“or the fears, of a douktins. crew.
The ' things that haven't been done be-
fore,
“Are fhe tasks worth while t
or Te mick a. Saat. or
“fre ‘you oné that shall lead the Way?
Ae’ you ‘one of the tinifd Souls that quail,
CAf ‘the jeérs of a détmting’ créw,
Or dare you, whéthes ‘you win or fail,
“Strike out for a goal that's new?
: ’ —8e
‘TEACH ME TH THE MUSIC.
e Club Vienna — just off Broad-
Th Fifties—with a dozen
dance. floor and two dozen
glittering tables. Walls and ceiling
by Proust, dance music by the Ban:
jo Boys, ginger. ale by Canada, an
excellent chef--and . Lanky McGuire,
Lanky McGuire was hostess and h
she was tall, thin and comical. owed
had a face made for comedy, and
she could make it funnier. still. Win
a quirk of lips or a tilt of nose.
She had a wide red mouth and beau-
steely and hard. She had close cut
auburn-—no, red; bright red—hair;
and a. clean, scoured look.
+ Lianky could be hard-boiled: Lis-
ten to her on the subject of men;
to ane: of the Doloreses ©
or Mariennes or Jeannes or Liliths 38!
who worked with her, evenings, to | Fonpiac
the tired traveler trom | faonplac
buque. .
“Not for me! You fall for them
and be sorry if you like, Not for
this baby!"
“The recipient of the confidence
wehld purse scarlet soft mouth and
stare uneliévingly from childish
miscaroed eyes.
“But —haven't you
in love ?”
an the were in vs wi
Sia ait iviesnss. ~
Fm
aL 2
them out ‘of nigh
eas be
0
into Tie ah “the i!
make ff their min y, col
It was hard for Bn to make up |
their fuzzy little minds.
were torn between rags and riches,
love in a garret and Apartments on
Park Avenue, every i wire & the
‘ead
week. But a world
somé man, did not pla
was a world incompr ee to
them.
“‘Rich or poor, men were all hike
to ‘Lanky. She made Shen laugh g
she li them; she
ne the large, fat, ridion 5 Chen
- The Vienna's press agent describ-
ea her life as gay and glittering.
At two in the atternoon, her maid
brought her breakfast e Juice she
and black coffee because
bones were worth money to ot
After breakfast she went to a not-
ed school of the dance—for profes-
sionals only--and there she worked
for two Bogs hard, to keep thin
and supple and funny. Sometimes
she stood for another hour being
fitted for one of the s gowns
which only Lanky could wear and
which were part of -the long
tem of advertising by which, at
twenty-eight, she had made her
name. Later, she practiced songs,
and dined lightly, still with her
figure in mind, Emmaline
he. Mi and out, silent and black, from
she went to the first
and then on to the
made the .out-of-town-
en she went
phere, was
in, the World who , be-
0...
Ber "and she. didn't. care
her apartment with
o ut
Tay anky McGuire for,
on
hd thrifty, fer. So ers. ct
Get your sugar wilile you're
hy kids,” ‘she advised her “Httle
helpers. “And hang onto it. Broad-
y mo
. up, for
ways a short street and Ee
I've ro
room on it for wrinkles.
"ough put away right now" i
~She had had ‘eriough-—and ' ‘she'd avd
more - before: she* was
that she'd. neve have to "et |
wheres depising "wo in
a-beauty par ng |
«But elon dari, whit's fHe |
use? Because; my “dear, ‘we'll “an |
be married!”
“Well, you can pick a inan ‘bets |
ter if you learn to ase your “hedd,”
Lanky would say. And sometimes;
you're right— | that night po
ae fo Yo to nights § of Bt, cling-
Rech \ i e.rough- in . ’ 5
t to ah Tai I Liont. want oct) tto vo > "rhe 's
RSTn TI SR i PR
7 beh Ree i Mo RE .
fe Srisecrn Se wl. "poor «Benny looked at hed startled.
asl 4 ‘Who said: you. hada: fm ?y
foi y pike on the . staff. ‘of | ‘he asked. “You're beaut fing
eT y titra dings Tsing at him; we that
ere are M “even. slog , rose
BS a ig mi way, oy bye if ingit Br fifin”
a e his | Béhny'squate otf "his" sensitive iti
Advi yvsime ahd ‘her
fe
‘Isaacson, wh
half a dozen wns gd
gray eyes that could turn melody,
Lanky darlin’ ‘her and away;
ever, really? Haven't you ever been !
someone :
here ‘she glad-handed the WHS
as “|
her b
black hit NS geranium | 1
SEE a) See
3 “Yes, Y< en, Mr. |
| Isaacson---run over songs—I-—T1"
Afterward, * Lanlky tala” Isdacsod
Sat he thought, for ogtey: He'd |
, Because when a
er Wi a De | 3
why," I'm used to making ‘em feél
gasy! This Pag, washout! Not
ht, Isaacson; old
i: Blt wh gi ee sat down at the |
ayed old stuff at i sult
a had sung.
