Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18
SUNNY~DUCROW
rms STARTS THE STORY
By HENRY ST. JOHN COOPER

r1de An q mototCdr some day.
Tbsv both Work IN pickle jdCtorV.
e,'syy Iives trith her .gI umOiy duht on
e % mean street. HymPering FOR day
Sn,my and Bert stn0 on the street FOR
onr;ss and are arrested. Al the court
Po"se Is Leslie Moutressor, dch eSS.
SIe Is Impressed 10Th SunnpS orig
s,crtv. aud brings her 70 Mag Hcm-
,,inGrov, theatre manager, ,Cho 1treS
mn."y% nno snail pdrf IN a rcUue; Bert is
,ot,n on. too. sunny has rare merit
horn dcti eSS-ichHc Bert's dtck-
,rcTd Stupidity is mistaken for real
oc,ing, on hcT first appearance sunny
Jorgets her lines but eoer teSouroe-
mi appeals to the audience TO be pa.
;is1f Gud give her a chance" Her
.~|csLin0iv original speech makes q
"bU" 4 bouquet COnCedlthg did.
,aond pendant from Lord DO6Hhgton
d handed sunny ~ close OF hor urSt
sunny has ICON 'poPWdrty Rost.
bsimSr. the money end OF the man.
ooe,mcut, proposes marriage 10 her
aid is rejected. He insists that she
be discharged. sunny dppe0IS TO
"Rorsto,ce," nionu1er Of another thea
ire, and Is promptly engaged Be,,
outlines pot Jor q neu pay, ana
S,nuy pleads 10 be diiotccd TO add a
SONG 10 her piece. This is permitted
ana so successfully rendered that
"Curtiss" sends tOr hcr 70 conc TO his
.NCe aud offers her q hrcG-ycdr cOn-
tact. The song is JOr SAFE ~ every
,,u,ic dealers tCiHdotC as SuHU bU
sunny Ducrotc," tctth Sunny's picture
w Nc COrcr
AND HERE TT CONTINUES
IN HER way, Sunny was already a
l celebrity People knew her name: when
any one spoke Ct Sunny Ducrow, no one
,SReG who she was, because every on,
knew
o., go, on 10 an. omnibus, people looked
a her and nudged one another. sunny
DuCrow" they muttered. And Sunny
was supromely unconscious OF the ad-
niration and interest in their faces. She
went on her own way
Bu, In one thing Mrs. MellSin was
rght--Sunny was boarding. There was
no doubt about II. She drew her SIX
mounds week. and she regularly put
i6ur pounds of them into her little bauk-
Ing account Mr.. birmingham had paid
her her fees, and that had gone into the
account. too. When Sunny had twenty
bounds to her CI"uIt, tnal vo.y day Sne
Invited Bert to a sumptuous tea at an
Asrated Bread Shop. They had poached
eggs on toast In honor OF the occasion.
sunny Ducrow had become a woman Of
property
sake only therell come a time. sup.
" 81, one day, when ri be old and not
4 TO work. Then I don't want to go to
tho workhuuse: 10 ! made up my mind
Id always save Il bit every week. II it's
only smiling, | mean to save a bit and
be on the right side Then YOU never
know do you
Ber, shook his head
You never know" he said. Having
a bit Of money by YOU will save trouble.
"rm't as If this here stage business Is
going to last forever. PeOple'll get sick
Of YOU, and me, too, come TO that. Sup
posing me and you saves. Sunny. and
get a hundred pounds togetht r"--his
face frightened up little why
shouldn't we start in the pickles and jam
line on our own"
"lm done with the pickles and jam :"
Sunny said
And she meant It; but she did no,
know what the future held in store for
hnr
The twenty pounds had become tifty.
a wide-awake film company, realizing
that Sunny DuCrow was well advanced
on the road to popularity. made her an
offer 10 have film play writtensaround
her. for her TO appear in.
il was Wednesday morning when
Suhny got the letter from the Sun Pic
tlre GO, and she thought 1t over
On Wednesday there was "A matinee at
IN the matter then. So she wrote and
'old the sun Picture people that she had
lsceiVed their letter and would call In
the course Of a few days
AZ 'he Realm Sunny was on the best
OF terins with every. one she was q gen.
