New Britain herald., 1927-02-01
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her.
 Come upstairs" she said. You
 may put your friend in either
 room, Miss Ransom" She spoke to Robbie, but she smiled at Mon ica as she spoke.
 Monica took the better of the
 two empty rooms Robbie knew she would,
 And she'll probably pay Mrs. Mangan only about half the time" 1 she said to herself, and borrow money from her, besides"
 By noon the next day Monica was all settled at Mrs Mangan's, bag and baggage.
 The quiet house burst into new life. It echoed to the sound of Monicas singing, 'I-i-idolizing you that's all I do-oo-oo-oo," and I'm climbing up the l-l-ladder of l-l-love-" all day long. ..N It was sweet with the smell of Monica's perfume. A perfume called "Subtil." But there was rothing subtle and delicate about it. It was an odor so strong that it seemed to reach out and hit you In the nose as you passed the open door of Momca's room.
 My stars! She does scent her self up, doesn't she?" Stella re- marked to Robbie on the morning of the second day. They were breakfasting alone in Mrs. Man gans spotless kitchen with its fresh odor of baking bread and white paint. Monica had had call from Magnifica and had driven off in her "borrowed" car an hour before, in high spirits.
 I've heard things about her." Stella went on, biting into piece of toast. She's a regular platinum prospector. The girls say that she has all kinds of jewelry from men she's been engaged to! She used to run around with Gus MacClou/. That was before he began | be so grand and important
 Who runs around with him now? Joan Joyce?" asked Robbie grimly. She was blue because she hadn't had another call from Magnifica.
 No. Joan Joyce Is engaged to some millionaire buttonhook-and shoehorn man back east" Stella told her. "She may see something of Gus, but that's just because they're both working on that Dryad picture"
 Robbie felt curiously comforted by that remark
 She went down to the central casting office that afternoon, and registered her name with the tall middle-aged woman who was in charge. The woman seemed upset when Robbie told her she had just had two days work at the Mag nifica studios.
 They've no business calling extra girls, except through this office." she declared grimly. I'll call you if I can send you out any where"
 Robbie asked Monica about it that night when she got home from the studio.
 That's right. They should get their extras, through the big cast ing office," Monica said, but you know who called you from Mag nifica, don't you? Angus Mac i Cloud. He's a bit cuckoo over you, if you ask me. Wanted to know if | I'd seen you, today. I nearly fell | off the shelf and smashed when he came over to me on the set and | spoke to me. He's been perfectly | blind, deaf end dumb for months, so far as I was concerned"
 Robbie bent her head lower over l the stockings she was mending to 1 hide the flush that spread over her i face. She could feel it, hot and | uncomfortable.
 "Oh, fish" she said.
 "Never mind, it's mighty good | thing for girl to have a director l in her, even if he is only an assistant director like Gus | Tilted Monica, spray ing some of her perfume on her kimono. T vamp every man in | sight, just on general principles and believe me. Little Dora isn't as dumb as she looks."
 She giggled. T always tell a man he's different from the rest l of the men," she ran on. Moth ing makes such hit with a man as thinking that there's that some thing about him that makes him different from all the rest Of them. poor boobs""
 She turned her head to one side,