc. including those who left
after Fora. the Nautch girl. had
squeezed herself through a hoop 2
inches In diam eter. and those who
were waiting for The moving pic
lures.
But Del Delano was the west
sides favorite; and nowhere is
there g more loyal side. Five yeaIs
before our story was submitted 70
the editors. Del had crawIed from
some Tenth ay. basement IKE a
lean rat and had bitten his way in
20 the big CHEESE. Patched, half
starved, cuffless. and as scornful Of
The hook as an interpreter OF Ibsen,
(as you and I view IT, and fame in
10 minutes on Amateur night al
Creary's variety theater i'm
Eighth av. A bookmaker cone of
The kind that talent wins with in
Strad of losing sat in the audience,
asleep, dreaming of an impossible
pickup among the amateurs. After
a snore, a glass of beer from the
handsome waiter. and q temporary
blindness caused by the diamonds OF
a tranSm-ontane blonde in Box r. the
DOOkmaker woke up long enough 10
engage Del DelanO for three
weeks trial engagement fused with
"a trained dog short circuit covering
the three Observation-Disclosures
Statue and Square.
by the time this story was read
and accepted, Del Delano was draw
ing his $500 a week. which, divided
by seven Sunday acts not in cos
tune being permissible), dispels the
deluSion entertained by most Of uS
that We have seen better days. Yoa
can easily imagine the worshipf'Il
agitation OF Eighth av. whenele r
Del Delano honored il with q visit
after his terpsichoreap act in his
tO1cally great and vilely ventilated
broadway theater. If the west side
could claim - minutes out of his
a weeks bookings every year, il
was an occasion fer bonfires and re-
painting Of the Pump. And now
you know Why Mikes saloon is
resort, and no longer a simple place.
Del Delano entered Mixes alone.
SO nearly concealed in a fur-Iined
Overcoat ana a derby two sizes TOO
large for him was Prince LightfoOt
that YOU saw OF his Sace only his
pale, Ratchet edged features and n
pair Of unwinking. cold. light blue
Owes Nearly every man lOurging IT
Mixes bar recognized the renowned
product of the west SIDE. To hose
who did not. wisdom was conveyed
by prOdding elbows ard grows Of
One-sideG introduction
Upon Charley. one Of the barteu-
dCrs, both fame and fortune de-
see nded simultanC, usly. He had
once been honorej by shaking hands
with tho great DelanO at a Seventh
az. boxing bout. So with lungs Of
brass he now cried. Halo, Del.
old man: vhatU Fl be-"
Mike. the proprietor, who was
cIanking the cash register. heart.
ON the next day he raised Charley 3
wages five a week
Del Delano drank a pony beer.
paying for 4 Carclessly out Of his
nightly earnings Of $42.S5 o. Ee
nodded amiably but colby 81 the
long line OF Mike patrons and
strolIed past them into the rear room
Of the cafe. For he heard in there
sounds pertaining to his own art
the light. stirring staccato OF a
auckland wing dance.
In the back room Mac McGowan
was giving a private exhibition of
tho genius of his feet. a few young
men sat at tables looking on critical
~ while they amused themselves Sc
riously with beer. They nodded APP
prOval at some new fancy steps OF
Macs own invention
At the sight OF the great Del De
lano. the amateurs feet suffered
blundered. clicked a few times. and
/ ceased 70 move The tongues OF
ones shoes become tied in the pres
/ ence Of the Master. Macs sallow
! face took on a slight flush.
From tho uncertain cavity be
/ tween Del Delano's hat brim and
, the lapels of his high fur coat col
/ lars came thin puff of cigare'
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