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A CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER VI you feel upset, nervous and irritabla, why not switch to dclicioui Poitura right awny? It baa absolutely no caffeine feffect on nerve*, heart or itomach. Economical, too. Order Poitmu today. "Tom had a swell case of Caffeine Nerves from too much tea and coffee. Even hi* friends avoided him. Then someone put him wise and persuaded him to drink Postum. TJiirty days later ha was the most popular man in town, drat it!" Mr. 2*. N. Coffeg Nervtt* POSTUM PIT? BABES DM BBOADWAY Adapted by FRANCES 8ARBOUR from the MGM Picture Starring Mickey Rooney CAST OF CHARACTERS Tommy Williams Mickey Rooney Penny Morris Judy Garland Miss Jone* . Fay Bainter Barbara Jo ....'. Virginia Weidter Ray Lambert Ray McDonald Morton Hammond ....Richard Qulne Mr. Stone Donald Meek Alexander Woollcott By Himself Nick Luis Albernl CHAPTER ONE It was noon hour. Broadway was coming to life for the day. In and out of the PiU-Astor drug tore, one saw an sndlese parade of ao.pirant.-i to acting fame. Some- where among these young people from all over the country, there were the future theatre stars of tomorrow, the George M. Cohans, tha Katharine Cornells, the Lunts and Fontannes. They were tho great army of believer*. Without them, Broadway would have been just another high- way for their hopes and paved its streets with magic, their ambitions had lighted it with fame. All over New York City, there ware hundreds of them, looking, hoping, praying . . , weary, hungry and homesick. Most of them would have been satisfied with anything four simple lines and a cup of cof- fee. No part could be too small, no possibility too remote. They had amazing capacities for dieippoint- log these young people. The same round* over and over again. Noth- ing today, nothing tomorrow, nothing yesterday. But they would keep on dream- Ing and struggling and believing for the theatre was their heaven and their goal. To get there, they were often humble, they acted in hallways, and like Tommy Wil- liam* who had been away from his home in Wisconsin for a year now they eang and danced in cellars. At the moment though, Nick's oellar spaghetti joint was distres- singly empty as Tommy, along with his pals Ray and Hammy. went through their sassy college routine, laughing, singing, step- ping high and wondering about the future. Tommy glanced around the place. "Do you think the audience likes us?" "I don't know," Ray returned, ''but thank goodness they outnum- bered us." Tommy nodded and once again, A FAMOUS BRAND iqdett's FINE CUT Founded by the late A. E. Cross in 1885, the A-Seven Ranch near Nan ton, Alberta, is famous to this day for the high-grade grass- fed beef cattle which the ranch raises and ships all over Canada. BRAND OF THE A-SEVEN RANCH glanced curiously at the pleasant, miiidleaged woman, woo had been coming there six nights in a row. She was a nice "icky" he thought, prob'ly from some little town Ilk* Waterbury. But then, anybody would b nice who showed that much appreciation for the Thre Musical Balls of Fire. Their act came to an end with a flourish and they danced off to the dressing room. Any minute now Nick would com* In with th "kitty." Mcybe one of tha custo- mers had put a dollar In it for a change. Boy, It sure would be nice to get a job some day with a salary attached to It. There was a knock on the door antl Nick, the proprietor entered. His round, double chinned face was sorrowful. "Boys," he said heavily, "I want* you should re- sign." They all stared and Tommy said, "You mean quit working hereT No sir, Nick. We love you. We're not going to leave you down in this cel- lar by yourself every night" Nick sighed tragically. "Then I got to fire you." Affectionately, ha shushed them. "Look, I gotta da bis. I gotta da wife, I gotta da kids, I gotta myself, I gotta you. Yea?" "Yea," they said. This was all Irrefutable truth. Nick shrugged. "But I gotta only four customers to eat da spaghett. So I gotta go outta biz." That set the boys back on their heels. Without hope. Tommy* looked Into the "kitty" which Nick had brought with him. There was a nickel, a dime, a quarter and Tommy's eyes bulged a five dollar bill. "Hey," he yelled, what's this? Who pat this five bucks in?" Nobody could even hasard a guess. Then Tommy said, startled, "Couldn't be the Icky' from Water- bury?" H understood. "She prob- ably thought It was a buck. We'll have to give it back." Hammy and Ray let out stricken cries. Tommy though, was at the door. Lovingly, he looked at the bill. "Hate to do it fellows but things aren't that tough. I better hurry though before my stomach starts talking to my will power." Outside, he headed for the table of thetr benefactress. "I'm afraid you mad* a mistake lady," he grinned. "W found thia bill in the 'kitty'." She adjusted her glasses and looked at it. "Anything wrong with it? The 'kitty' says you take every- thing." A feather would have knocked Tommy down. "You mean you . . ." Then he laughed self consciously. "Gee, that's a pretty big admission just to watch us. You can see the best show on Broadway for four- forty." "I think your show is as good a* some I've seen on Broadway," was the reply. Delighted, Tommy sat down. "You do, eh? Well, we think so too but the out of town trade doesn't gen- erally appreciate us. Where you from? I mean what part of the country?" "Well, I was born In Wisconsin, but ... " Tommy almost turned a hand- spring. "That's funny, I was born in Wisconsin too. My mother still lives there." He smiled at her hap- pily. "You know you're like Mom. She always says Ood made New York so the good people would ap- preciate Wisconsin." Now Hammy and Ray joined him. 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There was another loud outburst from the shooting gallery. Tommy sighed and laborious!/ finished up: "Love, Tommy." The next morning, he and tha boys drifted into the Pltt-Astor. The place was already crowded. Everyone was reading the theatre news and trying to look im- portant. All at once. Tommy noticed a girl In one of the booths. She had bright coppery hair and a turned -up nose. Something click- ed. He liked her and he didn't know why. She looked up and he caught her eye. For a moment her lashes flickered. Then, In utter disdain, she turned away. Tommy got mad, all to himself. "Well, if that's the way she feels about a guy like me> . . ." "What'll It be boys?" Shorty, the counter man asked. Automatically, they went through their routine. Tommy asked for steak, Ray for fried chicken and Hammy for broiled squab. "Three ham on ry." Shorty sang out. "Heavy on the ham." Ha turned back. "Oh by the way, Tommy, there was a call lor you piya." "A call?" "Yeah. Tha Thornton Reed of- fice." 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