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About Central Point star. (Gold Hill, Or.) 192?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1930)
JP V M l cfcXTftAL FöltfT I f At M lftA t At’GL’Sf 1, KM T ^ '~ ,, f r o ,;/5 s 7/ o />O l , m lîo w h e r e rr «I corvto^f »Mr «r*»v<v < B Y ELIZABETH JOBB AN W iIA ’1 HAS GONE BEFOHE A b ea u tifu l young w oiuun find» hcrsi If on Hie sidew alk in u strung» illy . She cannot rem em ber her nmiu nr w here »lie came fro m . She ha» n o th in g In her purse to te ll I n i lit Who she I*. A young mini w ho lias M i ll her ill the hotel w lle le »he is slopping notices her und hil.es her Io the h otel in a cab. ■»here »lie find» that »lie 1» regis tered, ill I're iie h as "M iss Eve No body of N ow here.” I he cle rk lias been cu llin g her Mis» Bursons. The young m ini tells her she is in New York. Hi» name is E rie H am ilton of Chieugo. She i» te rrifie d ut her loss o f m em ory. He ii.sk» hi» frie n d H r. t.iirrie k . 11 nerve specialist, to m il ill the hotel. H r. C a rric k talks encouragingly, hut says Hint he w ill send u nurse to »lay w ith the m ysterious "M iss Parsons" that night. Mis» N obody listens w h ile llm n - ilto n tell:, her w hat the doctor has »uni, then steps in to another room. When the nurse arrives, the g irl has vanished fro m the h o te l! Eve's d eparture was sim ple. She w ent out of ii hack door in to the servant» hall of the h o ld , where »he encountered u young F re n ch man pot le r, w ho claim ed Io recog nise her. He had seen her in Paris. she •Then y >u knew m y name d eiiim uli I eagerly. But the p orter hud fo rg itlen that. He w ou ld w rite nt once t » a frle n 1 in Paris and fin d the nail • o f tl Am erican young lad y they had both adm ired. He te lls hei o f an apartm ent house w here t. e ja n ito r, he th in ks w ould take her in. Meantime, w h ile H am ilto n is anxiously h u n tin g up the nerve »1 -eiulist fo r w h ite , Eve gets In to a I; sicab and drive» away. She ui ange» w ith M arcel’» frie n d , the jn n il ir o f a dingy little a p a rt ment In use on the East Side of New Yi k, fo r a sm all furnished apartm ei I. He tells her not to he tie fr ig h ned if she hears the young wom an w ho occupies the next apartm ent come in very late in the m ornin g Eve wonder» w hat sort o f a pla e she has got into. The g r l in the next apartm ent is Iv y D avenport, a professional cabaret dancer w ith u weak heart. Eve belt » her one n ig ht when she is ill. Iv y sugggsts that Eve, w ho is short o f funds, should take her place in the cabaret. Eve th in ks it over, dislikes the idea, but real l i e >» that she has to do something to earn a liv in g u n til she fin ds out w ho she re a lly is, Ivy has tw isted the nan e o f "P ersonne" w h ich is the only surname Eve know s fo r herself, in to "B erson ." Eve fin ds "Jake's a strange sort o f place and the g irls w ho dance there even stranger, though kin d to thé stranger w ho is ta king Iv y ’s place. She meets a young man numed H unt, w ho fra n k ly te lls her that she doesn’t belong there. want us to.* That brings them back again." She look Eve to another table on the short list Jake had sent her. T w o men o f a d iffe re n t type sat then-, but they responded Io Queenie'» in itia l udvgncc as rea dily 11» the firs t p air had done. They were m iddle aged Eanndiau cattle men, out fo r u good lim e, und they had it w ith Queenie, w h ile Eve took such uuld share as she could in the ban tering dialogue and danced sev eral times w ith each o f them. A p p a re n tly th is encounter was as suc cessful as the firs t, fo r both men showed such u flu ltte rin g regret w hen it ended. Before that, m ore over, they bad unconsciously help ed Eve through the little m atter o f the firs t h a