Show gf I A BOOST TO ONE IS A KNOCK j TO ANOTHER I III II Well Nell you are starting in all allright allright I right Paula sneered Encored Ernest Lawton Lawton Lawton Law- Law LawI I ton the tho next Afternoon t as I passed parsed him on my way to tho the stage It It was our first matinee maUnce In Philadelphia Margie and I noticed no no- iced he had one of or the morning morn ing papers in his hand Wh What t do you OU suppose se he lie meant l' l I asked Ruth as she site stepped into luto my dressing room between be he tween the tho acts She looked at me In surprise you OU seen the morning papers papers pa pers pers' sho she asked No I answered Did that pretty little Miss Huntington havo have something nice about me mo in her paper Your pretty little Miss HuntIngton Hunt Hunt- ington is ig i on an afternoon paper Is 18 she sho going to have havo something nice about you 7 inquired Ruth with almost a grinI grin I I l I 1 think so II Well f if she does you can tremble in your boots for Ernest is frothing at the mouth now at atthe atthe atthe the notice you ou have haye in one of the tho morning papers papers Let me see it Il I said for I saw she had a paper in her handAs handAs handAs hand As I read It it I 1 remembered what I had overhead at the tho next table to mine on the night I went wenton on to play m my part not knowing whether I was going to turn out an actress or Just a woman The piece was headed Still an un Enigma Enig Enig- ma and it went on to state that the writer had gone n again ain to see seeThe seeThe seeThe The Woman He Chose Choso purposely to make up his mind whether I really had talent as an actress or was just enacting a n woman with moro more or less of tho the enthusiasm of youth for romances When Miss Newton first came cameon on the tho stage the tho other evening ho he continued I was sure I was right in my first analysis Ernest Lawton had added another to his long string of conquests and tho the girl was suffering from her first quarrel Her Ifer whole attitude was one of hopeless endeavor utterly at variance with her part Once I thought I saw sa Lawton Lawlon say something in an aside tp to Ifer and sho she seemed to try to get Jet into the right tempo That girl is either soul Boul or bodily ill I 1 said to myself and and then came the big scene To Tomy Tomy Tomy my surprise and almost to the conn consternation consternation con con- of Lawton Lawson I could see she acted yes acted yes this time It was splendid acting Interpreting acting Interpreting the part better than she had on the first night Lawton could not pick up his stride and his characterization fell flat Lawton has always been very lucky in his women's support support sup sup- port since ho lie has been heen a star They have always alwa's seemed to meto mo me moto moto to play up to him without thought of themselves He Ho has been with his lead cad lug ing ladies ladles and his leis one or ot those men who are always get getting getting ting ling and forgetting for tor these many women who have supported him hint have havo strutted their little hour on the stage and then dropped out of the public eye CC They were the kind eind of women who will gib o and forgive However the young oung woman whose name namo is is on the bill as I Paula Newton is not that kind I would hate to do her a wrong I for I am ant sure suro it would mean an anC eye ove C for Cor an eye CC and a n tooth for or a tooth She Site is an actress i Is Paula and amI j if Ernest Lawton lace does not look out ont the electric lights in front of tho the theatre will twinkle out some night the letters letter that spell Newton Instead of lawton He Is getting older and more blase every overy ria day clay Sho She Is piling up the energy and enthusiasm of youth Welcome to our cit city Paula Newton If IC you havo have not yet pet added to the gaiety of nations you have accented tho the Joy of the tho staid old Quaker elt city Tell TeH your our loquacious friend when you see him tonight growled Ernest as ho he called me meto meto meto to lie tho door of m my dressing room that tomorrow I shall shaH sue him for libel But Dut I dont don't know him I never novel saw him in ill my life I 1 protested The hell you ou dont don't was his sneering answer To be bo continued I |