Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-07
1T Can't be DOne'
By FREDERIC ARNOLD RUNNER

ally younger. mora nnsophisticated.
In the Century roof days she walk
ed Times Square. flaRrantly flaunt-
Inr her charms 10 the world. uaint-
cd. flamboyant. challenging. seven
teen. apting twenty-five. Now. Al
twenty-five. her l~ow-hceled shoes.
simple dresses. white collars ana
cuffs. close-fitting sweater and COM
piete absence cf ~ discernible
makeup made twenty-five appear
seventeen.
II was q triumph of subtle act.
ing. "a clever c~ostuminK. And with
her rouge and her rorreousness
Irene had likewise shed her past.
No one knew much about her. A
change IN name had helped. She
had come 10 Hollywood. unheralded.
from the vaudeville stage. and by
sheer audacity had vamped her way,
via IN impreSsionahle young assist
ant director. TO a position Of some
Inn portance on tn Inter-Occan lot.
To the parts she played. minor but
necessary roles. she brought a
beauty immensely pleasing 10 the
eve: they did not impose any great
strain upOn her skill ~ IA actress.
This was perhaps just rs we'll, since
she possessed none. beyond an abil-
ity ~ sit. smile. move about grace
fully in the manner Of a human
being Emotions she registered.
when emotions were called Far.
which was seldom. by crud W prim-
tive methods-the widening eve.
the hcAving chest. the clenched and
~unclerchcd hands. They impressed
the crowd psssablv enough. much in
thc manner OF the comic strips: III
hcr tears were not drawn with IN
pen; they we're nevertheless poured
from a bottle Of ~Elycerine. She
senScd her limitations dimly. bat
consoled herself with the reflection
that what the public wanted. on
thn screen. was youth. beauty. not
ability 10 net, and dreamed w "
future filled with a thousand soft
Injuries. TO which She would nrex-
entity attain by the simple cxped-
tent OF convincing some power IN
the screen world that she was every
thing a star should M. Perhaps.
had irene put IL into words. she
would have said. making some big
producer crazy about her" and no
doubt such a state or mind would
have been necessary. 70 anyone who
proposed 20 advance her to stellar
h0norK.
Just now she sat primly on a small
wooden chair, gazing at herself in the
morror Of her vanity case. The girl
with the cigarette holder gave a slow.
lazy laugh.
Why this sudden interest in Lew
Davidson? she asked. Hes "A four
minute egg"
Don't be absurd. Lola" Irene's
smooth little voice flowed like milk.
III only asked because Sam Kessler
Is giving a party for him tonight.
Are you going"
II. Yes Davidson's q good man "a
know. Are your
Il suppose so. although parties
don't mean much 10 me. not drinking
or smoking or anything. And VI
course an old man like that wouldn't
want 10 dance
Lola Morosini laughed again. rails
ing the lids Of her sulIen. almond
shaped eyes. A vamp of vamps. She
had caught the public fancy IN a re-
cent Spanish production. and her fu-
ture was assured. In addition to her
beauty, she possessed "a very rood
brains Irene, with her small cunning.
her affected innocence, was an open
book to her.
1t must be HE'LL she drawfed. ~to
cut out cigarettes and booze, after
having used them so long. Don't
overdo that virtuous pose OF yours,
my dear, or Davidson may think
you're too good To be true. AS for
dancing, just tell him you thing it's
q silly habit. fit only for ca~ke-eaters
and college boys. That always makes
a hit with the rheumatic old Romeos.
The best line, with birds like that. IA
to encourage them I'D talk about
themselves. They simply adore il. +
know Miss Morosini owed her sud
den advancement 10 an International
~ known, but somewhat aged, author.
who had sacrificed both his grey
beard and his eyeglasses. in "a vain
attempt TO meet her challenging
youth. She had been known. after
half q dozen synthetic cocktails. TO
refer 70 him most disrespectfulIy as
"ths grand old man Of the stage"