Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-31

READ THIS FIRST:
Elanda Lee, 20. from Jardon,
Georgia, after four years in At
lanta, singing in a small radio
studio. goes TO New York with
WWBC, a ho0k-up. She IS high-hat.
and wants 10 sing opera. Here she
meets Suwanee Collier, q charming.
jolly young ukulele player. Later
the son of the owner Of WWBC,
Gregory Du Pont, takes her up.
Carmel Provost, q society girl.
wants Greg and Elanda'S job. Her
latest move is to invite Elanda 10
meet Lord Percival Dusenberry.
Elanda forgetS a date with Su-
vance because she is so excited.
Greg comes as Elanda and the lord
are leaving. He ruslles her into the
elevator before she can explain.
Greg resents her interference when
she tells him Elanda Is a poor little
social climber with no background.
He leaves in anger.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER
Sunday afternoon. while Ardree
was taking her nap. Bang and
Dixie went e the movies.
Elanda was stretched out on the
couch reading for the fiftieth time
the big Sunday story Nelson Con-
nell had written about her, when
the doorben rang.
It was Suwanee.
ION. hello" she greeted him cas-
ually, where cid you blow IN from?'
Il was taxing q walk and i
thought I'D run in where Is every
body?"
Movies" She sat down on the
couch and picked up the paper
again.
1t wasn't a warm welcome. Su-
vance felt ili-at-ease. But II was
the first chance he had had TO be
with Elanda alone fin days.
What is so interesting that you
spurn my vigorous conversations"
He sat down beside her.
The Sunday story about me.
Haven't you seen ito" She pointed
proudly. Look at that great big
cut-takes up half the first page Of
the radio section. Nelson did a
whole column story about me-"
swell" Suwanee "a genuinely
enthusiastic. Ats girl. You're
coming along. Nelson is a good
egg. Let me see t."
He smiled now and then as he
read.
Miss Lee Is from an old Southern
family that needs no introduction
below the Mason-Dixon line. When
she began The study Of voice 1t vas
not with the idea Of using It for
anything moro than to do a parlor
trick now and then when company
came.
However. after she had studied
in Berlin a year when her mother
had her abroad studying German
in its native element. her voice
showed such promise that the pre-
judice against a career for the
only daughter was broken down.
Hence. we now hear her on the air.
This is another case where tele-
vision Is needed. Miss Lee could
grace the front line OF any chorus.
There is little doubt but that she
will be the WWBC entry this year
az the Radio Worlds Fair. And II
she wins the prize as the most
beautiful girl in radio and sits on
the throne as Queen OF the Air,
don't let it surprise you"
"Whew." Suwanee whistled when
he had finished. Let me take an
other look az you. Ill have to write
a song entitled: The Man Who
Knew Elanda Lee. That's Me'l'
She laughed-but there was a SUI
periority in her manner that anus
ed him. She might have been the
first girl in the world to have her
picture in the paper and get a
writeup. He thought he'd stick a
pin into her ballooned ego. So he
said:
Nelson has a good stand-in with
the editors. He has put over lots
Of people who weren't known az
all. He made Trixie Higgins. Did
you see the magazine article he