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About Central Point star. (Gold Hill, Or.) 192?-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1930)
lour lìrothers Who liete to Fortune from yiowtiere sgr euzabkth JOQ b ASL WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE A beautiful young woman finds herself on the sidewalk in a strange city. She cannot remem ber her name or where she came from. She has nothing in her purse to tell herself who she is. A young man w ho has seen her in the hotel where she is stopping notices her and takes her to tae hotel in a cab. ’1 here she finds that she is regis tered, in French as ".Miss Eve No body of Nowhere.” Ih e clerk lias >.»»n ciillioit her Miss Parsons. The y oung m a il tells her sue is m - m » York, iiis name is Erie Hamilton of Chicago. Stic is terrified at her loss of memory, lie asks his friend l)r. Carrick, a nerve specialist, to call at Die hotel. Dr. C arrick talks eneour. ;,mgly, hut says that tie w ill send a nurse to stay w ith the m ysterious "Miss Parsons that night. Mis» Nobody listens while Ham ilton tells tier w hat the doctor has said, then steps into another room. When the nurse arrives, the girl lia s vanished from the hotel! Eve's departure was simple. She w ent out of J bad. door into the servants hall of ttie hotel, where «H,» u.itei'c 1 a young 1-rench- class.” To the novice there’ seemed a great deal to it. "If they respond, 1 suppose we got to dance with them .’” she asked anxious to ge, a more definite line on her individual duties than Ivy iiad given her. “Aint she the clever kid?" Maizic murmured. "Got it the very foist time." "Dance with ’em if they want you to," the instructress coldly explain ed. If they want you to set down an give them the story of your iifi h l cm have it. Duly make it -n.-ppy. No sob stuff. M aine tell 'em she's a Bus-Ian princess, an ' i; goes over great. If I cv w anta lal.. while luu listen, leave \ ill do it. She arranges w ith M arcels trienu. the janitor of a dingy little ap art ment house on the East Side of New York, for a small furnished apartm ent, lie tells her not to be be frightened if she hears tqc young woman who occupies the next apartm ent conic in very late in the morning. Eve w onders w hat sort of a place she has got into. The girl in the next apartm ent is Ivy Davenport, a professional cabaret dancer w ith a weak heart. Eve helps her one night when she is ill. Ivy sugggsts that Eve, who is short of funds, should take her place in the cabaret. Eve thinks it over, dislikes the idea, but real izes that she has to do something to earn a living until she finds out who she really is, Ivy has twisted the name of “P ersonne” which is the only surname Eve knows for herself, into “Berson.” Eve finds “Jake's a strange sort of place and the girls who dance there even stranger, though kind to the stranger who is taking Ivy’s linn In what was said. Eve followed her witli a sinking heart. What had she left herself in for. Ihil the two young men •cy approached were wholesome looking American lads who had jnsl •iiven an order Io a w aiter, ami who for the present w ere most in- ereslcd in having it filled th an in ;i scene around them. Qurenic cast a radiant si it? at them, and one of ? e y un;; men returned it w ith a cheerful hut impersonal grin ■Fit slewed her ..tap a little di - !:>nec from the tsbie, chec. :iv her n .i. II I. who hi. I»« all endurance records lo r Uniin » n ti Il . a c lii and Joli-,, in il.e middle, llcw the “ t ily id He frmn one cuhurel Io another," Hunt explained. "Unite a. lot of them i i ' tal |..irtil<r, like this place heller than th f i an i Id g ii.; II..id sud- I hid-.. I llduk Jake caters Io them • a,. . d !" ; lari Ugh a rapidly e - , • .a i a the dalie- di various ways drops the cover ,r. "W hat m ade you say you charge for them amt that sort of ll.ing. He like to have them come >. I -.urc io n could dance w ell? in. thinking Huy lend class to Ids n ’t." His c x p u i« ssioii m ade place; and Jake Is .InillK for class. ,inplify the terse statem ent, They’ll probably stay lu re an hour in vi ri sure of any thing Just then leave and visit liulf a dozen • she smilingly adm itted. 'I'm oilier pluces before they go home al all this.” at dm light. In the meantime, w e'll III. you can be sure you are h aie another bunch or two like ,a i. v -, Kid dam ers on the them." It n ig h he siiid com fortably. Eve knew all Inis, and didn't I i-i i tribute, loo. for there ’.now why she kenw it. any more i do-.-ii here who know how than slu- knew why she appreciat , • out. 'I hat uptown bunch ed the unsually good music of I' eri- lias som e bully d an cers lake's jazz hand. "Spi iking of being here,“ Hunt the direction he went on. 