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Zurich Herald, 1930-12-18, Page 7Honours To Bill Value and Satiefection Everything Depended on the Play Getting Over and It Was Fall- ing Flat! By Muriel Cotronl. Jaek, Dundas hadn't had a meal that satisfied for days, But young actors out of a job get used to that! "Something's bound to turd up coon," mused Jack, with the bright op- timism of youth, to his bull -terrier, "eh, Bill, old fellow?" Bill cocked a pointed ear and thumP- ed a thoroughbred tail. Intelligence gleamed from his small eyes. Jack smiled fondly. He dodn't mind being hungry a bit, himself, now and again, so long as old Bill— Something did turn up next morning. ,A letter from Jack's agent offering him a part in a touring company, The play was a new one, to be pro- duced by the author. "Don't know what kind of a show it'll be," said the agent, when Jack called. "But it's better that! nothing, eh, Dundee, old boy?" "You bet! I'm en top of the world. Juvenile lead, too! Richards, you're a pal! Come on, -Bill. you old blight- er!" Rehearsals began, but, as they pro 'greased, Jack's heart sank. There was', no "pep" in the play. The dialogue was fiat.. The situations were. mprob-. able. Still, the author -producer was enthusiastic, it las his first play, and if it went well, even moderately well, the first week on the road, a welI- to-do uncle had promised to finance it further. Jack put his beet into the part. So 'did little .Myrtle Blythe, who was to play opposite him. She, also, knew the unrest of 'resting." "It is such a pity," murmured Myrtle ene morning. "Beale is such a dear; so enthusiastic. It's heartrendering! This show'll never run a' week—if thatl "I know," replied Jack glumly, "You're right; . it's pathetic!" "Well, ,I'm doing my best, but my lines are so hackneyed." Her eyes were troubled. 'And the climaxes aro so banal," put in Jack. 'Still, we must hope for the best. The public's funny! Some plays, with absolutely nothing in then, have the dickens of a run!" "There's no life in the action—the show doesn't march" contributed Blessington, oast for the villain. He was young, and on the threshold of his career. "Well, cheerio, chaps!" 'I love your dog!" murmured Myrtle, stooping to pat Bill. She looked up at Jack suddenly with her clear eyes, the exact- bluey-violet of hyacinths: "A dog's a great pal!" "N -none better!" stammered Jack, momentarily knocked out by the bat- tery of those clear eyes. "By Ave," he thought, "if I can't make a love .scene get across with a girl like that, I ought to be shot!" And Myrtle had been thinking al- most the same way as she looked up at Jack Dundas, tall, lean—almost too ]ean—with his kind, dark eyes and cheery optimism. * s The opening night at Iast! The place was a North Country mill town, whose inhabintants were noted, in the profession, for their candour. It was about the last place on earth in which to open with a "try -it -op -the - dog, play. But Beale's well-to-do uncle happened 'to live in Hilton, so Beale bad no option. The audience showed no signs of hostility during the first act, but there was an undercurrent of restiveness that told the tale plaiuly enough to an actor of experience. There was not even a ripple of applause until Myrtle's big scene with Blessington in Act Two. But she really was sweet, With her ardent young face 'and clear, 'ringing voice. Her personality got well over, but her lines lacked actu- elity, The curtain fell on the aet In al- most complete silence. Jack Dundas looked glum. . "It'll be all right, Dundas in the last Det," murmured Beale, patting Aim on the back and trying to smile, !But his face showed strath. The fin- ale of Act Two should have got rounds of applause. "Go all out in the big scene, Myrtle," whispered Jack, as the girl brushed past him on the way to her dressing - room. "If we don't hit 'em then, I'm ;afraid the play's doomed!" Myrtle smiled. "Rely on me," the said. 41 * ' The next act evoked mere interest. ;One or two of the more witty lines got 'a 'hand." Beale sighed with relief; but Jack still harboured doubts, and 'big ones, too. It was a kitchen scene. !The come• 'dians had retired, and tlfe action had gradually Worked up to the crash of the climax. Myrtle, in a plain little gingham frock, was sewing by the fire. In the opposite corner her aged father sat, filling his pipe. "I'll just be gain' to the Golden Horse, Mary, lass, Shati't be long!" A suave face, Unobserved, peered in through the open wiMow, as the old man rheumatically rose and made his mo The young man in the picture has embarked on a new undertaking in a distant city. All day he has been en edge, eager to do his best, to sell himself to his associates.' When evening comes he is tired, restless, perhaps just a little homesick; Instinctively he reached for the telephone 'as he ham done many times at home thinking. to talk with someone. Like a fiash the' thought comes to him, "Why not call home?—and tell them all about it- they will be cheered also". The wonder •of the three-minute visit with the home folks over the telephone puts new life into him and he is repaid many times over for the small expense of the telephone call. As Albert Shaw Editor of Review of Reviews, says: "No other service of any kind in the world gives so much human satisfaction, and so much sheer monetary value for the amount paid by the user as the telepbcne." towards the girl, who retreated to the other side of the room. He began making love—passionate, practised love. 