Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-10

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FANNIE HURST am O. down
with q hard rap of emphasis.
"Ouick, d'you heart ~ :,
"Some-come to supper. children
, great flare of color rushed up and
across Miss GRATIS slim dark 1ace as
sbe stood there in dark velvet beside Ine
grand piano, one arm huns oo' 1''''''
IT'S top ,,..- -. 49,,
90 was waiting for you to. say that
yy.,,a ysst ,Sing Tdrtf f,m doing We'll. what do
vs' vou say il won't quit!
"But you will ,,,o
.,,,d M"r I'm enough money of my own TO
do with It what I want
81 iIst can't keep It in any LONGER
mama, Since that day last week wmun aar
III nid 'v from watching a rehearsal OF Inc i,e
ppangbing pla hing Girl I've been BUSTING
e"ST,"s "Ive told you a million times thati tbe :
won't have you hang hanging mean sTh What
saw when | say II. -.,, t,---'
say SSyou, What right have YOU to an
IT'S no place for you ana '''e'e
end to it." No a. Is
,"rts AZ much place for me as ~ to H
for any Of those others. u you ya,Mres ~ on
i'noS lvn 81 i I could sing Dolly DaioIeS v,,. @
know i, Il rde md I'm enough the typo
those pUs.u %er Twin I-I---why you--yo"u
10 Ot Vi like YOU was my father or eo'n',
Thing. M But you amt. you're JUST
Ray %R"i voI I"i,! amt! You're ten years
,,dsr than me, maybe, but you're ia
Srou, being nv boss, let me tell you,,,,or
"V SSWbv lie Bing girls. with their oroonT p,,nre
oD,v theatrical lawyer. ge. ge.,,s;mess
tickets and fun out of the snow W., mucky
than me, with my brother a Dig gnn,, ,mui in
lna. "Vi i.vo never even met a person w
nnr ofires I've never seen nnt
STiJh,, ,iSh, why. every time | even wan
hoy there's q row about u IKE
Nov cut it out, kiddy' rossons wn1,e TOR for
goings good. I've got my ,h,s little little old
eyeLG ,S nT ,,,G'v vonr big brother amt always
I' o,I WrSng. iii take you down 10 ,,in,s in
Relay co. tomorrow ana let ''N
OUT ~ xot "a do with
nv ambitions and MY. ,,,.,,. ,,o,, ."
w.; ;,ynm %r heard what I said, didn't you
She advanced three short ip. stgps aud
ward him, her features held ush' "
| her hands clenched. ,,.,,,. c.ratz
"Yes heard 1t and now reIH !, and
you take this from me, l hearo Lii n
don't give a darn! I don't want SUui s,,,
,utomoble and I don't want your SUI. ho
dsy school line of talk. You may
the biggest music show manager III ~ t,s
town with your namby-pampy ,,en 81, but
irst the samey Felix Grat5. and doi
| you forget II, you'd rob the craole
somebody else's women ana cni,oren Co.
YOU needed them for your old type,s-it,r -it,r
your blooming, dSged old o,,:yp ,ypeS worried
your own women rs all So" 10
about" 4, hus,-
ness Why. If didn't want TO see e,,tis tis
little sister just the finest, sweetes. .''i IL
girl in ali the world. would | care /. II
YOU wanted the Dolly Dalores par.
twice over? don't say you're not 'he
type, Ray but" ,.,, ,,,o
"oh, that don't get across WIN me-; ,'d
Haven't | heard you say d ,no Sho,v
times over Dragging of your own 81, Slo", W., !,
rirls that there's Just as fine girls on
as on Hasn't he. mar
"sure there Is, only want you 10
be Of the finest ones on, see ~ ,,
don't get me sore, kiddy, bringing up
that old stage question again Oo', ~
get me sore. Come. let's go III "
supper 49,. 20. you
ri bust, will I'm busting with II
and may as we'll bring 1t up ton,gnt as to
well as tomorrow night. IT'S got 10
come up in this family and soon. too,
I'm tired being bluffed. You're Jealous
or afraid I'll take away some OF YOU
glory ifI get on and make so0''
Ray, please. children"
He laughed shortly, even indulgently.
Nov, Ray, don't talk nonsense
there's a good girl"
why | just came. from Pizzicato s
studio, He's crazy about my presemoe
and my voice. He SAYS I'm immense.
It's a crimc amt on, he says: its
criminal suppression, he says. with a
brother like you. he says, coQld GET
"Ill go down to that Dago studlo
Of his and wipe up the floor with him,
N ha oh
your throat Now you look here, Ray
Grats" and he flung out an arm as
straight as a rod. "one more word OF
such talk from you and II don't
Children !"
One more No. two and three more
you'll hear. If you're the saint you
pretend to be and are trying to make
one out Of me, too. why have. you got
me name all over this town for being
The man who can spy out a showgirl II
shes ironing shirts in laundry. What
right you got to go around grabbing ur
glrls for a profession that would neyeI
and them unless, you stuck 'em In for
your own ends-giving them deal you
own family? Amt flesh flesh? Is II
only blood counts with you? What
right you got :"
l. Business is business. The womer
~ my family are a darned sight re-
moved from the women In my business
shu that's not saying word against
me women in my business. What DC
~ ~ my business Is darn sight removed
iron from what | do in my family. l tel
you, and now you cut It!
Ban, that amt a defense. It's q
sieve of an argument"
Now I've heard about as much from
Iou as I'm going to listen to- I'm will.
MS na 70 give YOU everything that money
AN puy; that's about all get out Of
ne game, making things soft for YOU
sw suu your mother; there's nothing I've
VIII viii denied You and nothing l evel
VIII, except"
mo.tes yes except Except what I wan,
most m Ha Nothing he's ever denied
Wntu pidnt almost beg on my knees
for fM.n was IN bed two weeks from fever
Gr,Sa, part YOU fished girl out of q
Sanu Spu street millinery shop for?"
.Hay! Felix"
ANT ! willing TO give up everything
iiSI VI the world you've given me fol
- 1ne Ilttle eenY part in one of you