‘nervous fingers pulled the oy the of
the tune out of the
Lanky gdve him thé tribute that
one artist gives another; she aban- fast,
doned herself, her vody swa she |
'hummed a little; she listened.
omy muttered, "og some stuff
of here.
LAE hey a Jason of
uc: were mere, com-
pr the |
an wae mem-
F¥ive
or the , “words,” she - said, |
“Teach mé the music.”
She smiled “her own’
smile again, “and this time he gave
her a look, Reeting, “beatiful, at Leaky
his. dark eyés -
* cotild ng h a, She weould |
ding) She leaned on £ Blasio odd |
and. différént “Ad futny; she shouted
her songs sumetinés and" na doatilint |
she whispered them, and
|
5 EER
Benny's song she didn’t shout, or |
whisper. = She just BONE #1t:
“He's s lng
i" ne gbes, 1 don't know _
what I'll do.
Because he's mine,
No matter how he acts,
that fact is true—
And if some day
Someone he. eg
And m from me—
i argu a op the
“Have put i for him; |
ve put it over if it had |
aD a but it wasn't a bust.
It was 's words and music,
and y. could write blues - as
well as he could play them. .
Blties; chords; a tune;
i seiny’s
it.
apartment. snd and
ér; ne got over’
naire; Sa
lov-
B
| at ned a
hie Comers Set tute,
‘who werd dafici “hdd
a Me,
pith nl ed” best
Jie dia MoM Sho Wt
BRT
leat!
| to pha
wn § stnonse Ligow men!
ih went into their amber, 44
RAG | rough it she was saying to
YR, vo
| Saw
hp why
‘voice. i)
rd introduced “Pick Up h
Pieces” that very first night vaic
Benny came, "tHe 9 : ME
she | €d
that
aris. who. dreasne
n, and
"the “iomient “He sat
Ww
in a chorus. |
{338 tr oR — Hue] Wavy rus. | wal
| lege, hers’ ‘were: the ‘Jegs" that “were |
noticed.
‘Look at the little one in blue!
Ne, not that one--the one next to
You heard them ok
the gentlemen (ult ake jue
To
pA
her “at once.
ping’ down a ‘gol
ders tt
when she was alome for a moment ing
ong | in Ae ‘baby spot, she got a storm
lause. all to her e self.
the others in the chorus
hid worked for weeks, hard. OE |
and hot just on, still a fittle | “Lap
Bog abo! a slo cues, got
S Se Fon a ne watched the ey.”
Isaacson show with beside him.
LE new kid's a. knockout,” he
“She can have my ‘watch and
| a What do you think of her,
ya
dozens
My be ad stn
len hor tty to rh
Bhst to reply.
sitting
waiting his. tue:
st lit
[3
Bo we 2 |
ne pew ye: LEE
ie
| 2h. could see his il
Sort IP) ¥here ars you sta
asked.
:
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3
‘ai
1
3
g
aR 2 Nl
he.88 | bit
Lied gly BO
Lanky said to Isaacson,
eli kid”
bor meet
a
it u
he i ne Bowed up
| inher the-motaror Mw hair: Hele
outa a great girl, .
put that over!"
Be
ver.
ngh- |
Ln
af Fight, When }
site ‘'wlisn't herein’
“What's the Teatter
e 2"
it
; a
relishing
yo eer AR
Nita. And Nita, this is LankP RE.
her- | Guire. She's a pal of mine.”
{
i
fe
i
over | : fa
w She is. Bosnuse
a
Me
fg 8 band 2d nt
: SE
?” Lanky their money—and I da too, Lanky!"
she cried, suddenly aud onately.
“Oh, I'm in a horrid old hotel— “How—how do I Know yl ever
the worst al dou I Don't.
ign pe
vipodlF slaw
love A Hn
There was silence in the room for
od al’ a were gone 3 a
“A ¢ -empty-head like tities
drive a boy like Benny gagath She
advised herself.
torched Up" nowy Pon = Ba
But eso bl Spe !
~ Benny: [sis avicag! ‘again; ue
ing | to ¢
her a, net ti FETT.
world es A able
Ladiy
EEE
ozen into” o iier
were in wd rim; Buses
dérful” “Benhy hall’ wiidten a a Rots
stuff for : New Yéar's Eve, tind"
ia pd, it a0 Sethe
Saacson s: was the best d
ever had ‘at the chub.” bend
Nita ‘stood, like the girls ih
stories; at° Danky's ‘door. © Out of
stor. - ‘Expensively clad— wonderful
furs, diamonds blazing on her little
fingers. . With the same ol trusting
he. a
‘eyes and rosebud mouth, .
to Lanky.
