Evening star., 1924-06-15

| Pat saw him before the show opened
and fervently sang his praises Of
Mile. Sylvia. Buscovar listened with
tight skeptical grin slightly creas-
ing his fat face.
They hear different around the
booking office. Anyhow, III have a
look at her"
He sat in a stage box throughout
| the show, and after the last act
had made its effort he went back
stage and met Pat again.
What do you Think" Mahoney
asked anxiously.
! Your new act is rotten said BUS
| covar. Your own stuff is all right.
| but you'll have to get rid or that
curIey haired perfume hound of a
partner you've got. | bet he mikes
mean soda when he's working at his
| regular job.
..Oh. never mind about that" Ma
| honey said impatiently. Il can easy
| get a new partner if you don't like
| this one. But what do you think of
Mile Sylvia? Amt she great?
shes rotten, too" said Buscovar.
| Now, listen. Harry. don't get off
| this gal too hard till l get chance
to tell you some more about her,
Mahoney said desperately. IF you
don't like her stuff. you don't like 1t,
| an that's that But you ought to
| book her anyhow"
Sell me that idea" said Buscovar
derisiveIy. DO that first, an if you
q
YOU something down for an option
on the Brooklyn bridge.
There's story in her that'd make
great publicity" said Mahoney.
Yes" said Buscovar. What is
it?"
Il don't know" said Mahoney.
That's great story" Buscovar
said solemnly. THAT ought to dirty
up the front page of every paper in
New York. l can see it now. Stage
Mystery Gauze Fluffer Has Great
| Story, But No one Knows What 1t Is.
Everybody in Town Stop Work and
/ Guess Wonderful. Pat! You ought
to quit the stage and turn press
agent"
Il mean know there's a great
story in her, but | amt found out
| just what ii is yet" Pat explained.
Il know in general way. but l
| amt got ali the details yet"
oh" said Buscovar. "Details, |
/ knew there was something lacking.
Well. what's the story?"
"Sne comes from swell folks" said
Pat confidentally.
'Yeh?" said Buscovar IF she didn't
do no better home than she does
on the stage, ] bet her folks were
sure glad when she come from EN-.
! What is she? An exiled Russian
princess or something like that"
A startled expression appeared on
Pats face. Say, you know / wouldn' I
| put it past her, at that" he exclaimed.
II see in a Sunday paper a while back
| where this country's gettin' crowded
with them Russian royalty people
| that got chased out by the Bolshe-
viks.''
| Haven't you asked her who her
| folks are?" said Buscovar.
Sure" said Pat. But she won't
! tell"
| a CLEAN of interest appeared in
! Buscovar's eyes. Won't tell, heh p
| he said. That sounds like maybe
| she might be real, at that"
Sure, she's real Pat insisted ear
nestly. You'll have to put up an
awful spiel to get her TO tell you who
! she really is an how she come to GO
on the stage an all that, but if she'll
| come through for you, you'll have
| something"
She'll have to come through with
something good if / book her" said
| Buscovar. Well. let's see this gauze
| fiuffer an have talk with her"
| She's at the hotel" said Pat eager
ly. Il told her I'd probably bring
| you there to see her"
HVOU see. it's like this, miss
! said Buscovar, as he sat at the
! table across from Mile Syl-
via in the hotel dining room. There's
got to be some kind of big story in
you or you're cold, see? There was a
time few years back when any
body that could come out on the stage
barefoot without much clothes on,
and move around a little without
| getting pinched, could have all the
time they could play at good money.
But them days is gone by, lady, be-
| lieve me! 1t used to be that you had
| to be a classical dancer and do artis-
| tic stuff, or else they wouldn't let
4 you wear no clothes, but now any
body can wear no clothes much and
get away with it. And of course the
people would rather see good,
snappy, young chicken step out and
strut some jazz stuff without much
clothes on her than to look at you do
| that artistic stuff dressed the same
way. Now, as / said, If we're going
to put you across, what we got to
have is some kind of a sensational
| story about you to get lot of pub
| licity."
| "I see," said Mile. Sylvia mechani-
cally.
| Now, Pat Mahoney. here. tells me
you've got some kind of a story in
n q. /