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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1933.

SPOTLIGHT

BEGIN HÈRE TO-DAY SHEILA SHAYNE, 18, whose parents' wore well-known vaudeville entertaisers,

dancer.

After weeks out of Mired to substitute for DAIST GLEASON, another dancer who has sprained her ankle Bhalla maca DICE STANLEY and TREVOR LANK, both rich. Dick is much attracted by Sheila and urges Lane to include her party he la giving... Sheila declines to come

While rehearsing at JOE PARIS', song sho

the programma of entertainment `sta

but later accepts.

Bat the meets GORDON MAN. DRAKE, well-known producer. Sha ares Disk abos, and Shaila Agus kunto. The Mandraka ofers her, a nant le a new plur. Rebenzuale beain at ooze. Shalla becomes friendly with JIM BLAINE, one of the prin-

after that. Delay returns to the

cipal the play.

„Week." MARION RANDOLPH, tha star, be

They go to Atlantic City for the try-out comes Jesional because of the praise thella receives From critics and therefors Bhatia time. Then she recurm a part in a, khờ that is going on four. When Dick learn the Sheila to give it up and warry him. She verness. They go to dinner and while Lik le talking to the proprietor of the restaurat young man at marby table speaks to Shells. He has seen her on the stars and pralom ber dancing, Bhalla, does not rara Ühis stranger'2" ERIS.

discharged. She is out of work for some

new Job will take her out of town he begi

H.W.CORLEY

1933

Shella was to need money before the rehearsal period was over and the play ready for the road. She needed it to buy clothes, for one thing--nice serviceable travelling frocks and shoes. Sheila thor- oughly disliked the "cheap, high- healed pumps the frizzled chorus town aristocracy that she, too, girls wore on the road, their knew how to dress. Perhaps Silk dresses and bargain bass-some day he could live the life ment coats. The fact that the they lived, have a home, a lawn, girls couldn't afford better didn't flowers, and her trunks and suit- change matters. They could cases out of sight in the attic. have bought better things for the How Sheila hoped that sorar same price. They should have day she might buy something learned such things just as Sheila without wondering what to do had learned them. Instead they with it when she packed.

penses.

Y

ate lunch. It was horrid to reck- on in such a way but lots of giris did it. They had to.

thing or other in the Village. Now and then Dora worked, too, acting as cashier in an arty sort of restaurant Oh, there was no

Jim was making a hit in "When doubt that Ma Lowell had a soft Lights Are Low." He had given place in her heart for girls trying Sheila tickets and she had taken. to make their way in the show Ma Lowell to see the play. Ma business! That softness would had enjoyed it. It was seldom provide, Sheila with a roof over she obtained passes except to her head but there were other ex- vaudeville houses for most of the men and women who patronized One of these was food. Sheila her rooming house were in vaude- thought shamefully that sheville. Once they had attained the should not have turned Dick down heights of a Broadway engage- so definitely. His luncheon, and ment they were aure to move. dinner invitations had been a tre- Ma liked vaudeville or the pic- niendous help. Of course it turas best but she wanted to take wasn't really fair to put it that a look at "Sheila's young man." way. She went to dinner with In Ma's fond imaginings it was Dick because she enjoyed being Jim, not Dick, who held first place with him. To sing for one's in the girl's heart, supper," as the girls called being "These play-writing agreeable to a dinner companion men" Ma would sniff whenever because one needed: food was one Dick's name entered the conver- thing. To dine with. Dick be-sation. "No good any of them! cause she liked him was another. Always behind in their rent, burn. ing the lights all night, starving,

..

young

laughed at the trim, tweed-suited Sheila needed money. too, to girls they saw getting into road-pay Ms Lowell, if course, Ma stera in small towns, laughed at would be willing, if she asked Of course there was Jim Blaine,themselves or clee moving off in their sport shoes, the plain, ex-her, to let the rent bill wait. Frequently she.dined with him. a limousine too big to even speak pensive travelling frocks they With a daughter of her own re- There were one or two others to a person! They're all alike!" encountered now and then in din-cently married out of the "Frivolit-who

called her occasionally. Frequently Sheila saw Jim on ing cars.

les" Ma, knew all about the 'With two invitations from Dick, Sundays when they would drive difficulties of stage life.

two from Jim and possibly one out on Long Island. The play The daughter, as a matter of other each week Sheila had closed at 11'each night and Sheila fact, hnd not married

well. managed fairly well. Breakfasta disliked late parties. Sunday. Dora's husband worked at some- were inexpensive, and she never *(Continued on Page 10.).

Those girls in tweed suits were to Sheila the most enviable crea- tures in the world. She meant to In spite of all her protests show, these members of small

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