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rarely had any, and never
handled more than the few
cents she needed for a news
paper or a soda. Hank
did the business for the
team, collected the salary,
paid all the bills and banked
what was left over, which
wasn't much in spite of the
thrifty scale of their lives.
Now a strange sense Of
reck ssness possessed
Queenie. She was the mis-
tress Of a thousand dollars!
Not onlys was it hers, all
hers, but she couldn t share
it with Hank if she wanted
to because, after her false
hood, her simple and true
explanation of how she got
it and why would be highly
implausible. She felt down.
right wicked, with her sec
rets and the consciousness
Of deceit.
Rehearsals for "Broad-
way Melody" were ended.
But, as is customary with
dancers, the individual mem
bers of the troupe kept on
running through their steps
daily to keep in trim and
rhythm. When Queenie
joined Hank at the theater
there were a dozen per-
formers already there. The
stage crew still had plenty
of eleventh-hour work to
do and there was hammer
ing and the scraping Of
heavy props in the air.
Hank was busily scratch
ing ridges into the metaled
toe-tips of her stage shoes
to give that rubby sound
which is the essence of the
modern tap-dance, ampli-
fled by sandpaper rubbing
from the trapdrummer.
There was no music to
be had, and had there been
it would only have thrown
off all the other rehearsers,
each of whom was doing
his or her own routine. A
couple of stand lamps
plugged into wallboxes east
a garish yellow glow and
made eerie arabesqte shad-
ows that leaped grotesquely
as the troupers danced.
On the apron of the
stage, timing himself by
cIapping his hands and slap
ping his thighs, was Eddie
Kerns, executing his soft
shoe steps. He had his derby
hat on, but his coat and vest
off.
A conscientious, ambitious
ham was this youth. He re-
garded himself as the great
est in the profession and had
an amusingly optimistic con,
fidence in his future. But he
was willing to give to his
work as much as he ex-
pected it yield him. Nothing
lazy about Eddie.
He ran his programme
through several times before,
lightly pers ring, he
!. knocked off, put on his coat,
set his hat at civilian angle
(about As degrees was his
Style and strolled whistling
to the girls dressing room.
Queenie was changing to her
practice Clothes" so Eddie
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A Masterpiece Of Conflict
And Human Emotions
BY JACK LAIT
(From Scenario by Edmund Goulding.l
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WHAT Has happened 80 FGr
Eddie Kerns song ptugger. has wrttten the music for
"The BroadaOay Melody big reDae to be PRODUCED by
the famous ZGnfietd For two years Eddie has been
paged to Hank Maboney and nOO he has Way clear
to marry her. She and her younger SISTER, Qneente,
plapinq Vdudevite and Eddie them to NeW
York and tells them he has managed to place them the
revue They oVerJoyed bat Eddie suddenly discovers
that he's has heart to Queene ho has developed INTO
startling beauty In the tuo years since he her last
He keeps his secret from Hank and the girls turn down
long VGudeUe contract for chance to make good IN
the
Zannte after seeing the "Mahoney Sisters" perform
decides that he could only Queenie. She HoreUer
pedts him to also give her sister chance m the so10
He consents. Hank believes that she pat It over Bur-
ina dress rehearsal Eddie shos0s the SISTERS the big Gd
IN the newspaper announcing their coming to BroddOdy
When Hank kisses Eddie, Queenie
Zanne giUes Queeie place IN the reUne She makes
an impression and the angels of the inUite
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the main cause of her en-
barrassment. She knew, Of
course, that Eddie resented
Warmer and that Hank
loathed him. She knew that
Wary had come there to
meet her.
As one of the angels of
Broadway Melody. he had
legitimate entree to the
sacrosanct backstage pre-
cincts of the theater, and so
his presence there was not
pointed at her directly. But
the four Of them knew and
the four of them were right.
Wary had left word to be
called as soon as QueeRie ar
rived, and the door-tender
had tipped him, for which
courtesy Wary had tipped
the door-tender.
Queenie didn't know
whether to step out Of line
and speak with Warriner, or
to go past him with just a
bow and a smile Of acknowl-
edgment, or to stay and
speak in the presence of
Eddie and Hank. Warmer
adjusted the difficulty for
her, by addressing her but
with no attempt to single
her out of the trio.
What's this / hear" he
asked, "about someone hav-
ing a birthday?"
Queenie wondered where
he had heard of it-she was
to be nineteen next day.
How did you get the big
news?" inquired Queenie.
