THURSDAY, MAY 19. 1»S0
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ELIZABETH JOQDAN I
EIGHTH INSTALLMENT
-ggf. "After they come we gotta be
there, setting around in our
corner' The bunch there now is
reg'lars that come early to get
other. It's when the singles be
good tables. They know each
gin to wash In, or two or three
men comes togethre. that we get
A "How do we get busy?"
"busy.' '
"My Gawd!" Miss Morris ex
changed a deeply eloquent glance
with Mazie, who was smiling a
sharpe toothed ophidan smile.
E"Th ienstructress continued her
i explanation in depressed tones.
"We're dancers, and we're
Jakes' hostesses to. See?'
"Our job" Stella added, "is to
keep the men from dyin' of
homesickness after they git here"
Queenie ignored Stella.
"When a man's sitting alone
at a table, or two or three men
are together* looking like It's
Day an' they're say
«. give 'em the glad eye. Nohtln'
fresh, .you Just a
kind look to let them know
there's a live wire near. If they
speak, I draw on my hot-air
tank and find out who they are;
and later I Introduce them to
some of tbe girls, if they see any
s they want to meet. If they don't
ree-apond I breeze past them
like I hadn't seen 'em, and try
some others. None of the girls
goes near till I find out who the
you seen your own brother at a
men are and interduce them. If
table you couldn't go to him iill
I said you could. That's all there
' 'is to it. but it's gotta be done
wiht class."
To the novice there seemed a
great deal to it.
"If they respond I suppose we
dance with them?' 'she asked
anxious to get a more definite
line on her duties than Ivy had
given her.
Jj§ "Ain't she a clever kid?"
murmured. "Got it the
Aery foist tli#e."
"Dance with them if they want
you to," the instructress coldly
explained.
"If they want you to set down
an' give 'em the story of your
j life, let 'em have it. Only make
' it snappy. No sob stuff. Mazie
tell 'em she's a Russian princess
|» anL it goes over great. If they
wanta talk while you listen leave
i 'em do It."
"They'll tell you how lone
some they are." Stella contribut
ed. "Loreaome!" she sneered.
"They don't open my faucets
v-it hthat dope. The men that
comes here is as lonesome as
angleworms in a box of bait!"
stmlfit and a black one. She was
Stella, Eve learned was a pes-
a man-hater and freely con
fessed that she had no use for
women. Her speech and Queenies
were usually better than those of
the other girls; but on occasslon
they could, and often did draw
on the argot of the gutter. All
this Eve grasped later. At pres
ent the lesson of the moment
ment on.
"There's two things you don't
stand for," Queenie was saying
in a crisper tone ."You don't
toke insults and you don't drink
from pocket-flaska. Jake's rule.
See? Men that come here has
got to treat us like ladies."
To Eve the whole experience
the nightmare in the dream
w*s part of a dream she was in,
rwas lessening. She was intensely
interested and she realized also
that she was a trifle more soph
isticated than the girls arounnd
her. She had never danced in
cabarets; she was sure of that.
She knew nothing of the intl-
Inner working ,or of the duties
of the employees. But she must
™ have known such places as at
least an occassional visitor, for
the superficial aspects of this
one held no surprises Jtor her.
"What you're really here for,
Stella drawled. "Make 'em see
Berson, is to admire the men,"
what great big wonderful guys
yo uthink they are, and you'll
■be a wow.
- "New Berson if you think
you've had enough gasoline to
out on the floor with, we'll
start; and I'll put you wise to
the reg'lars and the loose-ankle
boys."
"Which are the loose-ankle
boys?"
"The reg'lars are the guys
that come every night an' rcat
ter their coin. The loose-ankle
tboys are the instructors—the
lads Jake hlrea to dance with the
dames that blow in for a good
time. That's all they gotta do,
but Gawd knows it's enough.
Any woman that's ,got a real
her to a cab*r«t anri dance with
face c'n make some man bring
obes that come alone
an' has to rely on the boys are
akthe onea Gawd forgot.
IB "Don't pay an attention to the
loose-ankle guys. They'll come
buzzing round for they need a
change bad, an' they'll want to
wive you the once-over because
you'r egreen. But Jake ain't
payln' us nickels to dance with
All the girls were intrigued by
thein."
the new-comers presence and
they showed it in various ways
some by talking, the rest by
close attention to what was said.
Eve followed her with a sink
ing heart- What had she let her
self in for? But the two young
whole-some .looking American
men who approached her were
lad who had just given an order
to a waiter, who for for the pre
sent were most Interested in the
scene arouad them. Queenie cast
a radiant smile at them, and one
of the young men returned it
with a cheerful but Impersonal
grin. She slowed her steps a lit
tle distance from the table,
checking Eve's swifter move
ment by a warning pressure of
the arm.
