Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-24
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the way some of them spoke to CO.
rhine. Cats!
She slipped out of the theater
after they got back from dinner and
went to a flower shop. There she
ordered a dozen American beauty
roses sent to the theater to Miss
Corinne Mallory. She pulled a large
square envclpe from her bag and
instructed them 10 put it with the
flowers and deliver them about 3
o'clock at the theater.
Ballard Riley wouldn't have missed
the opening Of Janet's show for any
thing. Even il he did scold, off and
on, about IL, and keep reminding her
that she was wasting her talent. He
sat in the first row, but hadn't told
her that he would be there. To her
inquiries he had only said he would
try--but a doctors time was very I'M
certain. He had bought his ticket
the day they were placed on sale.
There was a little ache Of uncer-
tainty in Janet's heart, as she sat
putting her makeup on for the first
time. Oh, how she wanted him to
be there. She wanted him 20 sit
where she could see him. IL would
help her do her number. She would
do il for him alone. But suddenly
her face famed.
Oh, the costumesi IL would be
embarrassing. She had forgotten
about them. The one for her solo
number was next TO nothing, and in
two numbers she was draped in a
scarf. Would she think about that
wbpp che cot IN the efarQ1
She set her lips and made up he5
mind that such thoughts were fool
ish. Why, it was on the stage! No
one thought anything about it. How
foolish she was. Especially TO worry
about a broad-minded man like Bal.
lard Riley and what he would think
There were four other girls in the
dressing All dancers who had
speciality bits. They jsbbered among
themselves, but she did not seem tc
be included. Once she had seen one
] Of them look in her direction and
teur." She wondered IL they meant
her. And IL there was anything par.
ticularly terrible about being a be-
! ginner.
The girl who said IL was a big
tall girl, with red hair. The kind OF
hair that comes out Of n beauty par.
Tor. Her face was rather hardened
and Janet noticed she had mean eyes
Her thought was that she wouldn't
like to trust her very far. She
looked as though she might be a ter.
rible cat. Her name was Flodins
Deslys. Janet was sure she made
the Flodine up herself and copied the
Deslys.
Janet struggled with her makeup
and felt she was making a pretty bac
mess of il. Corinne, in her DRESSING
room, suddenly thought Of her, anc
wondered ii she would know how x
make up. She hurried with her owr
and climbed the three flights O.
stairs down to where Janet wa!
cooped. She greeted her with oper
arms.
"Boy, you're a knockout in the ole
war paint! You sure know how Il
daub yourself"
Corinne surveyed Janet with hel
hands on her hips and shook hel
head:
you look like a circus. But, hav,
courage. 1t took me forty years Il
learn how. You'll get there"
She stuck her hand in the cole
cream and removed Janet's effort
with a towel. Then she showed hel
how it should be done. Janet wa.
surprised when she saw how big anc
starry her eyes looked with the bead.
on them. And the red In her cheek.
brought her out, too, and made hei
look r~avishingly beautiful.
She surveyed herself carefully anc
exclaimed, admiringly:
What a lot of good n little make.
up can do"
Flodine Deslys, watching the per.
Torrance in her mirror, smiled I
nasty grin and turned to the CIR
beside her.
Some people are certainly easily
encouraged. aren't they?"
(TO BE CONTINUED)