Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-10
SUNNY DUCROW
by HENRY ST. JOHN COOPER

beiI the rest of the nFoductlov fhaxr Aia.
missed in rather M less pSs'oh Spaes' '"es o'S'
.Mis. nroo. MIA,
yo,,nn ectre ace Siythe9aie, 2 charming
nsrt =, Wav,, vas hl-ntted with the
R@orasd @ We sadly missed Miss. Mon
sSs Sss earnestly Sssn and did her best but
prettw pre- VOICE en owr wrohgly nid & cast, She has a
songs that feii a ,o '1 bsn ner shsr oest win e he
Ra,s R.. of s,,n, the srrSn. sShoosiri, Lady Maud,
vansa Ducrow was seen 70 ad-
sang her songs %as tS nnsa nnd
was not ssssr regretted that her part
Sn Ss wns made ,n o1S robust ,s and handsome hero
"e was IN Rood voice.. etc.
was fEIle, a frosti THOUSANDS had
been spent and would never, never come
oaSk
MAX Hemmingway would have at least
one taiiure TO his credit Perhaps he
coSso ou.o anoId II, seeing how many sue.
s.a.snS sas none n~ the less bitter for that: The
sts,,. .hs third night i was worse stili the
playing too t asay sa rhsy y,owIs %eTe
turn. 'nSTsa Snls on D?sGssT sas
When M Monsa' sToked LYLE ,,,, pr,sn.el. o,.
came reeoint. Ine 1ndaX o. ths ioi'g%Sns Sns week
% %as ss d'sn s psops tsa in xa.sS ,hs s s,ss the
deserted. There SILVA. was mo NOT ons % person e N
i1. ,hs private boxes. and the "d dress circle %
n"Hna bang s goes ssfH fifteen .ousand =" said
Looks like It. There's only one thing
to do ; close up the shutters" Hemmins.
tho. curtain, and stop the whole thing.
We've got the new thing. Are You
There?' to fall back on We can rush
II. through and get II inside three weeks.
Well?"
know Sesti" fr N0''"''"'r 'A'o' i'0
I'm going to risk III" Hemminsway
said;
.rTsss Kisk T ghatY ., ,.,,. .,o ~.
do 4. I'm going TO give her the part OF
Betty Barker in Are You ThereT"
"Soh" Rostheimer muttered. "Soh
She is very young and very inexberi-
eneed"
girl"
II haven't" said Rostheimer TITS
all cheek; Ids not dalent. Anyhow
send for her"
Hemmingway rang his bell.
away" ne said.
Five minutes later Sunny tapped at
the door and came in.
Miss Ducrow," Hemmingway said.
.hs fSns Ss sasns let s ySu sns S Of ss'Ts m.S %e
~ Y thought you would" said Sunny.
TITS gone nat."
anyhow it's coming off. We're going
70 pps at new thing have here into
ThereT The leading lady's part is a
SOFT one. She's n telephone operator
who happens on a secret concerning an
aristocratic family. She decides to make
the most OF II. and forces herself into
thing now, What want to know is"
He paused; he looked at Sunny: her
eyes were sparkling. She knew what
was coming. Rostheimer. sitting In the
shadows beside the window, she had not
the script and look through 1t, and let
me know tomorrow II you think you
are up to the part. It's your chance
the big chance for you. II you let me
down. you let yourself down. don't
know that I'm not rather q fool to risk
II. ! could get Molly Deschamps: she's
q practiced and experienced actress.
That part would be sa o with her but
rather fancy you could do it!"
S,, Svaid BIT! Rostheimer said.
Wait a bit. Maxi" He rose and came
forward
I've lost pretty heavily on dis ting"
he said. i've lost tousands. Tm not
going to run der risk Of losing more on
stared at Sunny. I'm sorry for Miss
Ducrow's disabbointment," he said |:
but can't see her in dis part. She
can't do II. She hasn't enough experl.
ence. I want dat part to 20 10 Miss
There was q baieful look in his eyes as
they rested on Sunny's face.
This Is where you get your own
back" she said quietly
Hemmingway looked from one to the
other.