lf of the special p ro gram. W h ile th is was in progress she reinuiued w ith them, and Jake seemed content w ith the arrange ment. i The long night w ore on. At the end of it Jake sent fo r Eve, “ You’re u w ri',” he im personally announced when »lie again c o n fro n ted him in his o ffice. It was h a lf past three and his s ta ff wa» p e r ce p tib ly w iltin g . So w ere his re m ainin g guests, but Jake him self showed no sign o f the n ilit ’s strain. His linen wus as faultless and his h a ir a» pastily fla t as they had been at eleven. “ ra k e -y ’o n -rc g 'lu r,” he added. ’T h a t’s good o f yo u ," Eve said, More anil more she lik e d w hat she had heard o f Jake. “ But 1 w o n ’t lake the w o rk just now , thank you. "W h y n o t? " ' l l re a lly Isn’t in my lin e ." "M ore-m oney? N o th in -d o in ’. F ix ed-rate." " I t s ii ’I th a t," Eve hastened to explain. ‘The m oney side is q uite a ll rig h t." It was. She hud earned eight dollar» und some odd cents by her firs t night's w o rk . "T h e n -w h a t's -e iitin -y e h ? " ‘I want to do soiik th in g else." "W h a t? ” ’A w r i’?’ Jake had moved the r e mote eyes fro m her face as if th is ended th c im itte r, but when she w a lk eil to Hi door h asked a question: “ H ow 'bout Iv y ? " Eve stopped and tu rn ed buck. •W hy — she’ll be a ll rig h t to m orrow n ig lh , w o n 't she.’ " Eve had a fixe d clientele a» w e ll as a flo a tin g one. The Canadian p air came re g u la rly , and accepted w ith o u t resentment her refusal» of th e ir in v ita tio n s to luncheons and other inve rsio ns outside o f the cab aret. H unt und his frie n d Jackson also became what the g irls called reg'lars, though Eve suspected that n eith er voting m ail could stand long the fin a n c ia l sta rin o f such fre quent visits, fo r Jake’s us Ivy had boasted, was no "cheap jo in t." Iv y was able to get back on the job on the fifth night and to go through her dances w ith amazing s k ill anil pep. H er specialty was the "a cro b a tic w a its " Queenie had m entioned, and her perform ance was a revelation to Eve, w ho hum b ly told herself that us a substitute she had been a joke .; Miss Daven port was a born dancer, w h ic h un- d oubtedly helped to explain her em ployer's patience w ith her a t tacks. The o n ly employee that compared w ith her at Jake’s was a young Ita lia n among the loose-ankle boys, whose version o f the Black Bottom was the cabaret’s best a t tra c tio n . QUeenle’s high k ic k in g was "good but not great,” as Iv y e xjiresse il it. Muizie, despite her beauty and superb fig ure, did no solo w o rk at a ll, and was not above the average in o rd in a ry dancing. Eve decided that Iv y ’s acrobatic w altz explained Iv y ’s heart attacks, and she advised the dancer to drop some o f its more ta xing features. Iv y shook her head. "L on g 's I do it, I II do it rig h t," she announced. A rt came fir s t w ith Ivy. Ivy's p o p u la rity in the A r tis t’s ro o m " was second o n ly to Quecnie's ami as the tw o g irls stood together on a ll im p o rta n t issues Queenie’s rule was s tre n g th e n e d by her chum 's re tu rn . So was Eve’s pos itio n . Mis» D avenport had a grate fu l nature. L o y a lly and lo u d ly she assure.I the w o rld that n oth in g was w ro n g w ith Berson. She dem and ed Queenie » continued interest in her protegee, and a fte r a b rie f con test o f w ills she received it. The head hostess, it appeured, had a h o rro r o f being "h ig h h a tte d ” by any one; and fro m the firs t »he had cherished a dark fear th a t the newcom er was h ig h -b a ttin and up- NOW GO ON W IT H T H E STOHY He asked the question w ith a "Nope. M e u n s -th re c -fo u rd a y s -p ', stagin' a ll Jake’s artists. Iv y was tw in k le , in tacit adm ission that he