The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-14

lone hand until she had achieved
results.
Hence she encouraged him to
talk about his work. \,
"I'll take you ont to see the the
alter Sunday morning." he told her.
TITS going TO be ready for the pub
lie in two weeks. Just now the
auditorium In being decorated and
quite q staff working. Sunday be-
cause of the time limit for the
opening"
on Sunday morning. as he had
promised, Dick tucked Eve into
the roadster and drove the short
distance to tho new building. The
white brick and terra Gotta struc-
ture doomed up II stories high.
They entered the lobby where
workmen were laying rich, heavy
carpeting over the thick padding.
Here the walls were panefed In
gold satin brocade and 81 gold
chandelier with hundreds of In
tricately cut crystals lighted the
scene. r.
They passed through the audi
torium where the seats were being
installed. The silver screen was
already In place. Dick took Eve
up in the dressing room elevator
and she saw modern conveniences
In almost luxurious form for the
comfort Of the actors and actresses.
She was particularly impressed
with the laundry and drying room
and the nursery for the children
Of the stage-folk. I've looked down
ut the stage from the fly-loft and
became slightly dizzy.
NOW I'll show you the green
ROOM" Dick told her as they
stepped into the elevator again.
They descended to room opposite
the wings, beautifully decorated in
white and gold. In the center was
q billiard table, and great. soft
easy chairs were grouped about.
mo matter what Its color scheme
may be this room Is called the
green room" Dick explained. ut
Is the actors sitting room. Later
on you will see It In USE"
An organ had been installed and
was being tested. Snatches Of melo-
dies filled the air. Dick glanced
about and saw no one observing
them. He gathered Eve close In
the shadow OF the wings, for q
brief instant.
"rhe first kiss on the pew
stage" he murmured.
Eve was always to remember
that Sunday. 1t gave her her
first insight into the romance Of
building. Dicks employers, she
knew, specialized In the construc-
ton Of theaters but It was not un-
til that morning that she appreci-,
ated the extreme skill required
for this branch OF work. The
owners had spared no expense to
create beautysas we'll as utility and
the result was breath taking In ef-
feet.
The day meant more than that
to Eve. The uneasy feeling she
had known for the past week
seemed to slip away from her. Dick
was oil kindness and consideration
and Eve was ashamed of the fact
that she had doubted him, even for
a moment. She resolved to make
this UP to him in the future. Dicks
love was suddenly the most import
ant thing in the world for her and
she wanted him to know 1t.
She curled up in lounge chair
that afternoon with a new book.
She made 1t a point to bring home
q book from the circulating library
each weekend. After she finished
reading the book Eve always en-
tered its title and the name Of its
author in a tiny notebook she car
ried in her purse. She had begun
this system when she was in high
school and had followed it faith
fully ever since.
Monday morning Eve returned
to her work as though inspired.
She thought of the actresses soon
to come to Lake City for the open
ing of the theater and decided to
make an especial bid for their
patronage in the store advertising
she wrote. Barnes commended her
fer her foresight.
That noon Eve accompanied
Marya to a Scottish tearoom where
a twinkling-eyed Highland lassie
told their fortunes by reading the
leaves in their teacups. Eve at
tached no significance to the
prophecies made for her but Marya
was apparently overjoyed because
the seeress predicted she would
SOOH DC eve 10
herself. 1t would not take a for
tune teller to predict marriage for
a girl so sweet and lovely as Marya.
When the home edition of the
evening newspaper was deliv-
cred to the Office Eve turned to
the financial pages. Strange, she
thought. how light-hearted she had
been but an hour before and now
her world was plunged into gloom.
Pure Soap. Inc, had gone down q
point.
II was hard for her to concen-
trate on her work for the next
hour. AZ soon as the stock edition
was due she sent Charles down to
the corner 10 purchase n copy for
her. Her hopes returned as she
gained itH loss and closed ut the
Runae figure ~ hnA haan nanfufaifi-