The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-22
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What Lillian Had to Say About

What Lillian Had to Say About
\ Dieky'S Project.
A S LILLIAN released my shoulders
Ia from her strong. kindly grasp
sat dowB quickly in the nearest
thlir | had conIured D. any solutions
o Dcky's erratlc financial behavior
but this revelation that his money had
vanished into that mos, perplexing OF
vi QuickSandS. a payproducing
chemc, dumiounded me-.
y don't wonder you're limp" Lillian
aid commlseratingly ITS enough TO
labhergis, anyone 20 realize what
on'ummate blu,av lhc poor Dlcky-
,ird has made OF him rli But there's
10 use weeping over the apple cart
Veil Just get busy trying 10 pick up
onc Of the apple"
Won, they all he eaten or spoiled
y this time /" tried 10 play up 10 her
miles, to smile at them But IL was
,rry prctonsc
"Well retrieve a few oi them. even
they are speckel,' Lillian promised
fimly, with a keen glance at ne. Il
ont know exactly how much ! can ac-
onpll'h. but | wasn't Harry Under
'ood's wife all these years without
taking some valuable friendships
nong the reputable theatrical men, the
cal powers that be-
This +. Stern IS bad performer
es bad.and think ! can engineer
tide highly moral and respectable
lsekmai upon the gentleman which
'il lead him suddenly to discover that
cannot possibly produce the heaven
| n1en production ot Mi" Fairfax and
SxDieky bird and will therefore hand
aA some OF the mazuma Dieky has
brown at him
"But hasn't Dicky set his heart upon
his thing" | protested weakly
isn't there a chance that this man
stern, will really produce tho play, and
hat Il might succeed"
I saw iillians ewes narrow with
Iorethlng akin to contempt for my lack
" understanding Then they wid ned
joft with the infinite charity that is
iers,
rs II so BAd2"
a never thought you such an incur.
abe optlmist Maige," she said with a
note Of gayety which the next minute
INsni,hed from her voice and face leav-
I ing nothing but grim determination
written thereon
n There's about as much chance Of
NSiern producing that play as there is
/ ,f the Clown Prince becoming mayor oi
I New York" he said. "He never pro
J duetd anything except some cheap
vsuJeyill. sketches Dicky's the most
rattle pated lad living, or he'd never
hayt gotten mixed mp with him lie
was with Harry enough TO know a little
something about the theatrical game
And this ,o-ealled play"
Il II 50 bad them asked, with the
wish that had been able TO see some
\ " The manuscript which Lillian had
odhed over while We we're IN Dicky.,
1 ro1m
y Well, I've seen ,ouN pretty sad
specimens OF dramatic iutilty, but for
I absolute rotten piiilc give me thi, ei.
f.fuSion oi the little FaltiaN'S' All moon
shine and southern mamulias and hid
Il den iaStnesse' in lonely mountains
lPbrt OF compromise between those old
Soujhwor,h novels and a modern tri
angle problem hiair or what the gifted
Edith evidently yiSualled as such. A,
. burleSQue for the Lambs or the Friar,
-peachy in ilS unocnSclouSucsS Bu
for the real stage police
There was tha, in th, speech whicl
:ut deep For always had though
/ 0icky to be rather keen critic O
dramatic writing Was It possible ,ha
Ns personal in,ereS, in Edith Fairia,
sas so strong a, TO cloud hi, iudgmen
4 and to lead him into the incredhl,