The producers news., 1927-02-25
IN WHICH PLAY A BIG SCENE

time what with the baby having the
Group and Pop not sure of his job. /
Tell him | thank him for his fine |
ideas but the truth is just now !
have not got no heart for the work /
/ have been trying to do it seems to
me like l had better just be a plain
manicure girl like l used to be and
not try to understand these great |
world affairs that is too much for my
poor head.
The reason is because it don't seem /
to me like people was honest like !
thought they was. When l told Mr.. /
EdgertOn to have the Spokesman give |
out to the newspapers all them stories
about Him and the Spokeslady being
so economical and not buying no new
clothes l thought They was really
going to not do it and it was all go
ing to be straight. But the way Mr..
Edgerton talked They just didn't
bother about the truth at all and it
has made me sort. of ashamed If
They are going to do things that way
/ just amt interested in helping Them
at all because They are really not
doing the plain people no good
Of course l amt had no chance to
ask Mr. Edgerton about it because he
amt called me up again so | am just
waiting. The girls in the Elite Beau
ty ParlOrs they seen l had something
on my mind and Ada Huggins, she
says, "What's the matter Name you
seem sort of deestraight." You see
since she has changed her name to
Adaire she is always trying to use
French words and l do sure hate af-
fected people.
l says, 81 have got important mat
ters to occupy my mind and l have
not go no time for idle chatter" |
says. And she says, "Well now will
you listen to that, of all the airs!
Who do you think you are the Spokes-
man up in the big white house ?"
"You are getting warm," l says but
of course l didn't say no more be-
cause it is what Mr.. Edgerton calls
a state secret that l am helping him.
p. S. Well, | went home thinking
about that mysterious lady that had
been to call on me and that | am
pretty sure is Mrs. Edgerton. And
Mrs. Budd my landlady says she aint
come again. She is awful curious
about such a great lady coming to
see a girl that has got the cheapest
room in her house and she says, 'ls
1T some lost aunt of yours dearie ?"
But says, at is just a friend l
think"
She says, "You could talk to her
in my parlor if you lile"' And Of
course l know that is just so that she
can listen in but what can | do can
l expect a visitor to climb four
flights of stairs and where could ]
put her in this room that is only six
by eight and l have to shove the oil
stove and what is left of my dinner
under the bed before l can get to the
door. So 1 says, "Thank you very
kindly" And she says, 81 will cal
you if she comes and you can come
down." l says, "Do please and keeI
her entertained while l am getting
my curl-papers off"
You see l wanted to fix myself as
decent as l could so as not to shame
Mr.. Edgerton too much for knowing
me. So | wash my face and put my
hair up to curl and l get my supper
of potato chips and pickles in &
hurry and | am just in the middle Oh
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have took off all over the bed wheI
hear step i'll the hall and there
comes a knock on the door and
think of course it is Mrs. Budd anC
1 says, "Come in," and the door op
ems and my God there she is!
Well Nom you could of knocked
me over with an orange stick. l jus
stand there with half a dill pickle il
my mouth and the other half in m,
hand and stare at her like a boob. l
is the same lady that l seen getting
out of the electric coop with Mr.. Ed
gerton and she has got on the sam
Squirrel-skin coat and all Sh
wouldn't have to be a very big lad
to seem awful big standing in tn
doorway and she is read from climb
ing the stairs and there is red in he
eyes too she gives me the glare an
holds herself stiff and straight an
gee Nom / feel like worm mus
feel when it is going to be steppe
on.
"Are you Miss Mamie Riggs? ?" sh
says and gives a gulp at the pickle
"And so you are the woman that
going with my husband! she says.
So then l see it is going to be
war and / thinks what kind? She ha
got me penned in a corner and thel
is just a window and no fire-escaL
and long ways to the ground an
she has got a big squirrel-skin mut
that she holds in her left hand wit
her hand inside it and thinks to my
self there is your death Mamie Rigg
because of course she must have
gun in that hand and gee Nom
sure makes your hair rise up I
watch that muff and wonder what
going to happen will she let the mul
fall and show the gun or will sl
shoot through the muff? But +
he won't be apt to do that becaus
she won't think no manicure gi
worth spelling a fine muff owe
1t is exactly like the big scene in
play you know how it is Nom onl
you really don't because it is anoth,
thing altogether when it is real
Well / have got the pickle out
the way and so | say real careful lik
81 have the honor to be a friend
Mr.. Edgerton," | says. And then
have a sudden bright idea and
have a sudden bright idea and / raj.
my voice and call, "Come in Mr.
Budd." Then | listen and / say aga
louder yet, "Please come in MI
Budd." For of course l know thi
she is not going to lose her chan
to find out what is going on but w