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THE STORY SO FAR:
GLORIA GORDON. beautiful
flapper. marries DICK GREG
ORV. I struggling young lawyer.
Her idea of marriage is fun and
fine clothes . . . but no work
or children!
She refuses to cook or kee
house. and hlrcs BANG
SWANSON to do it for her. al-
though Dick says they can't
word I maid. And she swamps
Dick with debts for her clothes
and I new automobile.
Gloria becomes infatuated
with an outer-work actor.
STANLEY WAYBURN. She
sees him constantly. Easily
Wayburn is offered a job In New
York as leading man for I Rus-
sian utress. SONYA 0301'“.
He needs money. Gloda leads
him $200 of Dick's money. which
she gets from his secretary.
MISS BRIGGS. She tells Miss
Briggs she needs the money for
the house.
Dick is ill with pneumonia
and almost dies. When he re-
covers. DR. JOHN SEYMOUR
sends him away for a long rest.
Gloria refuses to go along. be-
cause Dick's mother. whom she
hates. is going.
As soon as they leave town.
Gloria sets out for New York.
She goes straight to Wsyburn.
But he spurns her. telling her
that he has lust married Sonya
Chotek. Then Gloria goes to
KIT CAMERON. I friend of hers
who is a chorus girl. to sale her
to help her out. But Kit's man-
ager refuses to give Gloria a
place in the chorus.
(NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY)
THOR a. week Gloria dragged her-
self up and down Broadway
hunting for a job. ,
She went from one manager to In-
other just as fast as she could go.
She started out with Bob Lingard
whose show. “Frills." was breaking
all records on Broadway. And she
ended with the manager of a cheap
burlesque show on ' Fourteenth
street. ‘
it was the manager of the bur-
lesque show who told her what was
wrong with her.
“Now. listen. kid." he said to her.
shoving hie brown derby but back on
his head. “You’re pretty but you
ain't got nothin'l Sene's tall and
lean. snme's short and fat—but they
gotta have somethln'. You csn't be
just a cake 0' ice. and get away with
it in the show business!"
Gloria went away puzzled. What
did the men mean . . . that“ she
was a cake of ice? Perhaps he
meant that she wasn't a type. like
'Kit Cameron .- . .. that she looked
like any other pretty’girl.
Every morning she would start
out. with a prayer in her heart. And
every night she would drag herself
back to her hotel room . . . tired
‘and dirty and discouraged. sick at
heart.
To all these theatrical men was
"she Just one more stage-struck girl?
. . . It began to look that way to
'She wondered if she dared go back
to Dick. who loved her. . . . Oh
what a fool she had been ever to
leave him! ,
But would he take her back? on:
Would he?
0 O O
HE set one night at her window
looking down into the moth-
' brown twilight of West Eleventh
street. She rubbed her face and
neck with cold cream. to remove the
grime of New York from her soft
white skin. She polished her nails.
“Oh. what am I going to do? What
in I going to do?" she walled over
and over. Despair covered her like
a cloak of darkness.
It was at that moment that the
telephone rang.
Who could be calling her?—-Stan
Wayburn? Kit Cameron?—- Probably
only the hotel manager, to ask her
why she didn't pay her bill! it was
overdue. . . ..
"Hello." she said wearily.
'A man’s deep voice answered her.
"Bob Lingard speaking." he said
briefly.
Bob Lingord! The producer'- of
“Frills"! . 1. Gloria's heart gave a
wild leap.
last two weeks!
mured.
were part of a dream.
bright little room with its mirrors
and its red carpet was the back-
ground efadresm.
had never expected to hear from him
again. And now-this!
He wanted her to go out to dinner
with him. to talk business, he said.
“To talk business! That means a
Job!" Gloria laughed to herself, as
she left the telephone. She danced
around the room for very lightness
of heart.
She smiled ioyously into her mir-
he said.
ror as she dressed.
“Listen and don't say much . ., B
that's the way to make a hit with a
maul" she knew. And she'd make a
hit with Lingerd that night if she
never opened her mouth!
