Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22

have told upon her constitution.
Not a bit of it, There she sat, in
full view Of the gaping passers-by
on the Boulevard-all of one sex,
too-selling tickets for charity
She had sent me a card saying in
pure French, Il count on you to
visit me" and-there I was. Be
fore she had deigned to throw a
word of welcome at me. she had
roped me in to the tune of twenty
francs, which is quite frightful for
critic. and she dared to say to
me, You are not nearly as kind
as this monsieur" This" monsieur,
who was fat and dark and oily
had just dumped down a hundred
francs I felt awfully snubbed, but
oh, was memorable.
Everybody Bought Tickets.
People dropped in and out (she
had counted" on them ALL, and
they all bought tickets. She told
one smiling person who wanted to
ask questions TO ask her anything
but her age-as though he would
have been idiotic enough to ask
that. For she is twenty seven. All
women are twenty after
certain number of years on the
stage. That is the rule. If they
happen to have inConveniently aged
children, they are still twenty
seven. BUT they We're married at
fifteen. That, too. is the rule.
There is a rumor," l said i'm
pertinently q felt that had
bought the right to be impertinenO,
that you are going to remarry
Hiegfeld, and we all hope it's true,
for the sake Of the old trademark"
She was just handing ticket to
charity gentleman and telling
him that he ought to buy two and
bring his mother-in-l law and a few
Of his aunts She smiled at me.
certainly hadn't feazed her.
Likes Single Life.
Don't believe it," she said. 1T
isn't true. 1t is really quite lovely
being single, and I much prefer It,
I can have just a good a time, and
no trouble. That's the way ! feel
about If. Why should l remarry?
I don't want any more marriage
yet"
Another ticket buyer. He didn't
want to pay-iust asked that his
name be inscribed. That didn't suit
her a bit No, he must pay. It
certainly wasn't eXpensive-ten
francs for a lovely entertainment,
such as he never could get any
where else. waited til she had
dealt with him as he deserved to
be dealt with.
I'm sorry to disturb that pretty
picture of a remarriage," she said,
laughing, but | must do it, III
1aV1'r
know I'm going back to America
in September. and I'm not going
back to Ziegfeld. l have signed
with John Cort-a very nice man
ager-and ne is going to arrange
for my appearance in vaudeville
Before l go back I'm going to ap-
near in Paris at the Folies- Ber-
Eere in a little sketCh-just for my
own amusement more than any
thing else. Yes, I've signed with
John .Cort. Think of that"
Conoeals Grief Perfectly.
I sat still for a few minutes and
thought of it. I thought-though
thought. 1t did seem odd, Anna
Held being under an alien manage
ment. For a few moments ! i'm
agined that it was even rather sad
Then I watched her selling more
tickets. and if she had been nurs-
ing a secret grief (Which l should
ike to have believed, as it would
have been such a pretty idea), she
certainly concealed it very effect
ually.
Poor ziegfeld!" she sighed. q
am sorry for him. He is SO used
TO managing me-and I'm so used
to being managed by him. Heigh-
no! You'd be surprised Mr. Alan
Dale, to know how managers ran
after me in America as soon as
they knew / was free. on, it was
extraordinary. But I did what I
did because I thought It best I
shall have a new sketch for Ameri-
ca. 1t isn't written yet, but it will
he written I haven't forgotten my
English. and somehow or other l
seem to he speaking better French
than I have spoken for years WHAT
shall bring to America she ask