Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-04
ZIG STARTS THE STORY

70 us,c1r ~ some day. sunny "o.oJ ~
.otOtITut 1nut pho Is gr"moiy @ um" 1u@m- @
oofmopidcnt. om sunny dnd ne oeIS country, Sat
grg for me finds they sing on the
idckihD ,"o o,Sniiies, arc arrested JOr
street lor, and pdrdoned BY the mag
"rdgIa"'v Leslie MontresSor, Weu'
.trats' actress, Impressed Wlth
knoWm, o,igindlfty, brings her oeJoro
Snn.yU Sr yUempiingtCay, theatre ma"age,. ,s
us is1 sees possibilities ~ ns' Jng Rert 9oIi also
Der SmH'' bpgrt, Their eTpertenco at
S 0lug" and their first appear
the fent" Uui1ue. sunny makes
Gnc6 W,rbirh trius for her tremehdous
sptG,C.m,, c'd ana Bert Is pdrdtysed tonh
opp.,ng,J1ht, Whtch by me dadlenCe ~
slgngI' ngn Tor natural dcttngs aha ng
sGa, Iiso Minis applause. Both onnmy am e
GlSo W,% o,,c told they arc to repeat he
Bert a,0 ,,,t tO, each night. A bouquet Is
gang ~ Sunuv and IN the center fs
hdnaJS" n b0r containing q diamond
Ionnn and there tOdS q cara at
perez" Smnuy tells the audience heGt
tnicnt tachni"1 about tho foOers and the pdcE-
hy"' w There is ring OF trhth W her
o!yorJS ,rhich reaches the hedrl W ro
oadicncc, and again She Is dppfmdItaoa, ppm t,.oa;
Neyut "C, GibbG,s, He tOdS .rery poor
,nino M' and hungry looking, too.
looE,"y orders % BREAKFAST. "But youpe
SUNNY IrCGkfdst once " Mrs. Melktn
aa " Mrs, Mclkin tCas learning
ssss"Sicncc, IN the old days, tChon
S.wmy had earned ScDeh ShllhnOS
,5s"E' IL icdS she tOho tCdS mistress oJ
ths tSo"0 o sc,,cn or eiOht times that
ssmopmf, sanf with the promise. Of more ~
eW"i ehs im1cdidtc future. she rang Me
w w Ths surprised MndlddU brought
on ~" tbc breakfast things. tDhtch she
nYpJ onIy inst taken dOtOn. More bacon
,""S @ cooked and Mr., Gtbbtns hdd hks
SraSatfdst, frmly believing that sunny
pdS hdrng herS' -
W." AND HERE IT CONTINUES
THE things were cleared away at last
II nvow we'll start" Sunny said.
"s,art WHAT" her aunt asked.
mfr. Gibblns as come round to i'm
,ovs me he's coming every morning" "
krnnv said "ft's like this. ! amt 60
nr to play pickle-factory gels all my
|h, I'm going to play Hamlick one of
hese days, and Romero and Julia. or
Ihateyer her name Is"
Juliet, possibly; I hope sol do in
eed hope So" said Mr.. Gibblns.
IFS all the same. I'm going to play
kir parts. You wait and sec. For one
(hIng I'VE got to talk proper. That's
Mat Mr. Gibbins is ere for. He's 60
|ng TO learn me. Two hours every
Eorning, 'scept when there's rehearsals
fhen we'll ave to find some other
(ime"
That morning Sunny's lessons started
when Sunny put her whole mind to a
Hing she succeeded.
She put her whole mind now to bet
kering her education. She wrote a hand
Ike q child of five. Under Mr., Glib
bins guidance her writing began to show
fapid Improvement. But speech was the
han thing. He was a brolien-down lit
krary man, who in his youth had been
kn actor Poor, old, friendless, he was
klad to earn a shilling an hour teaching
Bunny DuCrow, and the breakfast every
horning became the usual thing, Mrs.
tlelkn looked on it all with suspicion.
Ehe did not quite know what she suS-
bccted, but she suspected, because 1t was
ter nature.
But Sunny was improving; every
pay almost every hour, saw an improve
|nent in her Her speech grew less
|hs" were seldom dropped Now and
bgain she drlftcd into some of the old
familiar slang; but she pulled herself
together, quickly. She was learning
shakespeare under Mr.. Gibbins' in
ftruction, and the old mans patience
end pride in his pupil was something
E0nGerlul 10 see.
"How-how about having that there
l,9rCher S speech thlS morning. sunny
paid.
He shook his head.
! fynn1 MI M q "
PllsS Ducrow. You should have said"
wait a moment, she said. II ought
10 nave sad, shall we have Porcher's
fpeeCh thiS morhlng| she said.
Inat Is hcttcr, But you should have
Fa.d Portla'
ortla sunny said. I've got II
nOw, maven II?
re noddHd and smiled
MIS- M%lkin could not understand It
ht aIh Nor could she understand 1t
cGL5er cYai ,"hen sunny stood up and de-
i drOppeth. as the reniie rain from hea von n
cDon o., the place he".tth; il is twice bless a."
that gels after don't know. Some
times feel fair frightened the way she's
gong on
meanwhile the revue was running Its
~ Hdu SCDTtu u DIE SUCCESS,
and people were beginning to know the
name Of Sunny Ducrow. But only be-
ginning, She had a long way to go yet,
and she knew it.
Nhat we've got to do, Bert, Is TO
adVertisc,' she said. mo one doesn't
mean. no one gets on in this world
Without advertisement"
Bert nodded
You mean, ave private advertise
mtnt In the Evening News?" he said
'Ony amt got nothing to sell"
sunny shook her head.
"No. I don't moan fhGt You con,e
with me this morning"
c,rt fert went, as he always did when
sunny 0rd'rrI him. They went west.
,UII'sdo a Ialg" photographers Cstab-
'Snm.R} nI sunny came to a slandstiil.
G. lu'nE lniS Is the pace, she said.
one sc,I.t matrched m and Bert followed.
r5 rH5uvhor in?' Sunny said;
Inc young .Wly sitting behind a table
VS.. Sit,
r.nHtSe nave you An appointments she de-
haded,
MC ND only just tell him I'm
'11Se *, SHe Sd'i
h, Mr, turning nam secs no ono without
tfGTyy TyPo.H,i"'hI, .i.i t4r Young la9y Shlu
o.EH wen, don't see how he's going to
""' 90" an GdlP. .n'lnent WIN me unless ne
X. bsS n, uIS, "unny SAID. i spose
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