"Oh, one of my secret SER
vice spies ferreted it out " +"
no, it was quite simple and
accidental. One Of the other
girls told me yesterday. We
were discussing you and
/. your age; one girl said you
were old enough to vote and
the other said you were
eighteen-going to nineteen
tOmorrow-she b ad over
heard you and your sister
discussing it. F"
"Well, it's true" said
Hank. II guess I ought to
know. I raised her since she
was in rompers.
"She S in rompers yet, "
said Wary, with a smile.
But let me compliment you
on the excellent job you
did of raising little Queenie.
She is a girl you can be
proud of y and | should
know a little about girls,
Il should hope you
would, interposed Eddie.
IN not ashamed to ad-
NIT it. / am a bachelor.
| don t have to work, I en-
JOY the companionship of
attractive girls. Broadway
is my playground. Many
of the things said about me
are entirely false. I am
rarely seen alone with a
girl"
Rarely seen is right, T"
snapped Eddie, rather hos
tile IN his tone, though hesi-
tant to openly offend the
man who had thousands in
the revue. "You re too
wise for that. But that
doesn't mean that you re
rarely with a girl alone. =
"Oh, come now, Kearns
aren't you riding me d
trifle3 How about your
self! They whisper that
you re a bit of a go-getter,
yourself. -
Hank threw Eddie a puz-
zled and quizzical look.
Who3 Met" Eddie, de-
Tended himself. SAY m
an airedale, | am. I'm en-
gagged to Miss Mahoney,
an-
&C ongratu ulations. To
which Miss Mahoney, if I'm
in order7"
"To this Miss Mahoney, "
answered Hank for him.
An you can pass that on
to the wide an wonderin
world"
"Well, well-isn't that
fine? l wish you every
happiness. =
Thanks said Hank.
"We aim gettin' doubled
up yet for a while. If the
show clicks and Eddie $
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a salute; a flag, with a
Cupid against a background
of stars and stripes, ran up
the halyards and waved in q
breeze Of an off-stage cleo
tric fan; the orchestra fol-
lowed the topnote Of the
singing stars with q cre-
scendo - as the curtain
slowly descended.
The pent-up enthusiasm
burst loose. The mighty
Fannie had pannicked New
York again. The jaded big
towners clapped and stamped
and the gallery whistled. A
foreigner sprang to his feet
and shouted, "BrsvoI En-
core!"
The curtain rose again to
give the hungry eyes an
other view of the spectacle.
Now, drawn up in an i'm
pressive line in the fore
ground, a rail having been
strung across stage as
though these were folks
awaiting the arrival of a
liner, were the other prin-
cipals. The orchestra was
screaming in a frantic fortis-
simo frenzy Of "LOve Boat"
Again the drop crawled
down. The footlights
crawled up. The house
lights dawned. The crowd
was still applauding. The
orchestra was in . hysteria
Of jazz and noise.
Fannie, who stood in the
rear, having run front
through the inner stage
door, met Wary coming mp
the aisle.
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figure-head draped lissomely
on the bowsprit-Queenie
Mahoney!
Sophisticated audiences do
not break up big moments
in song to make noise over
a spectacle. A few in the
rear and upstairs started to
express their breath-stop-
ping thrill. They were
shushed-
Somewhere a girl from q
far realm
Brought Ger loves blue,
blissful sea,
Comes in my beaNtiful love
boat,
Sailing and smiling to me.
Again the lights switched
magically to a pink glow Of
sundown suffusing the sky
line, as the front lights died
down on DINNERS; then
twinkling stars worked by
flashers pitted the blue; a
straw-colored gelatine with
a giant floodlight behind
it threw over it the pale of
moonlight a short drape
was flied upward and there,
as the love boat still crept
toward the audience, was
disclosed the Statue of
Liberty, with its beacon
blazing full on Queenis and
streaking over the many
other lovely girls posed in
a dizzying array about the
boat.
From the wings poured
dozens Of other girls, cos
TUNED as Ellis Island immi-
grants, sailors, marines, tour
ists-all waving and sa-
luting; three guns doomed
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had long since determined
that he would not marry for
q long while to come per
haps when the. hair was be-
ginning to thin and gray he
might ally himself with q,
desirable grass widow Of his
own birth-set and live
abroad.
But most Of the Queenies
and the bluebook flappers
whom he .fancied he had
neither desire nor need to
marry. He had known too
many chumps similar to him
self in eligibility, free and
frisky, who had lost their
heads and in a high moment
or a weak one had made the
mistake which it cost them
agony and alimony to un-
due or endure.
He had withstood beauty,
tears, ecstasy, infatuation.
He had held off every temp.
tation but love. That he was
never matched against. But
now, as he shifted with
slight uneasiness awaiting
the appearance Of Queenie
on the love boat, he expert
enced something new and
different. His heart was
actually accelerated. His
blase eyes were not set in
that fed-up half close bore
dom through which he
usually viewed even the
spires Of existence.
