South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 366, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 31 December 1920 — Page 5

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THE UNPROFITABLE SERVANT By 0. Hemy

I .in. ih- rJ-'hor by tie actual:. -anof four nowsjiaptr men. Singly, they arr my encyclopedias, irbu.d, n.fntors, and omptlmes

tunkiT.. Hut now and then nap

p ns th.it all of them will upon the R.ur.c print-worthy dent of the parsing earthly

quins an accounting. Two servant. havti put their talents out at usury anil galn d 100 per ti.t. fiuoJ. The unprofitable one wtmfly di?i up the talent dcponited

pitch I with him and hands It out on deine!i mar.d. A pattern of tehavior for

-ct th-m.eIvos on the wade

tase. To make the i. a tt : I ph ih-supher

you (una to swell the um- . known.

Thus in the countenance a cf tl

wo hate or Jove we f.nJ w most desire cr fear to ee. . an assertion equalling In

uorn ana cnuroFiuro tne i mous sayings of the most

at the wiTid

f the parsing earthly iar.o- trust companies anu anK, Kure.y.

rarr.a and will cnd In rer.ortorUi in ono version we read that he nan construction thereof to their re- wrapped it in a napkin and laid

ir.nrn 1 1 s It is then tnat. ill wa v. liM me C o m m e n ta tor

iic live

for me. it i to lnutfh. l or It seems tint to i-.ii'h of them, trained end skilled ;s h- may he. the same oc-r-urre;ir-presents a, different facet

forms us that the was composed of

ver. about J&Oi) worth, chronicler who mentioned

talent mentio

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vn- will have it (I4, us say) that Mmc. Andre Marcarte's apartment w.is lusted by k'.x burtrlerF, who n-'.'-rid.'d via the fire escape and bore away a ruby tiara valued at

two thousand dollars anu a I hundred-dollar prize Spitz doff. I which (In violation of th: xpectori ation ordinance) was n;akinff free

with th hall of the . qu'.-unoowetunquah ! Mv S'-oond "chlel"

' to the effect that Ciuk' of pinochle

I in th- tenement rooms of Mrs. ;Amly .MCarty, a lady pue?t rained ! Huby i'H;ira thrw a burglar down six flight.- of stair, where, he was ' plnlored and hold by a two-thou.s- ' and-dollar English bulldotr uniid a ' crowd of fiUO excited spectators, i My third chronicler and Uind twill pather the r.rv,s threads of the i happening In his own happy way; st ttlnc forth on the pase for you ! ti. read that the house of Antonio Mac.fthM was blown up at 0 a. m. by th.- Hl.ick Hand society, on his refusing to have f2.ooo at a certain stn-et corner, killing a ret livcI hundred-ilollar Pomeranian be-

. !oni:!n to Aldermnn Hurdtar.a s lit

kin. had either to reduce the amount of the deposit or do a lot of explainlr.K about the s!r.e cf the napery usd In those days. Therefore In h;a version we note that he used the word "pound" instead f "talent." A pound of silver m;y very wll bo laid away and carried nway In a nankin, as anv hotel or resta'i-

Wuttapesltuck- J rant man wo,i tojj- you

apartments. 1 jtu jc u, Kci awav from our will take notes I mutter.

Wher. the returned nobleman finds that the one-talented servant has nothing to hand over except

the original fund entrusted to him. i Cieary's he Ls as anpry as a multi-millionaire) Uigrhth av

would be If some one should hide I urnhr his h"l and make a noi.oi like an assessment. Ho orders the unprofitable servant cast into outer J darkness. after first takincr away j his talent and srlvlnpr i to the 100-j p-cr cent financier, and breathing

strancre saws, sayinp: "Prom him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath." Which Is th same as to pay: "Xothlnt; from nothing U avcn nothing."

i And now closer draw the threads i of parable, precept allegory, and

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Oer -,f wcrus), he wis the b-rt j 1V-1 Delano retired within h:s fa: cy dancer on any of. t':u i: t'.t ; jv ( rcc at and hat. In two minute between Ottawa and Corpur, C.iristl. ; he ernertred und turned hi Jpft fide vVi'.a his eyes lixtu o4i v.il.i:;c- au. Mtic. Then he spoke: b.i feet &.j)areiitly bxd on noth- "You've fe'tt a foot movement, in'. he "r.Uhtly charmed tho;-- kid. Ilko a baby hippopotamus tryKiTcl," a."? h!9 press-iiir nt ir.c s rec t- .r.K l fUlt -stPi a jub fn:n a huiii-

I" 3tatcd. i;vcn takii i: iv.thi pet-hr.ir.sr tird. And you hold yours.

