Evening star., 1921-10-16

copy of variety" with the report of
their uptown tryout.
La Rock and Eaton''-the re-
viewer had written
! Songs and Talk.
| IA Minutes in One.
| "125th Street.
This team is evidently from the
west and with their present layout
| they'll have to go back there. Turn
opens with man loafing in front of
the post office. He sings couple of
published comics and pulls some flip
gags. Is rather long on looks and
! evidently thinks he's wise cracker.
! Friday night he had another think
coming. When he gets down to step
| ping it's a different story, but too late
| to save the act. His partner did a
village vamp bit that got over. II the
! turn was reframed to play up her
possibilities for impersonation and
! feature his dancing they might de-
| liver.
/ Laying aside all rancor. Efie re-
read the review. Now she saw 1t was
really constructive criticism. Showed
them how to reframe the act and get
over. Her vamp bit was good. and
she could put in a couple of the i'm
personations she had been perfecting.
| And Eddie must get down to brass
tacks and give them little Of the
real essence, like he used to. They
could still do it and have New York
|
! In a burst of enthusiasm she got
up and tried Eddie Foy before her
mirror. and practiced her Grace La
=! Rue glide. and decided she'd go again
| to study Nance ONeil in THE Passion
| Flower"
| When Eddie came in at 8 am.
! she put it up to him excitedly. But
the moment was inopportune. Red
! eyed and wrathy. he had reversed a
| winning streak and sacrificed his
: 70 h,1Y,
! Whats eatin' you. Ef?" he de-
manded "Go on to bed and forget
it. I'm off that dancing stuff for life.
| My brains is in my head. and some
bookin' stifs And where do you get
the idea you can do limitations? You
only been gettin' away with the vamp
bit cause it's sure fire and every
body's doin' it. That Variety guys 8
kiddin' you and you don't know it,
arrangin our routine?" she persisted.
| Nav. What're you fixin' to do.
make a dumb act out o me? And
he buttoned his silk pajamas peev-
other thing''-raising up impressively
| on his elbow-"any further arrange
| ments you got for hoggin' the act,
you better get rid Of 'em before we
! start wcst-See.
The next morning Eddie elected to
! consider himself an abused boy and
hurried off. Effie collected all f1nan-
| cial resources and went on a shop
! ping tour She put in a nerve.rack-
! ing afternoon making every dollar do
hurrying along Broadway when she
glimpsed her husband coming out OF
+, a picture show. Pushing forward to
| join him, she discovered he was not
| alone.
! 1t was an awkward moment and
| Eddie rushed to the rescue of the cool
| glance she gave his elegant compan-
| ion. why. hullO, honey. IL this ain
! luck. You're just in time to say how
dy to Nflet. l run into her comm
| out of her agents and we been MAX
, in it old-time home week."
VIOLET smiled sweetly and extend
I; ed bejeweled hand. "Hullo.
dearie. Seems like an awflly long
time since I've seen you. though Ediie
tells me you been campin' on Main
street. Too bad you didn't let me
know, so 1 could have you down to
my place on Long Island. Opening
next week at the Riverside. O. course
1 got the Palace to follow.
If you're in town. be sure to catch me
at the Riverside. got a entirely
new turn, with dancing partner, and
| a Jazz band that's a riot.
| 'Vi'let Harter's sure some fash!
admired Eddie. as the lady's opulent
summer furs disappeared in the din
| ner-hour throng. IT bet them foxes
nicked her for a few. It's a wonder
! you wouldn't keep up your street
clothes better. Eff. Odd coincidence,
wasn't it, me runnin' into her? We
was talkin' over old times on the
punkin' circuits. I'll say there's q
DANES done a lot for herself! III say