'W hy are you lu re, real- a dozen young men y > It's easy enough Io see Unit illy of gooi I fandl- g in a close group. you don’t belong." (CDNIINI ED NEXT WEEK) >ing hi themselves :e otlu r patrons, e tired and th eir O il Co>h a t C.’iM fio ttla • 'nil blase, lull A fte r n bottle of glue lias been nt widi their en- opened rob h llitls fat or oil around a i ■ "What you’re really here for, Ucrson, is to drawled, ‘Make 'em see w hat gr cat big won they are and you'll be a wow. ' had I en holodig. I Bud go Io the t'n n to supper, and I of Hie night rushing u rp n se as nil her and ng the others sound eorb before luserttna It la the b oilie and the cork w ilt pull out quits euslly Glass stoppers should ba treated tn ihe sn.na manner Stella, Eve learned, was a pc .- mist unit a black one. Stic was also a man hater and freely confessed ihat she had no use for women. Her speech, and QueeiHg s w ere us ually better than those of the ouier girls; but on ocassion they count, and often did, draw on the argot of the gutter. All of thV Eve grasped later. At present the les son of the moment went on. oung n drew out for Eve 111? chair next to him. Miss M orn, secured the rem aining empty chai rfor h.-rself and <■ it down with . s'gh of achieve men I. "You ain't gol Ihe nice m anners of your boy friend, Willie," she told Hie grinning youth. But if you stick around w ith him perhaps you will improv:-. Got a cigarette?” 'I lie ¡’/ in n in g youth h id end of fe r'd Hie case. Miss Morris lielp- I hers-'ll a rd passed it Io live who hesitated an instant end then took :i cigarette end. lighted it at Hie match t! t quiet young man held for GO ON WITH THE STORY there »setting around in our corner. The bunch .here now is regulars that come early to get good tables. They know each other. It’s when the singles begin to wash in, or tw o or three men conies together, th at we get busy.” “How do we get busy?” “My Gawd!” Miss Morris ex changed a deeply eloquent glance with Alaizie, who was smiling a sharp-toothed ophidian smile. The instructress continued her explana tion in depressed tones. "W e’re dancers, and w e’re Jake s hostesses too. Sec ? ” “Our job,” Stella added, “is to keep the men from dying from homesickness after they git here.” Queenie ignored Stella. “ When a m an’s settin alone at a table, or two or three men are to gether, looking like it’s Decoration Day an ’ they’re saying it with flowers, I drift up to them an ’ give them the glad eye. Nothin' fresh, you understand. Just a kind look to let them know there’s a live w ire near. If they speak, I draw on my hot air tank and later I introduce them to some of the girls if they see any they w anta meet. If they dont respond I breeze past like I hadn’t seen em and try some others. None of the other girls goes near till I find out who the men are and interduce them. If you seen your own brother at a table you couldn’t go to him till I said you could. T h at’s all there is to it, but it’s gotta be done with I, lx. nielli. John ami Walter Hunter, of in the air, .mJ won aryiuid $ b s’.(*K) in while ;!. > (1 r t i ) op'-ialcd die rc:.i The ones that come alone an has to rely on (lie boys are the ones that Gawd forgot. “ Don’t pay any attention to the loose-ankle boys. They’ll come buzzing over, for they need a change bad, an’ they’ll want to give you the once over because you’re green. But Jake ain’t paying us nickels to dance w ith them.” All the girls were intrigued bv the new com er’s presence and they showed it in various ways— some by talking, the rest by close atten- v surplus production it c.m not be bought hy - ffcicr a t le?a than the replaced at ic Jay’s m arket pricer. Be Found Here Just a F err of the Pri During This Sale M ens Blue 8 Ounce I lini t !o tills ■■■ < Pi Queenie Morris." "is-. M enis n r - ! ' the announce ment w ith an nir that Impelled the ■ ••!■ eng youth to get no and bow deeply, ar.d Que nie accepted the burlesque hom age w if i a e ir< free grin equal to his own. She hud lit •lie cigarette w ithout his assistance ; ad having established it firmly helwa-en her earinined lips was do ing Hie honors with easy affability. “Don’t mention your name,” she advised Hie grinning youtht. “My h e a rt's going to tell me w hat it is, pretly soon.” “You het it will," said Ihe g rin ning youth in high good humor. I’m one of the shieks you read a- bout. One long look into my eyes girlie, and you're done for.” “Let’» see if I am,” Miss Morris suggested w ith sudden interest, and she made Ihe experim ent forthw ith. Hunt turned to Eve. “You don't exactly belong here, do you?” he asked. r i.ir jfa c tu r e r ’» E e o u t c r.'. Yst or th is m ersh m d i WASH DRESSES I I ' M W l.V U '.lM W BIB OVERALLS V . ’. I C . l l l M V - l ' . V . M V l W W * Others $1.00 Grades Boys’ Overalls 79c One Lot Regular $1.69 Dept. Storca M edford, O regon Mens Chambray Shirts 39c