Jurmance and mat'r.ce tfe-th r, he like a truck driver l.avinc Iiis pi- -.v arc ely could have charmed :o-ru!turo taken in a Thud av. photot'v.in l.SOC. lncludin? those wlio b::!raph gallery. And you !:tr.fr.': tot itt-r iora, the Bauteil Irl. had i any n;ethod or style. And your N.-;uct2cü herself through a hoop l! knees are about as lin.b-r as a cu-

inches In diamuter. ai;d thosj who I Pie of Yale tass-kevs. And v

v.-ire wfciimg lor tne moving jic- j strike tne eye as wtr.in:. 1 t w turcs. f-av. 4Ö0 rounds while vi.; worn.

iiut. say, would you nur.-i l-i

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tie d.nmhter (see photo and dla- I an-. .-.mm n -r im o-!.o;e ) will, or Ise weaving themselves Xumbem ' four of my history- j hr"r. llfl, Ucll tnr' (,u; nakers will slrnplv construe from I M'Ovvan anil his one talent.

...fill., i iier is mu t uciinuiun iu k'nu.

She premises an audienrM was listening ert on Sixth Jhe was Mrs

the Htorv that

of '.(iOi'i enthusiasts to a Rubinstein const., a woman who said Andrew M. Carter

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j threw a brick through a plate plass window valued at ?."00. The Car- ' er woman claimed that some one. ' in llip bu'blin- had tobm her do. Now. tlie discrepancies in thes" registrations of tb" day's dolnjrs I need do no one hurt. Surely one newspaper is enouch for any man

to prop a era Inst his morning water bottle to fend off the smilinpr hatred

(of hi wiles fiance, ii no te iooiJ ish enough to r-ad four he Is no ' wiser than a higher critic. I remember (probably as well a-s i do) havinir read the parable of the talents. A prominent citizen, 1 about to journey into a far ominl try. firt hands over to his servants his Kootis. To one lie frives five tal -' fiits; to another two; to another n0 to very man according to his I s- veral ability, as the text has It. There a:;. two versions of this parable, a.s you well krnw. There 1 may be more I do net know. When the . c. returned he re-

and then the homely actors tri; Talent: A k'ift. endowment

on.

Iiut Del rxiano wag the west s.de's favorite; and no.vhcie is there r. more loyal side. Jt'lve yoai3 Lcfore our story v.as submitted to the editors. Del had crawled from tome Tenth av. basement, like a lean rat and had bitten his way into tho b;g chcti:e. Patched, halfft vrved, cuffless. and as .scornful of the hook as an Interpreter of Ibsen, he had danced his wa into heilih (as you and I view It, and fiune in 10 minutes on Amateur night ai

(Variety) theater in A bookmaker (one. of

the kind that talent wins with Instead of losing) at in the audlenct, a.-leep, d re ami nff of an Impossible dck-up anionir the amateurs. After a snore, a tri ass of beer from the handsome waiter, and a lmorary blihdncs.5 cauvd b the diamonds of a transnu)ntajie blonde in Box K, th bookmaJter woke up long- trough to

eJtKajre Del Delano for a hreij weeks' trial fiipagenient fused with a trained dor.: short circuit com rinu t ti..' three Washingtons Height--. ' Siatj- and Squa.re. I Hy the time this story was read and accepted, Del Iel,LT.o v. as druwj lnK hl.s 1.100 a week, which, divid-d ! by s yen (.Sunday i'.cts not ir; re-'-I tuiae bt arm permissible), dispels the j delusion ntt rtalned by most of us

or ,

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we have keen biUer .lays. Yo i

facultv; some peculiar, ability ""t li V , V., l"

natural i t , . , ... ...

t'ei leiano nonoreo ii w r. n a visu

pale, pair eeS Mike

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power, or accomplishment.

