Show COPYRIGHT 1930 W Ay Inc ERNEST ERNIST LYNN CHAPTER Another week sUpped slipped b by Paul Pau Collier had gono gone to to Seattle to sp spen spend nd his vacation Think of ot me n my y boy on Mount Mount Moun Rainier when tho thermometer be begins begins begins be- be gins to sizzle He Ho had asked Dan to wire him hin If It Grand United took his play s she so he would have Ve an opportunity t to celebrate Only Paul had not sal said said when if U he had Dan began bega to think the tho studios studio's silence was unreasonable and once one or twice ho he had half halt angrily been tempted to I c call believing beHoving that tha Grand United sho should ld be told there ther were other studios In Hollywood to o whom he might submit his play And nd then one day Phillips' Phillips secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary called caned him and asked him t to como come over to tho the office She said with a a. smile in her voice Its It good news Mr and Im I'm very glad mighty nice of ot you h hO told her feeling that the won world work suddenly had become a. a I much brighter place Ill be rIght over Phillips welcomed him with abroad abroad a abroad broad smile and a a. hearty hand hand- clasp Think Ink w wo were were never goIng going going go- go Ing to decide Well Wen 1 It wasn't my mv fault nobody's fault nobody's fault in are many excellent correspondence courses We W are arc glad to hear from fron you Ou again and hope you have ha had hada a 3 pleasant summer LAYETTE Dear Miss Mis Blair Will you please publish the list Us of necessary articles for a baby's layette Thank you very much h. h PEGGY Were We're glad to do this for you Peggy and you may add to the layette as your conscience and your our purse dictate but these are arc the necessities ne no- Three cotton and wool or silk and wool knit binders 3 sUk silk and wool vets ets 3 flannel skirts 2 k skirts the skirts the gertrude that fastens on ort the tho shoulder Is best 6 plain white slips sUps 2 dozen diapers 3 nightgowns 3 pair woolen hose 2 wrappers 2 blankets 2 pairs bootees Fancy handmade dresses short cashmere or crocheted crochet d jackets carriage robes and pillows extra blankets are arc the things one adds if circumstances permit A Tubber rubber s sheet is also Indispensable Quilted crib pads are also very cry much need need- ed ld We hope this list 1st will help as asa asa a a. basis on which to accumulate your own layette WANTS TO PLAY JEWS JEW'S HARP Dear Miss Blair Just in search lurch of advice Will you please tell me where I can learn to p play ay the Jews Jew's harp 7 And where here can I buy one Thanking you for this much needed help OLD COW HAND The music shops in Salt Lake I will sell seB you a Jews Jew's harp and also an instruction book that will wUl give all the tho necessary steps In learning to play it ft Just in a a. t nangy old Jews Jew's harp isn't there LI Dear Cear Miss Blair Will Wilt you please give Dive me a reci recipe e For making green tomato DP r Spanish pickle Thanking you for present and past favors M MRS RS H. H C C. C Ct ctr Here you Shave have it it and welcome Mrs H. H C C. C. C One peck green tomatoes 1 quart large Jarge gherkins 2 reen peppers 4 onions 2 quarts cider vinegar 1 cup salt saH 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoonful peppercorns L tablespoonful celery celer seed 1 table table- spoonful mustard seed 1 t teaspoon teaspoon- ul ui whole clo cloVes es Chop the tomatoes gherkins pep- pep ers and onions Mix with the tho salt ind nd set aside asid for tor twelve hours Drain well then press to get bet out ill III Lu the superfluous liquid Heat the vinegar sugar and spices add the hopped shopped pickles pIckles' and bring to boUn boil boU- ng n point Pack in hot j Jars h and ca cal leat NOTE TO WONDERING Write Metro Metro-Goldwyn n studios publicity department Culver r CIt City regarding ing your Dorothy McNulty problems concerning which we lave nothing on file me GIRLS APPEAR UNFRIENDLY Dear ear Miss Mias Blair Here I am again I hope I dont don't other lother you too much I have two jirl friends with whom I have al- al had good times until lately rhey now s speak eak to me and act po poite po- po ite ita but they avoid me The other lay Jay I asked one of them to go for forwalk I walk but she started to make excuses so I went home That evening eve eve- ning I r I saw uw the two of them going soing jut lut together after on ono one had refused ne a Can you tell me what I should Jo in and how I should act Do you hink think I should leave them alone or tot not Thank you very much POLLY ANNE Perhaps the old sa saying Two arc are company three are a no crowd is true truen in n your our case Polly Anne But Buthy hy let it worry you Girls should hange friends occasionally anyway My Iy advice is that you OU go bO out