The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-23

smashed one of the traditions about men that had been firmly implanted in my mind"
 And what is that?'
 That men always stand together. That no matter what one man does, there will always be found some other man to make excuses for his foolish ness"
 That idea has been exploded long ago. No man will stand up for an- other man when a woman. or her stainless reputation is the pawn. Every man, my dear, will rush to rescue you or any other girl from the clutches of a brute like Brown. All men of any decency will save you all ways from every other man but not a;ways from themselves. I feel that am somewhat to blame for your an- noyance this evening"
 Why not at all, Herb. You had to answer the phone. And 1t was req sonable to assume that I was amply protected in a first class restaurant"
 -Of course, but you must under stand, Virgie, that my reputation has not been immaculate where pretty girls are concerned Seeing you with me, Brown took it for granted he could take liberties with you"
 
 reputation?' I said with smile.
 "I hope not, dear But I must con fess I did have a little selfish motive in dining with you. And as usual l did not take your position into ac- count. l shall have to consult some thing beside my inclination from now on. I wish Ria was not so crazy to get me out of theis scrap with Kitty Dalton and save my money. What does a little money mean? I don't believe I have a shred of reputation to save anyway. Sometimes l wish hadn't a cent It would have been better had l been compelled to work. I might have amounted to something then.
 Money is not only the root of all evil. but the bone of contention and the ax with which we expect to win all battles.
 Money disrupts families. It plants hardness in our hearts. It makes us crooked in our dealings and while by it, we measure every success that comes to human beings, yet it never brings any of us, the real joy of living or any lasting happiness"
 Herb I have just learned what Gloria discovered in you. She saw you were better than the riff-raff with WnlCn you were ITdlilnB dTOuHu
 Don't flatter me little girl. All that l am, all that l will be (for l have determined to justify her faith in mel, I owe to Gloria and it makes me feel as through I were doing the most cadish thing l have ever done in my life to keep our marraige se- cret. For once I do not agree with her.
 well, here we are at your apart ment I'll sent a man for your things in the morning if you will give me the address of your new home"
 That is very kind of you, Herb. And if you talk with Ria again in the morning be sure to tell her how lonely I am without her"
 In the little apartment the loneli- ness that l had mentioned to Herb enveloped me like pail
 'T do not believe can live alone.v said to myself and then I thought how lovely it would be if I could find someone like Maud Samson to share a bungalow with me. The idea, how ever. was so ridiculous that I laughed. and the laughter soothed me to sleep.
 To my surprise, when I arrived at the World Wide studio the next morn ing I found that I was to wear my evening dress in a China town street. This seemed strange until someone explained that the scenery would show the end of hilarious party to have taken place on New Years eve; or, rather it would show the cold gray dawn of the morning after a China town stunning expe- dition.
 "I wonder when they will take the real party-when they will shoot the night scenes?" said someone near me,
 My heart grew cold. How could be here for night scenes while I was on the set at the Kalsey studio.
 determined that if necessary would not report because I could not afford to give up the experience which would come to me when direct ed by the biggest man in Screendom.
 Tomorr0w-A Days Work.
 (Copyright John F. Dille Col