"'Look at 'em uettin' there
waitin 'for bread and milk, with
good music goln' to waste." she
tentatively obsecved, in a tone
designed to reach the ears of the
new-comers The latter looked up
this time with attention. The
girls were under Inspection now,
t obe taken or rejected. To Eve
the moment was horrible.
"Give us time girlie, give us
time," urged the young man
with the grin. "We're hungry
and you've got a pair of rabbits
coming. But if we're able to
move after the stuff you folks
aerve here, I'll take you out to
the center of the floor later on
and make a May-pole of you'
His friend ha dbeen watching
Eve.
"That goes for me too," he
quietly told her.
"It's a date." Q'Jeenie agreed,
and tactfully started to move a
way. But the quiet young man
spoke gain;
"Won't you ladies join us and
have some of th erabblt?"
The young man of the grin
frowned.
"We only ordered two, and I
could e*t both of them,", he
plalnitively observed.
"We'll order two more."
As he spoke, the quiet young
next to him. Miss Morris secured
man drew out for Eve the chair
the remaining empty chair for
herself and sat down with a sigh
of achievement.
"You ain't ot the nice man
ners of your boy friend. Willie,"
"But if you stick around with
she told the grinning youth,
him p'raps you'll Improve. Cot
a cigarette?"
The grinning youth had and
offered his case. Miss Morris
helped herself and passed it to
Eve who hesitated an instant
and the ntook a cigarette and
lighted it at the match the quiet
young man held for her.
"My name la Hunt,' 'he told
her as he did so.
"Hers is Berson. She's new to
this work. I'm Queenie Morris."
Miss Morris made the announce
ment with an air that impelled
how deeply, and Queenie acqept
the grinning youth to get up and
ed the burlesque homage with
a cftre-free grin equal to his
own. She had lit a cigarette
without his asalstance, and hav
in it firmly between
her carmined lips wa sdoing the
honors with easy affability.
"Dno't mention your name
she advised the grinning youth,
"My heart's going to tell me
what it is pretty soon."
"You bet It will," said the
grinning youth In high v good
humor. "I'm one of the ahelks
you i*ead about. One long look
into my eyes, girlie, and you're
don efor."
"Let's see if I am," Miss Mor
ris suggested with sudden inter
ist. and she made the experiment
forthwith. Hnnt turned to Eve.
"You don't exactly belong
here, do you?" he aaked.
He laughed.
"No. Do you?"
"I'm afraid not," he admitted.'
"I don't care much about danc
round midnight. I tried to par
ing, and I'm apt to getsleepy a
suade Jack to go home after
the play, but he wouldn't . . . .
now I'm glad we didn't."
"Shall you be here every night
after this?"
"No," 'she told him. "I'h here
only as a substitute. I don't ex
pect to come again.' '
"Then we must make the
most of tonight," he smiled.
There was something very nice
about his look and manner. He
was like . . . whom was he like?
Probably he was merely, a type
she had known well and met of
ten In her former environment.
"Shall we dance now?" she
heard him ask. Queenie and
Jack were already on the floor.
She roße slowly.
"I'm not sure I dance very
well," sire confessed and caught
his look of surprise as he put his
arm around here and swung her
out among the others. She ex
haled the breath she had been
holding. He was a good partner.
"You are an odd girl!" Hunt
skillfully guided her through a
rapidly increasing congestion on
the dancin gfloor. "What made
you say you weren't sure you
could dance well?"
"1 wasn't." His expression
made her ampify the terse -state
thing Just now," she smilingly
admitted. "I'm so new to all this'
"Well you ca n be sure you'fe
one of th egood dancers on the
floor tonight," he said comfort
ably. "That's a tribute too, for
there are a dozen here who
know how to step out. That up
town bunch over there has some
She looked in that direction
bully dancers in it."'
Hla fa dozen yougg men and
girls, evidently of good families,
were dancing in a close up group.
They were keeping to themsel
ves. They were keeping toerice
yes and ignoring the other pat
rons. Their eyes were tired and
their expressions somewhat con
tent with their entertainment.
"They're types that go to -the
theatre first, then spend the rest
of the night rushing from one
cabaret to another," Hunt ex
plained. "Quite a lot of them
like this place better than the
clubs. I think Jake caters to
them in various ways—drops
the cover charge for them and
that sort of thing. He likes to
have them come in, he thinks
they lend 'class' to his place;
and Jake is strong for 'class.'
They'll probably stay here an
hour, then leave and visit half
a dozen other places before they
meanwhile, we'll have another
go home at daylight. In the
bunch or two like them."
Eve knew all this, and didn't
know why she knew it, any ipore
than she knew why she appre
ciated the unusually good music
of Jake's jazz hand.
"Speaking pf being here,"
Hunt went on. "Why are you
here, really? It's easy enough to
see that.you don't belong."
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