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THE DAILY SHORT STORY

HAVING FAITH

They

Every one told Martha Fields she, were walking home, "I have an ap was foolish to go to Hollywood to try pointinent at one of the studios." to get into the movies. People who "Look," said Charity, "I faint east- had been to Hollywood and knew the ly. Tell me how."

"I told them I could skate. ropes warned her.

"You haven't a chance, honey. Ac- need good ice skaters. I told them I tresses are a glut on the market. They was an expert figure skater."

"Can you skate?" Charlty asked. won't even list your name at central casting. There are thousands ahead "Oh, I had a pair on once;" Martha of you."

smiled. "It isn't whether or not you But Martha had faith in herself, can skate or turn handsprings or any. She wasn't conceited, but she knew thing, darling. It's having faith in she was attractive, had charm and being able to do what you really can

the do." personality, could act if, given

"Drop me a postcard from Hem- opportunity.

So she went to Hollywood and rent- stitch when you get back there, ed a room in a moderately priced honey."

But Martha' didn't return to Hem-. boarding, house and spent a week re- connoitering. Her reconnoitering pro- stitch the next day nor the next nor.

of vided her with the information that the day after that. As a matter

a screen test. all the warnings she had received fact she was given back home were well founded; that Charity was incredulous and bewild- actresses were indeed a dime a dozen. ered. She called central casting

"Look," she said, “are you going to advised that they weren't. adding anv be on skates in this screen test? If so, aren't you a little foolish to make a "No new names Indeed!" Martha monkey out of yourself?" told herself.. "Well, all central cast-I don't think they'll put me on ing does anyway is provide work for skates," Martha said. "I don't think extras, and I don't intend to be any they have any ice. I mean, it's too extra. There must be other ways of expensive to make just to give me a getting into the movies."

screen test. Besides, they like my All name. Gyshia Fields."

new names:

and Was

There probably were, too.

་

Martha had to do was find them. It "It's a pip, honey. It ought to look wasn't easy.' After another week she swell up in lights." took account of stock. She had got-

Charity couldn't convince herself

ten nowhere. So far the thing had that this was actually happening to

By Karl Grayson

been a hit or miss proposition,

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screen

It

The some one who had been in Hollywood thing to do was to get organised, gra- less than a month. And when Martha dually build toward her goal and do came back with a stock contract after

her interview following the it right.

So first she changed her name to test, she practically swooned, Gyshia Fields. She thought that "I gave up believing in miracles Now, sounded good, sort of glamorous. Next, when I first came out 'here. she acquired roommate named look, honey, let's begin at the begin- Charity Dane, who was an old war- ning and go right through, once over horse as far as Hollywood was con- lightly, How about this skating bus... · cerned Charity had been there seven ness?"

"Oh, they've forgotten that," Mar- years and was just now getting to

mentioned tha said. "I haven't play extra parts...

"What I want," Martha confided to since, and neither have they. You see, Charity, "is a list of the names of they found out I had charm and per- Don't you sonality, and could act. few good agents."

Charity smiled tolerantly. "Listen, see?"

“No, I don't see. How did they find honey, agents are only interested in big money, people who are already out?”

"Well, it's like this: All you have to made or people who have something different. Now, look, you're a sweet do is bring yourself to the attention kid and I'd like to keep you for a of the right people by telling them you roommate, but I'm going to be real can do something you can't. Then at motherly. Go on back to Hemstitch, the right time you tell them in the or wherever you came from, and for- right way you can do something you, get this racket. Look at me. Seven can, and if you have enough faith in

extra your ability, that's all there is to it." years and just now. getting

Charity scratched her head. Seven parts."

"That," said Martha, "is probably years, she thought. Maybe I'm wrong. because you didn't have enough faith Maybe not. But I don't think I'll risk in yourself. Isn't Simms and Simms It.

[Released by The Associated Newspapers] the best agency out here?"

Simms .and "That's right, dear. Simms. Go learn your lesson.”·

So Martha went to see Simms nad Simms. She sat in their office for three afternoons, then she got mad, She went outside and called them or the telephone and told them a thing or two. And that night when she re- turned to the room, she told Charity that she had an appointment with Simms and Simms the next day.

"Appointment my eye!" said. Char- ity, good naturedly.

"All right," said Martha, “come on up with me,"

So Charity, out of curiosity, went to Simms and Simms' office with Mar tha and sat goddled-eyed while Mar- tha was ushered Into the Inner sanc- tum,

To-morrow," said Martha, as they

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