seek n ng rig in a It friendly manner other girls whom you may chum Perhaps the reason why the one irl made excuses about going oln walkIn walk- walk In n zig with you OU was because she al already at- at ready Pady had promised to go JO with the theother ther other girl Perhaps these two have confided their innermost heart se secret secrets secrets se- se crets cret to each cacti other and do not care to admit a third You Tou know kow how n. girls are about the these a things s The thing for tor you ou to do Is to appear pot potto to notice it ft Another girl with whom to go o walking talking would later tater on help to complete completo a foursome when hen you four our girls get together for tor a a. party requiring more than two You could in this mariner r preserve your our friendship friendship friend friend- ship with the thern other two girls withOut without without with with- out Intruding upon an intimacy which they do not seem to want to haro with a third You Tou will in not object to this Intimacy when you yoi OU have another bosom chum with whom to share confidences WEIGHT Oear Miss Blair How much aho should rd I weigh I am 6 years of f age Jr 5 fe feet t 2 inches tall am m inclined to be AS an i is my rather TROUBLES Tou You should weigh about pounds Troubles Watch Patch for i your our other questions later particular w weve we've v been sort o of up In iii the al ai airland ari and 1 things have to to take th their ir turn you know At any rate ho he said Grand United wanted to buy his play I think its it's pretty swell and what's moro more important so 90 does docs Mr John son How much do you ou want for forit it 1 Dan gazed at him rather blankly and Phillips laughed and told him not to look Jook BO so flabbergasted Sit down I JUst asked you you how much you you wanted for it that's all I haven't hav thought about that at ataU atall all aU Dan replied uncertainly All AJI AllI I could think about was wais- wais whether it St would suit you How much Is 1 it worth to you 7 Phillips named a figure Is 18 that tha satisfactory its it's very vely faJr fair fai moro more oro than yo you'd d J set get t. t anY anywhere lo e else pro a I its it's pretty high considering what we e pay for tor most mos original stories but I like your you play and I think its it's worth it perfectly satisfactory Dan said S SS Good Ive I've been wanting to talk to o you about it eVer since I read it jut but but Ivo b been n so so busy these thes last las two wo weeks that Ive I've been dizzy Your plays play's got a wallop nil all right You know tho night I t took ok t L b home me meto to read It we had hM company Unexpected Un Un- expected They didn't leave until midnight arid and d after they'd gone bono I picked it up and sort of glanced a at at n Jt t expecting to finish it the nex next day Know Inow what happened 7 I read cad it right through Its It's got a 8 great kick I guess my secretary told old you I was enthusiastic about It t. t Where'd d you get the Idea I Dan told him Phillips smiled Well now that were we're agreed on price I think wo We ought to have a little ittle libation ho he said sald said and he opened a a. little cabinet beside besida his desk and brought out out outa a a. bottle and two glasses Ho He poured one glass full tun handed It t to filled his own lifted it t to his lips Ups and there thera he lie paused Happy days h ho said And when he hn ha had l set his glass down he spoke through the interoffice interoffice inter inter- office phone to his secretary am and asked her to find out if Mr Johnon Johnson Johnson John- John son on was wa i busy The boss bose wants to see you he told old Now uNo that h he's hes s 's sold hes he's sold hard Hes He's been asking a alot alot lot ot of or questions about you and some or of f them I couldn't answer You'll have lave to talk to him Just between the he two of ot us hes he's pretty much Interested in you ou If It he makes ou any kind of proposition I hope you'll t think it over Dan nodded and murmured some- some thing Everything he reflected came ame In bunches Not only bad had Grand United d bought his play but butow now ow Phillips talked as if they meant to offer him a a. job And he thought bought of oC Paul Collier up tip p in Se Se- Se attle That would be something to wire viro Paul all aU right if Johnson was going to make him an offer ortel While they waited for his secre- secre secretary tary ary to report Phillips confided that hat Traitor would make a great stor tory story for Lester Moore foore Wove Weyo been looking for a a. stor story for or Moore an and this is made mad to order Dan could not repress a smile at athis this his this and at the others other's look of or orin in in- Inquiry inquiry ulry he confessed that he had been waiting to hear r that very thing ling said I r had Moore