The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-01-12


themselves interloncrs.
Two girls locke: after him in
mock annoyance.
CHOSE are Trevor's cousins
years younger than they look, if
that is possible" Dick explained.
"They are boarding school girls,
but wouldn't you think them just
out of the chorus? Though you
never can tell these days"
Instantly he bit his lip-stop-
ped short and flushed painfully.
ooh, gosh, what a thing to say. /
didn't mean that. Really"
81 am not chorus girl, y
Sheila said colby, her eyes half
lowered.
"Shcila, please"
The agony in his voice was OBJ
vious. If she had felt any hurt
or any retaliating desire to hurt,
it faded.
81 know what you meant" she
said, trying to laugh bat flush
ing, too. "rhose girls, Of course,
are from good families but they
do look cheap and common in
such low cut dresses. And they're
wearing too much makeup.
"No chorus girl would attend
a party looking like that" she
went on, trying to hide her dis
composure. They wouldn't dare!
Stage women-pm a stage wo-
man, Dick, in case you are inter
ested as to how I catalog myself
have to be so careful to live
down the reputation that's been
given to them. Whenever news
paper prints any scandal, if the
girl has ever been connected
with the stage in any way the
headlines shrek the words
chorus girl OF actress
GAS Il matter of fact many
stage women leave off makeup
entirely on the street CT at par
ties. We have to be extremely
careful in our dress, our be-
havior, our conversation and our
love affairs Or we are misundcr-
stood"
"But not by the people who
really matter" Dick said quickly.
He was wondering if this girl had
been made to suffer because Of
her calling.
Everyone matters. Every ad~l
verse criticism mounts UP and
comes home to roost. In the thea
ter just as in politics one can't
be too careful
"In that case" Dick an
nounced, T'm out OF politics.
Sheila smiled. Don't laugh at
me. l was just warming up to.
my subject. Do you remember
Alice Grady, the screen actress?
She used to listen when the Of
flee boys OF stenographers got to-
gether at the studio and when
they made any criticisms of her
work she could consider the
change their conversation sug-
gested. She said they formed "a
part of her audience and they
counted. She would drive around
to half a dozen theaters some
nights to try to find out what
people really thought of her act
ing. She spent days-litelally
days-correcting the way she
walked because she heard t"o!
women call it dreadful"
Suddenly Sheila's mood chang
ed. She looked up smiling. "And
now, brethren. here endeth the
first lesson"'
"I'm sorry. honey. I didn't
know. Do forgive me-" Dick
whispered.
Sheila turned dancing eyes up
on him. "Mr. Stanley, since ! am
a stage woman and not society
girl, don't you think Miss Shayne
would be better. for the first "a
hours at least?'
MAY | choose what l call you
the following %" His tone was
low, meaningful.
II shall still! be a stage wom-
an
"You needn't be-always."
Sheila's eyes narrowed slightly, |
but she shrugged her shoulders
and smiled. "You work rather
fast. don't you?"
Il have to. Pm not the only F.!
man in the world with excellent
taste"
"DOn't you mean perfect
taste?"
He bowed, amused. 81 mean
that, Of course" !