San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-15

Jim slept late on the Sunday after
my encounter with Lucie and Jeanne
at the tea room to which Nicholas
Perry had taken me with the obvious
desire to have Jeanie see us together.
1t was one of those rainy Sundays
when we all say that it's a shame the
'working-people" can't have one days
recreation without the weather's COM
ing along to spoil it. And, of course,
each of us tries to hide the fact that
it's ourself we most pity.
/ didn't know what to do with my
self after I'd done the preliminaries to-
ward preparing our breakfast lunch.
SO picked up the Sunday paper which
one of our neighbor boys delivers, and
studied the rotagravure section. In
an obscure corner of an inside sheet
was little picture of Arlette Valleau,
and strange looking woman / did not
recognize.
Arlette's picture in a Sunday supple
mint startled me.
Who put it therei Why should she
be news? Even the caption under the
picture told me nothing of what i
wanted to know. II said:
nicholas Perry's model for his
new study Of Jeanne dare finds her
self unoccupied during the period
which the great artist must rest and
give his injured hands a chance to re-
cover from the freezing they received
when he was lost In a blizzard last
Winter. So she listens to the birds
whose song she emulates. The great
vocal teacher believes the child has a
voice."
Beneath the picture with its fantas-
tic and awkwardly non-commital para
graph was brief title: "Arlette Val
leau visits Diane Petruzzi."
was studying the picture so intent
ly That i did not hear Jim until he
was standing directly in front of me.
Then in return for his morning greet
ing l looked up and blinked as said
Hello. / had no idea you were un
yet. III finish breakfast at once
You'd better. I'm starved" jim
said grouchily. "Why can't you have
everything ready on timer
why can't you let me know what
time YOU call 'on time'?" I asked test
lily. I'm not a butler. you know"
jim yawned and paid no attention
to my attempt to inform him in subtle
fashion that I'm not paid to wait on
him.
"Beastly day, isn's it," he said.
Then he pounced on the Sunday sec
ton / had just laid down. His brows
knit and he growled testify:
Hello! What's this?"
"A picture of your friend, Arlette,
l said following his eye.
Jim did not heed my sarcasm. He
was so intent on studying the pic
ture that he ignored me. And hi
Srowled one or two sentences to him
self of which this much was audi.
bic:
a.. Altogether too soon .
they wait suppose Perry . :"
He looked up and caught my eye.
as they were fixed on him with an
intensity l did not realize until he
said testify:
For the love of Mike. don't lool
so worried. I'm interested in the
Vallenu child's voice as should think
you'd know by this time. That LITTLE
flyer / had in the show business
when you got Hawley to make me
his general manager put me in touch
with lot Of folks who know the
game. This Diana Petruzzi is the
best teacher going. Her price is TWEEN
ty an hour. She gave Arlette a free
addition at my say-so. But l didn't
know things were going so fast"
"Why?" / asked.
"Why-what?" Jim countered ties
tily.
why do you get Arlette valleau
additions without telling me?" 1 burst
out on the verge of tears.
"Anne!" Jim cried in a tone which
rang with honest establishment. 1--WE
never thought you could think Of that
child-this way. 1t never entered
my head you could"
He sat down and took his head
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