The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-29
A DREAM IN SILK
Len0re Ulrich, Movie Star,
Passes Through Topeka.
Draped in Cloth of Clean, She
Was Interviewed.
THREW A KISS At TOPEkAN
Said She Wasn't Satisfied With
Work as "PauIa.o
Met at Train by Mr.. and Mrs.
Grady Montgomery.

Catching Miss Lenore Ulrieh,
pretty dark haired, dark eyed movie
negligee at 1880 o'clock in the morn
ing, in a state room on the California
Limited, is about as near to high
time as one can experience in Topeka
That's just what happened to Grady
Montgomery, his wife and Mildred
Fuller this morning.
Then, during that five minute stop,
a biz of what might be romance, 81
lent alteration or something of the
sort, entered when an employee of
the Santa Fe bounced through the
Pullman. a big box of flowers under
mis- arm, and ruined perfectly good
conversation which was getting under
full head of steam. He suffered d
little, said something about receiving
a telegram telling of the great ac-
tress's coming just a few minutes be-
for train time, turned and fled.
Has Been Seen Here.
Miss Ulrich has been seen here in
legitimate as well as movie work. Two
years ago she appeared in Topeka in
The Bird of Paradise" and since then
she starred as Gloria in The Heart of
Gloria" at the Iris theater. Miss
Ulrich has just completed season
of legitimate work as "Weetona," a
Belasco- Frohman production. She is
on her way to California where she
will take the part of Eloise in The
Squaw EIoise,'' a PalIas picture. In
the winter she will return to New
York and appear in another Belasco
play.
1t was a frantic quartet which rushed
up and down the platform looking for
the car which held Miss Ulrich. Grady
Montgomery foot work was impeded
to a great extent by a huge bunch of
roses he carried which hid both his
serpentine form and mOuStache. Final
ly through a state room window a re-
porter caught a glimpse of a silk
Eegligee cap and bunch of curly,
black hair. A colored porter was showed
aside, unceremoniously, and a rush
made for a state room door at the end
of the hall.
A Dream in Negligce.
Just a minutes" called a voice
through the door.
Finally the door was opened and a
dream in silk negligee with the biggest
brown eyes in the world an abundance
of black, curly hair and great gobs of
prosaic cold cream, faced the quartet
huddled around the door
Aren't they just beautiful cried
Miss Ulrich as she crushed Grady s
gift of roses to her bosom and placed
her chin on them in a truly movie
style.
And isn't it just awful for me tosbe
in this condition at this time in the
morning." she continued But | have
so hard and didn't think anyone would
see me-
At this juncture, the glue which
kept Grady standing, lost it's hold and
led by his wife and Miss Fuller he
beat a retreat to permit the press its
inning. Miss Ulrich had just time to
tell how tired she was of playing the
part of an Indian maid, a Mexican and
a Spaniard and to express her prefer
ence for the legitimate stage when
the perspiring, suffering mystery
from the Santa Fe office appeared
as Gradys. He just had time to ex-
plain when the porter shouted:
"All aboard"
Burned Her Eyes.
A wild scramble ensued. But the
train didn't leave for fully two min
utes and that much time was spent in
conversation through a window.
IT wasn't satisfied with my work as
Paula" said Miss Ulrich. 1.-The lights
were so strong and we had to work
nights so long that it burned my eyes
and I knew my eyes looked horrid =
That was about all-the train whis-
tied, Miss Ulrich threw a kiss at her
admirers.
Negligee Worth SIS.
Now about that negligee-there was
some discussion to it's cost and tex
ture. By the time the Montgomery,
automobile reached Sixth and Kansas
avenues it was agreed that the negli-
gee was worth SIS and that it had a
train. fully half a yard long and that
it had bushels of chantilIy lace on
it, instead of another kind, at first
| claimed by one of the debaters.
1t has not been decided yet whether
a maid was hidden under the covers
in one of the state rooms. Neither
was 1t decided as to whether she is
married or not. But that has been
discovered since-she is not She is a
granddaughter of Carl H. Pierce. a
special representative of the Bos-