She was blooming like a half-
oponed rose when she met Lingurd
in the lobby of her little hotel at
eight o'clock. She looked up at him
shyly. and smiled her greeting.
Bob Lingard was a tall, heavy-set
man with a bulldog jaw. His brown
eyes bulged a little. In l’lLl‘ secret
soul. Gloria thought him repulsive.
But she did not flinch when he
drew her am through his. They
stepped out into the warm May
night.
INGARD'S gray roadster was
drawn up at the curb.
"Whither away?" he asked
pleasantly.
"Anywhere! I don't care where
we go.” Gloria cried gally. recklessly.
She was too excited to care! Too ex-
cited to think!
"Well. then—we'll go to a place
where we can have a private dining
room." Lingard said. "A place
where we can talk. . . . i want to
tell you about the new show l'm put.
ting on next season. llilss Gordon."
Gloria's head whirled. A new
show! Was Lingard going to give
her a. Job in it? . . . it sounded
that way.
She leaned back and drew a sigh
of happiness. The night wind lifted
the little curls that edged her fore-
head. She closed her eyes. . . .
She did not see the queer. sidcwise
look that Lingard turned on her as
she lay back against the soft leather
cushion.
.. p . All. this was something like
ill—she thought.
To be rolling along in this purring
car with a. man who could give her a
career!
She felt she was stepping into a
new world. She sighed with the
sudden joy of living. . . . This was
the sunrise after the darkness of the
O O O
LORIA had never been in a pri-
vate dining room before in all
‘ her life. ‘
"Queer little room." she mur-
Shs felt unreal . . .. as if she
As if the
She had left her telephone number
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There in his arm-chair sat Dick! "I knew it was you,”
with Lingud a week ago. But she real enough. Gloria ate gresdily.
She was half-starved after her week
of coffee and sandwiches.
The dinner came to an end at last.
Lingsrd leaned back in his chair and
stirred the blghball the waiter had
mixed for him. He was silent. Glo-
ria felt uneasy under his steady
gaze.
Her face was thinner .. . .. worn
down to the last expression 0! its
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girlish comellness by the misery of
the last two weeks. And against the
pearl of her skin. her mouth was
like a red nasturtlum.
Lingard leaned forward and took
her hands. where they lay on the
table-cloth. in his. He stroked the
silky palms.
"You look like an old sweetheart
of mine bath in the little Ohio town
where i grew up. Gloria Gordon." be
said suddenly. "Ever since you
came into my oMce the other day.
l'vo been thinking about you. Your
face has stuck in my mind for the
last four or five days . .. . and i
see a lot of girls in four or five
days."
There was a long pause.
Lingard went on.
“This new show of mine is called
'Morning Glory'.” he said. "I want
to get together a brandnew chorus
for it . . . none of the girls that
Broadway has seen before. i want
new faces. faces fresh as morning
glories. for it. . . ."
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cigar.
“I think that, with three
months' training. I could make you
into a pretty nifty chorus girl. But
you'd have to work, and work hard!"
he said. "How about it?"
Gloria was scarcely breathing. She
trembled with excitement.
"We made many an actress out of
a nobody in my time." Lingard went
on. “A good show and plenty of ad
vertising will make any girl a star.
over-night. All she needs is the
looks . . . and you've got ‘em. be-
lieve me! i could always fall for a
redhead, kldl”
His voice grew suddenly thick. He
got up from his chair. With the
eyes of a dove that watches the ap-
proach of a serpent. Gloria watched
Lingard come around the table to-
ward bor. .
He put one of his big hands under
her chin. tilting her face up toward
him. Gloria struggled hard not. to
be afraid. After all. what could hep:
pen. . . . 'f
“l‘m going to put you across as
the llvest chorus-girl in America.”
Lingard said. "How about it?"
It took all of Gloria's courage to
smile up at him. But she did—
ravishingly.
