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Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley 1 Amarilly Jenkins, a Debutant of Clothes Line Alley. Mary Pickford.

2 Terry McGowan - who is "keeping company" with Amarilly. William Scott.

3 Amarilly's mother .... "maid in Ireland". Kate Price.

4 Amarilly's brothers, the men who uphold the honor of the Jenkins family.

5 Sunday .... soothing syrup

 to Clothes Line Alley.

6 Among the Four Hundred we find Mrs. David Phillips, who believes in the Fourteenth Commandment - "Thou shalt not forget thy pose." Ida Waterman.

7

 "Yes - this is the

Athletic Club."

8

 "I wish to speak to my 

nephew, Gordon Phillips. You will find him in the - Bible Class."

9 The student,

 Gordon Phillips.

Norman Kerry.

The "stewdent",

 Johnny Walker.

Fred Goodwins.

10

 "You naughty boy -

why haven't you been to see me lately?"

11

 "Terry - I loves

violets."

12 "- so do I!"

13 On Sunday afternoon, Terry and his "best girl" - motor!

14

 "Wonder where she

copped that muff!"

15

 "We lost our cat 

last week!"

16 Gordon Phillips' nightly rendezvous.

17 With Amarilly

and Terry.

18

 "I'm keeping my eye

on a cradle robber!"

19 "... classy elevators!"

20

 "Pardon me, but I start on

my milk route in an hour, so PLEASE take that Romeo stuff - up a couple of flights!"

21

 "They're the champion

check fumblers of the world."

22

 "All they needs is a

piccalo to have a Jazz band."

23

 "Me an' you have been

goin' together for three years ... an' you ain't ever kissed me goodnight."

24

 "I suppose it happens 

in every woman's life ... shoot!"

25 ".... good NIGHT!"

26

 "Shame on ye! Galavantin'

around 'til this hour o' night - an yer poor, old mother picturin' ye killed entoirly."

27 And then .... on Monday, it's back to the week- day grind.

28

 "Excuse me, Mister -

I think the theayter's on fire!"

29 Home Sweet Home.

30

 "Gee, Ma - Mrs. Jensen's

got the 'gimmies'!"

31

 "'Gim me this' - 'gim me

these' - 'gim me those'."

32

 "Will you sign this, old 

chap? My guest card has run out."

33

 "Please don't forget to 

come to my dinner party tonight. It is in honor of Colette."

34

 "Sorry, Auntie, but Professor

Haig, the great prohibitionist, is going to lecture in my studio tonight, on how to down - whiskey."

35

 "- an' I can git Amarilly

a job at the Cyclone Cafe - sellin' cigarettes!"

36

 "There! Wasn't I afther

tellin' ye - the Lord never closes wan door but he opens a window!"

37 "Irish turkey!"

38 Dinner - when it is "eaten".

39 Supper - when it is "et".

40 At the Cyclone

 Cafe.

41 Colette King, a product of social cold storage, whom Mrs. Phillips hopes her nephew will marry. Margaret Landis.

42

 "I know why Gordon is

studying so hard these days .... it is because of his interest in you, dear."

43

 "Don't you know a lady

when you sees one?"

44

 "My regular business is

the theatrical perfesshun."

45

 ".... scrub lady at the

Majestic Theayter."

46 "Snitch" McCarthy, whose tattling causes 99% of the troubles in Clothes Line Alley. Tom Wilson.

47

 ".... them guys over 

there are tryin' to cop your Janes."

48

 "Gee, Mister! You was

certainly goin' great - 'til you ran out of gas."

49

 "For the love o' Mike -

where did ye get it?"

50

 "I just seen that girl

o' yours luggin' home a highbrow."

51

 "I'm sorry to have 

caused you all this trouble."

52

 "That's nothin'! Amarilly's 

always draggin' somethin' home."

53

 ".... last time it was a

bulldog that went mad an' bit Flamingus."

54

 "How can I repay you

for your kindness?"

55

 "... shure, an' ye could

give me yer washin'."

56

 "... can't a swell guy 

come up here without you askin' for his dirty shirts?"

57 On the following Monday morning Amarilly pays her first visit to Gordon Phillips' studio.

58

 "What a swell scrap there

must a' been around here to bust up all this china!"

59

 "Don't breathe it to a

soul, Mrs. Finnegan, but Amarilly met a dude last night. She's afther his washin'!"

60

 "There ain't this much 

dirt in all Clothes Line Alley."

61

 "That isn't dirt - it's

atmosphere! And it cost my Aunt about ten thousand dollars!"

62 "WOW!!"

63

 "Don't breathe it to a 

soul .... but Amarilly's gettin' gay with a dude!"

64

 "You ain't offerin' me

seven plunks a week just for scrubbin' up this place?"

65

 "You heard what he

called ye? Don't come home 'til he takes it back."

66

 "I can lick any kid in 

the alley - but I can't lick a goat!"

67

 ".... ain't it too bad,

Terry, that Amarilly's throwed you over!"

