Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-02

leave behind n trail Of trcacle on her
Ia face .,l. when T. the man goes Of he ever did
Rosemary, who liked him more than
little sometimes; constantly, at other
times. found herself saying: II sholl
How could any girl accept a proposal
the way he proposes?'
lie had a habit, an aptitude, a posi-.
tive gift. for the wrong moment.
do you, fair reader, know this typo
of young man? Is he, gallant skipper,
q friend Of yours?
This was the kind Of thing that hap.
pcned time after time.
EXAMPLE
Tho kind Of occasion on which lin
Miss Rosemary Meadows. '
Scene: Any theatre ten minutes
before the rise Of the curtain. Musicians
filing into the. orchestra, chatting, ar.
ranging the shades above their music,
toftly tuning up their instruments.
Occasional wNggles Of the curtain,
Rosemary and lin. the only occu.
pants Of the stalls. They are thus
carly because Jim hates to be hurried,
either over love making or anything
else. lie takes immense troullc over
choosing the chocolates that Isoscmnry
prefers. and over ordering coffee for
the entr'actc; In fact, he devotes to
thls the time Of ten present day pro.
posals. Only when another couple Of
early coners have taken the seats lust
behind them does Jim begin, like the
band. to tune up.
Jim. | say. Rosemary. YOU arc look.
ing topping tonight in that new frock
Rosemary. tSays nothing. but
knows she Is ''for it" again. she is rot
ilatterctl, because she ~ feeling mt n
low ebb and tired after a tlny when
everything hns gone wrong.
That frock, too. Literally dropping
to pieces with age. The frock she want
er to wear hnsn t como home in time.
Or, worse tragedy. it has come home;
hopeless. Even altered. 1t will remain
to the end an unsucccss. So while the
car waited, Rosemary has had to scurry
into her ancient blue georgettc. Shc
knows she looks like her own passport
photograph. If Jim says another word
ABOUT hcr appearance 1t will be the
last straw.
Jim ttenderly). Yes: topping you
look. dear. Done your hair q new way,
haven't you?
Rosemary. No. Hair. having been
shamI0oel in too hot water, is all un.
tidy ends.
Proposal. Of a Sort.
thor" fa,, Th, ,.nW ,nT .ne seats apo.t
i"st ,sh., ~ ~, stna,s tna.s. "re miiine up. ~
nii oc"nnio,, vi" ",h i'"n, ill.,, r'ws ars heGr!y
the .,,nt mov; =" % I;,n;a n n,e ,ss, mss .akr"
tmrn"I sbnnIdor ''h ,ho, 'e,a' s'uewaIHs. @ nrl
then do"s " T;,n ,m' ui.1' ""m noe Dstore
Tho conn,,",on ~ VIII VIII. "urS rye on
h" is conscirnsi ."e t "a'y person n% 9" w%m
month .o thn, pui % nan" near ms
.h",, m'" s,r :" oun't .m"t !. nes.mes noilo"
nni hurst ou, ;v,S ."he mt r"n . Sre,
"f... '"' '"'' o'"'"'hs whisper
-yo, mt, w., ,. AHA,
o. .,, ~" "''" ""a' ""ht
:" say
Rosemary knowing too we'll but try.
ing 10 be pat'ent'. Oh. is hCr under.
study tonight. Look. they've plA slip
IN the program.
Jim. Blow the understudy. Put
your fur cont over your knee. dear.
won you: ,Gurin.is stificd litter from
immediately behind him chught by Rose.
mar? DiL ihnuaible as bats squeak
10 me ear OF .'im.)
rosemary 'detcrmined net to have
her hand heidi. No; III keep my cont
on over my shoulders. ! think; this Is
!nc theatre where you get those pierre.
ing Of stage winds.
Much business OF wrap over shoulders,
After which Jim again turns II back
ns broad rs the hreprOof curtain en-
tireiy on his next-door ncighbor.
jim taixiously): lou do know what
| want to sny, though. don't YOU?
The strange hush all around them
ms almost the elect OF a chOruscd:
les, yes; go on.
rosemary ttensely). DO shut up!
lnaudible chorus Of stall.ites. ooh.
no, please don't stop. This is quite the
pest curtain-ra'ser we've struck for
many months.
Inc only person who doesn't hear Is
the conductor.
Jim ("ith dc"p-ton reprnach.
say. Earring !ittle girl. why are you al
ways so h0rrid to Inc lately! You re as
cold 9s ice. You might be Clover.
i'e Dit sweet to hin. Look here. he
nnsll seen ms lovely one Tor two whole
Guys nearly. Ana l say. pet, all day
he's been looking forward and living
Tor TINS Having you Rll TO myself and
being able to tell yom how
rosemary, with tho back OF her neck
ara her ears growing hotter every In.
sthht' iccis every eye in the house upon
Icr ana wishes to heaven that an un.
I"rsf'idy-any undcrstudy---were In
her place. She positively hears n wht7-
per OF Listen to those two" She
could murder jim.
only the percmptory "tut.tut,' Of
thc stick on the conductors desk pulls
the handsome blunderer up with
shock.
lp goes the curtain.
End Of first act-business ms before.