Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-15
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cberrv remembered the namc Of the
,.m,us lover" of many pictures. thrill
,ny gently MS Eflie did, and entered the
,snc,um Of the great man with som"
o,,.ehcnson. alcKaieh was tal and .
.h;r. with booked nose and q sharp
shin. He smiled politely. cHhihiting
golden teeth. r..
"And still they come h" said.
HMr. Swift, Miss--er--
"Nohun," put in Eaie.
Mise Mohun--bobbcd hair--.um.
dubiously "Toc bad. 1.ct's SEE your
profile. Cot any photost'
"No. didn't bring any,.
"Things are very slow. Miss M"huI.
Nobody doing anything now I
81 thought. Mr.. Mckaigh." said
Fife, "ycu might be willing 10 give her
"Oh-wcl', yee, il nigh, be nannged
Have yVu got Il minute. Harold:
Mr.. Swift glanced nt Cherry
through his long "y"iashrH ana then
dubiously NJ his watch. He was II worry
great person, she knew. and his moments
must be very ILrcrion.s.. g., =,
.'Oh. say. Ncdhy.' he said with an
HDStTd'iNu u''' '"' ~" g N''''
body else
Jus, tty" minutes. Ellie wants this.
Can't refuse Lie. Come along.
He lcl the way ou; into the
,,udio with tho listlcSs Harold. Cherry.
greatly Disturbed. foil"wtng with Etic
like lamb TO tire slaughter. There WAS
little time 10 spare hut lI(fic mad" wy
Chcrrys face while M"k.igh gave hrr
her n>trUrtiuns--whcilW were. in brici.
70 make sentimental advances, finally
ending in get tngcthcr' with this
lover ni many women who stood i'h-
ycrturbahy listening. slight smii" "
bored condcsrcnsi"n upon his hrs.
,hcrry moYcd into tiir place in"irHicd
under ,hc glare Of he lights with Harold
Swift beside her and stood staring 4,
tie "iiynrraman. aware OF t'!" sound 81
the h!arhinc Other people were looking.
Ch"rry'y blood turned to water. She
knew that he locked a fr"i. Sh" wa"
cons JOYS oi her hands. "i hoy feet.
They were i"a,.cn objects which $hr
move, with difficulty, Beside her IL"
,laenirrnt Harold listlc>sly waited TO
BE- intrigued. She rut hand tiui,iy
upon lis shoulder aud looked MP into
his far". lie put his nriL around her.
bending forward. "Morr pep" hr
whispered hiu,ly. She tried 10 think
Of EiHc and all tina, she iaI done for
hc", hu: III" sound Of tn" clicking
canNr "\"rr led all case. nii grace.
IN 'hr ''"!os"- tiu> ~htrh followed
sh" tried t. smile. to shnW lmth"s, to
indicat" varying emotions. Had 81"
been as%"! I" crE she would probably
lave don" 50. bcrHus" lit" knew that
She was fullWr".
She read il in Eiiic'> t!VStcrrd face.
ir. ,Kaigl's blank cxprrs,>ion. N the
II look os the CI!nr,unan. in
Tod Swilt'.s Sudden exit from tie
ytcnc WHEN his share in the litt,c comedy
/wus finished.
NO experience" was Mrkaisn's
verdict. "A year ur tW" in stock i,
what YOU need. Miss MoIlm,' he said
kindly. But you can r"inc around to
the projection room IN "a few days uaI
Sec this run Of"
Cherry thanked him anl went into
The dressing room where Ellie WiDrd and
washed the GREASE paint from her face.
Sh" gay" Ellie :; ruciuI smile.
was rotten, She said.
'lou We're H. good us Miss SAVAGE
sad Ellie loyalty. "Nou cam dn bctu'".
] kno% you can. Bar lou were sort.
,,titt, Cherry. was like that at first.
You rc got TO get used t. il. N"u'l! be
oil right the next time.
don't b"licvr there will BE- any
reSt, timy,' said Cherry with It ury
jaugh.
When they went owt OF Tie dressing
room f.ihc left her For q r1ointnt 10
make plans for the following day and
Cherry was about 20 turn int" the
studio when sh" met Bruce tOw"u l""r
70 face. For Il mnmcnt he did ,."t
recognize her. but She spoke his namtc.
Hello, Bruce"
here"
SA" 'old lin. and the proOnJi" re-
t.lr ii the experiment. lie listened.
lie had n slightly superior mir, not :"
'Ond,~r"ndins ~ NJ. Swift's (which
would com" lalerl. She t"lt ,nat he
wished h"r tn understand Nhut H.mC"
'."y Lat last ne, h. had become 4 m"n
VI some r"nAc0arnc"- to inform her, Il
m" had Not l."ard oi it, Ihat H. Wa
song to mak" II surr"aS Of the picture?
!" which h" had Il part.
I'VE only bccN .l"iug it for two
months. | was with tho Circle Com-
pany first. They picked me out oi
N" extras and gave me tt part. Last
W%A Mrkaigh saw nae work uIU made
ne oiG ohcr t" come to Mnadowcroit.
iyc only been here week. But Im
gong great. say, IN u f"w months
~ going I" back Harold oH the map"
III glad, Brace. do hope you u
surrc'd' You were always too bcaut!-
ll to sell InotnrI,.
IN" friendly irony PASSED ever his
head' lie believed ,iat what She .ci!
N0H true.
ION, pLotos.a :, good. And 7
eI%Gya wanted - b. an actor. rs
,T aTa' easy toI m". l'v' got som"
a'HLMi.r stun I" do, too. We go "'I
% WHIT" P"ms for tiat. That's where
ruI Il oyer Harold.
MS ct"t!FN was, rs "'r". colossal
rug with this new haciigcnunl nf
At, ''"nen, it was somewhat lmprrS.
Cherry. '' ''''''' ''''
~ On, yes. Snes ali right. isn't sheY"
hiheA' With. an air Of sudden abstrar-
too, Hoa :, 'W"!l, | nope you got Il GOO
NJ, ana, as he shock hands. Say,
,mn't!' YOU re looking kind al thin
%ra %ra, Pcaky, Brace up The FIRST hun.
IIt'N Years are the hUy!cat. Wcll
'" got /" b" changing. So long"
,,,n,n'rry watched his Diminishing hac&
CnN 'HinGEd feelings. OF t%r Bruce
wan thai ii" Though, >hr had knovn
JoS traces were ncgltgihlc. The mos,
""n,'" impression tlHt hr lad conveyed
o"SS ms absorption in Il vorv inportart
"t, 'r'u!hphAn. career. L. Was as"
m",I1ue ~,i"ue mat Il" hHi chosen 20 use that
JY'F" ~ huIf"r "a rnYrrss any ten
IsnS!cs anHs On 'horry'a part which might
r mau coward recurrence of their spntl.
Sshtai adventure. lie might have spared
b"sEe sSeI lhat anxiety The blood rushed