Show 7 the dance 0 of life B by LEETE s STONE LICE JOCELYN left for A ALICE ll broadway roadway because jim attley was not a thrilling lover jim owned and ran the general store and fie be worked all day in khaki trousers and blue chambray shirt minus a necktie evenings lie fie took alice to enjoy the It tal kies s jim was far from dashing he wasl just adoring and very solid and substantial loth both physically and financially alt all of which counted next to nothing to alice jocelyn she was romantic and ghe ehe craved contact with the clamor of broadway and its glossy haired sheiks alice was a good girl a very pretty girl but she knew too little of life to speculate on the qualities that may lie beneath a glided gilded and a grubby exterior so alice become became a figure in the daric dance e of life called broadway she left home with both a blessing and a bonus from solicitous parents to say nothing of the inarticulate appeal in jims eyes alice had decided to become a show girl in a musical hit nothing less slie She danced a number of tricky steps and lanced danced them well her figure had till nil tile the attributes tributes nt of beauty prize material and site she possessed confidence and temerity while pounding broadway pavements peddling tier her talent and naive charm to casting of the theater alice met a narrow shouldered young man ills ilia necktie and eyes seemed to meet all tier her requirements quire ments of F turning flaming youth and his approach was deft disarming and courteous after shelving the weather will ditl a crisp phrase lie dropped the momentous information that he himself gene one of the cleverest dancers that ever tapped an agile tae and heel to a talc umed stage was nt liberty gene cordially suggested that they make the rounds together that afternoon alice gratefully agreed this casual touch widened into warm friendship As their funds dwindled their attachment grew propinquity did an excellent job the boy and girl finally vowed that unless both could coula secure an engagement in the same company they would face lean days together the fact that gene egg suggested this convinced alice that love at last ha had found its winged way to her young girls have a way of weaving dreams from the casual words of careless when experience has hag turned them into women they link their limy filmy onil and murry stuff to surer blons i being nil an things winsome and desirable si but not a philosopher alice took gones genes socks and hand handkerchiefs kere lifes home to her lonely hall bedroom at night and washed them out before alie did her own gene accomplished his bis share of the mutual retrenchments retrench ments by borrowing coffee and cake money from his friends at last iasi the he biff alir break 11 it fell on a raw november morning when alice ant and gene sped by a tip that was spreading up the street slipped by a sullen door mair matir backstage and made their plea to george ramsay a musical of note who was at that moment rehearsing the chicago company of f a new york sue success cess the aspiring pair impressed mm him favorably and nd were engaged at once for the chorus shift moment it seemed plain salting with all clear ahead tor for gene and arree their favored topic of con 1 when atone alone concerned their costumes for a call at tile the little church around the corner two re weeks had flown when tile the director called them botti both to his table and inquired are you two to kids irs i tove love alk alice remained silent and mire jure but gene showed hla his perfect teeth in a winning smite and howl how I 1 was his answer welt well then im cm sorry the director eyed them hut but on one e of you will tune have to quit the show grace s anti anil godwin the producers produce dont fe I 1 vor or toe love anners in tile the thorus chorus makes trouble it out between you and let me m know in the morning 11 crestfallen and wordless cord less alice anti and gene went to their respective respect he rooms and moped out the day alice expected gene to rush ever er and say bucl buck up tip garite well both quit an land another job but gene did not come near her all afternoon or eye eve nine the chorus hid had commenced rehearsing next morning when atice greeted the doorman at the stage entrance tie knew the lovers loers now iles has gene corre corce lal she asked lies in there 11 was the laconic response prise so this Is a lovel love I 1 was the way a lip reader would have translated alices answer the doorman blind to the motion of lip tips resumed ills his morning paper alice went back to her room all afternoon anti and halt half the night she sat und pondered broadways answer to her alre astle on dellease uell del rate leate retrospect le balances ehe weighed sleek hair and tousled silk shirts and chambray eating und going without alice decided to have A different dance I 1 i at a m she went to an all night telegraph onke nearby and sent a message that read jim tilley mass corne come and get me jim ill eyen even sweep out the store fo or you alice |