The sun., 1917-07-28
His Press Agent Sends Pre-
paid Despatch, Night Rate,
on His DOings.
PUTS PEP INTO CHEYENNE
Leads Cowboy Band and Takes
Charley King, Hobo, Into
Movie World.


see doug fairbanks biggest event of the
west calling for services OF real true
blue cowboys fairbanks roped rode
shared honors with best or them don't
say 30 because l am bennie zeidman
press agent for doug fairbanks but
everybody says so.
Benny doug says to me right after big
parade benny he says run to telegraph
office and tell new york sun about Il go
the limit and send bill to me send COM
piete message prepaid what do we care
for expenses no doug ] said wait till
after six O'Clock tonight and in that
way save the difference between day
press rates and night press rates.
Oh for petes sake ~bennie doug says
to me for pete's sake stop talking about
money for once in your young life you'd
think bennie doug continues to me you'd
think that you were paying this tele-
graph bill out OF your own 500 bucks
week salary but l kept on arguing with
doug that night press rate means sort
Of bargain rate of a fraction less than
one cent a word whereas up to six
o'clock at night the day rate Is one and
two thirds cents 2 word from cheyenne
from which town this message Is being
sent to NYC.
To resume about frontier day celeora-
ton this town cheyenne seemed like II
had gone crazy over doug fairbanks and
his ever radiating smile lit up whole
line OF parade alta boy doug they yelled
as greatest motion picture actor in en-
tire world roped and rode and did every
thing with the best Of them like he was
the late buffalo bill himself
Accompanying doug was charley King
who is only a hobo but doug says to
stick charleys name in the prepaid night
press telegram to the sun as IL would
please charleys folks doug said but
don't think charley has any folks charley
King who has hoboed ten years found
doug and henry Halstead sitting on
platform Of little railway station In
desert to which they motored from Los
angeles awaiting train to take them TO
this city which is called cheyenne and Is
in montana
Assuming doug and henry were
brother hoboes king accosted them with
fraternity greeting charley King little
realizing that he was accosting greatest
motion picture star In entire worlc and
one who receives salary Of 10000 bucks
a day doug doesn't really get quit as
much as that between ourselves for your
private information but stick II in in
round numbers 10000 bucks a day as ii
looks Impressive.
Charley Kings Dircernment.
To resume about the hobo charley
King well doug appreciated situation
when charley mistook him for brother
hobo and says 10 charley charley We
are going to cheyenne on the cushions
not on the bumpers the hobo was
amazed at dougs great familiarity with
hobo language and mistook doug for
bank robber or something so doug took
charley right into a regular passenger
car and has had charley with him at all
the big social events here introducing
charley into the SWEETEST society in all
cheyenne and now charley the hobo is
slated TO be a regular member Of douglas
Fairbanks motion picture company If
charley will work which we all doubt
Fairbanks is anxious to see Just what
can be done with man like charley who is
all physical and shows no signs so far Of
mental developing being very crude and
never having been engaged in intel
lectual work such as motion picture act
ing and writing or any other intel
lectual work such as / and doug are
engaged in.
The unusual angle Of this whole story
is that charley doesn't really know even
up 10 yet what the name OF doug Fair
banks means in the amusement world
of north and south america Europe
Asia Africa and Australia fairbanks
offered large sums of money as tTophys
for champion bucking horse but the
money will go Of course TO the riders OF
the bucking horses OF course II goes
without saying.
saving DouR's Money.
Notice how say you'd instead of you
would and don't instead of do not and
all like that throughout this prepaid
press despatch thus using fewest words
possible making dougs telegraph bill a
minimum and at the same time making
n monkey out OF the telegraph company
and 1 also made doug believe that the
message was sent right of at day rates
but you notice II is night rate but some
body has to watch out for dougs inter-
ests II Il wasn't notice how ] say wasn't
in one word instead OF was not repeat
IL it wasn't for l and dougs wife watch
ing him permanently doug would spend
his money like a drunken sailor although
doug never touches liquor.
Well sun must cut this short as tele-
graph bill is piling up fast doug sends
regards to sam rothapfel OF the rialto
also frank case al parker al dwan also |
to bertha margaret carol val heaton elsie |
Janis Mrs. Janis cliff crawford and
emma and zaZz Zabelle also give my
regards to my brother in law
sol blume yours respectfully bennie Zeid- |
man press agent for douglas Fairbanks
this message is prepaid and no charge
for using same as fairbanks wouldn't
think of accepting payment for contents
doug should worry about getting paid /
for this ha ha ha yours respectfully
bennie Zeidman.
from BeRnIe ZeIdman
CHEYENNE. wyo., July 27.-Douglas
the hero Of the movies. was
the hero in a comedy here yesterday
which made his regular rough and tum- !
BE antics OF the screen look like thirty I
cents
Doug. as everybody calls him. was /
guest OF honor at celebration at From |
tier Park. which included all Wild West ,
stunts. After he was compelled TO make ,
A speech he rode the track bareback and .
bowed repeatedly 20 many cheers lie
Was spied by some Indian damsels. dusky
of feature and with resplendent shawls
The maidens and their squaw mothers.
and maybe their grandmothers. saw
Iheir opportunity, and Douglas in his
most agile moments probably never eN-
perienced anything like what followed
Al once.
In trice several OF the dusky
maidens had Douglas. no longer debo-
nAir. roped and hog tied. Then these
bold Indian girls simply rained kisses
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