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Hollywood — The Band of Hope
whom can hardly understand English — Mexicans, Indians, Chinese, Japanese, Negroes, all blended in that easy-going democracy of the stage and of America combined. Seldom making up accounts with themselves to calculate that the chances of success are but little more than those of winning the Calcutta Sweep, they are strangely content with this dull, brainless life of long waiting interspersed with spasmodic moments of intense energy.
Some there were, however, who had stopped to calculate, and had in consequence stepped aside, preferring the solidity of a regular income to the delights of starving on illusions of to-morrow's * break.' Of such were the hairdressers, the make-up men, and the doubles. At the close of any big success these would rush from their places of concealment as the cameras were changing place. The make-up men would dab the sweat from the principals' faces with small pieces of blotting-paper and would repair any damages that the complexions had suffered ; the hairdressers would straighten any disordered locks or would bring in extra supplies from the big make-up table, where spare hair of many shades was fixed in combs. The doubles would relieve their stars for focusing purposes or for try-outs.
Clearly all these had registered their resignations from the great Band of Hope. No make-up man or hairdresser could ever shine starrily, and as for the doubles, they had become mere
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