fin a lly able to explain Eve’s m an rnps-m ore. Kcep-'er-jobaw cek— let , had no l ight to put it. and she »m il- ; ner and d ic tio n to Queenie’ satis 'e r rest. M ig h tfix e ru p ." cd fo rg iv in g ly . There seemed nothing else to do. ] faction. “ I ve to ld you. I ’m substituting Eve agreed Io the tem porary job, "She can't help it," she pointed out. fo r u no the r g irl. She's sick. ’ My G aw d! and won the vast gra titud e o f Ivy ‘She’s e d-jicated! " A ll rig id .” he said accepting the Io w hom she reported w hen she w ind can a poor k id do when her reb uff. 'W e ll li t it go al that. Shall fo lks pul her in schools an’ has reached home at fo u r o'clock. we dance again?" Eve le ft her com fortable, and \ her learned a ll those th in g s ? " When they returned to llie ii went back Io her ow n quarters, t i r - l A little la te r Eve unconsciously table, Queenie rose. helped her ow n cause. cd but u p lifte d . She had put over “ The best o f frie n d s gotta part,' w hat she had und erta ken ; she had “ W here you fro m , anyhow , Ber she announced. made eight d o lla rs ; she had» been son?" Queenie demanded one night, ‘H old on. W hat’s the idea?" offered a jo b ; she had been able when the novice had been at Jake's It was the g rin n in g youth w ho Io keep her w a lk in g nightm are at a week. It was firs t d ire c tly p e r spoke—Jackson, Ids name had p ro v hay and to feel almost norm al. Best sonal question that hud been put ed to be—his g rin w ipe d from his o f a ll, there was now no endless to Eve, and Eve flushed under it. " I? Oh, I ’ve lived abroad a good face by the a b ru p t decision. Hunt night Io face, fo r the n ig ht was looked equally serious, and Queenie over. It m ight be w o rth w h ile to deal," she stammered. •Where?"1 regarded them w ith a pproving eyes accept Jake's o ffe r, i f o nly to do " In France. "T h e idea is that you tw o ain 't away w ith those a w fu l nights in Queenie nodded. L iv in g abroad the o n ly boys in the place, she ex the court bedroom. If she could k ill a nother fo rtn ig h t accounted fo r anything. plained. ’And .lake has give me ‘Can you ta lk F re n ch ? ” she ask that w ay and earn the money she the high sign to move on.” Marcel w ou ld ed w ith sudden interest. "B u t. sec here — " Jackson p ro so badly needed. “ Yes.” surely re p ly from Leon, and that tested. ‘Honest? Say! Jake’l l be glad ‘ Now, W illie !” Miss M o r r is was reply m ight lead her out o f the fog. Some Frenchm en almost p ia te rn a lly reproachful. •»he w ou ld th in k the m atter over. to hear th a t! "Y ou don’t w m itii get my g ir l frie n d H owever, she did no th in k in g then, ble w in here last week, and none in bad w ith the boss the very firs t ilie fe ll asleep at once fro m sheer o f us could p arley w ith ’em. A n' exhaustion and her dreams, when o n ly the n ig h t before you came— night she’» on the job, do yo u ? " lie recalled them in the m orning, Sai I ’ll te ll .lake," Queenie added “ ( I f course n o t." H unt rose and bowed fo rm a lly and Queenie led lad Io do v. itli large .b u ild in g s and excitedly. She told him, w ith all the pride darin g music und crow ds o f w h ir l- Eve away. o f the discoverer and Jake again tig figures. "B e tte r get out w h ile the g etlln's Succeeding nights at Jake’s seem- sent for Eve. good," she said and added another "Doio’flne," he announced. d very much what the first one h e lp fu l h in t fo r the novlcet ‘H I ’Thank you. I ’m glad of fbgt” ,iud been, with Ute difference tbut wise Io leuve guys before they t 14 b il l io n dollars for . marketing the - ' ! FAR M ✓ i| H u n tt's ja w set. F o r a moment he seemed about to dispute the r u l ing. Then hi» good sense assert ed its e lf and he rose w itha shru g. "Now?” " A ll rig h