The sun., 1916-09-24
BUT MEIER CHANCE AT
1t Is Upon the Tn.
protected Head
of Frank Craven
the Younger That
Most of the Blame
for What Follows
Must Rest

1t Gems that last Monday AFTERNOON
my wife bundled up John craven am,
took him right out to the front window
and let him look out. Down tho road
came Flora Zabelle-Mrs. Raymond
Hitchcock. you know-who lives n,
Great Neck. driving her car pas. the
house.
"Out went John Cravcn's hand in.
stantly. pointing almost exactly at
Flora Zaocllc's car. 'Iaz's ear. Ia2.
car" John Craven said just as plain
as you or ! could say t.. except tina, u,
couldn't pronounce the letter + 70,
! well as he will later. 'I.az's ca. Ia2,
ca is the way he said 1t. ana how
tho deuce the kid V learned that All
# Flora Iahcllc's friends always call
her Zaz gets me. ] give YOU my sacred
word "f honor for il ] never So mu.'
az mentioned the word IaH in job.
'rlNcu's presence and my vito ~t.>
she doesn't remember &c sprJhiug
bout Iaz Zabcllc while John Craven
hes been awake. which has been sci.
dom.
"Nnd you ought to hear him hotter
;:EEEEEEE-OW. That's tho way
! John Craven hollcrs. | never saN
baby that could hollcr half 80 load
Tie cares himself with It. out como
the ycll--he never cries. mark $uI.
but just hollcrs, wcll-out comes m,
'EEEEEEEEEE. VOW and ,l,n
he looks around. kind of scared. 'N"w
what n hell was that he say
meaning his own yell. ana
"Whoc John Craven says ,hat""
the interviewer. who VAS l"gl'uG.,
To grow interested. asked.
".Not in those words" Parent tri-
ven corrected. What | mean Is that
he's thinking those ~words-,.s u'a.a
from his expression that hc is. Tt.''
another thing about my son wllic
I'VE never noticed in any o;ho. t.ir
Of his age. John Craven has "u. ~
those mobile, expressive cutint"niu''s
which seem to reflect tho thoush's
passing through the old bean in a W,
that
With n start John Cravcn's father.
who had been shooting WAY Gallon, :
at intervals ever sine" the Coas:
Theatre orchestra some p,dc" ont %
the dim beyond had began to tan Wy.
Siill''u 1T tHc "aN'll t''hllIE "a N'
dressing table and mad. u rinnMl
jump through tho star dressing room
door 10 h wings.
\ moment later tho sound Of lonc
applause came to Us AND We knew tl.'
not only was ".Seven Chances" unde'
way but that Parent Frank craven
once more was receiving his nicH:''
greeting from IT," aud!"nc".
"Wherc are the HAPPY husbands
Il WAS tho cynical tones of llrcn'
Craven. speaking Megiu" lines on ~
stage, coming 10 Us between laU-h'e'
aud a%rIt.sur". There's no VIII" | hay.
to telephone to-" why. ! wJs,.a
for $40. 600. 900" I'm Not IL. lov'
ana don't know n girl in The vor.
well enough even to hook her up =
back" Thank heaven I'm stl.
bachelor" &C.. &c, sc. &C., sc.
Somewhere We had heard that o'
Parent Craven walks on tho sag"
Seven chaucoS' he leaves D. DIR g..
tho rest Of the three acts u'lr lh"
long uGuuch TO turn AROUND anI :
back on the stage again. A,l - IT,
CartuoniSt and went out 20 the troU
of the theatre and found IL" sea
which We had IriNd .ppso from W.
dell Phillips Dodge and 'vc Joined Z
the hiiarity that lcdgcd u IN. q
50 we never 6.d get any interview E,
ethics and aesthetics and things ar
. stuff from Parent Frank Craven.