Evening star., 1928-12-21

be said at once-of the new revue, Fast
and Furious" which opened last night,
was the dancing of young woman who
is styled on the program as Madamoi-
selle.' Some one apparently hopes to
make capital of her appearance by in
SiSting that she chooses to remain
anonymous Her dancing is inimitable.
She steps as though she were on the
stage purely for her own enjoyment.
Not once did she cause so much as a
flicker of the eyelid at the huge audi
ence. Nor would she answer encoreS,
even to bow. Whoever the beautiful
stranger is, she is pleasing to the eye,
and she knows how to dance"
That IS very kind of them," Yvonne
said.
The others are all the same. They
all praise you and some of them say
you will carry the show along for many
months. What will you do when you get
to the theater tonight and find dozen
reporters waiting for you?"
They will not annoy me-" Yvonne
said.
Mrs. Ogden looked at her admiring-
ly. You amaze me, Yvonne. I always
thought Of you as the sweetest, most
yielding of creatures, and here you are
hard as nails already about your dane
ing. Mr.. Drake told me how he begged
you to go back last night"
Yvonne sighed. Il have heard that
all of us have two natures" she said.
Il have, 1 am sure. Were Richard here
I should be quite content to keep his
house and be the Yvonne he wants me
to be. With him away can only forget
my loneliness by dancing-but I dance
for myself, not for others
Cha rof,1cod tho ofFor oF NRrc NnJay,
to accompany her to the theater that
night and meet the reporters who were
sure to be there. II shall manage" she
assured her friend
For street wear YVonne had chosen
q simple one-piece black dress quiet
coat and equally quiet hat. She en-
tered the stage door that evening with
out attracting comment. AS the time
neared for the performance to begin
she supposed Mrs. Ogden had been mis-
taken about any one wanting to see her.
She was about to begin to change to
her costume for her first number when
there was tap at the door.
She opened it to find several young
men and women standing outside. One
OF them explained they were all re-
porters sent to discover her name and
history.
My name is on the program" she
told them with little smile, standing
in the doorway so they could not enter.
But madamoiSelle is not a name"
one of them protested.
1T is my name for the present." she
said smiling. II am sorry you have
made this trip to see me. 1t is very kind
OF you, but shall not answer any uues-
tions whatever
Are you French or Russian?" asked
voice.
Yvonne said nothing
Who is your teacher?" asked an
other.
Yvonne was silent.
Questions few thick and fast, she
stood smiling quite at ease in the door,
way, answering not word
Finally some one said defiantly.
There are plenty of ways of finding
out who you are, you can't hold out on
us forever
You will not be interested in me for
ever" Yvonne said quietly. "And now.
please, I must ask you to leave. It is
time for me to dress"
The interview was over. At the close
OF her second number Yvonne tele-
pnoned Mrs. Ogden and asked for the
use OF her car. Have it at the front
entrance, please. have an idea some
OF your reporters will try to follow me-"
After her performance, instead of re-
turning to her dressing room, she drew
her coat over her costume, slipped
quietly past the boxes, out the front en-
trance to the theater and into Mrs
Ogden's waiting car. For several nights
she repeated this strategy, and, as she
had prophesied, interest f1ared in some
new sensation within a week, and she
was forgotten save in gossip along the
Rialto.
1t was generally believed she was
some foreign girl, of good, perhaps noble
birth. who for reasons of her own
wished to cause a sensation by her
silence, and then capitalize it by sud-
denly declaring her identity. She con-
tinued to please her audience. They
never learned that she would not appear
for an encore, no matter how prolonged
the applause.
Drake appreciated the news value of
her reticence, and made no further ef-
forts to get her to break her inflexible
rule. She was easily the star drawing
card of his revue. She came and went
so quietly, speaking to no one beyond
a nod to familiar faces. that she excited
no personal envy in his cast of players.
Indeed, Yvonne was leading two lives
these days and nights, neither of them
quite real to her.