Connecticut western news., 1913-09-25
BlGGERS ON THE B. H. c.
Distinguished Author Gives Humorous
 Interview to Joe HolIister.

Distinguished Author Gives Humorous Interview to Joe HolIister.
 Earl Derr Biggers, the celebrated author of the celebrated book, "Seven Keys to Baldpate," which has been dramatized and given it's first stage pro. duction ill Hartford last week, is spend ing portion of the year in Pittsield, and, naturally, Joe Hollister, of the Eagle, like the keen-scented journalist that he is, had to call on him and sub- ject him to the interviewing process. In view of the unique name of Mr. Biggers's book, naturally, too, and Tn view of the present prominence of no less celebrated fraternal organization, the interview drifted into the channel 1t did. Joe is brevet member of the B. H. O. of A. and fast qualifying for full membership. We reproduce, in part. the Biggers interview:
 II am very glad to send through you my very warmest regards to the Bald Head Club of America, (Nor is the 'warmest' meant hippantly. Perhaps we had better make It 'heartiest, how ever.) I shall think of them when on October 16, they gather about their gleaming board-shall l say thelr un- usually gleamin2 board? In my weak and frivolous way have tried to make at least me Baldpate popular. l had supposed that baldheaded men generally were disappointed in that effort. I'll tell you why.
 Shortly after Seven Keys to Bald pate came out, booksellers generally were deluged with letters of which thls is sample
 Say, if that book "Seven Keys to Baldpate' is about bald d-headed man, want it quick
 "Now, booksellers are human. and have few enough opportunities to sell books in these automObilious days so In most cases they forwarded the volume to tue panting customer. And in most case they got hot letters back, claiming that there wasn't a bald-headed man 1n the book worth mentioning and that consequently had been getting funny under false pretenses.
 '"When I came to Pittsfield last spring and read in The Eagle shortly after wards that the Bald Head Club was to meet here in June, shuddered and lay low. I thought they were after my scalp. 1 had no desire to meet the mem- bers of the Club and split hairs with them over the matter of my title An we'll, it turned out that they were not inflamed against me, after all. They came and went and l was safe from harm. And now you say they have asked word from me on the evening of their dinner.
 II admire the members of the Bald Head Club nightly. They are frank i'll their badness. They do not commit Herpicide. Nor do they, with Rockefel- lerian hypocrisy, hide their light under bushel of wig--the hair, perhaps, that divides the false from true. Just as l made farce of my Baldpate. they made a comedy of theirs. They stand reveal ed before the world. gentlemen with a sense of humor-gentlemen,u unafraid.
 Ut may interest the members of the club to know that Seven Keys to Bald pate proved 8 puzzling title to the pub lie. Shortly after the book appeared I took trip through the south, aud on many d southern resort hotel piazza l was approached by ladies with a 'Whatdye mean you lost your dog?' light in their eyes. 'Whatdye mean Seven Keys to Baldpate? they asked. 'tow can a bald head have seven keys: Y The matter is simple enough wher ex- plained, but somehow l never seemed able to make it clear. l came north to avoid nervous prostratiCn.
 "However, only recently, MT. George M Conan, by producing i'll Hartford his very clever and skillful dramatization of the story, has forced even the Courant to accept my title. And from Hartford the play has gone out into the great world, so that ill time mnch larger audience than the book could ever have reached will know the mystery of Bald pate ard spaak that weird title trip pingly from the tongue,
 II should like very much to be present at a meeting of the Baldhead club-ex- cept for one very important considera- tion. I lived for three years iu the very shadow of the golden dome of the Bos- ton state house-indeed it was under its gleaming influence that wrote Seven Keys to Baldlrrate,' Aud if I should stand among the members of the club and gaze about me, 1 have no doubt should feel homesick for BQston-old memories happy days-ah we'll
 Long life and prosperity 70 the fr1em- bers of the Baldhead club of America. May they never lack for any of the worlds goods-except perhaps a comb and brush p'
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