t, he agreed ‘I ’l l take "Sure.” you over.” "D o you speak F rench?” " T h a t'll make a big h it w ith the ‘Nope. B u tl'llk n o w ’fyoudo.” new guy,” Queenie m urm ured iro n Eve laughed. It was the firs t ic a lly . But Eve understood, as she tim e Jake had heard her do it so easily understood e verythin g and it appealed to him . H is remote H unt d id and said, the im pulse that look changed s lig h tly . alw ays made h im escort her th ru “ T ha’sthestuff,” he approved. th e dancing crow ds to any table “ S m ilin ’sgoodforbusiness. Y’oughta w here she was exjiecled. laughm ore." She w alked b y his side w ith u n Eve answered in French th a t no ! w illin g steps. She never knew doubt th is was true , but that she what these encounters m ight bring , co uldn ’t promise to keep on sm il- i and each tim e she thus approached ing in d e fin ite ly , though she w ou ld a stranger every in s tin c t in her do her best. F in d in g it necessary protested against w ha t she was do John Hays Hammond. Jr.. famous to translate this, she d id so, and ing. She constantly rem inded h e r son of a famous father, who Ins in vented a “radio eye which enables Jake nodded. self that she was there to ta lk to aviators to “see- (».rough fog. “ H o w ’hou tsta yin ’on ?” and to dance w ith lon ely men, to " I haven’t q uite decided yet.” help them to have a pleasant even ‘Can’raiscrratcshutgiveyousam cgu- ing, and that the m atter ended w ith the sort o f place young g irls o f arantee’sM orris.” the ta lk and the dance, and that good fa m ilie s could v is it, as m any "T h a n k you. I ’ll stay tw o weeks the money she thus earned was such g irls p la in ly considered it, it longer, anyw ay, unless som ething necessary to her. tf Jake s was was surely safe fo r her. Also, she unexpected happens." was p la in ly o f use here, in ways ’S’a llr L ” g she was not paid fo r. The g irls The arrangem ents s im p lifie d Eve's trusted her and asked her advice. bookkeeping.. Instead o f being paid Eve Maizie had w arm ed up since n ig h tly as a substitute she was on the little session w ith Jenny, and Jake's w eekly p a y -ro ll at a tw e n ty - the la tte r had shown a somewhat fiv e -d o lla r salary, w h ich was aug ( embarrassing d ete rm ina tion to es mented by the dance cards she tablish a life frien dsh ip. tu rn e d in “ S’earyou’F re n ch.” I beg yo u r pardon?” “ Talksom eFrench.” A week later, when Eve and H un t returned to th e ir table a fte r a m id n ig h t C harleston, Queenie h u rrie d to them w ith an expression o f urgency she hastened to explain. “ Jake w ants you to go an’ meet that guy over in the c o rn e r." she said eagerly. ‘I forget his name, but he's 0 . K. He’s from the West and he’s been w afC hin’ you ever since he come in. He jest told Jake he w anted to ta lk to you. In te r- duee yourself. I ’ m lo o k in ’ a fte r a big d in n e r-p a rty .” "M iss Berson is busy here,’’ H unt began. H u n t’s a ir o f late had be come s lig h tly p ro p rie ta ry . Miss M o rris rebuked w ith a frie n d ly shake o f her head. “ Get wise, get w ise ," she advis ed. ‘T his has happened before an’ i t 'l l happen again. Oi ders is o r ders. an' she's w o r k in ’ fo r Jake. You had y o u r tu rn . P’rhaps you’ll get another la te r on,” she k in d ly ndded. , (CONTINUED NEXT WEEK) Ralph D’Agostino, Brockton, Mass., trying to beat Shipwreck Kelly’s- rec ord for continuous flagpole sitting, 40. feet in the air. William M. Jardine, of Kansas, former Secretary of Agriculture, who becomes America’s envoy to the couii-, try of King Fuad. Three Days Before the Stork. A tnrn to Col. and Mr». Charles A. Lindbergh on June, If dur» to anything In heredity the baby tjjunwwing»- This >o«»rsph eUw« ♦he proud young psYent» starting o< for g Hight just .
