Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-05
1T Can't be D0ne''
BY FREDERIC ARNOLD RUNNER

only in pictures, but on the stage,
but none Of these would-be vamps
ever got anywhere. fcu see. Lew
has a wife-a plain, middle-aged
woman, but sharp MS a terrier. She'd
check him up, quick enough, nj he
ever tried to wonder from the family
fireside. Between YOU and me, he's
a bit afraid of her.
Again Jimmy Reese INDUCED IN his
cynical smile. quite unconvinced b.
Tony's arguments.
"Old stuff. my boy-old stuff.
When did checking up A husband
ever help TO hold him What you've
just told me about his wife makes
him an easier mark than | thought.
Don't tell me about these gay old
birds. with jealous wives. i know
them
The look Of anxiety on Tony
Hull's face d~eepened. His fingers
shook a trifle rs he lit another Gig
arctic.
Look here. Jimmy ne asked,
"Are you keeping anything back
To hear YOU talk. Davidson a. bound
to make 4 fool Of himself. just be-
cause Irene Shirley has given him "a
couple Of baby stares. What's the
big idea, anyway"
There isn't any, except what I've
told you. I'm not keeping back q
thing. But / know Irene-know her
methods-and 50 do you. "A lot bet
ter than I DO, for that matter. I've
been watching her. ever since she
came with the Inter-Ocean-have
met her, over and over, ne parties
and the like, and | can see she 4
made up her mind TO vamp some
body-anybody-who can help her
become q star. Yes-that-s her am
hition, even If il does hand you a
laugh. She tried il on Sam Kess-
Ter. last year, but Sans only 40, with
~ young wife who keeps him busy as
a hen on a hot griddle looking after
her needs. 80 IL didn't work. And
she tried il on old man Roth, of the
Ali-Star, too, but he told her he'd
put OF carpet slippers, when he got
10 be go, and decided not TO make
any bigger fool Of himself than God
Almight had already done for him,
You remember how dippy he was
over Stella Adair. a few years ago.
guess he learned his lesson-and
paid a fat price for II, too But Da.
Wilson's seven or eight years young
er, and just ripe for some swectie
who'll tell him she doesn't FIND
young boys interesting because they
are SO raw and crude-that only men
Of experience a give her the men
tai thrills she's after"
Mental thrillsl Irene7 Coos
Lordin
Exactly. That's her latest line
She hasn't enough real grey matter
TO Enalyze half one one per cent, but
she's "A whiz when il to play.
ing her own particular game. I had
a long talk with her one day, down
at the beach. She was sitting un-
der a big umbrella reading-whaf
do you think-Ulysses.' 4 don'i
suppose she gets much out Of it,
couldn't, myself-but this highbrou
pose goes well with schoolgirl dress
e.. and no makeup. III some wise
cracking vamp begins to ask yoI
about 'Jurcen,' or Tainted Wells Of
Women In Love- you naturally think
she's ous TO talk dirt. But let sons
sweet and innocent young thing pull
that stuff on you-on u man like
Davidson, say-and want to know
what it's all about, and ten chance:
10 one he'll jump 10 the concusior
that it's his duty to protect her from
the cruel world. Wei-that's Irene'a
new line. James Branch Cabell IL
words Of one syllable. It's q mighty
dangerous line, Tony, believe me
That's why / say what I nave about
Davidson. But after all. suppose
Irene does hook him What differ
nee does IL make 10 you-now? 7"
None, Jimmy-not ii the way you
near. L don't give "a tinker's dam
what Irene does or doesn't do-per-
sonally. But IL 50 happens that our
company may decide, pretty soon, 60
make a new star, and I'm rather hop
ing to see q young woman we have
with us now get the contract. Jane
Dare's her name. Know herr
Reese shook his head.
"Not personally. But I've seer
her. In some or your productions
Very pretty but n trifle-weil-cold-
! thought"
Nonsense. She hasn't had q
chance. that's all. Flanketed. Alice