Show i I HATE FILLS IN LOVES LOVE'S GAPS You can Imagine m my horror Margie Margie Marie Mar Mar- gie ie when Earnest Lawton swore at me I had not learned when a n. woman goes out to work with men she c can m be sure she will encounter men who will one minute treat t her heras heras heras as a woman purely purel on sex lines and the next moment throw throw- off all politeness and decency an and talk to her and fight tIght her with a mans man's vocabulary and a mans man's weapons Each moment the scales were dropping from my eyes In regard to lo Earnest T Lawton J. I saw how coarse how absolutely selfish ho he wa was To be even en on the sta stage o with him was torture but I did dill not want to give e 1 up m my part I 1 had gone In debt for m my gowns and was slowly paying paying- up It would take at least four Cour weeks more to do this D Besides l e each night that I acted my role I found round I was becoming surer of ot myself I no lon longer er poured out my soul to Earnest Lawton but butI I Old slid pour out what little talent I had to make mako goo good with m my audiences I confess I was worried when T I thought oC of what Earnest was was' going to do 10 with Ith the man who wrote the newspaper story about me I worried worried worried wor wor- ried a little about the critic too for tor he seemed to have an uncanny understanding of the case I wondered wondered won won- dered If everyone ccrone could tell tellI had been In love with E Earnest Erne rne t Lawton I 1 spoke to Alma Huntington about It when she came to dinner with me the next day 1 a Dont worry my dear she a advised Tom Perry Is one of the most Influential critics In town and he prides himself elt on his expert psychology as well wen as saying Just what he pleases Earnest L Lawton will m never tackle him for he knows ho he will get the wor worst t of It II In the en end The stories Tom could write about him would make good rea reading It It It must miko mako It rather hard for tor you ou thou though h If It you OU care for Lawton Law- Law ton top and harder It If you dont clont I cant can't see him myself either cither as nR a aman aman aman man or an actor but bul he has hafl great vogue yog-up with the poor little rich girls who ho have nothing else to dp Irp but fall taB In love lo with actors dancers and other more or I less s epicene specimens of ot humanity Almas Interview with me was v-ns great reat l Margie e She said si fI Id hI Miss Paula Newton looks like ilke a professional pro pro- beauty carries herself like a society girl dresses like a Lucille model and acts like a human being She did not sa say I she he was In Inlove Inlove inlove love with h her r art or the thc star and probably because shee great interest In me and my work on a newspaper I thought her the nicest girl I had ever met off ort or on the thesta sta stage e. e Earnest Lawton Is to be congratulated congratulated con con- on being a good picker as ns Miss Iss Newton told me he en ena engaged engaged en- en a e her because e he thou thought ht she sho looked looke the part part She not only looks but acts It Oh Alma I said said for for I had already begun beg to call n her Alma you rou Margie you ought not to have written that Mr Ir Lawton will hate me mo more than than ever Then he does hate hale you I have not been able to decide before whether hether he was desperately In love with you OU or whether ho he hated you most generously After Arter that Margie I told her herthe herthe the whole story She listened without comment until I had finished and then shA ah sh r clasped m my hand across the table we we were having dinner served In my room Vo We e all have to tt p pass ss through fire tire Paula she said Some time timo Ill I'll tell ten you OU of my experience Like you OU I fear I have to bless fate tate Instead of or my own strength and I 1 did not have e your our great ex ex- ex cuse I knew I was not In love lovo However the tho result Is the same I know Just what temptations a girl must resist rind and consequently I Jud Judge e no one ono Time place circumstances circumstances cir clr- cir cir- play such great roles In our lives Yes Alma I 1 said I 1 have havo been Won wondering l the last few days whether if it Ruth had not come Into my room Just when she che did I would have havo opened that fateful door I I 1 dont don't think you ou would Paula said gald Alma with conviction Why are you so sure I asked Well of ot course I can only Judge by m my own experience But Alma you 1 0 did id not think you were In love No dear but I honestly thought though I had to choose between selling gelling m my soul and starvation And An you ou chose starvation I dont don't know whether I dl did or not Paula sometimes Paula sometimes I 1 think It was the thc man who decided he lie did not want to buy m my soul To bo be continued 1 |