anaheim-gazette 1926-09-16

Mr. and Mrs. Sallie being the Confessions of a new wife... by Gladys Baker Illustrated by Paul Robinson Copyright 1925 by Publishers Autocaster Service The Morning After the Concert Thoughts of the evening awakened me early. Ellie had come into my room with an amazing number of newspapers and, seating herself on the foot of my bed, together we turned quickly to the musical reviews and read of the performance given by Barry and Lemoyne. There was no doubt about the fact that Lemoyne was pushed well into the background, although it had been her manager's "Seriously though, Sallie, Barry's a peach and I do believe you're holding out on me because you couldn't help but be thrilled at having him at your feet." "Seriously though, Salle, Barry's a peach and I do believe you're holding out on me because you couldn't help but be thrilled at having him at your feet. intention that she should be the principal star. Their commendation of the young singer was trite. Although they agreed that her voice was pleasing in every respect, they obviously found nothing extraordinary in her art. "Lemoyne was not at her best last night," I declared as, one after another, I read what the critics had to say of the event, "she doesn't sing consistently." I explained, "and I think it's because she allows her personal emotions to enter into each per- Sept. 18 last sale date for back easy excursions back easy excursions If you are going east this fall for any reason —on a business or buying trip —to see the world series —to attend the Dempsey-Tunney fight —to visit in any part of the United States or Canada By all means take advantage of the reduced fares effective only until Sept. You have until Oct. 31, to return, with a choice of several routes back home if desired. 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I'm sorry she failed to make a hit last night, because it is usually at the first appearance of a new artist that a lasting impression is formed." "I'll admit I was disappointed in the fair lady myself. Not a thrill did her entire program hold for me. She sang like a school girl, a convent bred one at that," Ellie summed up the event, "but look-a-here," she continued in her soft southern drawl, "what about Barry? You're just as excited over the way he whooped things up as a piece of Roquefort cheese! I tell you what, Sallie," her eyes gleamed, "the way that boy played last night was something you hear just once in a lifetime and something that you never forget! I knew they'd all be crazy about him. You didn't have to shove the Woolworth building on top of my head to impress me with that, and I didn't have to wait for the morning papers to know that Barry had knocked 'em cold! Holy smoke, Sallie-Alley, when he played that piece of his own—you know, the one with the crazy Russian name." "The Vesnianka? It means the Spring." "Yeah, that's it, well, anyway, I felt it down to my toes! My spine just positively crumpled up and it did all sorts of funny things to me way down inside—around the region of my heart—if you know what I mean. Why, it's an actual fact that while it was going on I almost decided I'd behave myself in the future and pick up the pieces of my 'mils-spent life!" In spite of her slang I knew what Ellie meant. Barry's playing had brought out her very best and finest ideals and it was the highest compliment she could have bestowed upon his art. "But," she continued, "when Lemoyne sang her last song I was myself again and came completely down to earth!" There was no attempt at euphemism in Ellie's description of Lemoyne's voice, and she was so refreshingly original that I could not help but laugh. "Well?" she questioned when I had remained silent for a while, "give Barry credit whether you want to or not." "Oh, it isn't that, Ellie," I demurred, "I think his music last night was the most perfect thing I have ever heard and of course I'm happy over his success." "You certainly should be unless you're a close relation of a jelly-fish, because after last night he's made." And there's you thinking that I'd even consider such a thing." "You should be surprised at my thinking anything else," she smiled back at me, "and if you aren't going to you're a chump. I tried my level best to vamp him in Monte Carlo, but he never seemed to be conscious of the fact that I was in the world. Seriously though, Sallie, Barry's a peach and I do believe you're holding out on me because you couldn't help but be thrilled at having him at your feet. And to think of actually wanting you to marry him! Well," she sighed, "I'd be tempted to take him up on a similar proposition," she sigged. "Oh no, you wouldn't," I declared, for I knew that she had discarded her infatuation for the young musician when she had left France, and had never again given him a second thought, "and I wish you'd stop talking that way about yourself." "Don't try to switch the subject please. I want to know when the big event is going to take place. I'd make the most interested little bridesmaid in New York." "Ellie!" I was almost in a rage, for I disliked her taking it for granted that I was considering the proposal of Barrington Pierce, "I really think you're insane! How can you sit there and talk about my marrying anybody the whole idea," she replied, "after the way he's treated you, I should think he'd be surprised if you didn't get a divorce. Of course you can't get one in New York under two years on account of your residence not being here, but there's nothing the matter with Mexico. They hand 'em out down there in carload lots. Merita, that's the name of the place. Tell you what I'll do Sallie," she sat up excitedly on the edge of the bed. "I'll go down there with you, and Barry can join us later on. They say it's perfectly fascinating around Yucatan. Nearly all my friends have been there since this new law went into effect—at least once." "Ellie Mitchell!" I indignantly exclaimed, "I don't see how you can discuss marriage in such an irreverent tone. Sometimes, I think that your ideas of sacred things are—" I searched for an emphatic word, "depraved." "Thanks for the buggy ride!" Ellie came up smiling, "but you'll come around to my way of thinking before long. Just wait and see. I want you to be happy, Sallie, and I might as well tell you that I don't think you're ever going back to Curtiss Wright." There was a hint of secrecy in her voice. "Why do you think that?" I almost shouted the question and I waited with strained intensity for her reply. (To be continued next week.) There was no attempt at euphemism in Ellie's description of Lemoyne's voice, and she was so refreshingly original that I could not help but laugh. "Well?" she questioned when I had remained silent for a while, "give Barry credit whether you want to or not." "Oh, it isn't that, Ellie," I demurred, "I think his music last night was the most perfect thing I have ever heard and of course I'm happy over his success." "You certainly should be unless you're a close relation of a jelly-fish, because after last night he's made. And there's just no telling how far he'll go. Sallie. Just think, he'll have glory and prominence and—ahem—unlimited wealth." "Don't, Ellie, it's a sacrilege to speak of money in connection with anything like that." "Sacrilege or not, it's a right necessary little item to have around the house." "You're incorrigible!" I declared. "Well, your tastes are rather expensive, old dear," she went on, "you know you like chinchilla and orchids and beautiful things." "But what on earth has that to do with Barry? I'd like to know." "Miss Innocence! As if you don't know that he's mad about you and just dying to make you Mrs. Barrington Pierce." "Ellie!" I cried, "did he tell you all this?" "He did," she calmly announced, "and furthermore, I told him I thought it was a clever idea." "Well, I'm not going to be!" I declared, eyes flashing. "I'm surprised at fatuation for the young musician when she had left France, and had never again given him a second thought, 'and I wish you'd stop talking that way about yourself.'" "Don't try to switch the subject please. I want to know when the big event is going to take place. I'd make the most interested little bridesmaid in New York." "Ellie!" I was almost in a rage, for I disliked her taking it for granted that I was considering the proposal of Barrington Pierce. "I really think you're insane! How can you sit there and talk about my marrying anybody when I'm already Curtiss' wife?" 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