The Washington herald., 1914-07-29
ON THE GREAT WHITE WAY.
BY O. O. M'INTYRE.

New York, July 2s-"Little Lord Faun-
tleroy has announced his engagement
which means that Vivian Burnett. son
Of Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett. will
desert bachelordom. His bride is to Be
Constance c. Buel, daughter Of an asso-
ciate editor Of the Century Magazine.
Mr.. Burnett is the original Little LORD
Fauntleroy." one Of his mothers most
famous books. The story was written
when ne was eight years old. and re-
counts some Of the actual sayings and
dofngs Of the lad at that age, particular
!y as regards his friendship with Mr.
Hobbs. the grocer, and DICK. the
bootblack II has been estimated that
Mrs Burnett realized more than NO0,O
from this story. Mr.. Burnett was stu
dent OF Harvard. He is a member OF the
Players and the Manhasset Bay Yacht
and other clubs. and is about thirty
years old The Burnett home is at Plan
dome. Long Island.
The New York theaters-those left open
during the heated seasor-are waging
war on uncIean songs. II was not long
ago that almost any song could be
shrieked by the yaudeviii!ans. and moth
ing was said or done. E. F. Aloes. gen
eral manager for the eiEhty-three Keith
theaters, has fred that customary fTst
shot in the battle for reform. He has
barred the song. Who Paid the Rent
for Mrs Rip Van Wrinkle When Rip Van
Wrinkle Was Away" The publishers are
bowling like stuck pigs, and say II will
mean a loss Of thousands to them.
Can YOU imagine a more embarrassing
incident for a prize fighter than TO faint
away in company Just like a young girl:
That is what happened 70 Jim Corbett
the other day al the Friars' outing al
Glenwood- -cn-the Sound. Corbett was
playing first base for one Of the bal!
teams. and all Of. a sudden he threw UF
his arms and sank to the sod in a swoOn
Some Of the Friars sah that Corbett was
on base the inning before and stole two
bases and the umpire made him 60 back.
Go back" he yelled Then Fred Niblo
yelled, Huh, That fellow has been going
back for years" This, they say. was
really what made Corbett faint awav.
They carried him away to the shade OF
a tree. and he came 10 smoking cigar
which had never been eXtlnguished dur
ing the excitement
A big crowd will hock to the Battery
next week TO see a newly married couple
start on their trip across the ocean ia
thirty-six-foot power lifeboat Einar
Sivard. a naval architect and S!Cne
Helm were married several weeks ago.
and they decided on the novel way OF
spending their honeymoon. They expect
to 60 by the way Of Boston and Halifax
to St Johns and cross from that point
to Queenstown. The young wife will
muster in as cook. and the crew i'll in
clude the navigator. a wireless operator.
an engineer. and one sailor They expect
to make the trip in about a month. The
lifeboat is non-capsizable. non-snashabls,
and practically non-sinkable.
Franklin P. Adams. the humorist. is
wondering II Secretary Franklin X Lane
isn't trifiing with some thoughts once
given TO the world by Bob Davis. editor
OF Munsey's. Secretary Lane in A Flag
Day speech had a flag in an oration say
ing: y am the Constitution and tae
courts. statutes and statute maker. sOi-
dier and Dreadnought and counselor. I
am no more than what you believe me
TO be, and l am all that You believe m
to be-" About three years ago Mr.. Davis
had a printing press saving y am the
voice of today. the herald of tomorrow. /
I sing the songs of the world. the ora
tories of history and symphonies OF ali
time