Even the rest of the show
interested him. Eddie Kerns
gave him an instructive dis
taste. Warriner recognized
that the boy was a good per-
former, which meant little
on Broadway, where there
are a million. He knew that
somehow Kerns was init
mately associated with the
Mahoney sisters. Such alli-
ances were always a menace.
He was wise enough to know
that his only formidable
competition of Queenie
; could come from the other
side of the footlights. Less
astute ringers" than War
riner had stumbled on that
secret, and not many had
!. ever solved it.
At last, the Introductory
music for the spectacle of
which Queenie was the high
spot. Soft and sweet like the
call of a mating bird from
afar, the French h orn
throbbed it's tremolo trill;
the sax took it up and then
the cello, followed by the
lighter strings in unison; the
muted brasses carried the
accompanying harmonies.
The parting curtains dis
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"That won't be hard, "
said Fannie. "She's copy.
Hope it doesn't spoil her.
That stuff goes to their
little dumb heads and then
they're hard to handle. I'll
bet Eddie Kerns will be q
prima donna after tonight.
He II be yelling for Dressing
Room A in the morning and
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"Well!" asked Fannie,
with a broad smile.
'She was exquisite an
swered his angel"
"Shei Oh-yes. So it's
that way, is it,"
Warmer smiled back.
"It won't hurt if the
press agent bears down .
bit on Queenie, = he sug-
gested. "I'd appreciate it."
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hAINO4O w WA4OAeA4NA1AOI
dress-suited, sat on the
center aisle in the sixth
row. The storied "bald-
headed row" is no longer
]. choice or fashionable. "Leg
shows" have lost their
flavor as such per Sc. The
old days when the old boys
wanted their eyeful at
closest range have gone out.
The top demand now is for
the section bounded by the
fourth and seventh rows
and the two aisles on each
side of the main one. War
riner had the two seats
which a visiting potentate
could not have procured for
that performance.
First nights to him were
no novelty. First nights in
which a. girl in whom he
was interested did not ap-
pear would have been. But
on the night when "Broad-
wav Melody" was disclosed,
: the urbane rounder felt a
strange kick through his
system. He smiled in silence,
and not even to Stewart
Worthington, his elbow
neighbor, did he confide
what he was thinking,
though there were few
secrets between them.
Was he really in lovef
Had this baby-faced ingenue
who dropped her final g's,
who had the patois and the
manners of a hinterlands
hick, who had never tasted
champagne before he had
handed her a goblet a few
hours earlier, who hadn't let
him even kiss her as fer
svently as he wanted to after
he had made a queen Of her
had this inconsequential
little roughneck done what
SUGGESTIONS Of the most viva
cious hand-picked stage
beauties and the most
Orchidlike society buds had
flopped att y
Marriage had always been
a word that was out of
Warry's lexicon. A prime
pickup it would be for any
girl to become Mrs. Francis
5 sWarriner. It would mean
mot only wealth and influ-
ence but. entree and posi-
tion. Moreover, he was ex-
ceedingly. presentable, still
i'm his thirties, q bon yivant
who knew the last gasps in
diversion and distraction.
Many a girl, in the first
flush Of his admiring atten-
tions had painted the pic
ture for herself. But Wary
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Eddie and the Maoney Sisters doing number opening night

closed the temperamental
tenor, his precious babyspot
engulfing his delicate fea-
lures as his truly trained
voice sang the simple melody.
It was a good tune. It al
ways had been. It's father
was Mendelssohn and its
mother was Chaminade.
Eddie Kerns had kidnapped
it. The penalty for the crime
was success.
Warmer strained slightly
forward. It would not do to
be too interested. Everyone
around him knew him. But
his shapely shoulders did
give a little.
The tenor was singing to
the prima donna, a famous
Broadway name. The
verse was quiet and neatly
rounded. But verses Of
songs in shows are only the
con your mark" for those
songs. The choruses are the
action. There was the Gus
tomary fullnote demark-
alton, and then
You are my beautiful love
boat
That sails over fairy seas,
You are my beautiful love
boat,
With q cargo Of mys-
teries--
Somewhere a girl from q
far realm
Brought Ger loves blue,
bliSsful sea
Comes in my beautiful love
boat,
Sailing and smiling to me.
A sound illusion, the swish
Of waves with a ripping
blue light from q revolving
disc in the wings played on
the back drop with all the
colors Of the spectrum blend
ing a rainbow against the
horizon and across the azure
cyclorama sky. All other
lights were "doused" ex-
cept the sharp downward
spot on the tenor and the
soprano. They were har-
monizing, duet.