'But why wait, Mary darling? You know you care! Come with me to- night!" "Oh, but I don't know! How can I be sure? I—I hardly know you, Mr. Rookwood!" She stood looking pity fully at him, With the innocence of a girl who had hardly reached woman- hood. Roughly lee caught her to him, and, at her soared scream, Jack, manly and handsome, appeared at the door. It • was a very homely drama; a little too homely as one or two stifled `yawns; caught from the auditorium, testified, Followed a shuttling of feet, evidence of breaking tension. The threads between actors and audience were slowly snapping—snapping. Jack's speech, which ought to have raised a torrent, was eceived with but mild enthusiasm. The villain, thwart- ed, clenched his fists. Then, with a snarl, he• flung himself at Jack. A scream "broke from the girl. Suddenly there flashed from the wings a burly streak of white, and a huge bull -terrier hurled itslf at his master's seeming assailant. Blesington darted swiftly aside to escape the gleaming fangs, dodged behind the table. Here he was corner- ed. The dog, back to audience, had him set. In vain did Jack call—Bill might have been stone deaf. The vil- lain backed to the open widow, see- ing escape that way; but, with a bound, the dog was over the table. A ripple of surprised applause rose in the pit. Here was acting—the real thing! Then followed a chase round the email stage; the vilain of the piece pursued by a now thoroughly enraged bull -terrier. Bill overtook his quarry; with a triumphant snarl, his teeth pierced good cloth Came a loud rend in, tearing sound. Applause was now general. Hearty whistles of approval from the "gods" —this was worth spending money to see! When poor Blessington, minus a sub- stantial portion of his nether gar- ments, took a cleat, dive through the open window, joy was unrestrained. And when the dog, his eyes wells of wickedness, deposited a large square of black cloth at the feet of the hero, the applause became riotous. Jack, very white, looked across at Myrtle. Her small face was set, but her violet eyes welled inspiration. "Carry on!" was their' plea. Jack almost panicked, for the did logue to follow was now worse than useless. He thought of poor Beale in the wings. Came inspiration! This golden opportunity wee too good to be missed. The continued applause had allowed him time to think. • He crosed to Myrtle. "Play up to me," was his whisper, as the applause died. Then: he spoke, and Beale, in the wings, stood open-mouthed, as though witnessing the' big scene in his own play for the first time. "Dear heart, I love you!" Jack end- ed, taking the woman he loved in his arms. "Say that from this moment you—you'll give me, and him"—point- ing to Bill—"the right to guard and serve you! Dearest, will you be my wife?" Her bluey-violet eyes, that reminded Jack of hyacinths, were dark with wonder; her red lips parted. "Dear, don't you know that I love You? Haven't you—guessed?" Two soft arms slid round his neck, and, bending his head he kissed her, "Right from the very moment we met, I knew that you were my, woman! Dear, you'll marry me, won't you?" "Yes, I'll marry you!" Oh, the pride in that clear round voice! "For I've loved you, too, right from the very first moment!" He lifter: her on to the table, then perched beside her. Suddenly, with a bound, the bullterrier was between them, with his Iarge head snuggling against Jack's neck. "Just we three'—from Jack—"now and for always!" "Just we three, now and for al- ways!" repeated Myrtle dreamily, and her sniffle was beautiful. "Wouf-wouf!" contributed Bill, thumping a thorougl.bred tail. And the curtain dropped to roars of ap- plause. Three "curtains" they took—Myrtle, Jack, and Bill -for the audience in- sisted on Bili, who, bewildered, bark- ed heartily at his admirers. Then came a call for the villain; and Blessington, clad in a dressing - gown, made his bow, one eye on the audience and one on—Bili. a * * "Good enough, Ralph, my boy! I'll keep my promise. That last scene was a brain -wave; that dog brought down the house. Without hint that last act would have fallen fiat. You might cut the first and second acts slightly,` and, for goodness' sake, in- troduce the dog a little earlier— peaceably, my boy—peaceably!" The well-to-do uncle beamed approval. Back -stage, in a quiet corner, Jack 'faced Myrtle. "How cleverly you 'gagged,'" our- . Prince Horses at• Fair "Princeton y rincetoff Win ' c ea on r n of al lie f ty' raised 1=' 1 lad t Carman", Q at Pekisko, Alta,, is malting horse historyin Canada by the fact way to 'the dooa, that she has• been still tt3to'ril, glitdletdii atid line een shipped to •Eingland, c A seemed later the _on of the mill- being the fired instance of a blooded Canadian horse being sent to tireati .. , at the Royal Winter rear fer Mal'ee f 941 In ipii1 in Oimada, awt,la tis of ISSUE No. 30 ....'3U diet of many, ribbons in the pe 1 b1asS t# richt sou A vi'es tgt. perchero n mare b y ehalahtly he glanced in, then strolled owner,appeal•ed in the doorway. Non' I3rltafn, the libine of fltfe perclteroritt, "Princeton Carmen" won wpito) pt 1 inured the girl. "You saved the play!" But she did not meet his eyes. "Gagged?" He took her by the shoulders, almost shaking her. •"Gag- ged be hanged! I was not 'gagging' —nor acting, either, my girl, and you know that as well as I do? I was pro- posing to you!" "I know," whispered Myrtle, and raised her eyes in which two stars were a -shine. "You meant what you said, too?" His eyes searching hers. "Of course I did! "--very shakily. And Myrtle raised her..soft lips. The following paragraph ended a long criticism in the "Hilton Gazette' the neat day: 'But why •was the real star of the play—the cleverest dog we have seen either on the boards or the silver screen—not even mentioned on the programme? This is an unaccount- able naccountable oversight. 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