so sturdy, kind and wholesome. He was in his shirt sleeves, and his clothing was in almost as much disorder as his ruff

n you spare a moment

ey've spoiled that one act and it's got to be done over. I don't see why they can't do as they're told instead of injecting a lot of new business int

es. Clearly there was not much ceremony about this manager. He was like others Alice had

bout her father. He has lost his voice, and she and I think he migh

es the better," agreed Mr. Pertell. "But you

lumbia Theatre Company. They were to open in 'A Matter of Fri

f him, and I've seen him act. So

rrupted Alice, eagerly. "He-he do

ut it?" repeated the

you'd better tell hi

eing enacted before the clicking eyes of the cameras, her companion told how it had been p

ten audiences can read the lips of the players on the screen. But there was no need for any loud talking-in fact, no need of any at all-whispering would have answered. Indeed some actors find that they can

t Alice. "And he wouldn't have to use his poo

e in a "society" drama. They were both pretty, but Alice thought they were rather too flippant in m

much attention to anything else. The least slip meant the spoiling of many feet of film, and while thi

a good actor, and I greatly regret his affliction. I think I can use him in some of these p

any outdoor plays," the girl exclaimed

Pertell remarked. "Please tell him to come and s

se saying I'm sure he'll come," she went on with a shrug of her shoulders. "It's going to b

t I think if he understood he would like it. T

" Alice

out some changes in the working of his proposed patent, he bad

tered the apartment a little la

her hat, jabbed the pins in it and tossed i

going to be one of th

re can be just as much a lady as a typist. But, Ruth, I h

gement f

es! Listen. Oh, i

back and emphasize some point she had forgotten, Alice told of her morning trip with Russ. Sh

ld see how it is

takes this engag

her sister. "You know what

laimed Alice. "It's so dif

th. "Hark! Here he comes now. Perh

e hallway. Alice glanced at the tabl

you doing?

llars do the work of fifteen," answered Ruth, with

t his face to show that he had been unsucc

l, D

yself understood, and there seem few places where one can lab

girlish enthusiasm. "I have a place for you

hispered, and they both n

"Oh, it's the nicest place! I'

g in the moving pictures. I would not so debase my profession-a professio

a knock at

ance at Alice, who seemed distressed. Then, as Ruth saw w

asked Mr. D

is is about the tenth time, I guess. Have you got it?" a

Vere, helplessly. "Let me see;

re she had been going over the accounts, and where a lit

ve come to tell you this. It's either pay your rent or--" He

and thrusting a paper into the nerveless h