Show t A Discord in A Flat By Harle Oren Cummins S B Copyright by J B LIppIncott Co Tho Average Man buttoning up Ills coatWoll dear I must be oft Its lie first ot the month you know and bores lots to do nt tho olllco Tho Highly Strung Woman tender tyPoor old Jackets HUB to work like a slave all day so his little wife an wear tho latest things In foulards The Av fOh by the way I may have some comps for the Hollls tonight to-night Would you like to go The H S WWould I llko to got Why you dear old boy I should say I would The Av 1I1Dont plan too much ont on-t for I may not got tho tickets Theres an awful rush for scats Time H 6 WHow perfectly lovely I Uut Jack dear whos going to gIve you tho tickets You havent any friends on the stage have you Tho Av 111011 Ivo lots of friends youvo never beard anything about oodby dear Ho enters tho elevator and disappears The Highly Strung Woman sits down and begins wonder lag It Jack meant what ho said and if 10 really has a lot of friends on the stugo Lato afternoon Tho Highly Strung Woman In the sitting room of the uptown up-town fiat reading the latest novel The Average Alan enters Mrs IInacl so soon dear and Its hardly five oclock Oh did you get the tickets Mr HYes there they are Hands her a small theatrical envelope Mrs H tearing envelope open and examining stubsWlmt luck Were way down In D Youll have to prom mlJl liji U 1111 rrT 0 1 t L S S fly L lnZQi I Never Knew Any Chorus Girls Ice Jack not to make googoo eyes at any of the chorus girls for well be almost In the baldheaded row Mr HYou seem to forget that Im out of college now and that I have become a sedato old married man of 29 Whewl but Im tired Throws himself down on the couch she picks up the pass which accompanies the stub and reads tho following IIOLLIS THEATER Pass Two On account ofIClt KltJ J RICE Manager Not good on Saturdays or Holidays Mrs H reading aloudOn account ac-count of Kit Who on earth is this Kitty Jack Mr H foolishly trying to Joko with a highly strung woman Why thats one of tho 40000 chorus girls I used to know her before I met you and reformed re-formed Mrs H excitedly You dont mean It Jack do you You dont know any of those horrid creatures tell me you were just trying to plague me Mr II soothingly Of course I was Joking Dont get so excited my dear You fly up like a skyrocket I never know any chorus girls Mrs HYou did too Mrs Medlar told me so the other day and she Knew you before you ever saw moShe mo-She says you used to be a regular rounder Jack Mr II energetically Mrs Medler and her continued meddling If any woman were over well named Its she Mrs HNow dont get profane Jack Theres no need of losing your temper about It Im beginning to be hove you know some girl In the troupe and thats where you got those compll mentarles Mr II Impatiently told you I was only fooling Besides chorus girls dont have tickets to gIve away They never give away anything But believe be-lieve whatever that gossiping old hen tells you I dont know that It makes much difference u Mrs II on the verge or tears Why Jack how can you say such horrid hor-rid things to mel Of course it makes all the difference In the world You know If I really did believe It Id go back to mother tomorrow Mr H thoroughly exasperated Well that would be pleasanter for mo than having your mother come here The Highly Strung Woman begins to weep At the same time tho maid ushers In Mrs Medlar who has run in from the Hat below Mrs HEmlly Mr IIDnl Mrs MWhy Edith what on earth Mrs II tearfuPy Jacks been cross to mo again thats all 1 suppose sup-pose I ought to get used to It but I cant Mr II Nothing of the kind Mrs Medlar I told her something In fun and now sho Insists on believing It after 1vo explained It was only a joltoMrs Mrs M putting her arm around tho Highly Strung WomnnWhat was It all about dear Mr H lrrltnblYl dont seo tho necessity for rehearsing our llttlo family squabbles before every caller Im going to dress for the theater Will you bo ready In half an hour Edith Mrs HI dont believe Ill go now after your being so mean to mo Ill stay at homo and cry my eyes out probably Mr HDont talk such nonsense Ill stop in for you when Im ready Ho walks out Mrs 1INow toll mo all about it dear lenrMrs Mrs H picking up tho pass which Mr H has left behind and handing It to the Sympathetic Friend There thats the cause of tho whole trouble You look it over while I fix my hair i and batho my eyes But Im not going go-ing out with him unless ho explains everything and Is nice about It Mrs M reading Who is Kitty Mrs H triumphantly Thats Just what I wanted to know First ho told me It was one of Holds chorus girls then when ho saw how I took it ho tried to turn It off as a Joko I Mrs MI dont believe It was a joke Edith You know ho did uso to carry on dreadfully before you married mar-ried him Mrs II beginning to weep again Ho said ha never know any chorus girls Mrs MWhy tho old hypocrite Thats what his father took him jut of Harvard for Ho used to chum with Aldy Armand whoso undo ran tho Tromont street theater and both tho boys were behind the scones three or four times a week Mr Armand told Mrs Spencer I Mrs II hurriedly Dont Emily I I cant bear it To think weve been married only a year and a Half and Jack said tonight that hed rather have mo go home than to have mother come hero Mrs M sympathetically f The brute Mrs H sobbing Nno Jack Isnt exactly a brubrubruto but he doesnt understand womwomwomon Mrs 111 wouldnt let my husband say anything llko that to mo Why Its outrageous I wonder what sho looks like Sites probably a bleached blonde Mrs II hysterically know what shed look like if I had her hero now Im not going with him tonight anyway Will you stay with me this Ci evening Emily and comfort me Mrs IOt course I will you poor abused dear The Highly Strung Woman rests her head on the Sympathetic Friends shoulder and weeps copiously Tits Average Man knocks lightly on the door and enters attired in a dress suit suitMr Mr H after an awkward pause Well Edith have you come to your senses yet Mrs HNno and Im not coming toI mean Im not going to see any of your old college friends Mr II aside In great disgust What foolishness Aloud Come dear dout make such a spectacle ot yourself Your nose Is getting all red and blotched Mrs M under her breath Whatn monster I Mr II hearing tho remark Mrs Medlar by name and disposition I I think perhaps I had better mako an I explanation since you havo brought this little misunderstanding of ours to such a climax It all began by the wording of that pass which I sea you have appropriated Merely in fun I said it was given to me by a cro rus girl I used to know Now common com-mon sense ought to teach any woman that if such had been the case 1 wouldnt have told my wife The Kit on that card is the abbreviation for bbbaaa i Frank Kitson press representative for i the Hollls You know him yourself f41 Mrs Medlar and you also know that j ktp he and I havo been friends for years y I Now I dont want to be inhospitable i but I think Edith and I can settle this r hotter If we are alone for a few minutes kv r min-utes fr utesMrs M highly Indignant Mr r Hornung you will never have tho opi I port unity of Insulting mo in this flat ti again I will tell my husband what = l f1 rr1 you have said this very night Good H by Edith dear f jt Tho Sympathetic Friend stalks out of the room The Highly Strung + rat Woman throws her arms around the Average Man in a moist but affectionate affection-ate embrace Mrs HYou were right dear It was all her fault She stirred mo up as she always docs and she Is a meddling med-dling old thing But you ought to have told me in the first place that Kit wasnt a Kitty Oh heavens I Catching sight of her face in the glass My nose Is n sight Walt a minute and Ill fix it She runs to her chiTonnlore and manipulates a i white puffy thing for a fow minutes then puts on her hat and conies bad to him Im all right now Jackets Kiss mo and toll me where were going go-ing to dinner i 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