Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-06
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.rnNr,l could not wholly rcprcss bit
h-li t.olirgs But thca---oh, well, let
c,otia have her succcss .; h",u' 9 u"i
"u,'' .owe how, her own great time wou'd
conc ,orcth the night o. Mrs. Sbinman' S
nrriycd. The affair was held III
bafuu' ballroom at Sherry's, the ball
The VS Lcr Fifth avenue house bcins
room hor ~ foo small; for Mrs. Ship
atoSV," hnnt on making money. and
nan "d had been sold widely and some
llss,'' lsS, ';nJscriminatcly in order to in -
gna' Gl a large crowd. \ temporary stage
wi s.I bcon erected at one end OF the
uau with draw curtains, and with
,vpvstamed in drcssiusrocmS for the par
tcpants. ,.i., -, .,t..,.,,,,v ~,
,rjiencr the bazaar was success from
nS outset Every one Of the gildet
wv s;rs was occupied and men stood
uaod eaobod 70 thc very walls. Peeping be d
pponn paIn the curtains just before they
narted for lIH De~lHhihs VI IhC p'i
fornauce, Jennie had two sharp sur
/ prises. T., ,...
,onfortablc in evening c'othcs. stood
oMcSr CASEY. She caught her breath.
What Wbgt was he doing there? Then she
,slssed partially; this was a mixed
croVd and police protection had seemed
.hisoblc--that was probably the eX-
nlonation of CaScy's presence.
Inl then her eyes lighted on another
min, A man with u luminous bald head,
and she experienced Il more severe
1ock He seemed familiar. and yet at
srst she could not place him.. Then
suddenly she remembered. lie was that
;rdrp before whom she had been tried in
. tbs Womcn's Night Court years before.
. Sbe recalled how piercing his eyes had
bcpn, low mercicss they had seemed.
She had Il frantic impulse to tel Mrs
sbipmnn that she was suddenly indis-
pOscd and could not appear. SBut that
tmpnlsr she quickly controlled. In the
phn black costume which she wore as
one Of the daughters Of Belgium she
D0ked very lite like her real self and
Jbesdcs. so many years had passed that
d thN Judge had probably forgotten the
.iDcidput Of the youny girl forgcr who had
= been before him and had that samc
night disappeared.
The program moved along smoothly.
The tablcaux had been we'll thought out.
and carefully rehearsed, and since they
/ had the added value of being presented
ty the pretticst of young society women
they were well received. The last of
te tabcaux was Jennie's--a group of
Young women all in black, representing
4 The girlhood of Il devastated lnnd. faces
white and fixed with terror, and arms
stretched out imploringly. When the
curtains SWUNG together, there was con =
! tiuned applause. Not tumut. hut
quite as much as jennie had expected.
Jennie saw that Mrs. Shipman. sit-
1 ting in the improvised wings. was
thoroughly satisfied. Thus far all haI
gone as well as she hand counted. II
was to be Percy Farwells little opera
{ that was to give distinction to her pro
gram which was to make her evening
stand out above the affairs conductct
: by other women.
Jennie paused near Mrs. Shipman t.
watch The performance. Slim Jackson
had hurried over from his theatre whore
I The last curtain had fallen a few minute
before, and was giving final direction t.
Gloria and Farwcll. Beyond the velyo
curtains small orchestra, recruited
from the musicians ut Sims theatre
we're beginning the brief overture. 4
minute or two later and the curtain
parted, and the chorus danced on.
The plots of all musical comedies. it
their outlines, are much the same aut
seem unbelievably stupid, and Pore,
Farwel's broke with no traditions. Ih,
chorus seemed to be friends of III,
heroine, though naturally il was moi
made clear what they were doing on thu
| premises They sung their appointct
melody, and sang it we'll, then danced
off Immediately thereafter Gloria ant
!Olns Farwell appeared on the stage.
The dialogue acquainted the uudicnc,
with the facts that the stage wa,
GOra's drawing room and that G'orii
was young widow whose fortune hat
Deen tied up in Il way to prevent hcl
relnarrying, by one Of those wills whicl
Gead husbands are forever leaving be
hlnd them i'll musical comedies. AIS,
this will had attached to her for life
maid and butler--spicS upon hcl
happinCss-both spies. But fortu
hately,, by a trick, she had got the pail
out OF the house, and fo:. once she anC
ler lover could talk freely. Where
upon the young hero nobly declared thai
ne did not love her for her fortune, only
ior herself; and besought her to for.
,elt her fortune and join him in pcnni
less happiness.
There was much romantic talk about
n,alss-and he sang to her, in Il pleasing
Isat, baritone, about the spell of hei
wonderful eyes-and she sang back Ct
very neat me!ody) in Il passable so
graho something about if only one dwell,
III loves kingdom where Cupid made al