The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-09-22
BOalt Sees kitty's Back!
By Fred L. Boalt.
VIZ HEN | was very small child. my mothe
w one day found me In tears.

VIZ HEN was n very small child my mother
w day found me In tears.
MY son" said she. why do you weep7"
Mother" l replied Il weep because cannot
the back OF my neck
My son" my mother said. IF you have no
better excuse for tears than that I'll hand
you something really worth weeping about"
And sho did.
Nevertheless my inability TO see the back Of
my neck a worthy source of grief The desire
20 see the back OF my neck became longing
and finally an obsession Night and day It haunted
me. Il IL with now
do not to say that the back Of my
neck Is pretty II isn't II is serawny and hairy.
nu, Il is my ncck-part OF the. II follows mo
about wherever I ro
II Ia within a few inches Of my eyes. but
cannot see e. I It's reflection. Indeed.
I have often stood with my back to mirror
and. with u small glass In my hand. scrooched
my head around 20 see the reflection OF the back
Of my neck The experience gives me no pleasure
Babies aud halfwits will understand and sym
pa,hze. n live a hundred years. shall never.
never. never be able 20 sec the back of my neck.
Bu, have met who has a wor,hier cause
for grief than l. refer to Kitty Gordon.
went TO the Moore theatre last night and saw
Kitty Gordon's BACK. The management gave mo
the use OF n bor tina, ! nigh, get unob-
structed view OF THE BACK
II mine n sordia mind I would tell you
how many thousands OF dollars a week THE
BACK Is worth TO Kitty Gordon. and how many
more thousands to her manager. They wen, mad
back EaS, over the nordon BACK. and the msa.
aEemcnt commcrciaiised IL and capitalized II and
made a 20, Of money out OF II.
would not have you believe ,hn, Ki,ty Cor.
don Ia all RACK She has very oomcl, iron,
-soporine eyes Of deepest blue copper hair tha,
looks Ike gold where II tufts. teeth tha, flash
through lazy. smiling lips eoldly perfect face.
a full white bosom. slim. sound arms and slim.
straight legs to which cling diaphauous draperies.
comely front indeed has The Enchantrcss"
hut. oh. YOU Gordon BACK
Ny poor typewriter slithcrs and skds whom I
would sing paean In It's praise. comb my stock
Of adjcctlves "F1awlesH7" OF course "ilssom 20
dangerous" Weak wcakl IA pale as a refec-
tion In looking glass
Kitty Gordons BACKS fame comes to us from
London She was "Gaiety girl" Young British
peers have for years made n practice of selecting
their wives from the ranks OF the Gaety. when
ever red blood Ia needed In a line that has be.
como too blue
Many OF the nobility wanted TO marry Kitty
Gordon. They raved about the Gordon BACK
Painters painted IT, sculptors sculped It. And
Of the Queens Own. cousin OF Admiral Sir Charles
Beresford and Lord Decies. married II.
II may be that the Beresfords considered tho
marriage n meaalliance. or were a so
ciety parhgrapher would hint that there was
much that | could reveal II I would. but that
| am in honor bound TO guard the condolences
OF dukes and duchesses. Not being a society par.
agrapher. must I'm the gap with asterisks)
There was separation, don't know
why Kitty brought her BACK to America A
year ago Captain the Honorable followed IT, THE
BACK called him. He followed It abou, from
city 10 city.
Miss Gordon last night declined to discuss her
BACK with She would discuss her Art, or
her Voice. but not her BACK
| cherish no resentment I know exactly how
she feels. Her BACK is her choicest possession
Two continents have gone mad over IT, Poets
have written odes to IT, II the love OF Cap
tain the Honorable. masacuse accompanies Il
and with lotions, creams and powders keeps 1t
alabaster
But Kitty Gordon has never seen her BACK
Others may feast their eyes upon It. But she
never! | know the reason for that lurking sadness
In her glance. We are on rapport. Even now
I feel the old old hankering TO be as-
suagcd TO see the back OF my neck.