Evening star., 1921-09-11
ask Miss Dodge to finish reading thu
Flapper's lines. Will you?"


ask Miss Dodge to finish reading the
Flapper's lines. Will you?"
TN make airy at it." says l..
1t was barely that for while.
was more or less fused when they
all got into action and three or four
times either cut in too soon or was
late catching my cue. But Mr.. Hunt
It sssY and t9 beose tod me to
II was going strong once more and
! rather enjoying the work. That's
what the actors call it. you know. and
Ia always rather smiled when l
now I know that they're right. 1t
!s work. and good hard work at that.
! was as trembly and as excited when
1t was over as II I'd been in a ship
wreck or subway smash. Tired, too.
And at the end the Russian came up
| to me and shook hands.
| Thank you so much. says he.
And I'm afriad all I did was to
stare at him with my mouth open.
Then Ames Hunt beckoned me to
Barry had been talking CONFIDENTIAL.
Young woman" says he. what have
you been doing before thisg'
On. lot Of useful things" says
], such as tending a soft drink booth,
managing q Greenwich Village cafe.
Nothing sSra ..o.5 to bring me before grand
And just at present." he goes on.
LOB hunting" says I.
ne. that you haven't been secretly
Me-" says /. oh. H ,sa come s'ske NJ Hunt,
you cs doas Ga ,h, think \: could kid myself that
He stares at me Suspicious. You
are either quite subtle. or an ex-
tremely rare type" says he, SHAKING
his head. I'm sure I don't know
which. But we have decided to give
| pERHAPS should have guessed
what he was leading up to, but I
didp't. SO suppose stared back
at him just as lifelike as two
poached eggs on a platter.
"Not-not truly?" says I.
He mods. "Platt believes you can
do the part to perfection" says Mr..
Hunt
Judge"
They tell me I am. however," says
Ames Hunt. although at times 1 am
inclined to doubt It. Still. I've made
something Of a record along that line,
you know. And I agree heartily with
platt. At least, I'm willing to chance
It, ! think with the proper drilling
you'd be q knockout in the part"
That's real nice Of you." says I.
light yet. Not that I'm craxy about
handing myself any poor words, but
I'm afraid I'd hardly qualify as q
sweet young thing. Not with my
carrotty hair. gooseberry eyes and
general lack Of curves. Unless you
and make his prince color blind
You're perfectly all right, Triiby
May, May; Just az you are. Isn't she. Mr..
Which gets smile out of Ames
Hunt. Of course. Anyway" says he.
miss Dodge has vocal organs which
she can use rather effectively. she
has rather more Intelligence than we
are apt to find, and with these gifts
to start on I think we may trust to
the wig maker and the makeup box
So gave in. But it's going to
put strain on the beauty shop, I'll
say" says I.
"Flappers is as fiappers does" says
Mr.. Hunt we can make a grand
move and create convincing aapper
Illusion. that is an art. You'll need
to work hard and fast, though, Miss
Dodge. for we intend to open two
weeks from Monday"
nodded as careless as could, just
as though this was nothing in my
young life. Pooh! This morning !
was wondering If couldn't break in
as somebody's secretary at maybe
twenty-five q week. and before lunch
time I'm promising to go on as one
Of Ames Hunts stars. Just like that
But as I wandered out into the sun
light with Barry and figured how
short two weeks could be I'll admit
got q bit wabbly in the knees. So
I didn't mind if Barry was tucking
one arm under, my left elbow rather
tolksy.
] I've got q new name for you, Tril-
by May" he whispers.
i Miss Brodie Blun? 2" I asks
NO." says he. THE perfect pal
That's what you are. you know
wish I'd had sense enough to have
tseen 1t. months ago. But I'm wise to
1t now. have felt all along that
Check" says l. 81 get the picture,
When you are Sir Barry Goofus and
have talcum powder named after
me. Pretty. pretty! But just now
feel like I'd sneaked up on an air.
plane, got the motor going. and was
discovering that I didn't know how
/ to fly the blamed thing"
i "Oh. you'll come through all right. u
| anyway" says I. 81 mean to make
q stagger at being the f1appiest flap
iper ever put on the stage. II crash
1t won't be because 1 was afraid to
step on the gas"
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