THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, MARCH 30 1933.
SPOTLIGHT
CHAPTER XXXIX
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The girl in the gold chair turn- cdtoward the door of the dressing room' unexpentantly. She was wearing a beige suit trimmed with huge rings of fur at the shoulders. On her head was a becoming little hat of the same colour. Her shoes, gloves and hand bag ware of identical. huc.
As she looked at Shella she
smiled in recognition. Sheila re
| training as a dancer. Shella car- ried herself beautifully crect. She moved about the room, then sank into a chair. Henri nodded slightly in approval
Presently he came toward her. "You're doing well," he approved. Two women have asked me who you are already."
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HW-CORLEY
1933
Shella asked.
"You know I'm working here?"
frocks and walk around and lis-sped in the direction of the tale- ten to Henri rave! I'll bet he can phones, SANGAT rave, too
"Oh, he's all right.”
Sheila, left alone, thought that ...} the reason this girl was so cordial "Well, I suppose he's no worse was because of the glamour aso-
You must have comfort
than the stage managers," Dor cicated with stage, lile. That was in your Summer underwear.
othy interposed comfortably.
why Dorothy Trevor had invited hear they say the most terriblcer to lunch. She would enjoy things and work you until you're geing seen with a girl who and ready to drop":
We manage to survive." Sheila answered in amusement.
$
The other nodded. "I really do wish I had a job but Trevor says nowadays with so many peopit needing work it would be a crim to take a job just for fun."
"What does Dick Bay?" Sheila asked idly..
"Dick? He can't say much
been the featured daacer in stage roductions, an entertainer in one of the best night clubs. It would
something to tell her friends ater. Hundreds o' other people seemed to feel the same way.
1.
Sheila reflected that once she and talked about this matter with
well known athr "Don't let it bother you," the wider woman had said. "It's sim-
Dorothy laughed. “Of course, You're much too good looking to think you bought your clothes He's so busy ho docan't know be doing anything else. I didn't
Should she speak to this girl who look so beautiful „I ́ ́can do the here because I knew who you what's going on any more. Hen the stage we try to bring were." She colored and went on
"Does that help?" asked Sheila. They will say if I can make you Henri raised his eyes. "Help? turned the smile hesitantly. looked so familiar? Who was same for them. They know the she? Sheila know she had scen models are hired for their looks her and talked with her some and ability to wear clothes. They where. But where? Who could think you are a client like them selves. Yes, my dear, it helps" "Shall I talk to anyone?" asked Shelia as Henrí prepared to move away..
sha be?
Nodding slightly, still smiling, Sheila walked to the far end of the room where Henri, resplen- dent in striped trousers, morning coat and gardenia, was whisking to gether and beaming. He was a vastly different Henri now than when Sheila had met him an hour earlier. She smiled at the thought. She herself, changing from her own inexpensive frock to
about, rubbing his hands
this costly model, appeared to be
a different person, too.
"Of course. If anyone asks questions you can say Henri made your frock so long as you do it without seeming to introduce the subject. That's the idea. You're doing fine."
quickly, "I mean actresses don't did say, though, it would be a shop here as a rule. Don't mis- crime or anyone to let me have a understand me! Henri is too ex- job! Dick doesn't seem to think pensive for anyone who knows them very useful. You couldn't get me in here, couldn't you? I'd love value of money,"
It!"
•
She lighted the cigaret and re-
They were interrupted by a boy sarded Sheila. "I hope I don't seem terribly rude but I'm really with a message for Miss Tre interested in you. Ever since I vor. "Mr. Stanley would like to saw you dance that night at Tre-speak to you on the telephone,
the boy told her." vor's—“
Dorothy turned toward Shells. "It's Dick," she said. "I was to meet him for lunch" Impulsive
"As a matter of fact I sang Sheila said quietly. She reco
She was onе
of the cousins from boarding school for whom Lano had given
He moved away and as ho did so the girl in beige approached. nized the girl now.
"You don't remember me, do you? She said. "Mind if I sit down" She opened her purse the party. and drew out a jeweled cigaret "Indeed you did!" the girl ze case. "Will you join me?" she plied without embararsament. But aaked. As Sheila shook her head you danced with. Dick afterward. the other girl laughed easily. And I saw you several times danc- "You haven't been here before? ing at the Club Volens last summer Henri doesn't mind so long as you I think you're wonderful!" don't burn 'holes in his mauve carpet. Of course I know you're Sheila Shayne but you don't know
As she passed Henri she glane ed at him and he bowed just as he would have bowed to a valued customer. She was amused but took her cue from that." She was to walk about, to sit down, in- quire about prices and fabrics and appear to be one of the shoppers. Without conceit Sheila knew that no one in the room was bet-me, do you?" ter dressed than herself. Henri "I'm afraid I don't.. You see, had seen to that. He had solect- meet so many people-"
Sheila could not help Iking this girl. The admiration in her even and tone were not feigned. She could not have been more than 18 in spite of her veneer of sophistica- tion.
"I can't be very good or I'd have
ed a costume for her that was "Oh, of course. Well, I didn't exactly right to bring out her ex-expect you would. I'm - Dorothy] a job ́now," Sheila replied modest- cellent coloring, the perfection of Trevor. Dick Stanley's cousin. ly. her figure.
Trevor Lano's cousin, too. Ob- The other girl's eyes widened. She walked easily, and graceful. I'll bet Trevor got you this job, "But this is a job, isn't it? I'd 17. That was due to her years of didn't he?”
love to wear all these pretty
ly she put a hand on Sheila's arm.
Listen, you'll have to cat some where. Why don't you join us? I'll send word to Dick to pick us up hern. He'll love it. Henri'il let you go, won't he? I'll ask him myself!"
"Oh, I couldn't" "Shella be. gan but the other interrupted.
"Of course you can. Please!" "Well-If it's all right.” Dorothy rose. "Then that's set tied," she said. "I'll talk to Dick right now and tell him." She
ly the way things are. After all, glamour into the lives of the nembers of our audience. They live through the roles, we play and they see us in those parts- not as human beinga. like them- selves."
That was it. An actress wis
supposed to be "different." That was why Jerry had put her o cruelly. He didn't think anyone would expect him to be sincere with a girl on the stage as with other girls. That was why Doro- thy was excited by the prospect of going to lunch with her.
Suddenly. It
Dorothy and Dick.
Well, she would lunch with occurred to Sheila that, of all the men and women whom she knew, Dick Stanley did care for her for herself alone. Cared for her? More than that, Dick loved her.
Why couldn't she care for Dick as she did for Jerry? Sheila thought mournfully that every- thing in the world seemed sadly mixed up.
(To be continued.)
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