The sun., 1919-01-10

Mr.: Csruso mustn't doff his hat when he
walked up to the committee Of welcome
oehind the rugged up counter,
rake on your hat now. Mr.. Caruso,
with a sweep like thie-- directed the
movie man in that dictatorial way that
movie men have even with famous ten
ors, ana which so hypnotized the sub
,ect Cor else he was hypnotized by the
gao smiles OF Mrs. Fairchild and Miss
FLICK and the rest Of the ecstatic well
comers) that he started to obey. but his
VIE, with one glance OF her brilliant
eyes at the descending snowhakes that
were impertinently dotting the weentsy
bald spot on Carusos head, interposed.
said.
And though Mrs. Bosom rushed into
the basement of the shop and brought
out a plumbers cap or something which
she told the tenor he might don under
his hat as a buffer against the snow
when he took Off his derby Mrs Caruso
was adamant The lid remained on
through the entire reel. and II any movie
auditors are inclined to reproach Caruso
ior lack OF courtesy let them remember
this explanation and refrain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Caruso arrived on the
scene In their automobile at 2 o'clock
and the way the two went through their
parts just shows the difference between
the masculiDe and feminine natures For
they were both. II DEVELOPED. hungry, but
whereas Mrs. Caruso beamed with ami
nation and interest and acted as IL food
was far from her thoughts, there was a
decided when do We get that beef
steak" look In the tenor's sad eye all the
while.
Singers Plight Il Realised.
Some of the debutantes who trooped
around after him interpreted this look
as temperament, but Mrs. Fairchild was
more discerning.
Hes hungry" she said in a stage
whisper. Then Miss Anne Shingleur,
the executive secretary of the Red Cross
Shop. had one of those just a little too
late inspirations.
why" she mourned. didn't we have
nice hot spaghetti luncheon for MIR.
Caruso? What an advertisement for our
Bird Cage Tea Room It would have been
to have had him eat II here!'
Some of the young folk, with that i'm
perfectueomprehensio of the masculine
stomach which young girls do have.
suggested assusging Mr.. Carusos grief
Bird Cage sells for 81 per. The head
tea lady. Mrs. Duryea. ever on the look
out for little publicity for her Bird
Cage. hailed this as noble thought.
and with the aid of Miss Shingleur, who
braced her back against the street door
and held ii firmly shut just as the tenor
thought he was escaping beefsteakward,
he and Mrs. Caruso were steered into the
cage and immortslized for the screen in
the act of lifting cups to their lips.
But IL the movie audiences deduce
therefrom that tea and sandwiches are
the meat upon which Caruso feeds they
will be mistaken. Caruso hastily set
down the cup and Jared forth, and as he
went down the steps as quickly as the
lameness from his recent fall would let
him for the first time gladness beamed
in his eye.
Music Bubbles as Motor starts.
Also little bubbles OF music welled
from his lips, to the delight Of a mes
senger boy, one miilineTs girl. a group
OF elderly ladies and a nursemaid with
baby, who paused to watch the Ca
rusos enter their automobile.
Caruso was expected at I o'clock. but
the hour OF waiting for him was use
fully employed by the welcome commit
tee and the movie men IN rehearsing in
the backyard. A movie man was Caruso
and Miss Frick was Mrs. Caruso. and.
loaded with bandboxes. &c. they swept
grandly up to the counter back OF which
stood the shivering but gladstone well
Corners. The counter was an old box.
set for the occasion with one doll In
hoopskirts, one Buddha. one penguin
tplaster), one jug which might have
been Omars and one futuristic bandbox.
\ Paisley shawl. an ancient bit Of stage
scenery and choice collection Of old
coats and hats and other garments made
the background. The rehearsal pro-
ceeded until. preceded by a wave OF ex-
Citement, Mr.. and Mrs. Caruso walked
downstairs and were escorted by way of
the kitchen into the yard.
All hands in the kitchen suspended
the sandwich cutting for afternoon tea
and hustled TO front seats in the win
dows The rhythmic fall Of the dis
carded crusts, with which. despite
Hoover. the Bird Cage Tea Room fHls
its garbage pals, ceased for a time, and
every ody watched the Carusos pose for
the movies. Afterward the pair were
persuaded into Pandoras Box on the
second floor, where the tenor bought q
SOS rose point lace collar for his wife
and was fixed by the movie men in the
act. Next the visit to the Bird Cage
md then the departure