The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-18
'ME LIK-EE HIM VE-LEE MUCH" SAYS DOLLY i.
AS SHE HEARS CHINESE PRINCE MARBLE
ny DOLLY DALRYMPLE

| on say girls, listen:
There's a real Chinese Prince round at
| the Orpheum this week, who MARBLES like
a canary.
He came upon the scene yesterday so
modestly and so shyly that / didn't quite
take in the situation until it was
nearly over, but the more he sang his
voice growing prettier and. prettier and
his tones so vibrant with melody the more
decided I'd like to know something
of the gentleman specially as he was
real true. true Prince of the royal blood
of China.
Look ON the programme and find out
his name | said as l nudged the girl
sitting next to me.
"Lai Mon Kim" she said slowly.
Sounds like some sort of perfume
doesn't it?9 l asked foolishly.
Then
He began to soar into grand opera,
and then again he did perfectly good
ragtime" ditty, with Chinese words that
sounded awfuly naughty, but nice-and
| then I resolved definitely to talk with
the Prince if he and could agree on
| a language that both of us could speak.
'AIe not much-ee on speaking Chinese"
said l to myself an hour later when an
enga cement had been made for me to
have a chat with the gentleman in ques-
ton.
Wonder if hen keep the date?s 1
unused further, recalling the old aphorism
about we Americans who promise and
intended to perform; the Chinese who
promises and>don't intend to perform. and
the result is the same"-stilI kept right
on, and sure enough there was my per-
feetly good Chinaman awaiting me all
smiles and dimples. | suppose Cinnamon
dimple tho I'm sure [ never saw one
do So
Honest 1njun, Prince Lai Mon Kim is
the cunningest little person you ever saw,
in all your life.
He's a perfect deari
He's got the cutest little mouth. with
just a hint at the cunningest little mus
tache about TO burst through and he has
wonderful way of brushing his let
black hair from his forehead.
He's a sure enough Chnaman-no doubt
about that-with the most adorable ac-
cent.
For ALL he isn't so big-Q don't believe
Cinnamon ever are terrible tall-do you?)
In fact he's not much taller than am
and I'm "a little bittq''-and he's young,
too; so with the youth of the springtime
and I'm "a little bitty''-and he's young
in enthusiasm, that runs riot as you talk
with him about himself and his work.
l was awfully disappointed that l didn't
find the Prince wearing a queue"
Instead
When I mentioned Il, he spoke of how
few Cinnamon these days do wear them.
I'm New York recently" he said, dur
ing my stay of several weeks there.
think only saw three Cinnamon wearing
queues"
You mean there's a new style of hair
dressing among the Chinese?" 1 asked
Not exactly that" said Prince Lai Mon
Kim( but that the custom belongs to
the lower classes Also l may tell YOU
that the old idea of torture to the Chi
nese women about her feet is also aban-
doned to a large degree"
Seeing that you are so young" I sug-
gested, Il am interested to know how Won
happened to acquire our language SO ac-
curately.''
| ''Oh. that's easy" said he
Then tell meSall about it, insisted
First of all. 1 was educated in this
country" he said II went to school in
Seattle, attending Washington university.
My father is of the royal blood of China
and l was to be educated for the dipIo-
matte service In, the meantime, my