El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-10
Girl Alone In New York
MadEe Royce Tells Her Sister How
She interviewed One Celebrity.
and Dincd With Another
- BY Lillian Lauferty. --


EAR SIS:
When L vote YOU two DAYS
ago all the little blue devils in
New York were dancing a fanda7ee
over my PROSTATE form. have not
had one minute since to examine the
black and blue places they were MAX
ing A great cure for unpleasant feel
ings is being too busy to have ,em.
And if 1 have been able to keen cheer
full for two days, 1 am not going to
revert TO my black type and send YOU
letter soaked in the double-distfIlsd
brine of tears and wines. Some dsv
no doubt. / shall like New York ana
being alone thereiu-but the DO 49,
not seem to be pleasingIv furnfne.7+
HOwsomeveri Today L got a bia- ss-
signment-and thanks to Miss Sbarr[,-s
Seminary OF our early DAYS yybero 7
learned little else, ] did learn In rro-
nOunce secretary "sec-re-try- q T.,
the rios bif' OF Old England Cone
quently. when I was told to get an
interview with senior Renardi. the un-
approached le-I approached via tbe
telephone and pronounced nv desire
to speak to the seuOr's "Seereta W
into English ears. Maybe that sounded
like little rosy-cheeked lass he nal
once seen in Devon. but whatever the
psychology of the occasion. that 500
Rotary aforementioned got me an in
terview with the DOn-and the inter
view got me firm and fast in the
graceS Of the paDer-fOr the Don gave
me the one interview he granted in
all New EOrk-and il his opinion on
the Mexican situation was not en-
lightening-it was different,
hittyldms-listen to this: There sat
your proper big sister in a 14th floor
apartment of a hotel whose name was
anathema but two years agune-and
her sole companions were a Spanish
Don-an English secretary and a
japanese valet. Chaperon there was
none-and Miss Two and Twenty drank
her tea as calmly as il Mrs. Gruudy
and all her sisters were present in
full regalia- Sure, 1t is part of the
newspaper game TO go where you
otherwise never would. should or could
And. recognizing the exact meaning Of
my unchaperOned excursion into their
bachelor quarters those men treated
me with the charming Difference we
have sometimes seen shown Grandma
Whitney. However, the senior could be-
have quite differently. I fancy-and lit
tie girls who go to dances with him had
best not come in Want-tO-cry-lt-Ou
ou-SOme- 's-Shoulder frame of mind
And at the very end OF my inter
view whom do you think came march
ing in Why. Cousin Iauets Crosby
Booth, The famous playwright had
come to pay a little social visit to the
when he heard that / had to go back
to the Planet TO write Up my inter
view for tomOrroW's paper, he offered
to come and call for me and have
late dinner. But I won't be through
till long after dinner time-it VIII lie
S OF o. told him.
well. we viii need till then to
crow properly hungry after Renardi's
tea party. and can't have little
Marjorie Royce trotting around News
paper Row all by hcrslef at Of the
clock" said Crosby Booth.
Now. 7 wonder IF he could guess
how many times I have done il be-
fore he recrOssed my horizon. y. b
Don't worry sister dear. 1 have done
il once and once only; and then the
sent an office boy from the Planet
put me On my car
But dinner with Crosby Booth, II
was a functiOu-and when I told him
that Cousin Janet was Q widow now
he was flatteringly Indifferent. Just
think Kitty. our "cIevereSr young
Iibrettist" said that this had benn
quite his most charming evening IN
New York. suppose he did not mean
quite that, Tt must have been fairly
enjoyab BILE. for 7 am 10 see him again
on Saturday-and that is only three
7 do wonder II this second man
from homer from near home
will urove any more my friend than
did the inconstant T. Albert do
hope so-f0r. Kitty, however indie
pendent the 'girl alone may be. sbe
needs a real man friend
So Joseph Summers has gone TO
Chicago on business viii you miss
him. little sister, Awfully- wonde--
inelv. your devoted big sister.