or acquired. (A metaphor borrowed from the parable In Matt. XXV. 1 4 - :i o . In New York city today there are (estimated) K'Ö.CKM living creatures training for the stage. This does not. include seals, pig, dogs, elephants, prize fighters, Carmens, mind-readers or Japanese wrestlers. The bulk of the are In the ranks ef the Four Million. Out of this number will survive a thousand. Nine hundred of thtse will have .attained vheir fulness of fame when they shall .dubiously indicate with the point of a hatpin a blurred figure in a ilashhght photograph of a stage tout ensemble with the proud commentary, "That's me." llhty in the. pinkest ft (male I.ouis XIV court costunvs, shall welcome the qmen of the (mythical) I'awpaw Isles in a few wi ll-mt moi -ied words, turning a tip-tilted noso upon tho nine hundred. Ten. in tiny laco caps, shall du::' Ibsen furnUurc for six minutes alter the rising if the curtain. Nine shall .attain the circuits, bvsiegin'-r -with mvsclc. skill, eye, hand, voice, wit. brain, heel and toe

the ultimate hich valb; of stardom. ; One phall Inherit Broadway. Sic I venlt glotia mundi. j ".'lifi McGown and Mae MacGa-j

wan woro couMn. T.aoy lived

the west, side and v ere talented. Sinking, damdnk'. :mit.ition. tri k bicycle lidlng, b it.?, O'Tn an a:d Irish dialect comedy, and a littl : sb :ght-of-hanü and balancing of wheat straws and win elbarrows on the ends of their chins came a.s easy to them a.s it is for you to lix vor. rat iv, it won't show or to dodge a cerditor through the swinging doors of a well-lighted cafe according as you may belong to the one or the other division ot the greatest proti-

uiglators me people. l ney were-, slim, pale, consummately self. pos

sessed youths, whoe lin -nal'.s j i were alwia irreproachably anl I clothes s.atns repnvtchfullv ) shiny.!

Tnelr conversation was in ser tence j

so snort tnai tney niaoe ivipnng s st etv:. a.s long ns court citation".. Having the tempt rrvment, they did no work. Any afternoon you could Und tlvm on I'ighth av. either in front ef pinelll's barber shop, Mik Lvugan's jilace, or the Limerick hotrvl T-tiKl.fr'' tlinlr fr -. fi r r . i tviüii

with dinue silk- handkerchiefs. Atl1,irs

any time, if you had happened to j

h. standing, undecisive, near a pooltable, and 1 i ft" and Mac had, casual ly, ?s It were, drawn near, mentioning something", disinterestedly, about a frame, well, indeed, would it havo been for you had you gone your way, unresponsive. Which assertion., carefully considered, is a study In tense, punctuation, and adico to st rancors. Of all kinships it is likely that tn; closest is that of cousin. IP tween cousins there exist tho ties of race, name, and favor tlej thicker than water, and yet not coagulated with the Jealous precipitations of broth

erhood or the enjoining obligations j of the matrimonial yoke. Vou can;

I Ik stew upon a cousin almost the ir - , Tercst and affection that you would

clve to a stranger; you need not i feel toward him the contempt and I ombirrassment that you have for) one of your father's sons it is the!

closer clan-feeling that sometimes makes the branch of a tree stronger than Its trunk. Thus were tho two MeOcwarn bonded. They enjoyed a quiet celebrity in their district, which was a strip west of Eighth av. with the pump for It pivot. Their talents were praised in a hundred "joints"; their friendship wis famed own in a neighborhood where men had been known to Ucht oft the ies of

their friend? when domestic on-! i-iaught war lone being made upon 1 their friends by the wives of their! friends. (Thus do the limitation; of E'VgUsh force us to rep tt ends. j So, slcie by side, grim, .-allow.

lowering. inseparable. undefeated the cousins fought their way Into tho tempi of Art art with a big A. which cnunes to intervene a lesson In geometry.

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your name ? "McGowan," ta;l the humul.d amateur "Mac McGowun." Delano the Great s'.owly lighted a

cigarette ana continued trireugn r fcmoke : "In other word.-'. you're rotte:

Vou can't dcr.ee. l'ut

one thing j ou've got." "Throw it all off your systet: you're at it." said Mae. "W'h gotV

"Oer.iuV .-aid Del Delano

eept lujself. ;t's.up to Ju to best fancy dancer in the States. Europe, Asia, and the ial possessors of all three." "Smoke up!" said Mac

; wa n. "Genius." repeated th- A f-'ter ' jou've gtt a talent for genius. Your brains are in your feet, where a dancer's ought tD be. You've been selftaught until you're almost ruined, but not quit.. What you need is a trainer. I'll take you fn hand and put you at ;he toj of the profession. Tb.t ro's room there for the two of us. You ma beat me." said the Masti r. casting upon him a cold, savage look combininj.' vi i:u: n rivalry, affect i -ri. jusiK ..i.d human hate that it .'tamped hin. at or.ee a ne of the little great ones of the earth "you may beat. i..e; but I doubt it. I've got the .'ar: ar.q th--pUll. HUt at tlie top i- V. Ilele Wi!