Through a mysterious
opening, in a blaze Of multi
nueu lamps, maJeSClcaIly
noiselessly on its oiled ball
bearing casters, the love
boat sailed on. There was
a momentary buzz, then a
tense hush.
Lights popped from all
angles, above, behind the
proscenium, from side and
overhead strips, from front,
from a battery Of baby
spots in the footlight gut
ter. A festoop Of lights ran
down the rigging of the
ship on all the lines. And
last a huge 1O,0OO-watt head
light, concealed in the prov,
shot a glare on the almost
nude form Of the girl, the
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tSister Is Pitted Against Sister for
The Affections of One Man

threatening to quit If his
name isn't featured. Don't
you give that Mahoney girl
any wild ideas, either
'Queenie Mahoney' would
look like hell on an electric
sign
"Oh = yesf" whispered
Wary. "Well-how would
'Queenie Warriner' looki"
(To be cOntinued)
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A Masterpiece Of Conflict
And Human Emotions
By JACK lat

(FrOns Scenario by Ednasnd Gouldisg.J
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Tkis Day in Our History

BENJAMIN Franklin famous American Statesman, diplomat and
scientist died in Phadephia April IL $780, Franklin
leading patriots the Revolution and did much toward
getting France to help cause 4.
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FRANCE PROVIDES
ORATOR|CAL PRIZE
Sevres Vase Worth So, 600 to
Be Awarded Here Next
October.

The French government through its
ministry of public instruction has
offered handsome Servres vase, valued
at $4,000, as the grand prize for the
Fourth International Oratorical Contest
finals, which will be held here next
october.
This offer was made public by the
oratorical contest headquarters here
last night, and it comes as the first i'm
portant development since the contest
! was made an official activity In France
under the patronage OF the French
ministry of public instruction. The
offer was accepted by Randolph Leigh,
director general Of the contest, on be-
half of the sponsors of the contest.
Last year the trophy was given by the
newspaper sponsors of the contest in
Canada, but its donation there repre-
sented private enterprise devoid of
actual governmental participation.
At Famous Factory.
| According to a cable received from
Pierre Marraud, French minister OF
public instruction. the vase will be a
product of the famous Sevres manu-
factory. which was founded in 1855,
and which is now under the jurisdiction
of the ministry of public instruction.
The trophy will be the goal toward
which secondary school students of 81
nations will work in their respective ma
tional contests which now are under
way In addition to M Marraud, those
who interested themselves particularly
in this donation by France were Deputy
Join Lambert. highly influential mem
Der of the Chamber from Paris. and
Count Pierre de Viel Castel, leader in
French thought and one of the most
enthusiastic advocates of the closest
possible cooperation between France
and the United States. The fact that
the first government-offered trophy in
the contest should be given by France
is considered intensely interesting by
national and international contest off,
Gals in view of that nations renown for
its patronage Of the arts and education
Nations Represented.
The 81 nations whose students are
participating in the Fourth Interna-
tional Oratorical Contest are, besides
France: The United States, England
Germany, Holland. Belgium, Norway,
Denmark, Sweden. Poland, Austria,
Jugoslavia, Switzerland Rumanla,
Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, Chile,
Brazil and Uruguay
The Sixth National Oratorical Contest,
which will determine the spokesman for
the United States in the international
finals here next Fall, is being sponsored
In the District of Columbia and neigh
boring counties of Maryland and Vir-
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expiration of the Coolidge administra.

expiration of the Coolidge administra-
ton.
Whether President Herbert Hoover will
renew all these nominations remains
to be seen. II they are not confirmed
before he enters the White House. Sem
ator Lenroot has been q strong sup
porter of Mr.. Hoover and did much work
for his nomination at Kansas City. 1t
is considered entirely probable that, If
the Senate should not have an oppor-
tunity to confirm his nomination before
adjournment March 4. Mr.. Hoover will
reappoint him, If he does not select him
for some other position.
Senator Reed of Missouri has been
seeking for days to complete a report
on the Ware case for submission to the
Senate. He Is having difficulty getting
the report into shape so that 1t will re-
ceive the unanimous vote Of his COM
mittee, some of whom are inclined to
let the Ware case run along, in view of
the fact that Mr.. Ware Is i'll in Florida.
However, Senator Reed Is demanding
that his committee make q report, and
1t Is likely he will demand that the
Senate act upon that report. That 1t
will be adverse to Mr.. Ware is almost a
foregone conclusion. If Senator Reed
presses his report and demands a vote,
1t Is likely to lead to a filibuster on the
part of those in the Senate opposing
any drastic action against Mr.. Ware.