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“Absolutely !” the two girls answered as one.
“And we had sense enough — I don’t know where we got it,” Bunny confessed — “to wear trim, tailory things and no paint.”
“Our faces were almost nude,” Brownie said, “when we went in and talked to Mr. Ziegfeld’s Mr. Hope — another nice man.”
“I’ll say he was a nice man !” from Bunny.
“Nice as you,” Brownie flattered; “and we talked to him much as we’re talking to you. He said, ‘Any experience on the stage?’ And when Bunny said, ‘Do we have to answer that?’ he said, ‘No; I don’t think you do. So they’re two little girls from Columbus, are they?’ he went on, laughing to himself, ‘And they’re going to bust right into a show, are they? Well, you're the only girls with a sense of humor I’ve seen this Summer; stick around for a couple of wreeks, if you can afford to live that much longer, and I’ll see what I can do.’ ”
“It was three weeks after that,” Bunny picked up, “that Ziegfeld, at one of those terrifying elimination rehearsals, saw Brownie sitting on a rail — trust her to pick a high spot! He called out: ‘Hey! You! You girl from Columbus!’ And Brownie jumped down, grabbed me by the hand and hauled me along with her. Trust her to do that too !”
“What did Mr. Ziegfeld say to you?” I asked Brownie.
“ ‘Which of you girls is the one from Columbus?’ “ ‘Both of us,’ I answered, and Bunny and I both laughed. So did Ziegfeld.
“ ‘All right,’ he said, ‘I’ll take these two.’
“Now,” added Brownie, “you know why the ‘Follies’ have been successful this year!”