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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1933.
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would be Roscoo's band, Lottie Blair and the other specialty num bors. Perhaps she know some of
SHEILA SHAYNE, 18, whose parents were well kawinator, le in New York oaking, or Sob, Bhelle is a dancer, to spite of the fact that she has spent them all ready. Hadn't she heard boss her enties life on the stage her a somewhere that Phil Short wna billon la mairy, and hara home like she has played.
those she has seen in email towns in which
One bours' notice she is hired to take thy place of DAISY GLEASON. an ather ART, ho ba sprained an anki
ta JON FARB office in "Tie Shells hope to Joss. That is 220418 TREVOR LANE and BICK STANLEY, bets
rich. Las sake balls to dance at he giving but she refuses, knowing that allery of romanias, and the perform ance the alebe she will be too fred.
CHAPTER YL
with Roscoe now? He had played
the saxophone with a radio orches
HW.CORLEY
1933
|preciated her quick work in learn-from-lined. A wide board at right ing the routine and that he recog-inagles ran along the walls and formed the dressing tables. nized her as a trouper.
At the door of the dressing room Chairs were set at intervals in Roscoe, who had caught up with front of it, their backs hung with her, confirmed Bill's rather sketchy cretonne pockets: Soma apacen idons about her salary.
were empty, others crowded with "We'll need you for six weeks paraphernalia of the profession- anyhow," was his comfortable as powder puffs, curling irons, pow longer. Do-der cans, rouge and cold, cream Aurance. Maybe pends on how the kid's ankle be pote, tins of cosmetics, even spools
can work of thread sot in orderly rows. haved. Then maybe I
Lottle, who was "dressed like a you in with my other band."
That's great, Roscoe. About Watteau shepherdess gone Zieg I'm sorry feld." as she expressed it, sat in a the other band, I menn.
rocking chair working at some em his greeting as he about Dalov." tra on a commercial progamme great," was
break" He broidery and chatting affably with "Yeah. Tough Yes, sho was certain Phil would wiped a perspiring face and tuck-
ed his handkerchief into a pocket waved behind him toward a dres. the femining member of a kid act be there.
who had not, Lottie later confided room. "You're no prima
a kid Sheila hoped the other dancers before holding out a hand in greet-ning
donna, I hope, Sheila. Have to (rather needlessly), been would like her and not regard her Ing.
Lottie greeted Shella languidly "Sure," he went on, "I know Bill put you in with the rest of the for almost 30 years. with that auspicious jealousy so
were coming, but girls." frequently shown other members phoned you.
le regarded her anxiously and and presented Miss Kilcoyne who he smirked and bobbed her curis in The Dancing Doyles were nice, say-80 and a personal appearance Shella's heart leaped. Then
at the thertre. It's great to see did regard her as somebody and what was meant to be a nursery
was apoligizing for placing her in curtsey. though. She had met them on bill in Atlantic City.
an unstarred room!!
That's all right, Roscoe. More He breathed a trife easier.
said you were a trouper."
of their own terpafchorean band, there's many a slip between Bill's
fun anyhow during the waits." д great old friend or as indeed she was-
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Out in front, Sholla reflected, Miss Kilcoyne might seem to a not- too-critical audience "cute." High falsetto baby volce, curlo, large, blue-lidded oyes, vacant stare and Baby swing of her brief starched ala life-saver. By to-morrow night"
The act probably was a Mion His he would probably call her "sweet-
With this compliment ringing in skirts. That wouldn't mean any-| cut heart," scathing either. Roscoe would nover her ears Sheila pushed the door dud. Most of them were.
attempt to get fresh. Ille friend-open and entered the dressing Kilcoyne, apparently reading Miss
(Continued on Page 10.) That's liness showed simply that he ap-room. It was long, wide and mir-
Th ride to Jackson Heights in
you." the abway was tiresome. Sheila
Roscoe, a rather fat, harrassed- Shella smiled and passed along, had ractised all day, hardly stop- pingfor lunch, her muscles bo-looking young man with a baby Roscoe, whom she scarcely know comig more painful as the hours face and pleasing smile, met her by sight, had greeted her as on proteased. She know that a dar at the stage door with coralready known as a success shout of relief. Roscoe was never have consented to fill ready dressed for the act. wold inthis way after weeks without careful tio and beautifully clothes bespoke a successful pictice.
Of course there were few dance son. ptructora like Brody. This sella understood. Brady had een patient and she had Intelli- once and talent but no one, not even Brady, could turn out a really Antshed number in so short a time.
Next week some time-Bill had been rather vague about it-thero would be another leason. Three routines for $50 was his price and Roscoe had probably not pald him for rushing through the pacer.
over- Shella
Her muscles did.ache fearfully. If she had had the money to apare Sheila would have taken a cab. She did not have the money and with her little overnight bag. make-up and a book to read during walts, stood at her feet in the subway car where fare was only a nickel.
"Maybe I should have gone to Mr. Lane's party after all," Shella thought ruofully. "Seventy-five dollars is a lot of money. And he anid I could aing-"
But she had not telephoned the number Dick Stanley had left for her. Neither had he called back to ramind her that the opportunity was still open. He might have done that. She had hardly expect- ed it yet was disappointed bo- cause he didn't.
Well, $75 iu $75 but a job is a job, too. And, for a while at least, Shellä had a job.
She had three numbera--the little Eccentric dance for which Bill had trained her so ruthlessly, a tap dance during which his well-
ahod foot and Timmy's head had nodded brisk approval, and a sing- ing number the steps for which Bill had said might just a well be improvlacd.
do.
Daisy's costumes might be a little short but they would Sheila had brought her own hose, her own slippers. No, there was nothing she had forgotten.
Leaving the subway she took a trolley car and after making two transfers arrived at the theatre door. It was barely six o'clock She had time to ent and make up. to say nothing of resting a little. She would have time also to be- come acquainted with the other members of the company. There
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