The sun., 1917-05-27

entertaining 1 must have overdone
the matter for when r said in impress
sive tones: Mum-mum.' That was
! our name for her. 'Mum-mum. have
you ever seen "A house all painted
black? she replied briefly but with
discouraging emphasis.
| "'No. Nor have you.'
Unfortunately" Mr.. Barrymore
, went on with smile which was
| distinctly not heart stricken. my
childhood doesn't seem to have been
crowded with incidents a respectable
grownup like me--like me. 1 say!--
would want to repeat.
There was the time for instance,
when / achieved my first bun. In
polite language, when looked upon
the wine when It was red and various
| other colors. The family had been
giving a big dinner and we children
| were brought down later to be pre-
| sented to the guests.
II was not only a bad boy. ! was
| also n terribly shy one. So ] slid out
| the first chance I got and Of course
I made for a boys natural goal, the
| dining room. The table hadn't been
| cleared. There were glasses on II, at
| any rate. Some OF them with REM
nants Of their original contents
| champagne liqueurs and so on.
ut looked very inviting to my In
| nocent eyes and 7 thrifty cleaned up
everything in sight-evsrything Of n
| liquid nature. Somewhat later in the
evening, when the doctor arrived In
| response to hurry call, the family
was shocked to be informed that their
child was suffering from excessive in
| dulgence In alcoholic beverages OF an
assorted description.
THAT was one OF the experiences
would not repeat IL ! could dream
| true. I'm not SO sure about the time
when I was a pirate chief. That was
in Philadelphia when we children were
! living with my grandmother. There
was an attic, which we called the an
mex, where we had great old times.
"A box in one corner was my treas
ure chest and was full of pirate gold.
Theoretically, OF course. was so i'm
bued with the pirate spirit. however,
that \ wanted something tangible In
my treasure chest; SO I began to pick
| up likely looking articles around the
| house and to stow them away there.
''It was all a beautiful game with
me. And, as children always do. ]
played 1t without taking others into
my confidence. l actually corralled
valuable silverware and real Jewels
And of course the next thing that
| happened was that there was q sud
den irruption OF detectives in the
house.
| "The bold pirate chief had the worst
scare Of his young life. i was afraid
to tell anybody except my uufailing
friend. my grandmother. She never
had deserted me yet. So went Ia
her and, as always, she fixed 1t up
for me. But I remember that my fear
for my own safety was changed tc
concern for hers when she said, with
a smile which I didn't know to be
quizzical. that she probably would be
in serious trouble as a receiver OF
stolen goods.
MY grandmother was a wonderful
person. II could really dream true
think l would go back over everything
I remember about her. When II came
to my real school days tho things ]
remember most wildly happened ir
England I'll never forget my first
football game over there II was al
Kings College, Wimbledon. The head
Of the school was relative of my
father. He is now the Dean Of Canter.
bury.
II had played football in this coun
try and did 1t in approved American
fashion. The English game is yer,
different. The costume is still NOR,
So 1t consists Of thin Jersey, shor
serge trousers reaching only part way
to the bare knees. short stockings ant
heavy shoes.
| 's.rrayed in this inadequate raimsn
III Proceeded to mix things up ~