“MTC conldii't sand it
ns | cone 1 could.
I—you were rent w x
ng aout Bepny
he i, trom oe he guried. 34 iy
4 A id SES Where ou’ le
LA a a. 2 “You dan! “get
me ‘back at the club.” Lanky, can't
you? Isaacson will do dghything for
you; - “Dat ogee to ian me’ :
dworge, | ren
tand x.
to Dont be 1 co ame
was Sohn. Thought me me back.”
ns? me vcr, i id
ht NI abel, hasn't Ye
a.
2 nth “hind i not wi whet”
0
“INTM's Rr win a dis
vate. Shes at’ iy geuinga
; She watched: stron ity; sdwe he
into bis face, : To
a ok Ses
ef
“
ja
; Ji
hl
BREE!
at
after that first. aw-
k lwo w when . her heart
hing. within her.
r ‘nar
even — she was a kid, Only her
3 ih
. up her min
to hve Nit ton ir a 3
‘hard. _— fo time, ie wi watch-
: al worrying
about her, petting her, scolding her.
li don't need ‘anotlter dress,
in debt the
in it with you, she said. “I'm. iad
y Fou aren't even
fore; HR's sO Wttareusry and "y
yet.”
business. ~Sonfebody's going ‘to grab
boye— in, Th to hw ell 2’
X sweet and—dnd she goes ont with
0
party. And . “Listen, Lanky. I.can't. give.
a“ monment.”’ ‘looked about her.
a" iThiss Suttodi ple: Mould's be so
ue got sense about money, bab.
iy = Sor ¥ iow. Benny." won't fool
qt a: Lattky.” ' I ‘never
felt this way avont. any fellow’ Bes
and" queer” vy
Dan’'t. be scared dear.”
“He's. never——even. - asked me-——
Benny the next
8 ar Wa bia OUT, “Listen,”
she wd “Girls as prefty &s that
don't wdit around Yohg-—mot in our
Lier. off; . it ‘might ‘as wel be Yow
- Just -what's the ides; stalling this
way? What .age - intentions,
itouna the ie i me ie pa
how she feefs about Herr d.
“Y ‘can't "tél." BHeone day * she's
me. And the next shé talks about
all she Wants-~-what snes going to
in I Just had to have gets’!
ng fo Death about _mon- all . .I'm-—I'm not the
Bw SS
“And about those . I haté I know if to
to crab, Baby, but’ there's too many beautifdal girl ae hat to—T ° don't
an "mm
| parties in your life. A ‘party yes- know what she’
aah you were out - “Benny,” Lanky said, = hér voice ©
: deep: and (quivering, “she wants love.
Any woman wants love. She's got
‘a lot of of idgas-1-bu,; ‘they don't mean
3 3 oi . Ive had ‘em myself— and
* | Tow in thé
Xi ba tne decentest, fel-
r
“al fe" time. Ui"
Sqafiré piano fo Volar)
it,
1
Tnadeson®s m SE,
So. So Benny -stayed to timnr, and
Played gently,
piana, Tang for, EE
~elu
WL Erie
tppiie, fat-footed,
narrow hall. Ba
Celerant: fo your sss. "te. | SIO
Sy BL the. ‘message. :
“Don't” Be nad
“oui, Jor
azénly, b 30 ashi
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the piano; -
out. with the. custom,
ers and never looked his way... :
at two-thirty a big party came in.
There was. a, protiucer in° tie ‘drowd
whose name was known slong Broads
saw him
%
EEE oie?
. en-fac-
her ‘ad ifito the
Cup, staring, ‘ds’ she
pot 3 *Bennycwelrei toe lute.
Ey too. late, dear... ‘Fve got to
-
s
Hg
latex
t do you mean? Nita"
‘My Toon, I'm so
Benny's eyes were 8 marks in
a white mask. He started for the
ne aS ey
You Sant do anything; hou. cat yo
now u're
| elub’ dt tom he at the
ie got to get out ‘6f here got
could
-s “1 wank to die. He's got mer, 1,
Bothing i this night wan e."”
great: | Dow an; hive so Ll 8 ww
Foran -some They .
on can’ v Issac.
Bys Ser are about pi
ae
iE Sait. oy
Es
Ports Wa “rot: “fo En
to: yow': i
a A
Lamy -
5. - divorcing her. She “came
caught, ner 3 he Jad)
You. Thats jo a
| you trying” to ‘day "te lye’ [ie
" Ls oki ’ tryisg te ‘your
“What ard Vou, anyway? Al Ra sald n: ArdMIt Romat rans
a man? you aren't the first. til tonight, I love you. ry Nenireso
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