The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-07
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haps he was damning Atwood with
faint praise.
Hes a good actor and good
fellow" he said, but every time
Atwood talks he sounds as though
he has Just had his voice mani
cured. He's that correct and pre-
else" And police reporters, he
went on to say, didn't talk like ac-
tors. They talk like police report
ers."
Il like that crack" Mona said,
about the manicured voice. !.
And what will you do after this pic
ture is finished-write another
one?"
Rorimer said he supposed so. I've
got a little more than five months to
go before they can fire men," he
said, and he laughed.
That's a great break" said Mona.
How would you like to shop
around for jobs by the day? e.
How do you think it would feel,
Eva, to have a steady job-for a
month, even?" And to Dan she
added: 1--WE get our checks at the
end of the day-wlaen we're work
ing. And if there's job tomorrow
you're in luck"
Eva Harley said "And howl" She
said it unsmilingly and, Roriner
thought, little bitterly.
He made his excuses a few min
utes later and departed; and when
he got back to his hotel he felt
strangely at war with himself; the
evening, despite Mol1a'S attempts to
put him at his ease, had not con-
tributed to his peace of mind.
He tried to tell himself that Anne
Winters welcome had been as warm
as usual, but he thought: 1.-THE girl
wants to be left alone"
The prospect of bed was singu-
larly uncheering, SO he sat for a
while in one of the lobby divans,
his hat and coat in his lap. and
watched the party-goers drift past
him to the dancing room, the won-
en-, extensively wrapped and coifed,
chattering animatedly; the men fol-
lowing more quietly in dinner suits
like uniforms.
One of the Roosevelt's "dress
nights Rorimer idly supposed, and
brought his gaze to rest on the en-
trance to the Blossom room, where
young women in black, and In
bright colorS, and in pastelS, waited
for their escorts and smoked ciga-
rets and swayed their shoulders
gently with the dance rhythm
ID OR1MER thought he recognized
IN one or two among them as
movie actresses, but he was not GER
tain.
He thought: "But they'd all like
to be mistaken for movie actresses; -
and, remembering an old English
race track quotation, that "On the
turf, or under the turf, all men are
equal" he felt that there was some
thing equally democratic and level
ing about the scene before him.
He went upstairs presently, and
took book with him, and read
himself to sleep. His bedside lamp
was burning and the book was be-
side him on the covers when mar
tial strains from the Hollywood
High School band, almost beneath
his window, reused him in the
morning.
In his bath he told himself de-
terminedly that there would be no
more visits to the bungalow with
out a direct invitation. To prove
to Anne that he was interested in
the outcome of the day at Grand
United, and to satisfy his own Curl
osity, he called her up that evening,
and learned that she had been
given the greatly-coveted ''bit." But
he said nothing abous seeing her.
Another ten days passed, during
which he heard nothing from her
at all; and then one day, in the
restaurant on the Continental lot,
he ran into Eva Harley.
TO Be Continued