The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-07-05

LOS ANGELES, July 5-"Why beau
tiful women marry Nat Goodwin"
This is the keynote Of the iong-prom-
ised book of memoirs which the fam
Gus actor has just completed at his
Santa Monica home. They are filled
with flashes of wit and philosophy.
An excerpt is forthcoming from the
memoirs dealing with the time when
Goodwin and Maxine Elliott. wife No. 3,
were trying to break into English So
ciety. He tells of scenes at lakewood,
the English country estate he leased to
crafty Maxine Elliott's penchant for
cultivating the British aristocracy.
During the early days at lakewood,
my English home" he says, when
was busily engaged in hiring guests to
come and partake Of my board and
rooms Il mean professional diners-out,
1 found great difficulty in securing pa
irons. 1 had plenty at my command,
as far as professional friendA and WIS.,
Ting Americans were concerned. but
the fair Maxine had the English beo
In her American bonnet, and insisted
we must try and get together some
Of the impecunious nobility and Few
army men as guests.
JOlu1uk LuC SAl1hpCAos
1T knew Of no one who represented
these particular branches of society,
and had no desire to. but, being under
her hypnotic influence, I sought a wo-
man, the wife of a friend Of mine, an
American mining man, who, I discov-
cred knew all the swagger members
Of the Guards-one very particular one
and through her influence one of these
'sapheads' was persuaded to visit our
humble home from Saturday to Mon
day. He came, accompanied by one OF
the present dukes of England (whose
father by the way. died owing me q
paltry $1,000, borrowed on the racecourse
at Deauville, France).
They all came down this particular
Saturday in conjunction with Nine.
Melba and Hadden Chambers. We had
lovely time chat is, 1 presume they
did), as Maxine insisted on my enter
tanning the guests between courses with
my supposedly funny stories. Generally
after the telling of each one, which oc-
cupied some little time, my portion of
the feast was either cold or confiscated
by the butler. Very little attention
was paid to me, anyway, only when
reciting anecdotes, and the first of every
month, when the bills became due.
However. this particular evening the
guests sauntered into the drawing
room. expecting to hear Melba sing.
She didn't even talk, and the party,
in young couples of two, sauntered
through the house and inspected the
grounds. ], being on particularly good
terms with the butler, selected him for
Hnn1nQniOn and ntItPflV Sfrnllad
through the upper rose terrace, discuss
ing the menu that would appeal to the
| next influx Of England's dilettante. By
this time all my American friends were
extremely common.
THE butler and I were figuring out
the expenses of the past month as the
pale moon cast its rays over my boob
| an open window of the drawing room
| to figure.
A Chocolate Soldiers Talk.
"Quite casually I heard the remark
"'How could you possibly have mar
ried such a vulgar little person"
81. being terribly self-conscious a
all times, said to my butler:
Louis, that's me that chocolate
soldier is referring to; listen anC
we'll have a warriors opinion of {
Thespian' heard the following dia
lcgue:
"She-Do you think him vulgar?
"He-Not necessarily vulgar. but al
awful accent
"She-Well, no one ever accused hin
of an American accent. He was edu
| Gated in Boston. Don't you think hin
| rather amusing?
| Helm what way?
Shelby way OF anecdotes and funn!
stories.
"He-Were these stories he told a
dinner supposed to be funny?
"She-Of course; didn't you hear tn
guests laugh?
"He-Yes, so did: but simply in I
| spirit Of compliment Is he supposed &
be a comic man in your country?
"She-Extremely so.
talks Remarkably Well"
"He-Really?
"She-And he talks remarkably well
"He-Did he talk remarkably we'll to
night?
"She-I thought so.
"He-Well maybe, but 1 was deaf
ened by your beauty. / saw nothing
but those beauteous eyes of yours. m,
dear Mrs Goodwin, and everything els
was a blank Really /
"She-Now, don't pay me silly compli