Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-22
HELD WILL
RETURN To j. g.,
NOT To ZIEGFELD
Alan Dale Finds Her Working for
Charity in Paris-John Cort
To Be Manager.
BY ALAN DALE.
Special Gable TO The American.

tlNNtAS on the boulevard OeS
Italiens for the Partisan equivalent
to the Actors Fund benefit. She
looked very, very charitable, and
very, very chic. Mustard -colored
satin, "tailor-made." spikey-
feathered hat, a large diamond me-
dallion, an antique elephant shaped
pearl. and black velvet fixings
would make anybody look char
liable. They made Anna Held look
a picture of benevolence. oh. so
charitablel Oh, so benevolent!
Not for ages had / seen her. /
expected that she would be quite
Woe strucked that the long. long
absence from dear America would
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 card saying in
pure French, Il count on you to
visit me-" and-there l 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
a critic, and she dared TO say @
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 alD, 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 idtotic enough to ask
that. For she rs twenty seven. All
women are twenty-seven 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 were married at
fifteen. That, too, is the rule.
There is a rumor," / said i'm
pertinently q felt that / had
bought the right to be impertlnent),
that you are going to remarry
Ziegfeld, and we all hope it's true,
for the sake Of the old trademark"
She was just handing a ticket to
a charity gentleman and telling
him that he ought to buy two and
bring his mOther-in-law and a few
Of his aunts. She smiled at me l
certainly hadn't feazed her.
Likes Single Life.
Don't believe II" she said. at
isn't true. 1t is really quite lovely
being single, and / much prefer It,
/ can have just as good a time, and
no trouble. That's the way I feel
about it, Why should ] remarry?
| don't want any more marriage
yet"
Another ticket buyer. He didn't
want to pay--just asked that his
name be inscribed. That didn't suit
her a bit. No. he must pay. 1t
certainly wasn't expenslve-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
tell you something that you don't
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 he is going to arrange
for my appearance In vaudeville.
Before / go back I'm going to APP
pear in Paris at the Folies-B er-
gere in a little sketch-just for my
own amusement more than any
thing else. Yes, I've signed with
John Cort. Think of that!"
Conceals Grief Perfectly.
I sat still for a few minutes and
thought of it. | ACKNOWLEDGMENT
thought. It did seem odd, Anna
Held being under an alien manage
ment. For n few moments | i'm
agined that il was even rather sad
Then I watched her selling more
tickets, and if she had been nurs-
ing a secret grief (Which ! should
like to have believed, as 1t would
have been such a pretty idea), she
certainly conceded 1t very effect
ually.
Poor Ziegfeld!" she sighed. 81
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. Oh, ii was
extraordinary. But / did what l
did because ! thought it best.
Sudl nave a new bhtlCll lDA <alllcll-
ca. 1t isn't written yet, but it will
be written. | haven't forgotten my
English, and somehow or other
seem to be speaking better French
than l have spoken for years. What
shall I bring to America" she ask
ed very ingenuously doing the
novice.
You know America almost as
well as / do" l replied with re-
lentess effect. Perhaps" I added,
better"
Francs Too Cheap.
She smiled again. She sold a
batch of tickets for 500 francs.
thought 1t splendid She didn't.
Il never think anything Of francs, "
she babbled. They seem go cheap,
and dollars so expensive. I've just
bought a sable coat for 10000
francs. Il was worth 100000.
couldn't have paid $4,000 In Amer
lea for anything. Dollars seem to
me so terribly expensive, but / don't
mind anything in francs. Now tell
me all the news in America. How
was the season. How were the new
plays? Who has appeared there OF
late? Has any big artist been
over?"
Yes" answered proudly.
Sarah Bernhardt"
She burst out laughing. She
laughed. and laughed and laughed.
Then she turned to me and asked,
stNl laughing, And how is the
baby?"