68

 "I ain't blamin' you,

Amarilly .... I don't stack up against no - Matinay Idol."

69

 "You ain't tyin' the can

to me, are you, Terry?"

70

 "Only thirteen more pay-

ments - an' then it was ours .... now I guess you wants it for another girl."

71

 "- I'm through with

dames!"

72 Every month, at the home of Mrs. Phillips there meets "The Society for the Betterment of Humanity".

73

 "The Alley's quaranteened

with scarlet fever. Last night me an' the kids bunked in the Park."

74

 "Kindness is my Aunt's 

hobby. I'll see if she can't find a place for you."

75

 " - couldn't you find

some unoccupied room in the house for this child?"

76

 "I'd rather stay here an'

go on with the scrubbin'. Gran'ma scrubbed ... Ma scrubs ...."

77

 ".... an' I LIKES

scrubbin'!!"

78 The "Society" - like many philanthropists, enjoys charity because it reflects glory upon the giver.

79

 "... perhaps we can use 

the little girl my nephew is bringing here, as one of our experiments."

80

 "What an interesting 

specimen!"

81

 "Another crack like that

- an' I'll crown her!"

82

 "Let us give her every

opportunity for mental progression. The experi- ment will be psychological."

83

 "That dame must 'o

swallowed the diction- ary!"

84 Mrs. Phillips, to demon- strate her theory that environment makes the woman, plans to introduce Amarilly as a social equal.

85

 "I don't want to be 

no lady - I want to go home!"

86

   Two weeks later.

Mrs. Phillips is ready to believe that charity should begin at home - and end there.

87

 "I'm tryin' so hard to 

make good - for Mrs. Phillips."

88

 "I never knowed what a 

swell place Clothes Line Alley was, 'til they took me away from there. Guess - 'cause it's home."

89 Society always enjoys - "something different". Now exhibit A - is Amarilly.

90

 " - - - no use for the

bloomin' doll, but I'll offer twenty dollars for a kiss!"

91 " - - - thirty dollars!"

92 " - - - thirty-five!"

93 " - - fifty!"

94 " - - one hundred!"

95

 " - - one hundred

and fifty!"

96 And so - out of the acorn - there grows the mighty oak.

97

 "How could you ever 

care for the likes of me?"

98

 "You were right, Terry,

not to go into that place of evil. There are no heart- aches that can justify a man losing his self respect."

99

 "Would you disgrace your

family name and destroy your social position - by such a marriage?"

100 Mrs. Phillips believes, wisely, that Ridicule is the antidote of Romance.

101

 "I have asked your 

mother to come to our tea this afternoon."

102

 "Timmy Murphy .....

so this where ye are workin'!"

103

 "Gee, Ma - you're

all dressed up like a broken arm."

104

 "Meet Bud an' Bo -

the near twins."

105

 "Meet Milt an' Flamingus.

Only been licked onct - an' that by the Kelly Gang."

106

 " - - an' pipe the Pride

of Clothes Line Alley!"

107 And there follows the Battle of Iconoclasts - Round one!

108

 "You ought to see my

mother dance!"

109

 "Some stepper - my

Ma - an' she ain't had a lesson!"

110 Round two!

111

 "Wait 'til I springs this

on the Finnegans!"

112

 "I am sorry, Gordon,

that you should be so humiliated."

113 Round three!

114

 "Shure, he's a foine

bye, but he's got the bit o' a cold."

115

 "So has my poor 

little Oswald."

116

 "Oh! You've got a

little bye, too?"

117

 "I don't know if enny of

youse ever took in washin' - but my - ain't the soap high!"

118

 "How dare that woman

insult me by speaking of my past?"

119

 "I'm sorry my poor Ma

hurt the lady's feelin's. She didn't mean it -"

120

 "Please forgive her

..... she's just - old fashioned."

121

 "My dears, this is our

reward for trying to raise the unfortunates of the slums to a higher social plane."

122

 "Cheer up, Ma .....

it'll all come out in the wash!"

123 But for every tear, there is a laugh in Irish hearts.

124

 "What's the matter,

Amarilly. Did the Boiled Shirt croak?"

125

 "That's right ....

strike me!"

126

 "Ma's goin' to the Murphy

weddin' tonight. Come on over for supper?"

127

 "Just try an' keep me

from comin'!"

128

 "Remember that kiss

I promised you?"

129

 "Well - I've still

got it!"

130 A direct route to any man's heart.

131

 "I am sorry for what 

happened this after- noon."

132

 "If you will only give 

me a chance to educate you - to take you away from - all this."

133

 "I'm sorry, Mr. Gordon,

but I knows now that you can't mix ice-cream an' -"

134 " - pickles!"

135

 "Gwan, Terry - quit

your kiddin'."

136 The drama ended - we approach the eternal triangle - boy, girl, love.

137

 "When you're well -

we've a fine job for you - at the City Hall."

138 The epilogue. Five years later!!!

139 " - s'matter, Pop?"

THE END

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