Lingard pulled her suddenly to her
feet. He crushed her in his big
arms. His mouth passed over her
face. covering it with kisses.
Then
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cried out. "You've no right to do
that. . . . She rubbed her lips
with her handkerchief.
Linsard laughed. He moved to!
ward her . . . lowering.
"Too good to live, aren't you.
honey?" he asked cheerfully. ”That's
what they all say! . . . What do
you think the world's made of?
He seized her in his arms again.
almost lifting her from her feet.
They struggled together. bumping
against Lhe lnble. Gloria made a
wild sweep . with her hand. and
picked up Lingard's highhnll glass.
She leaned back and dashed it In his
face.
instantly be let her go. his face
dripping.
“You little fiend." he roared,
"what are you trying to do?"
He was out of breath. and furious
ly angry. But his eyes were puzzled.
He couldn't understand Gloria's at-
sck on him. His simple code was
that you offered a service to the wo-
man you fancied . . . and that she
paid. .
He rang the bell for the waiter.
Then he walked over to the window.
"Get the lady a taxi." he said,
without turning around.
As Gloria followed the waiter out
to the street. she knew that her last
chance to star on Broadway was
gone, forever! She was utterly beat-
en. . . . But suddenly she didn‘t
care. She‘ wanted nothing but home
. . . . and Dick. They seemed a
million miles awsyl Her own room'
The sights she know! Home!
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FIE Gloria who unlocked the
door of her own house a few
days later was not the defiant
young creature who had left it three
weeks before.
The old Gloria would have come
swinging up the steps. singing a hit
of rag-time. This one crept into the
house wearily. The grandfather's
clock in the hall struck the hour as
she came in.
Gloria looked up at it. She had
learned a thing or two since she had
last heard the striking of that clock!
She looked around the corner of
the door into the living room. There
in his arm-chair. sat Dickl
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Gloria tore herself away from him.
But the food, when it came. was
“Please don’t. Mr. Lingard." she
9‘! knew it was you." he said. . .
(To Be Continued) . ‘1
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Aided “Master” to
Commit Suicide
LONDON. Sept. pi.
rally descended.
The accused men admitted their
part in the affair. but said they were
disciples of the ascetic and were
bound to obey his instructions.
was also pleaded in
that the holy man had not commit-
tcd suicide but merely performed the
religious rite of ‘fsamadhl.“—that of
being buried alive while in a state
0 {suspended animation.
,The court accepted the defense
nd the two men were acquitted.
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peculiar case in which two Hindoos
were charged wilh aiding a Hindoo
ascetic to commit suicide by refill-
ng a grave into which he had volun-
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their defense
More Titled Women
LONDON. Sept. 24 (AP).-—-Soclal-
ism seems to he on the way to be-
coming a fashionable cult among the
aristocratic women here. Lady Cl‘fl‘
thin. Mosley, daughlcr of the late
Marquis Curzon of chlcston and his
first wife, Mary Lciior of Chicago.
who has proclaimed herself an ard-
ent Socialist. has several “comrades"
in her own social rank to keep her
company. Lady Cynthia has been
unanimously nominated as tho pros~
Doctll'e Labor candidate for the seat
in Parliament for the stoke-on-Trem
constituency.
Aside from the veteran Countess
of Warwick. who is the pioneer of
the titled women Socialists. and Lady
Clare Annosley. who recently was
chosen by the Socialists as a candi-
date in Bristol. the list of aristocrat-
ic women Socialists includes Lady
Tavlstock. daughter-in-law of the
Duke of Bedford; Lady Margaret
Sackville and Mrs. Noel ,Buxton.
cousin of Lady Droghcda.
UTICA. N. Y.. Sept. 23.—fAP).
Heavy frost came to the Mohawk
valley and central New York last
flight and the first morning of
autumn was greeted by whitened
roofs and frosted plant life.
