| Show 44 m m W K H 4 4 t pretty romance on S t je music T by JANE JAME OSBORN 4 x M CE 1031 maclure newspaper sery service co JUANA UANA MARKS MAPES had been taken on the staff of smart modes us as an na associate editor edito r and tho the important title she bore did a good deal to make up for the fact that her salary to begin with amounted to but fifteen dollars a week sho she had scrimped and scraped d for four years to get her college degree and it did seem a mt bit of a hardship that now she should have to take less lesa tor for her services than most girls did just after leaving high school still she was doing the sort of work rhe che wanted to do and she was an associate editor of course you wont expect to lve live on what you mako make tor for several years said the edl editor torAn in chief when site she talked the situation over with juana but what you make may at least pay your lunches lunched and taxi tart fares and ono one of tho the things that goes with your job continued the editor atie 11 Is to write the musical rev reviews my secretary will give you the tickets to colic concerts erts that come and from them and the music magazines you can get together your review but im not musical said juann juanm regretfully 1 I dont know one note from another I 1 coulden couldn t whistle yankee doodle I 1 all AH the better said the editor with nn it n air of having dismissed the matter atter Cn if you were musical you might try to write high brow reviews all we want Is the mart sort of thing tuana juana was bewildered atma discouraged at the first symphony concert slie she attended she sha studied the program carefully to see whether it would offer any explanation of the performance she turned around to regard the expressions solons of the audience their faces were practically ex expressionless prost ont e Ss they nil all looked about as an animated ma ked as patients patient a waiting in a dentists dentist office perhaps thought juana lit tills I 1 a betokened patience that they were walting waiting for something to be played that would lie be different but nothing did happen nothing that gave juann inspiration she observed however that the young man beside her occasionally jotted something down on a small notebook he was listening intently apparently patently ly thought juana he was one who understood two days late juana went to another concert occupying the some same sent seat in fit the same game auditorium and to her distinct satisfaction found the same young man sitting bitting beside her er tie he was she learned the musical critic of the planet she felt that li lie be could only get acquainted with him tie he might be able to help her to understand the music in the meantime sl dihe e wrote her first arst review she told in III a light arid readable in manner triner of ti hie 3 in musical us lea outlook for the season which h she got very largely from the announcements of the lire press ss agents and she described in deml humorous manner the manners of a fashionable audience at a concert first rote rate praised the editor as tip he looked over the copy it if you knew too lunch about music you do that the third time that junna juana sat sa beside the music critic from the evening planet slie she noticed that he looked at her as if I 1 he ie would like to have her recognize him after all there was no reason why she at the first intermission junna looked nt at film and said wonderful it you mean the music queried the ran man 11 why yes that was the introduction juana tell tier her neighbor that she knew who ie was but she wanted to let him know that she admired his work for she read it conscientiously ever every y saturday when it appeared in the planet there was a fine review last saturday in the planet site she said to her neighbor at the first intermission one day not long afterwards 1 I read it every week you doa do queried the men man 1 I 1 ayou write ite that stuff he added rattier rather dismally but it if you want to read some really snappy musical criticism you ought to read been appearing in smart modes the kind of tuff stuff that the file people want but you can rant t write like that unless yon in have a ve been eating cating and drinking music all your lif life its spontaneous well I 1 write that said juana 1 11 I dott dont think its very good though ifer her compan companion fori stretched out a hand by way of congratulation and junna juana shook it in return retarn on the strength of their community of interest Inte resl they lind tea together after the convert concert before long they ware were well actual acquainted 1 led then the young man bob turn turner er asked 1 junna to marry him 1 but I 1 must confess something be said 1 I dont know a blamed thing about music really im cm about as musical naturally as an alligator but when they took me on as dramatic critic of the clanet they thes said 11 id 1 time have to he the lie music critic too alint T 1 int was part parl of aft so then mien ill marry you sald juana you see I 1 bearly am one of the most people in the world naturally weli be lots more congenial tills hits way |
