New-York tribune., 1919-11-16
THE MERRY WORLD OF STAGE AND SCREEN
Dear Mabel Refutes Idea
8 That Brains and Beauty
Never Do Go Hand-in-Hand

quiet, but resolved to watch. But lust
as soon as we met little Mabel she few
away to the Western coast, and all we
had, OF her was her shadow on the
screen. where she continued to con-
sistently and fascinatingly toe in.
But last week she returned and we
put of shopping expedition, a trip to
the dentist and matinee to be among
those present at the luncheon to which
we scribes were hidden.
We arrived before Mabel did, and
sat down on gold couch upholstered
in pink satin with blue butterflies on
it to wait for her. Everybody was
gathered at the other end Of the long
room, and she entered at the door
furthest away from us, looking like a
little French doll. She wore a small
blue and silver hat, blue frock with
very short sleeves trimmed with silver,
into the room with her toes turned in,
just as she does in the picture.
Some of the other things which we
know about Mabel Normand are that
she has longer eyelashes than any one
else in the world (they are surely an
inch long); that she is far lovclier off
the screen than she is on because you
can see her coloring, and that she puts
into her comedies deep and serious
| SHOASut anu IdIQ WOIk--dlIlOSJ IKE
Charlie Chaplin. That is the sort of
young person Mabel Normand is
SO it may be inferred that we are an
admirer of dear Mabel's. We admit
it; we are. That is why we side
| tracked ali other things to be at her
coming-in party.
While every ono was gathered in
groups before going into the dining
room. looking as though they had for
gotten that there were no more cock
tail time, we stole in and took look
at the place cards.
Now that it is over we can confess
that If one of Samuel Goldwyn's
minions had put us at the lower end
of the table among the also-rans we
were going to change our card 1t is
done in real life occasionally always
in farces. But we found it only one
removed from Miss Normand and next
to the charming "Freckles" of Tower
fame, q most enviable position. !
Really, that was the incest luncheon
we ever attended, or, rather, the most
enjoyable gathering, for We were so
busy listening to the hostess talk that
we had no idea what we were eating
and didn't come to until it was time
to pick out the choicest petit fours.
Poor little Mabel didn't get q chance
to eat anything. Every time she would
turn and say something funny down
the other side of the table we would
wait until she had finished and then
say, What was that? Tell u.s." And
usually she would answer, 81 said it,l
was so wonderful to be back in New
York that I can hardly believe it."
On her finger was beautiful ring
which she hadn't been wearing when
she left New York and we were so
afraid that it meant something which
we hoped it didn't mean that we final
~ asked her. 1t is an enormous pearl.
something like the one Constance Tai
madge has and something like the one
Alice Joyce has, but little different.
Yes, it is a beauty" she admitted
1T is one of Fannie Wards collection.
She always promised me l could have
one sometime, so before she left Cali
fornia l held her to her promise. Did
you ever see FanJie's jewels? My, bpt
they're georgeousl"