The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-18
Making Career for Ones Self Is Not All Peaches and
Cream as BObbie Ransom Found Out When She En-
tered the Movies at Hollywood

Long ago when they had been
sweethearts. Long ago, before
she had started to write him the
letters he had torn up.
III ct Ease
Gus she began, and then
stopped. She hated to give him
that letter. It was the sort Of
thing that q man would remember
al his life. after he had read 1t,
It would leave scar on his soul
--one that would always be there.
He was getting into his car
now. Come on, Bobolink. and
wen scoot down on the boulevard
for some coffee" he said, his
hand on her arm. MY heads
still going around after night
Of drinking. Come on" He
reached out and took her by
both arms, Just above the elbows.
And at his touch all the bitter.
ness she had been feeling, WENT
out of her. After all. it wasn't
his fault that he had got over
his love for Stella. was it? Love
wasn't the sort of thing that
could be kept in mothbalIs. Some.
times. it just wore out.
She climbed into the car. As
they started down Las Palmas
street. she took the letter out of
the pocket OF her dress. and tore
1t into a hundred pieces. They
fluttered out into the fresh wind
like so many white butterflies.
What's that you're throwing
away?" Gus asked. his free arm
holding her close to his side.
'Nothing-that matters aow,"
Bobbie faltered. She felt as IL
she had betrayed trust, some.
how.
But I love him too much to
hurt him." she said TO herself,
as she sat beside him at q lunch
counter and stirred the coffee that
she couldn't drink.
For two days Mrs. Mangan did
nothing but talk about Stella.
As she went about the house,
packing up Stella's things to give
to the Salvation Army If they
would take them, she talked
about her.
She talked about her while Bob
bic was in the kitchen trying to
read the papers and forget her.
She talked about her morning,
noon and night, until Bobbie
thought she would go mad IL she
didn't stop,
"She was the kind that doesn't
know how to push herself" she
said. Il always knew she'd never
get anywhere, from the time ] set
eyes on her. Now, you take Mon,
ECKER. She's the kind that's sure
to get ahead-brassy and nervy.
Nobody could stop her from get.
ting what she wants. She'll be one
of the famous stars one OF these
days, you mark my words. Not
because she's pretty or specially
smart-but just because she goes
out for what she wants and gets
1t! That's the kind of girl you've
got to be in pictures. / guess!'
A Big Handicap
(which kind am 1.-THE Stella
kind or the Monica kind?" thought
Robbie. and she began to seriously
wonder why she hadn't been get.
ting along better than she had.
It came to her, all at once, that
she didn't know how to push her
self. That she didn't know how to
get ahead with no one to help her.
That she was a ''softy" like Stella.
For one thing, she was too proud
to do the things that Monica would
do. Practically steal the automo-
bile, the clothes and the money
that she needed.
- V been brought up like 4
lady" she told herself, land it's a
great handicap to be q lady, when
you want q career Of this sort
where you deal with men all day
long"
She knew that what she ought
TO do was to go straight to Roy
Schultz and nag him into giving
her a good part in a picture. That
she ought to wind her arms around
Gus MacCloud's neck and "vamp"
him into bringing her to Roy
Schultz's notice. He was always
telling her how beautiful she was.
But when I'm with him, for
get all about my career, and think
of nothing but him." she went on
thinking unhappily. "I'm so happy