The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-14

While rehearsing a. JOE PARIS song
hfP sq sTAN TETS T re6 and IAs s6cs h
Prominent Dick urges Lane 70 lncluoe
shciia in the program Of entertainment
shelis refnses knowing she will be too
tired after dav Of rehearsng ana me
Performance that night However. DICK
comes 10 the theater later and per-
They arrive AZ the party and Sheila
sings SIR meets several celebrities. in
gliding GORDON MANDRAKE. WeL-
known producer. Later DICK escorts ner
home
sheila hnds herself becoming. inter
ested IN Dick. though she is well aware
Sow BEGiN WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER ELEVEN
TT was June. Sheila still was
i playing split weeks with Ros-
Goes act. which had not been
booked for a solid engagement after
all. But split weeks here and there
were better than nothing, Sheila
solemnly agreed.
Dick Stanley approved of the ar
rangement, because it kept her
where he could see her frequently.
He would call for her and take
her to a late breakfast-often at
the Casino in the park among the
early lunchers.
Then, if Sheila did not have to
play matinee, they would drive
through Westminster or out on Long
Island, where they would swim and
spend leisurely hours on the beach,
Then, for days perhaps, Dick
would seem TO forget her He might
make flying trip home or to his
famllyS summer cottage, a palatial
affair of which he spoke in an off,
hand manner as the shack"
Sometimes Sheila knew he had
engagements with girls in Trevor
Lanes Long Island set
Dick made no excuses, asked no
questions about how Sheila spent
the time during his absences. He
just would seem to drop her after
a long and ardent rush in which
her heart would leap in tumult at
his voice over the telephone or skip
a beat when, running down the
stairs to greet him in Ma Lowells
lower hall, she would see his
Drowned face and broad smile.
But there was another side of the
situation. Sheila had to add to her
wardrobe considerably to appear
we'll dressed for all these engage
ments with Dick. AS Myrt said, il
ran into money"
OF course Sheila couldn't compete
with those rich girls. Dick would
have told her that anything she
wore was lovely" but Sheila knew
Just the same, that sooner or later
he would begin to compare her I'M
consciously with the carefully
groomed girls whom he met in his
own set.
The comparison could not help
but be to Sheila's disadvantage.
So she bought dresses picked ur
here and there in Easements, some
touch betraying their cheapness re-
moved by Sheila's own skillfu
fingers, some bit of handwork added
possibly.
She bought hats and was
fortunate that almost any hat
looked well on her. She could veal
a basement hat at just the right
angle and make it look-well, almost
Fifth Avenue. Shoes and hose re-
manned serious problems. Cheap
ones just would not do. 1t was
discouraging business, trying to APP
pear in a new outfit every once in a
while and at the same time to save
money.
THIS morning, attired in a blue
l linen frock with finely en-
Jdiered collar and cuffs of white
a small white hat pulled down over
her satin hair. Dick thought Sheils
never had looked so lovely.
He looked up from his coffee
smiling ;ndolently. You certainly
made hit with Mandrake al
right" he said.
Shiela's eyes widened. "Man-
drake?' she repeated, her voice
filled with unconcealed amazement
Mandrake. Sure. You know vol
sa whim at Trevors party"
"Of course I saw Mr.. Mandrake
But he didn't see me?"
Dicks eyes twinkled. "He Ger
tainly did. Called Trevor on thu
telephone the very next morning.
II didn't think he even looked my
way." Sheila said, pouring cream
into her cup.
HE didn't. That's trick of his
When he entirely ignores a girl, 1t
means she has made an impression.
They say Mona Deane cried for an
hour after party where Mandrake
devoted himself to her.
She said that meant he was
watching some other girl with the
idea of giving her part in a play.
Mona is a star, though
"Yes. Mandrake isn't the only
producer with eyes"
Every day thereafter Sheila
stayed near the telephone, so that
if Mandrake called she would not
keep him waiting.
Has he called yet?" Dick would
ask. HE will, just the same. Why
ONLY last night" 1t seemed that
there had been a party at Trevor
last night. A stag affair. Again
Mandrake had spoken of that
clever little dancer
But he did not call. and finally
Sheila gave him up entirely.
July came. Dick was away much
J of the time now, running in fol
rare evenings, calling her on long
distance from Massachusetts, where
his people we're Summering.
Dropping around unceremoniously
in the mornings, frequently finding
her already out and breakfasting at
the Coffee Shop Long evenings
driving in the cool breeze, Dick skill
fully weaving in and out of traffic.
It was all very pleasant, but II
did not keep Sheila from realizing
that her situation was none toe
secure. OF course she had a job, but
that job was temporary.
Sheila was making enough to pay
her living expenses, but she hac
been able to save almost nothing
And any day now Daisy would be