The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-10
THE DAILY
sHORIs STORY
WHAT NEXT?
az MARGARET N. LUKEs.

Il IVY
i moment.
men Kathleen spoke again.
4, ~ pob" sbe exclaimed
,rn%,|isivsIy ~" the chsnce I've
hasSs wsjtinv gor for vears-welI
!. ZOO vasTs ANYWAY. Tha, was
befors came 10 Tentonyilla. l.
"a thst 1,Se hsy.ns tSe lead n
me class play that made me Just
knowthat some dayI d have togo GU
lie stage. And now comes this
great chance through Sally Fosters
uncle. 3ft's only 4 little part OF
course: Bob. YOU don't understand
how wonderful 1t Is TO stand M
thefeRand-t sol
RsthIssn,. ssrsr voice ,rai,ea
infns drssms Her darE h1ne eveS
shnns Ike stars. The tirelisht sSeJ
gs5Sa * her anft c6ideI hail
FynaIIv pob hig ana good LOOKING
h Nh awExard wsv siowiv ross
10 M feet.
aynn,vs maaa IN vonr nina h.
sa;ds hnskIjy. Stnothing that 7 ran
savI would maize 4 cban1s i,gT
SNS
ssnook nsE heau: ou.
~ ogEse tort4 asa!n, y
aas INV VIA ~ 10 70 wan !tIe
an1sua! tnanss happen hsrt
ANays AnoW just what 4s go'hs
eappsM neAs: even alWays
yVuFs SOtHS 10 u"
lsAs
From the day Bob had come as a
Young doctor to the pretty little
Town o. NTentonyllle-and he had
met kathlenA the daythe eame-he
had fallen hopeleSsly in love witt
her. II was characteristic OF him
nov to 30 back TO his cosy white
mouse q stones throw from, the
Tentonyille Hospital without plead
ing MS cause 1t was characters.
TIC OF him TOO, to 90 down 70 the
statienithe next morning 'andcheel'
say goeaby 10 slim, snartly
Fsssea hatnleen'
But when the New York express
had come and gone and Mrs. Hicks,
the flutterly little mother OF Kathr
leens who with her father had final.
" consented to the stage venture.
asked pr: Bob to come back,to the
house for lunch, he only shook his
head and said he thought he'd go
Tor q little walk In the country.
TO describe the first few days Of
the tour Of %The9 Truce Makers"
would be to describe a cloud OF rose
glory for Kathleen anyway With
the strain OF rehearsals all over,
excitement fluttered about her
mind like q gay.colored little bird.
At first there was no thrill in the
world like getting up each night to
say her little part. It wasn't much
fun getting out OF a little hard bed
in a small town in the early cold,
hours Of the morning to make a
train for the next stand. Still a
Ipefson had TO make sacrifices fos
TART, Kathleen argued to herself.
1t was iust at the beeinuinR OF
4lthe fourth week that Kathleen sit.
Slting quietly in a small stuffy dress.
ing room in CastIeton. Iowa, heard
Sithe play was going to fail.
"Fail.n she echoed family TO the
Character woman as she drew a gen.
erous line of grease paint under
her left eve.
Gprhy. YES. of course. Won littlo
angel from the skies. Don't YOU
ever use them baby blue ewes 10
take a neck through the curtain
hole andase how many neonle's
out front2s Tlhere wasn't any more
than three Shandfuls last night. Jake
Sullivan rot wire from New Yor;I
last nirht calling the show on tho
boards II Il don't start 10 break
even In three nights"
THE gossip az The other members
of the company soon proved to
Kathleen That the character woman
was NOT fooling. They. sat. on The
fTnnEs n aach, otbSs.e 5raavSnr
rooms and gathered II small indig.
nant rrouns IN the dusty wings Of
the theater and their ono tonic Of
Conversation Was ire "hnst-nn" M
The show, Kathleen learned that
the Wide troil6le ~ mat fhev
were SIMPLY. nassing through a YER.
fam section 6t9ths country where
ffhere was+ financial denrassIon.
.df,at once fided over and ont Of his
,bel., me show would he on Tia
feet. However. the manager in New
York feflsad 10 stand further loss.
a. and WATT for larger audiences
That nIfht kathleen sat for a
long time IN the edge ~ the little
whste iron He'd. her two Iong cold.
n braidsSbanving deiectedly. ovsr
her shouiders. II was The ihowrSt
n wsSt;ns 10 TAI, some onaIsii
aboGt ii that made her finally reSsS