Evening star., 1935-03-24
March "a, 1885

Are you somebody special, them"
"Me1 I'm Teddy Flower"
"Oh, ah,' said, getting the trend Il see.
Teddy Flower. eh1"
Owing to the fact that one of my unswerv-
ing rules is never to go to picture with a
child star, I had never set eyes on this
STRIPPING. But of course knew his name.
"Oh, ah," l said Teddy Flower eh?
Hazel June was talking about you only the
other day. She told me you were in her new
picture"
She did, eh?" He snorted a bit. The
nerve of that dame! Let me tell YOU she's in
my new picture"
He snorted bit more.
$50 you've met that pill, have you?"
Iquivered like Jelly. That what?'
That pill"
Did you say 'pilr?"
Pill was what said Slice her where you
like, she's still boloney."
drew myself up. you are speaking"
said. 'of the woman love"
He started to say something. but raised
my hand coldly and said, Please and
silence supervened. He took up his National
Geographic Magazine. / took up mine. Then
thought to myself, "Oh, well, dash it, and
extended the olive branch Too damn silly,
l mean to say, couple of fellows on the
brink of having teeth out simply sitting read
ing the National Geographic Magazine" at
one another instead of trying to forget by
means of pleasant Chit-chat the ordeal which
lay before them.
80 you're Teddy Flower" said
You never spoke truer word, b" he replied
agreeably. Who are your"
Lord Havershot is more or less my name"
Been in Hollywood long2"
About ten days"
Like it?"
"Oh rather Must be jolly living here
'uppose you have great time. what?"
His face clouded. appeared to have said
the wrong thing.
Who. me?" he calculated, with more than
slight modiCum of bitterness. "Yes, l do
not I'm practically serf Do you know what
old Brinkmeyer did when the contract was
being drawn up? Slipped in clause that
had to live at his house. so that could be
under his personal eye"
This Brinkmeyer being who?"
The boss of the corporation l work for
And his sisters worse. 1t S a dogs life Shall |
tell you something?'
DO"
I'm not allowed to play baseball and foot
ball. because | might get hurt. I'm not
allowed to keep pup, because it might bite
me. I'm not allowed in the swimming pool,
because l might get drowned And. listen,
get this one. No candy in case put on
weight"
You don't mean that?"
II do mean that. It's in my contract. The
party of the second part shall abstain from all
ice creams, chocolate creams, nut sundaes,
fudge and a-day suckers. hereinafter to be
called candy, this to be understood to COM
prise doughnuts marshmallows pies in their
season, all Starchy foods and twice of chicken
Can you imagine my lawyer letting them put
that over!'
must say was bit appalled,.
II wonder you don't chuck it," said
"Or do you feel that all the money and fame
make up for these - what you might call
hideous privations?"
He snorted.
Money! Fame? can't eat 'em, can |?
There's nothing Id like better than to get
away from it ALL back there where hearts are
pure and men are men in Chillicothe, Ohio.
Id like to be home with mother right now.
You should taste her chicken, southern style
And she'd be tickled pink to have me, too.
Gee, we've salted away all the money we're
ever likely to need But | can't get away.
I've five-year contract, and you can bet old
Brinkmeyers going to hold me to it. But,
listen, shall tell you something? I'm bidfng
my time"
Doing what to your timer"
"BidinP it. I'm waiting Some daV I'll