Evening star., 1921-10-16

white fox furs. and fingers ablaze
with ice" with her own severely
| tailored turban. and serviceable serge.
and lonely diamond supported by
glitter with Broadway shine No
wonder Eddie wanted to be seen with
her. There was no harm in his talk
ing over old times with an old friend.
ened. Realizing this was state of
mind she must not indulge. she
bathed away her fears with hot
towel and decided La Rock and Eaton
must get out of New York as speed
lily as possible.
A week later they took up the
three e-a-day-sometimes four-a day
grind where they had left off in the
spring.
There was nothing in Efie's stage
dressed the act and fed the chatter.
Wondering sometimes IL the vamp bit
had been so impossible, she made up
her mind to stand Eddie in corner
and make him listen to her other i'm.
! personations OF course he wouldn't
The experiment was never tried.
Eddie caught cold in Turkish bath.
whittier he had repaired to sweat on
surplus poundage. Booked into an
oklahoma oil metropolis. they played
| ward, at the boarding house. Eddie
was stricken with dizziness and
nausea.
The doctor she called pronounced it
| influenza and ordered him to bed. 1t
i was within an hour of the time for
them to appear when she got word
his hands in despair. What am GO
| ing to do? My shows all shot to
pieces. You're the second team on the
! sick list with this darned flu and my
dumb acts working without their
property trunks Couldn't you go on
and do a single?"
Efiies heart went into her boots.
! She was about to refuse, when she
and the hole the manager was IN.
Jaw, come on. Miss Eaton" he
urged. "Just plug a couple o song
numbers and fake a little stepping"
She assented and hurried back to
their room.
"First show I ever missed" writhed
! Eddie. "It's a awful tough spot to
mt YOU in, little girl: but IL you can
;; lust ease through. I'll be workin'
again tomorrow. ] suppose you got
! Mary song we used for a encore. Wise
| the leader to cover you up II you re
slippin' and don't try none o them
! iay impersOnationS.
** X X
TFFIE hurried back to the theater
L. She was switched to go on second
and the manager encouraged her
from the first entrance. Hop into It,
Miss Eaton, and hand it to 'em be-
| tween the eyes,"
She went out for the Mary song
and felt lost on the stage without the
support of Eddie's flip smile and easy
! confidence. All through the verses
she felt her throat Tightening. but
| she stuck it out. and. after the second
chorus. fled in a panic to the wings
| boss, patting her shoulder. Now 60
on back and open up your holler
| cause they're all your friends out
, there"
The vamp bit came back like ar
There was instant silence when she
began. and when she snapped out OF
character and bowed off the house
! echoed with applause.
, Some Teda Wara!Eths ,a;ao the. manasel nnhse,
mores nH so' she see bIushsd vividly. ana
| nodded. "Well. go on. spill it,"
f.; She gave them Eddie Foy for an
encore, and then. while the tumul'
ragged, looked up at her mentor ques;
tioningiy. DO you think they'd stand
Man Who Came Back'?"
stand for it! They'd eat it alive!
| She went back excited but unafraid
| For the first time in her life she
was doing the thing she wanted te
do and she brought to 1t every ounce
| of brains that was in her. Few in
the house had ever heard Of the
honey-voiced siren who drank the
dregs of depravity in the dens Of the
| China coast: but when Eff1e finished
not many would forget her. For ar
| instant there was that rare silence