The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-30

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/ come on up here. want tc
talk to you"
! She could not afford not to go
though she was nearly sure she
was going to be used for refugees.
Mrs. Carrier said without pref
ace, You know who Lewis is?"
No" Then, suddenly the pieces
clicked. Yes, do, too. But-I'm
sorry, just got it. Of course.
Lewis D. Carrier. -" s,s~sa-5-=s
One of the big news comnerl-
tators. Good heavens, how dumb
she'd been. She colored, and be-
gan to explain to his wife, that
she had no radio, and had been
occupied every moment since she
had come here. 1t just hadn't
clicked before.
can right. I believe you. Now,
look here. I'm getting Lewis 20
talk to the head Of his Entertain
ment Activities group. They'll
give you another addition. And
| don't know why it shouldn't get
you something. You're a swell
glrl-anybody that would wash
dogs to stay in New York and
get somewhere is worth helping.
And there's no use saying it isn't
true, it's contacts that count.
Lewis will talk to Bill Ruthven
at Entertainment Activities, he
promised me. There"
Eileen stared at her small bene-
factress. She tried to thank her.
But in the middle Of what she
was trying to say, the inevitable
telephone rang about the newt
able committee work; and Eileen
finally left.
Away from little Mrs. Carriers
driving personality it seemed less
wonderful and hopeful than ii,
had. 1t might mean nothing at.all.
On the other hand it Nigh: near
something. kE#8 hkfA B +.
The Gates Open e4AAsAl
1T PROVED to The apdjtien
l came through. Eileen tried to
forget all about it; she went on
with her scraps Of secretarial
work, she made the rounds of
agencies and business Offices in
between. And miraculously, in
another ten days, she was sum-
moned; she was talked to by two
completely new, pleasant, crisp
men and pleasant, friendly wo-
man; and she signed contract
for a sustaining
IF you go over, you know, OF
course, it leads to a sponsor" said
one of the group of easy, quick
spoken people in the Office where
she sat, scarcely believing in her
own luck. "Of course if we fad
that things don't work, there's a
clause in the contract-We're sure
it will, but Of course you must
understand it-that it terminates
after three spots.
Eileen had Of course read her
contract It was like all other
contracts she knew. The Weigan6
contract bad rad that, too. 2
And so, On the sixteenth of Oc-
tober. Eileen Gardner spent fif-
teen minutes singing on one Of
the big networks. standing by a
pieEo, facing a little microphone
in the soandproof velvety room
behind glass walls, just as she
had dreamed.
When she was through She
slipped GCWn through winding
halls and took an elevator and
cashad voucher for fifty dollars
then, feeling as if she was walk
ing in d labysinthine dream, she
walked through the great build
ing. ard back home in the crisp
New York air, Up to the little
where Molly. bursting
with an excitement she had never
showed before, waited for her,
fresh from listening to her on the
Papoulos' radio with all the fam
lily.
There were letters. The fan
mail, Eileen WIS sure, was salts
factory Her immediate superior
drifted IN % listen to her the first
dav. end S ia Not bad Not bad
a bit, Miss gardner. Good timing
lets Of onoiiiy in your voice
Go to IL
Aunt Lou. back at her tcachins
wired her an extravaganza
which showed incredible excite.
ment, So did Jordan So did q la'
OF the Denver friends.
Get them TO write-get thera
to stir up a cot of fans.R MolAsa
counseled you have To jazz up
fans artihciaIly at first, everybody
SAYS So The ReL@egks iudgsgbgs
the amount III fap mail, ithag
don't care 4 aaln whether You
Get Tic hrieklayers' union 10 write
III. or year brothers and sisters
n hate to" Eileen said. But sire
wrote back home TO her aunt TO
that effect She didn't reply to
Jordan 81 all
Aad she never heard from Mar
tin.
Perhaps he was still flying
+ me- Perhaps he didn't happen
90 be listening To the radio. Sure
! III. socn, ho would He'd say, Il
knew she was Ike that. ! knew
she'd make good in New York
like a shot" And he'd wire in, OF
call her,
She fingered her mail and iele,
grams ever with a tense excite
ment that never Jagged When
ever the telephone rang - they
had put in a telephone. nf course,
when she got her sustaining job
she was alive with expectation
and hope and fear No Martin.
Well. il was Only cne week, two
weeks. three weeks, that sire had
been singing But by tine time the
whole thirteen weeks were doge.
surely. surely. she'd find him, or
he hsr,
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