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hat we r which i rT,k V ' i..v;.-.-i:. .Y"-itv 1

bust ver a r -;r f ' v t :J V ? i 'CJ'' X T i

: G :&&fc r, k mH G ! ' F ? v ,! i stay i? i

I'll tell y..u 2 .A K VVV '

i -while fjr ' ' '"""' ' ."f p ii" MARGIE! i ; ' t IM

I after his ternsichorean t in a his- i oe.on

! toncallv irreat and vilelv ventilate. 1 I I'.obinsoti

j iiioadway theater. If tlie west side

could claim 4L' minutes out "f ht4J weeks' botkings every year, it was an occasion for bonf-rts and repaintint; of the J'ump. Aivl now you know rliy Mike's saloon i, i resort, and no lontrer a simple place. Del Ielan entered Mike's abuie.

So nearly, concealed in a iur-iined I but

overcoat and a derby two sizes rej Uirge l'cr him was prince Lichtfoot that vou saw of hij fac' onlc hi

Your name

hatohot-edged featurts and a tf unwinking, cold, lr-ht blue Nearly every mart iourgi;r' ct 's bat recognized the renowned

product of the west s'de. To thos who 1 iii not, wislom was eon'-jed )iy prtdding ellws ard gro.vis o-tne-sided introd act ion Upon Charley, one of the barter -mis, both faniv' and fortune l. -set nded slmultant usly. He h oi onee been honored by shaking hands with the great lalano at a Seventh a. boxlnir bout. So with luns of

brass he now criid: "Hallo, l.t I.

; .uiKo. tne nroprieior, v.-no w;-- .r thing

ci -in.King trie ca.sn n.sur, r.earo.jj

n the next lay he raised (jharley wages live a week. Del Delano tlrar.k a ta-nv I t el

Ti ii-ir-r t.r" -f . -il'i.ljiijlr mit .if Vi

nightly earnings of ?4-." "-". I toalded amiabl- but eobliy ;l tl.

I' ng rne oi .mikc on.--

strolled past them into the rear room of the cafe. Tor lie heard in there sounds pertaining to hi own art tlie light, stirring staccato of a buck-a nd-wing dance. In the back room Mac McGowan was giving a private exhibition of the ger.ius of Iiis feet. A teW VoOUg men sat at tables looking on critically while they amused themselves serioucly with beer. They r.odded ajiprova at some new fancy stejs d' Mac's own invention. At the sight of the great Del Delano, the amateur's t'et t stuttered, blundered, clicked a few times, and ceased to move. The tongues of one's shoes become tied ir the presence of the Master. Mac's sallow

i lace iook ui a soght ilusa. j From tho uncertain cavity b.I tween Del Delano's hat brim and the lapels of his high fur coat -ol-

uue a thin puff of cigafet

smoKo and then a voire:

"McGowan." repeated the amateur. "Mac McGowan." "It don't matter," -aid 1 ian. "Suppose you walk Up to Iii v hot,-! with me. I'd like to talk to ymi. Your foot-work is the worst 1 wr saw. Madigar. but well. I'd like to talk to you. You mav not think so.

I'm not ?o stuck up. I eame o!f

ot the West Si.le myself. That overcoat Cost Tile V"U; but the Collar ain't so high but what I can see ovt r it. I taught myself to dam e.

anu i put in most oi nine e.,rs at

It betört I thooK a toot m pui ii--. Hut I had genius. I didn't go too far wrong in teaching- myself as j ou've done. You've got the rotteliest method an 1 styles of anybody I ever saw." "Oh. I don't think mu-'h of the lev little stt ps I take." said Mac with hypocritical lightto "Don'; talk like a paekae of selfraising buckwheat Hour." said Del

i Delano. "You've got a mb-nt hatai-

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Margie is popular! It's a number that e ery regular girl will like. There is a laugh in everv note of the music. Havei4Maro:ie,, in vour home and you'll ha e a happy New Year. Flaws on all Machines

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Up to (

oper tniru: witti it.

i;ivf ou g up to m:

j talk, if you w ill." J In hi.-.- looms in the Kint: I hotel. I el 1 Mario put ou a house eont botiielt d will) i-'o

land set out Apollinaris an-i !o i of sweet crackers.