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Palace Theatre
David Estersou, Managing Director
A Chance to Renew
“WHERE
COMPLETE VAUDEVILLE CHANGE
Today, Friday. Saturday
Hesdiined by ‘
STEPHENS AND BRUNELLE-
(of Harbor View)
Norwslk’s Own Vaudeville Stars in
“A CYCLE OF SONGS”
Besides
4 OTHER BROADWAY ACTS
-— and —'
REGINALD DENNY IN
Old Acquaintances
WAS I”
Bad Way
HOLLYWOOD. Cal. (By Mail.)
Famous Players-Leaky has shut
down. The studios will not be re-
opolled until November throwing
thousands out of employment. The
trouble. is duo to the government
voting them a ‘nlonopoly' and until
«heir status is ascertained no more
pictures will be produced. This case
has been going on for four years or
more. it may prom a. boon for in-
dependent producers and small
theater men. Coincident “lib this is
the information that .lcsse lssky
has sold his Hollywood holdings.
named his family cast and intends
lo forsake lhc climnlo and Holly.
nooil forcvcr nlm'v. lllit you wont
read this in any Los Angeles news.
‘ pa pm:
On the Inside of Movieland
Famous Players-Lasky Shuts Down, Throwing
ThouSands Out of Work-Warner Bros. in
originated what he termed a ‘man's
also sandwich' and what actor is not
interested in a lot for his money?
’l‘l‘u-y started afim- Hurry like a pack
of wolves-40v the sandwiches of
course. and dcvourcd lhum Just as
hungrlly with music. Well. to short-
cn u long slory tho mum of Bien-
dor and Sunset Boulevard. Holly-
“ood. ls anulogous “llll good eat-
ing. and no actor. “lib or without
the prion Over lt-fl, his establishment
hungry. a tribute to Biondm‘ and a
knowledge he does not come from
Hollywood. but has a business there.
llc mny got back some. of the forly
thou, if the uclorr. keep coming. or
rulhcr working.
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Conditions bore are rloplorablol
“till the trains bringing small town
br-llcs and she-ills everyday.
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A Picture Everybody
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Warner Brothers are said iu hr in
dire financial difficulties. it is ill-
morcd that unless they can misc
lishcd
in 'i'llv
ho raw}-
Sldncy I
Olcoll. director has gixcu this cor-,
rospondnm up inside \low on the sli-
untlon which will rhorlly
litoning Sollllm‘l.
‘L'z’vlll they will be inken over by
Joswph Svlwnck. Warner Brothers
.pirlilrcs have born medicare of laicl
:nnd condilions at the \‘l‘arnor studio.
arc not what they should be.
l‘uilcrsal ls soiling ils large :mu‘
:m-‘i many predict that si\ months
will see 'lhc tlfliill‘lkllr‘ll of this oil
illnor. it is l‘umorrrl that the am»—
panv was Jibl‘llll. to be mergcd with
another. thereby eliminating combo-
illion and war production .of pie-
lures.
linurv l~‘orcl has had representa-
liws in liollylvood looking mer inc
mmle situation for future r‘fer-
«nee. Ford is i-fllfl to be uboul ready
in start building his chain of coast
popular priced mm‘lc theatres with
our admission price. of lwmly the
cents to all. The prince! should lid
:1 successful one. Ho will also pro-
duce and distribute his pictures on
a lot line basis.
Prnriuvrrs of motion pictures arc
taxed more in the stats of California
than they arc in ("unneciicut and
yet they make no yell. The produce
cr is taxed here for every picture
he makes, a. condition not found
anywhere else. There is a personal
in and they are figuring on a. few
new ones. Producers must pay a
tax on all films shipped out of this
slate.
Harry Blender came to Hollywood
from Kansas City. Mo.. about four
years ago and promptly proceeded
in drop some 340.000 in line An-
goles. Broke but a lot of nerve
(essential in California) he opened
up an eat shop figuring that actors
occasionally cat. which is true. He
mung NOTES
Anna Q. Nilsson and Lewis Stone in
“The Talker."
ifhroo million dollars by September
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An imposing array of favorites
form the cast of “The Talker." now
playing at the Rialto Theatre. Anna
Q. Nilsson was as beautiful and as
gorgeously costumed as ever; and
the polished immaculate Lewis
Stone. These two stars were seen
here together recently. In the lee-
ser roles are soon Shirley Mason.
