Evening star., 1921-06-05

| getting pink in the ears. These are
my characters. this Is my story. .s..
"Since when was 1t yours! ASKS
stepping to the front.
"Eh? Whaddye mean!'' he demands
Didn't l write it?"
Maybe" says /. But Edith Whar-
! ton wrote it first. Why. you've pincn-
ed all this wallfng-up business
est. Mr.. Simms. l can bring you the
hook it's. in. His story! Bah" -,
-, "Who-who the blazes are you!
asks Morrie. glaring at me ,;..
I'm Tzs,v Miss Ps,sFgeos Msy podse. Sssns bye name.
and a trainer Of budding movie stars
by profession. It's gift that I've
only discovered recent. and don
mean to have the game pugseo oy
any two-by-four studio hack ina.
| steals his plots from old magazines, s.
| .Wha -a-atw gasps Morrie. "A fe-
male freak like you dares To-
Draw 1t easy. Morrie." says l. or
I'll sic the publishers on you with
copyright injunction.'
| 'And I'll back her up. Morrie' says
way. outside of one or two scenes.
and you've got no call to get chesty
over it, Now if you know when
you're well off you'll do fade-out
and leave Miss DodgeIend me to nm
| ish this session..
l
mat out Of me that way, do you. Bill
Simms?' snarls Morrie. We'll. I'll
show you. l was looking for some
move like this when Miss Waters told
me orhat a raw deal you gave her yes
terday. But we've got somebody out.
! off. Mr.. Herts."
"oh. gosh" says Mr.. Simms.
/ Nh &c Nforria eroee da shing ont
Simms explains to me. THE
backer." says he. ITS his money
we're running on. President of the
| company. And the only reason he
strayed from the cloak and suit busi-
ness to take up this side line was
! because Lou Waters had chance
to vamp him. l see rocks ahead. Miss
Dodge. IL he's here"
| "Oh, well" says l. But mean to
stand up for lnez to the last breath V
ut won't do a bit Of good, I'm
afraid" says Simms. And here they
| come.'
Sure enough, they were bearing
| down on us in full force: FIRST. Nor
| wrathful: then Miss Lulu Waters. a
| sneer curling her classic lips. and last
| of all this poddy party with the beady
little eyes and the fiat, fabby ears.
Mr.. Herts comes blinking into the
studio light and don't seem quite at
Miss Waters he gets INTO action.
'See here, -Simms," says he. II don't
like you to treat Miss Waters this
way. You can't fire her. understand"
Then can't make the film.' says
Simms. "She refused to work yes
terday."
Il did nothing of the Kind. simms" Z"
puts in Miss Waters. II declined to
be bullied. that's ALL"
Perfectly right" says Herts. You
shouldn't talk that rough stuff to a
lady, Simms."
"And look what he had the nerve
to put in my place" says Miss Wa
ters. Just take look. Hertsy, will
you?
"Yes." I cuts in. "take two looks.
Mr.. Herts. And stick around while
you see her work little. Say. if she
Miss Waters here. I'll eat the film.
Besides. she's doing it for fifty a week.
and II you know what Miss Waters
is costing you can figure the differ
ence."
But Hertsy. old boy. shakes his
head. 1T don't care for COSTS" says
he. Miss Waters is a great artist.
I am going to make her known to the
American public. So you and your
fat friend can get out"
But I have engaged them to finish
"weli. well" says Herts. that
makes no difference. Pay 'em two
weeks wages and let 'em go. I got
my contract with Miss Waters. amt
lI? We got to stand by that And
if you don't like it. Mr., simms. you
"He needn't" says I. "If that's
! the way it stands. we'll quit. Only
| you don't know what you're missing,
I'll say. Come. Inez. It's all over.
Take of the royal rainment and well
collect What's coming to u.s.
| We did. too. Mr.. Herts makes out
follows US to the door.
Tough luck. Miss Dodge" says he
but what can you do with an old
fool like that?"
| Nothing but re-vamp him." says /
and neither Inez nor I are willing
Ito tackle the part"
/, Il don't blame you," says he. But
say. wish you'd leave me your ad-
dress may get in with some regu-
lar people before long and might
want to use you. There's always a
chance"
So we hang our names on the hook
as it were, and go trailing back across
the river with our chins down and
all our rosy dreams turned the color
| of a slate roof. At least, that's the
| way 1 felt. and I supposed Inez was
in the same low state of mind OF
course. she has retrieved her gum and
is yanking away with a regular jaw
stroke, Just as though she hadn't seen
fame and fortune slip between her
fingers.
Riverside drive and settled ourselves