The San Francisco call., 1910-05-01


faded. Csrteresque hair is only
one Of many vivid: elements in
picture of Mrs. Bunner
At z. C5Tplleunl@ this week,
FIRST 6alae TO. san Francisco as a news
paper woman about 100 years ago.
That atseenls like an =exaggeration.: but
The lady saws It is. a. fact; Eeastwise,
she sayss it@seenls= like a.century. ago,
though. of course, .it may not have
heen- Time. sh e thinks. is not the
measure of =FlirliItes so. much as il is.
calHpers COMPRISING events. When
much has l5ap ppeIled+ to. one. ages, it
seems. must be needed to make room
for them: afl.> There !. is "a. saying
smart. refna'rk which has. it that TO
the married. life lsn't t. longer than to
the single. but Just seems. SO. This
nlischlerous announcement applies much
stter to- the versatile, Who because
s. ~ do so MANY. different kinds of
'lings md themselves In many. and
laried places. and. divers. occupations
Miss Otis. who. though twice removed
from her ma atden name, retains it for
stage purposes ,is@sversatile.1 Fortune
Las smiled ION. her. and slapped her.
9 sorlaeree has. 6eert.a bright sun
sofnecnies and ia cloud: hidden. orb
sometimes. She has been. in many
lands and. has ackled,.I imagine cheer
fully ali kinds of honorable. employ.
meuc- she told r1e~she had even in
terviep.el. folks. alerself. :. ~
Her dressing room II The .0rpheum
vas the scene f.3l}rs little chat. She
came in Vitll her makeup still on,
sresh from. the accidental orgy that
She stimulates well. in Mrs. Bun
rer's Bun She made me regret. as
she talked on and on without a STOP.
except to laugh .:nlersily. with me, that
the rules obtainfng in society were all
against skiing: impertinent questions,
and. That e5-en in the barefaced enront-
ory. of an. interview on subjects which
nobody but the interviewed,
the. sorrows and struggles, the hopes
anJ fears. that are part and parcel of
Us ali, must be untouched, or at most
merely indicated. i
u imagined. Is. she talked, that If she
would tell Us: how it seemed to have
fortune on which one lived in luxury,
dwlndfe: away. to eiphers without dots
or numerals: we. might get a valuable
s esson. III optimism; or if she would
.eu us#how it. seemed to leave leisure
behind and so to- work-real hard
Evork-yge might be better. for know
ing how much misfortune a soul can
endure Without turning sour -. = i
..rll 30. explicit about time she was
SAYING ...becalise II. I'm not you'll say
for fact that it was loo years ago
this coming May Is when first Wis
tied san Francisco. It was about II
years ago. and II was then, newspaper.
woman. Indeed. 4. was proprietor,
more's the pity:a I was one OF dele
cation from. affiliated eastern press
clubs to come TO a San Francisco con-
yention Of: newspaper workers.
First, for. all women ramble in their
conversation, unless they take care.
I'm going to tell: you about the paper I
owned. 1t was fine paper, you may
v-eII believe. :, Why shouldn't it be2 It
cost me $4,000; and would have cost
nc more. than: that only didn't have
any. more. ~.
Il always had an ambition to write.
T. wanted TO be. q real Journalist. So
somebody had the easiest time in the
e'orld TO put me in the way Of crafty
ing that ambition. The first thing II
knew I was the owner Of weekly
PAPER in New York, 1t was calisd the
saturdsy Review. There wasnt any
subject insthe domain of human thought
that it wouldn't undertake TO settle.
know of no paper in the worIa that
occupies the field as thoroughly as it
cid. we. disposed OF theaters, music,
poitics, economics, literature, pill
isophy and everything else about which
s soul like mine might yearn TO COZ
Germ itself and clear up. I had a
mighty fine staff of editorialists, toe.
Dick Neville was one. But the numbeF
OF persons in this world. who do not
think at all about things they should
stay up nights to worry over is ap-l
paning. Instead of crowds waiting at
she news stands TO find out what .ths