Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
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we didn't want to lose jobs. Oh, gosh!
Why couldn't we have kept our mouths shut?
We were In soft knocking around with all these
big timers. And the house managers really
beginning to watch us. And then from CleVe-
land on we'd have been billed. You and me,
Kitty-our names on big-time paper. That
would have made US? But now guess we've
got to take our medicine
And do what?"
He sumped miserably into chair. Maybe
go back to the grind, Kitty. Threc-a-day, II
we're lucky We've got hardly a thin dime
saved up. 1 guess Mike Frame can book us
somewhere But can't stage an act, and
for dancing you've got to stage 1t If you want
to crash right. And 1 guess, Sweet-that we'll
have to forget about getting married for
while On what we've GET
She slipped her arms about his neck. That
hurts, Harry You know I'll marry you when
ever you say
"Yeh!" And you know I've got too much
sense to let you. 1t isn't true that two can
live cheaper than one, but it is true that two
can starve twice fast. No, dear-weN start
over and wait. And maybe some day we'll be
. able to make the Lady Hippo understand that
think she's the incest, dearest old lady we
know"
Don't call her that Harry. I know she
heard it. And when a woman gets to be 40
she doesn't want to be called an old lady. II
she overheard us, 1 guess that got her goat
more than anything else we said
THE youngsters mourned over their formal
two weeks notice and Mike Frame was
asked to send another pair out to join Nine
Eiinor Wayne. The act moved en- to Cleveland
<where Kitty and Harry found bitter satisfaction
in seeing their names the billing.
Elnor Wayne seemed to have orept into q
shell. She was frigdly polite to them so that
they had opportunity to tell her that she
was wrong; that no matter what they might
have said Of her vaudeVillian, they cared
for her deepy-as a person. They could see
the hurt look in her eyes; they sensed her
hercely defensive attitude.
All during that week they watched her closely.
They couldn't penetrate the armor with which
she had surrounded herself That was what
hurt-that they were going to leave under q
cloud of ingratitude. She was always going to
believe that they detested her
And they knew she hated them!
= Sunday, the act moved to Buffalo, and there
the two newcomers joined them. Kitty and
her partner threw themselves fundamentally
into the task of rehearsing On Tuesday night
they went into chop suey parlor and stared
. at one another.
Aren't they awfu?" asked Kitty
Terrible! Harry replied seriously. and with
real regret In his voice. And how! Thev
can't sing They dance like pair of wooden
Indians and where they got those old gags
from, nobody will ever know
What happens after We go, Harry"
The act fiops. Oh! I'm not handing our
selves too much when I say that The LADY
Hippo don't belong, and we both know it. With
out good jazzy relief. some of these hard
ooued audiences will razz her soft the boards"
Kitty sighed. Isn't it break Harry?"
And all cur fault. That's what gets under
my skin"
They rambled back to the hotel and as thew
entered the lobby dynamic and somewhat dis
heVeled little man rose and came forward to
greet them. Instantly their faces frightened
Nike Frame! What you doing here?"
The agent beamed. Game up to see YOU
kids. Gosh! How lucky you are!'
LUCKY? This isn't any time to kid us
Mike we've been couple of young fools and
were sorry. Honest getting kicked out don't
matter haf as much as having the Lady Hippo
think we are couple of ingrates"
All! Quit worryin' about her She'll make
out"
With these two stifs you sent up to take
our place? Honest, the act is gonna die on its
feet"
What of it?" asked Mike What are YOU
worryn about?"
Cause it isn't fair. Well always feel guilty
We acted fierce and"
Snap out of it, willya? You amt quttin!
Wayne is kickin' you out. So you should
worry
I'VE should" said Kitty Dale. cot course
you can't understand
THE thunder I can't. I can understand
good break when I see one. Now listen: / got
the ear of the b:gtime bookers for you kids
Second spot maybe on some nice bills. Two act:
Dale and Hardness; The Spirit of Modern
Youth. That's you, see? Good backdrop-neat
and gaudy, as it were. Snappy gowns for the
little girl. here. Special music Coupla good
songs and a line of fresh patter"
"Aw! for the love of Pete--dry up! What
you're ta!kin' about costs money. We're busted"
Didn't tell you not to worry? And when
Mister Frame says that, he knows whichof he