Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-04
HotU became
4 Mouie Star
1s Told to
INEZ KLUNPH
What Has Already happened

Dorothy Lane. girl from small
to,on. shares her biggest dTbttton
scith thousands Of other American
girlS--thdt Of becoming q mottHg-
picture star. She thinks her chance
has come phcn PcrSis. q friend ot
! hers tCorkiu1 in NeIo York, teHs of
meeting some people connected onh
motion pictures aud asks her 10 ctstt
her. On her first day IN the nletrop-
oils. the girl starts on a tiSit 10 the
Sirdios and gains ddmittdnce TO ono
Of them. Dorothy Is 1iucn the chance
! 10 play IN mob scene, and makes
the most Of 1t. She meets Ldnrohco
| French, press agent for the compdnv,
uho becomes interested IL, her. Then
comes her big chance toher. because
! Of her resem bidnce TO a t1elt. knoWn
star, she is asked to double for her.
| When Shc tells Pcrsis the happy
netos, Pcrsis IN turn tells OF u de-
| H1htfui surprise for the eUertng--o
party. planned bv her motion picture
friends.
uOMESICK aud unhappy as ] wau
IL when ] got to the club, 1t looked
wonderful TO me. ran up the walk, be-
tween the beds of geraniums, and Gale
10 the carctakc who was sweeping the
front porch
"Ob, Miss Lana" she cried. Back
so soon? And Miss Sylvia's just gone
away. Did you sec her perhaps at the
Station:'
"No--uo, I didn't" answered,
wishing that my throat wouldn't feel
SO choby.
"Wcll, she's gone away, and she lett
note for you on the bulletin board. y
dropped my suitcase at the foot
of the stairs aud crossed the hall to
the big bulletin board where We girls
always left messages for each other
There were lot of folded notes there
nov, addressed to different girls, and
several notices.
"Will Miss Hewitt phone Mr.. ABC'
i cant tell you his name: lie Was on"
of the big theatrical managers 10
o clock. lie called up Ht S. Oh, |
knew what that would mean to Con-
stance IIewitt--a chance to get an en-
sagcment at last.
"Wardrobe trunk for salc--in excel
lcut condition; only needs new handles
and bit Of mendirg in ono tyal. lF
let It go cheap read that almost
mcchanically; then, scrawled on the
bottom Of the notice. was written.
Bought by Sylvia Stcarns!' In blue
pencil. Oh. what thot meant TO Inc
found my note from Sylvia at last
but somehow I didn' + dare open II, 1T
would mean unhappinesS for mo. | was
sure, and 7 wanted to stop Il moment
and remember how dear Sylvia had
been to me before 7 tore It open.
took off my hat, ran my fingers
through my hair-it was SO thick that
it made my head ache and went into
the dining room to sit down near a
window and have breakfast. ] felt aw-
fully weak and shuby.
It was lovely In there. At the far
end overlooking tho back yard, the
breakfast things were being laid out on
the counter, and Jenny. one of our two
maids, was filling the big, shining urns
with coffee and hot chocolate. The
other maid had put up the card with
the list Of dishes and their prices on IL
eggs, bacon. ham, cereal, hot muf-
fins. fresh fruit knew IT so well.
And the little tables were all in order
with their painted oilcloth brcakfas'
sets. all garlandcd with buttercups and
daisies, and their bowls of flowers. 1t
was such dear little place; just sit
ting there looking at it made mo feel
NOR" AZ peace.
"Now, Miss Lame here's your cof-
rec all ready, Shall bring it to you?"
Jenny called to Inc.
''Oh, no; I want to get it myself
cried, hgrry;ug down the room ff 10Y
tray and silver. I felt that getting
back into the ordinary little details OF
MY old life would make it easier for
mc to face the changed conditions.
1t seemed nice to stand there at the
counter and pick out n bowl Of cereal
and some berries, and have Jennie pour