U"' ! Mae's eye wandt led.

"Forget it." said Del. "Drink and tobacco may be all right for a man who makes his living witii his hands, but they w on't do if you're d pending on your head or your feet. If one nd of you get tangled, so duo the other. That's why b ! and .igaiettes don't hurt piano players and picture painter.1?. Ilui you've got to nit em out if you want to do mental or pedal work. Now, have a cracker, and then we'll talk some." "All rit;ht." said Mac. "I take it as an honor, ot course, for you to notice my hopping around, of course J'd like 1o io something in a professional line. Of course I can sing a little a M.d do card tri' ks and Irish and ''. a ana 1 eoniedy stuff, and of course I'm r.ot so bad on the trap . ard comic bicycle stunts and Hein ew monologues and " "One moment." interrupted De. Delano, "before we begin. I mIii you couldn't dance. Well. that wasn't quit light. You'e only : two or thre-? bad tricks in your method. You're handy with your feet, and you belong at the top. where I am. I'll put you there. I've got six weeks continuous in New York: and in four I can shape up your style till the booking agents will fight one another to g. t you. And I'll do it, -.oo. I'm of. from, and for the W.Mt Side. 'Del Delano' looks good on bill-boards, but the family name's Crowley. Nov.. Mackintosh McGowan, I mean you've got your chance ."0 times a better one than I had." "IM be a shine to turn it down." said Mao. "And I hope you understand I appreciate It. Me and my cousin Cliff McGowan was thinking tif getting ;i try-out at Creary's on amateur night a month from tomorrow." "Good stuff!" said Delano. "I go: mine there. Junius T. Itollins. the booker for Kuhn .V. Donley, jumped on the FtaLro and engaged me after Cn.NTl NT: ED ON' I A GK 12.)

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Grevin 9 For You

"Feather Your Nest

"Singin' The Blues

"A-B-C-D Blues

"Do that last step over again, kid. Ar.d don't hold your arms quite so stiff. Xow. then.:" Once more Mac went throusrh his pace?. According to the traditions of the man dancer, his entire being was transformed Into more fet ar.d le-rs. Ilia gTL7i and expression cecame cataleptic; his body, unbending ahove the waist, but as light as a cork, bobbed like the same cork

a ru

One nUht at .about 11 o'cloc.: dancing on the ripples

Del Delano dropped into Mike's brook. Tk beat of his he!s and

place on Eighth av. From that mo-'tre pleased you like a snare drum fr.ent, instead of remaining a Piae e. j ohligato. The r rforrr ance er.de. the cafe became a Resort. It was with an amazlr.g elate r of leather as though Kin IMward had con- I against wood that culminated in a

decenoCd to mir.gie with tcn-.po:s sudden f.at-focted

or a dirrerent s.:lt; or Joe G-an hid casually ?tro!Icd in to look over the T-akero Fchool; cr Mr. Shaw vt I'r.gl.ind. haa accepted an invitation to read selections from "Rena, the Snowbird" at an unveiling cf ti e: proposed monument to James Ow n O'Connor at Chinquapin Tails, Mi-s. In ffrive of th?so comparisons, you will havo to be told why the pu.trcnlzinjf of a third-rate saloon cn the wwt fide by the said Del Delano conferred such epeclPo honor upo the plica. Del Delano cwld net make hi feet behtve; ar.d so the world paid

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the dar.cer erect and as motionless as a pillar of the colonial portico of a mansion in a Kentucky prohibition town. Mac felt that h had done his best and that Del Delar.f would turn hi back upen him ir. derisive scorr.. An approximate silence followed, broken only by the mewing of a cafe cat and the bubbub and uproar of

a few million citiztr.s ar.d trar.spor-j

tation facilities outside. Mac turned a hopeless but nervy eye upon I1 Delano's face. In it he read disgust, admiration, nvy. indifference, approval, d'.sapp In:-

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