,.a' IANorit", And with no on. was
sunny more Of favorite than with that
CurtIss
Mr.. Arthur CurtIss was sitting in his
private ohlGo when Sunny walked In
mannOunCed. Sunny was the only ner.
ton who ever dared to intrude on Mr.,
Curtiss' privacy.
Afternoon, Arthur" she said as she
sat down. ''Io
lie smiled at her.
l'@o"d Afternoon, sunny; but I'm
50 am / ; that's why I've come DO
you Know anything about pictures"
'Pi"turcs--well--'' he nause1 "J
u" know I'm somewhat OF a judge OF |
: masters I've got a picture that cX-
y 'rts say If undoubtedly--''
mean films" she said,
gard TO fins"
l don't know that there Is ANYTHING
III !Our contract TO prevent you anpcar- |
~ Us ,,dn on MN, he said. mo, there isn't. !
6. ave had an offer, that's all" she
How much?'
II ,nn,%;. ,taG% don, say that's what want
-, Tho fact OF the matter is" he said
u hay" a friend, Dawson PerI,ins %ho
s so Interested in a Aim company. lie
spoke OF YOU" '' ''S
,Whats the paw" Sunny asked,
=, Ee.m .SS S,nieu. never knew Il girl
he said as 'ou are
i, oIt NJ .sn the money-not for the
nTmeES sake. It's this way. There's
."E .;c ms m and my health. If l was TO fall
VAN, ne done, wouldn't I? Well. l
,!Ges s ,bat '2 NaIT ,rt, little BIT pu, by. Be
gb%n' Yer" only living in lodgings, Ana
a%t TIt iSn all, either" she vent on
,boy mere re-, 8 other people | know. sometimes
"SE u"ht get much luck--.''
,ra Ln% Ln% closed her mouth suddenly. No
fsi, "'lSW' ",,W' nor even Mrs M"lkin, OF GER
# f'TS{Sa Wrsa I,rrs%lr in. There vas the r.tsr
b, "!rS ilpk'ns, whose daughter Amv
pu Am, worked with in the pickle factorv
nrivS TiS ma LnI ialieL Ill., and had been tGo
small 'Hhrp%IrI or her mother and three
,iGnHy ,or ~ had found Mrs. Hopkins wait95ns
r"er outside the stage. door
vo,i, Mou'uht have come, my dear-I
'Jian 'oni, nave dared to Come she said
D bssr amy said you was always kind
w nora ANY, no good and generous, and
Me- Elrl Is that bad. and"
tevon%J WHelKin waited up for two hours
when snnn,. T9r usual time that night and
,IsIno sunny did come home M last re.
'acs s.u 10 give give an account Of herself her
sestIon mas ., ,"ushed and there was a sug-
'oIloWitro q ot Tears %lears about her eyes. The
lsnSo",lIs morning the bank baIs nca ,rno
,ITcss ,Sov w the sum Of five pounds, and
rs wa" ,''M IN, pound week had found
IIopkiGs ',IG y,,he me little hov"l whr rn IN"
se,tingH tamlly lived. But Amy waa
roSITS better better again rapidly now now a%s anS
he H9nEjnIs De back at Johnsons. And
iral; hnt hF''tS case was only one Of sew.
6 hnrsosriI, sunny kept her own secrets
"WbSoe,tt and no one knew, '''''
III. dont want IL an idea Of what It's
sunny said said" liz En9w anything about IT,"
U,S Sp%r6dH ana they was to offer me a pomnS tm
"P%nt,G;sse "a take it, ''""'
inow wb,, EHrtLss "a d, Il happen 70