New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Bv Harriette Underhill

eentIy tudt ~ Ai<'" W.
ause 1t was the last call for copy and
Rod to write an interview with
william S. Hart, some one spoke up and
I'D, soh, please, for my sake, do call
Ar. for Hart's sake' I Thought of
zA.t 80 long ago and have been dying
sor chance to use it"
"a which we replied "It can't be
Aone, because the first time we inter
dmed MI Hart we called it that" This
.;ns we are going to call it "Far From
s. Maddening Crowd" and you shall
1now why
The worst OF having million dollar
d,rs Is that they all work out In the
EIWsst and the only time one gets a
4Asncs to SEQ one of them is when he
.oruss to New York to buy clothes or
xll Liberty bonds.
81 Therefore, as soon al We heard that
|8Wlliam Hart WAS coming to town we
nxds arrangements to see linn as soon
IL h arrived We have seen Mr.. Hart
SncA tims thas he has been East, 80
Haov we know him very well and call
mtm <Bill" when he isn't listening.
But he is as difEcrlt to see rs the
lPreddent unless one Wishes to view
4h1n with $4,000 other people in front
II the Sub Treasury, and we had de-
kaminsd that this interview should be
Ad private nAtur~-
81 Each time we had seen him on
uvyious occasions it had been al ono
Il group Of int.rviewers who sat
sScus in . circle and made notes on
psds and then all went to their re-
spectire Offices and wrote the same
ding
And We had visions Of seeing Mr..
Eazs alone and getting an exclusive
Ho.y, perhaps beat, rs to what he
thought Of suffrage or suffragists, if it
vas true that he was engaged to an
Asisess in Oklahoma and what was
Ah hvos1te color.
So vhan he invited US to have supper
nth him after seeing a performance
Il ~Daddies,s we thought that the great
moment had arrived and we went pre-
pared to wrest his life's secrets from
him
Whan he met us he seemed in a
hurry and hc said: "Isve arranged a
little party at the 'Palais Royal and
n Il ycu. Ike We can have our interview
there's II didn't sound encouraging!
Did you ever interview any one at the
Pslais Royal!
We'll, when we arrived we found that
the little party consisted OF Norma
Falmadge, Natalie Talmadge, Miss
Hart, Joseph Schenck, Eugene O'Brien,
Reed Hamilton, and q few others. MIR.
Hart sat directly across the table from
mb which made it necessary to tele-
phone our queries if we did not wish
tie world and his wife to know that
" were interviewing William the
Great.
At last we grew desperate! Under
ever Of the big bridal number, and
nspired BY the music, we attracted Mr.
h,sts attention by throwing a roll at
am and then shouted across the table
u It true that in vending your way
lass BY easy stages you inadvert-
uuy became engaged to an heiress in
Vflahoma?" Mr.. Hart smiled and shook
ls head, negatively, let it be under
secd, and not resignedly; but we
udnt quite like the look in his eye as
y gased at the bridal train which
nept down the blue velvet stairs. II
ssned anticipatory, "if you know
nat We mean"
Inc next time we got q chance te
peak to him WAS during a fox-trot
va we had Just asked him when he
'aoushe the war was going to enc
saen the people on the floor began e
neognize their hero in his regula,
u0snes, and every one insisted on shak.
me hands with him and asking him
~ sorts Of foolish questions, and be.
''se our question was answered it wa.
o'clock and the band played "Home
sseet Home,"" and every one went
here.
and Mr.. Hart said: "Well, we didni
asre our interview, did we? How about
aaner tomorrow night3 Every other
moment is taken"
20 VIC went to the Astor, where Mr
mart lived, for dinner, and he hat
ssOnised not to have any other guests
se didnt-but this is what happened
:" the first place his voice was gone
: nearly gone, and what there wa.
sE Of it he was preserving for hi.
.lssch at the Rialto in the cause Of
sA'efsy that night. The rest Of it hat
IN lost early in the day in front Of
as sub-Treasury.
40 was surrounded by one represent
.s'e from the Liberty Loan, one per
suai press agent representative, on,
.1aser, one director Of publicity from
= 'ncatre where he was to speak thai
xas one director Of publicity for th'
lure concern, one photographer ans
eac interviewer.
tae man from the theatre and tn,
ADJUSTMENTS