Ian Keith. Tully Marshall and oth-
ers almost equally as well known.
Thus from the cast alone can he
- n‘firantoed “Tho Talker." as a good
screen entertainment. The plot of
"The Talker" ascends tenscly dra-
matic heights. It is an excellent
photoplay.
Harry Langdon in “All Night
Long." offers the comedy portion of
the bill.
AT THE PALACE.
Harbor View Stars Leading Attrac-
tions in Vaudeville Program.
Norwalk theatre patrons today
and for the remainder of the week
have an Opportunity of renewing old
acquaintances at the Palace theatre.
Featured as the: leading attraction
on the bill is Stephens and Brunelle
who make their home at Harbor
View Beach. The Stephens. who arr
well known in the city have appear-
ed in Norwalk on many occasions
in the past and have always met
with a. splendid reception. On this
occasion. the couple appear in a
skit entitled "A Cycle of Songs" and
will. no doubt. draw just as well as
in previous years. They open the
season in the local playhouse.
Besides this not. there are four
other Broadway acts on the pro-
gram. And in addition. the picture
“Where Was 1." featuring Reginald
'l‘ukc naming and llf'f’d his advice. ‘
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Joacph Scllvnrk. husband of Nor»
1.1.1 'l‘almavlgv. has just bought tho.
controlling inlr'rosl in unoibcr bank. l
. l‘lficcn years ago ho was vkinl: out l
. :1 iron existence on llli‘. ltlasi Sldv of;
.u Yuri; 'l‘miuv ho iiii'lnic“ tho;
.. ' ll“ film induslry. Ho}
has his fingers in everything. He;
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i‘llaril» I'implm's "Gold Rush“ is:
pinging a six monills' engagemcnil
at the Egyptian Thealro hero. The;
picture is not conceded a “knock-'
oul" and many “ho pay ihcir one?
dollar iil‘lll sixty vents air disap-_
polnlml. l'm ihc tourists pack the. '
ilicalro cicryduy.
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l‘ieri Lylcll is one of lhe founders
or a Music Box Home. Theatre to be
erected in Hollywood. The shows
“ill be. on the order of the Music;
llov in Nfiw York and should prom
a bonanza. as their are no such the-
atres in Hollywood. Bert is a pretty
also investor and no real estate
shark has caught him yet. He rents
the home he lives in. Wise boy that!
I G O
The money spent in the making
of movies last year totalled H75.-
000.000. li'li'ly million wont to stars
and directors. Six million to the
extra players. The exhibitors paid
$300,000.000. Nineteen studies in
Hollywood house 200 producers out-
side of the smaller fry who are too
numerous to mention or estimate.
but they all spend money which is
not as yet recorded. Hollywood
got the bulk of this money.
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Denny is being shown. This picture
has an extremely unusual plot
which will be enjoyed by followers
of screenlsnd.
Highway Dept. Let
State Road Contracts
At a. total cost of $642,486.85. the
Connecticut state highway depart-
ment today awarded contracts for
eleven improvements. seven of
which are for new sections of road-
way and four for bridges. Fourteen
miles of highways are involved in
the projects. and it is expected that
construction work will get under
way within ten days.
The largest improvement is on
the Waterbury-Cheshire road where
more than five miles of reinforced
concrete pavement will be built at
a cost of approximately 8200.000.
The cost of the bridges will be ap-
proximately 852.000.
NOT INJURED.
Charles A. Fremont of 30 West
avenue reported to the police that
as he was driving his automobile in
Concord street. Victor Donate. a
boy. of 44 Woodward avenue, jump-
ed off tho sidewalk in front of the
car and was struck and knocked to
the pavement. The lad was not in-
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