In mind when I wrote that treatment I Iwas Iwas was as hoping you'd oud see it Thero was a a. muted mutt sound on Phillips desk and he picked up io receiver and spoke with his see rj H Ho rose then Hes in ln lets let's go Mr 1 Johnson was Yer very agreeable agree Ho He Io said saM after shaking hands warmly warmly warm- warm ly v and offering a chair Ive ve been inquiring about you Theres There's some great stuff in that play lay of or yours OUrs I like Jike it er very much I understand you OU were over at Continental Continental Con- Con for tor a while You were under under uner un- un der er contract there you Yes I was Why did you leave Mind my asking D Did Did- d' d the they fail faU to exercise their option nl He asked smiling You Vou see I t want to find out all aU about bout you ou Dan hesitated It lt wasn't t exactly exactly exactly exact exact- ly that ho said Since Sinco you ask uk me Ill I'll have havo to confess that I 1 didn't get along very vory well Ven with Ad Adamson over there I thought he was vas intolerable I tore up my my contract con tract quite a a. awhile while ago ao and When they r reorganized d. d Adam Adamson on fired t me c. c lIe He grinned recalling his wi with th Adamson He said I was dead timber he told Mr Johnson The he Grand United executive thought that t. t was cry very ery funn funny I Isee 1 see Well we might be willing sometime to take a n. chance on some lome dead timber Umber That's great dialogue In that play of or yours ours good authentic tic stuff sturt You were a newspaper newspaperman man weren't you 1 Yes sir I 1 dont don't think you'll find us very cry unreasonable around here Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son said sald Do you Phillips And Phillips smiled There Thore arent aren't any tiny Adamsons over here here- he ho said I know him We Va thought it would bo be a good If Idea Mr Johnson resumed you did tho the scenario for us and we wed we'd d like to have ha you ou around to help out on It when production starts Therell There'll be be- changes of ot course hero here and th there re You know lenow all alJ about that though Ill be tickled to death Dan as assured assured as- as I as-I him And I 1 know youve you've got to please your director and your actors so 80 1 I understand perfectly per per- about the changes Ive I've made plenty of ot script changes right on the sets seUl at Continental Mr 11 Johnson looked rather pleased Phillips will find an office for you to worl work work- in Im I'm rather hoping you'll want to stay I think W we can use usa you OU When youve you've finIshed fin finished finished fin fin- th the tho scenario come come in and see sec me and we wo may have a a. contract to offer you He r rested sted his hand on the manuscript manuscript manu manu- script that la lay before beCore him on the he desk I 1 think L Lester Lter ter Moore wilbe will wil willbe be tickled with this story he ho said to Phillips He Ho Just got back In town this morning a and d I was talking with him a a. little while ago Hes He's coming over later on to road read it Phillips nodded and he suddenly thought of something By the way you OU told me if It we took your play you'd oud tell me me why you ou cro so ke keen n to sell it to Grand United He laughed I 1 told you I had a terrible curiosity What wa was as the reason 7 r smiled and hesitated awkwardly He said so I 1 Idid did say that didn't I and turned red Mr Johnson looked inquiringly from rom one ona to the other althis al all this he asked S S SNow Now ow or never nc Dan thought ill Il tell you he saId Remember Mr Mr Ir Phillips that L told you OU I had hac Lester Moore Moor in mind for or the part of oC Michael Well I had someone In n mind t for io the part put of ot Jenny too Maybe if it I was right once he suggested with ith a weak grin I I might b be right a again ain You never ean can tell ten Stranger things have happened i I guess Phillips admitted cheer- cheer ully Who was it It wasn't hard lard to spot Moore because that's the kind of ot stuff h he cats eats up but butI but but- I 1 doubt if it you could guess Dan looked apologetically at Mr Johnson pretty new ne-n. he hc explained but she's under contract here She's Ann Winter And Johnson frowned Anne Winter inter But she's an t type pe This is Js pretty heavy stuff for her Isn't it 2 He turned to Phillips for corroboration and Phillips nodded nodded nodded nod nod- ded his head In agreement Her spot is musical comedy or revenues rc She's got sot a a. peach of ot a voice I 1 think Dan Dm said ald find that hat Anne Winter can do just about anything you ask her to do Johnsons Johnson's eyes twinkled You do That's a pretty large Jarge order Isn't it L I lm know w It It but she played dramatic dra dra- matic roles on the stage you know and nd that's her real ambition But |