The Omaha morning bee., 1922-10-31

/ NO MDfu lHu come from lHt hlublv
hs 10 the result of Mems test pic.
lures. There was no telephone In the
bungalow to ring n verbal message
IN or take one out.
i Mem could have gone 70 a drug
store and telophoned from pay sta
/ ton, but she was afraid 10 hear her
1 fate come rattling out OF the littlc
rubber oracle. She wanted 10 meet
! her destiny face 10 face and make q
/ battle for IL II the Issue hung IN
doubt
/ She simply had to have work now
because she had her mother us well
/ as herself ~ support She was still
too new 10 realize that need Is not u
+ reeuir mendation or a substitute for
ability. In 50 far 6s Il has any boar
ing IN the case, being hard up Ia an
argument for disability Jobs IRE
offered most promptly 10 those that
I already have them, and those who
I have work 10 offer rarely seek those
who arc idle.
Az Mem hastenod along palm.
/ lined avenue 10 her street car she
was hailed by tho man she had re-
fused 10 dance with, the handsome
Mr. Creighton, from whose arms rhe
/ TBu IDUbHt I'INtll lifI lI ihht biib
terror the first evening of her arrival
IN Hollywood when he tried 70 make
her dance.
Another evidence OF the distance
abe had Travelled was the fact that
she had danced with him often since.
and that when he invited her to step
into his automobile she hailed him as
taxianRel and ordered him to rush
A.. l.. nj tay Gt1aaA
lie had bought himself new racer,
a long underslung craft OF desperate
mien. II can't afford car" he con.
fcsBed, "and it's all bluff, but when
you're hunting job II makes great
effect 70 roll up IN your own road.
ster."
The impu1ence was contagious and
Mem calmly remarked:
II must get me a car. What DO you
think is the best makc?'
The two noncapitalists bllthely lug
gled thousands Of dollars and huo.
dreds Of horsepower.
What effect do you want 70 RI.
fect?' said Creighton. 'If you're go
iug t0 play ingenues you'll want d
shy and virginia. auto; IL you're going
in for adventuresses and heavies you'd
better get bus that's BIT sporty"
Mem thought she was nobly con-
sefvative when che said:
II shouldn't like 20 be TOO consplcH
Gus"
That's right; the gaudy old days
are over" said Creighton. "The pio.
neers out here went in for plaids and
gold brocade upholstery and every
thing outrageous. Then Jeanie Mac
Pherson made a sensation by having
her car painted plain black, and now
almost everybody is very sedate---ex'
cept Roscoe, of course. lie Is so big
he has Jumbo car
Mem was good enough actress TO
conceal from Creighton the fact that
her interest in the makes Of cars was
a mere windshield to the cold gale OF
anxiety playing on her nerves. She
was III a panic lest she should not
be engaged at all. Her immedia.e
problem was not the selection of an
automobile, but the assurance OF food
and raiment
Creighton rolled her up to the sti.Gio
gates and waved her good luck. she
fultered when she entered th3 casting
office. she almost tainted when 2ir
reys assistant told her bluntly that
there was nothing doing" MIR Iir.
rey had so many hearts TO break, SO
many hopes to sicken with dcferrnent,
that he avoided the ghoulisn task
when he could. fie had warned his
assistant 10 save him from under.
eoing another Of Mems assaults upon
his emotions.
When Mem received this curs facer
through the little window in the door
between the waiting room aud the
outer office she blenehed anl tell
back
The room WAS fu'i of anxious souls.
each with its desperation. Ihe"e sat
q hungry fat woman whose bulk had
lleIt her employed when sylnhs had
had 10 wait. Next her was a gauut
creature who could play Famins or a
comic spinster with equal skin A
brace of sparrows with yollowed curls
that looked like han0fuls Of pine shay.
ngs waited with their mother. Thrae
beautiful Young men with tae eyes
Of dylng deer perused their finger.
uails for lack of more exciting litert
tufe. An assortmeHt Of villains first
ana second niurdours. and Z aro or
less aristpyralic eNtt4 folk stood about.
hnplnE against 0Nperiences
scattered among thf laitv. they
the would hayt passed for ordinary
foiA, but srouped together. they took
on d euuously professional mummera
Blf
Aicln stared a. them and a hot re.
sentiment thrilled her she would not
acaept q place IN The moo of mons
aHtftes She went hack 20 the u In
.UsH and met idnrd % The assisting
tasting our director She pleaded for
Mat : moment n Mr firfty'a tims
he assistant s8d De VAS busy, hWt
us would noi snuh those elautnt eyes,
Arl that patient man, MI llrreY.
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