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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.
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