Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-20
THE HOUSE OF MOHUN
Bv GEORGE GIBBS
AvtNor of "Yoxtk TrtSwbAsWs" a~6 0tAsr SNeosssss
CSSxrtSAt, 1885, b. ASptssoA 4 co.

.wistafia blossoms among which 4
hundred cafiArlet In their. cages wafbled
and twittefed exeitedly, the huge cluster
Of American Beauty roses, the orchestra
Of thirty pieces. the best opponents OF
the art Of synscptlon III sophisticated
But now, 40 the handeiSpplns fot the
last measure had ceased, the trab.
drummer had finished the ineyitable
'tuin. te. tum tutn-tum - tum, and
the trombehe had given lts cynical
laugh, an e1pectaht hush fell upon the
dancers. For the velvet curtains at
the end OF the room, few open and, with
q fanfare from the brass instruments,
,I, rsrGt r, dSs ls"d forth ..i Hi siies va itesOs
the Nussian baliet---as with gesture and
dance he cleared the floor, while the
orchestra, showing that II was capable
Of music. Of a better sort, launched It.
self sayly into the ballet music of
.'Coppciia." Another gesture from
Kadnik0v, the curtains parted again and
a great. aowerput rolled ihto the room.
pulled by q group Of girls In tights,
dressed as the pages Of some sort OF
Fairy Court. In the flowerp0t was
a huge rosebud Of papier fnache, which,
at q gesture and prayer IN, pantomime
from Pietrot,. slowly opened its petals.
revealing at last q dainty Plertette
l ;. At q signal she .prans forth. It WIS
She met pietrot. they kissesd. he
He'd. He followed--all to the cadence
Of the music. Here was the very
Apothe6sis Of the dance, grace and Joy
in poetry, music and color. Pierrot
caught his quarry at last and then, the
fairy pages emerged again and Joined
in the ballet under the shifting colofs Of
calcium light which flowed over The
dancers like a veil Of quicksilver. TO
David Sangree It vas all very beautiful
and Genie by his side gnve gasp Of
dismay as the ballroom fell into sud.
den darkness. When the lights went
on the danceis had disappeared.
Applause, o repetition of the ballet,
at the end of which the trombone
laughed derisively again and In q
moment the orchestra swept into 9
popular tune which brought the real
actors in this human comedy upon the
floor. Balkova was great. but who
could resist the Tilt Of such tod
dle"?
sangree turned away. After poetry,
this was doggerel. Cherry seemed tc
have disappeared, but he found hei
later coming down the. stair, a thought
full expression on her face.
"I've been looking everywhere 70
you--to thank you and to say goot
night" he said.
Are you soing?" she asked listless
". "1'm sorry
''1s something bothering you?" HI
asked.
"No. Yes. That ethinl
terrible hns happened. pr. Sangrce-'
"No. Nothing. It's just Wand
I'm SO awfully fond Of her.
"You mean that She's"
"Just i'll. She hasn't very stronl
head. The chamrngne-sle's 30 silly
I hope nobody noticed"
Cant take her hOmc-"
mo. No. That would BE- fearful. Th'
Everartls are terribly strict. Genie
going 10 keep her here. Please don
say anything. know you won't. Goo
night"
Among David Sangree's social asset
was an Important club. the Olympian
lie had kept up his membership durin
the years 1T Ills wnnderings. more 4
Difference to the wishes OF his tlea
father. than to any desire to nvail him
J self of its privileges. lie had been elect
ell In his twcntytirst yenr, In accordanc
with the custom. but had rarely bee
inside it's doors, until his recent retur
to New York. Iiecluse and student b
habit. his social intercourse had bee
confined to those persons with whom hi
studies had thrown him.
1t was. therefore. with n f"a''"" L"