Philip Curtiss

“ At sight of Bellsmith, the young man, like Barnes, paused automatically for a fraction of a second, then, seeing his mistake, nodded good-naturedly and passed on.
A moment later there was a giggle and scamper on the iron staircase and a group of chorus girls came circling down it. For some reason (again unknown to science) there is always in every musical comedy company, one chorus girl who is half a head taller than all the rest. ”

“ The older men were invariably shabby. At a moment when the little space before the call-board was crowded there came a sudden hush. Glancing behind him Bellsmith saw a tremendous figure in a fur coat billowing down the corridor. ”

“ Out in the alley the girl took his arm but dropped it as soon as they reached the street, whether to Bellsmith's relief or to his regret he was not at all certain.
In front of the theater they paused while Bellsmith looked around wildly.
"I 'll see whether I can get a taxi," he began, but the girl interrupted him.
"What nonsense!" she said. "Can't we walk?"
"That's what I should do myself," admitted Bellsmith, "but where would you like to go? There is some kind of dancing at both of the hotels, or perhaps—"
"I don't feel very much like dancing," replied Miss Marshall. ”

“ Probably she expected no response and, getting none, passed out of the swinging and banging door at the head of her bevy, a rather pathetic group of young women, most of them little more than children, none of them very well dressed except two trim, tailored Jewish girls with good imitations of expensive furs, big, expressionless eyes, sleek hair, and sharply penciled eyebrows. ”