_Alarm of Fire During the Third Scene of "Christofero Colombo"_
GREAT AUDIENCE AT THE METROPOLITAN ENDANGERED BY FRENZY OVER REMARKABLY
LOVELY GIRL.
"Hot stuff, ain't it?" said Cadge, beaming with satisfaction. "I never
like that Opera assignment--dresses and society, second fiddle to the
music man--but I wouldn't have missed last night! Minute I saw you in the
Van Dam box I knew there'd be the biggest circus I ever--why--why,
Helen--"
The horror of it--the pitiful vulgarity! My father, the University folks--
all the world would know that I had been made notorious by a--that I--oh,
the tingling joy, the rapture--that I was the loveliest of women!
"Cadge! Oh, Cadge!"
I threw myself into her arms.
"Why, Helen, what's this? Can't stand for the headlines? Built in the
office and I know they're rather--"
"They're _quite_" interrupted Kitty. "Of course the Princess wouldn't
expect a first page scare. But cheer up, child; there's worse to come."
The girls were soothing me and fussing over me when Aunt Frank opened the
door. At her surprised look I brushed away my tears of joy. I understood
everything now--her uneasiness, the long telephonic conferences, my
confinement to the house.
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