The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-09
M E N w o M E N A ND T HIN c s

know Marcus Loew, but he does
 not know me; but why be downheart- ed' for I read in yesterdays Age-Her- ala that l was among( those invited to be present at the lunch today at the Tutwiier to meet him and his CO., workers and stars, and this means that will be introduced to him once more. for it's a ceremony I go through with on each of his visits to Birmingham.
 Now do not think am peeved or lpidued at the amusement magnate be- Icause have failed to impress my per- Isonality uIon him. for I am not-way down in my heart l have great sym pathy for him fer in q small measure in my travels up and down the state am constantly meeting people in a lcasual manner, and for the life of me cannot recall them all when | rext Isec them
 1 It will give me genuine pleasure to keep on being presented to him so long 2s he favors us with his presence for really outside of being a multimllionaire and having string of theatres across the country he is a modest man and aS free from pose as any of the striking 1 men who from time to time drop in on us for short visits He is simple in his manner, easily approached and I am sure a most companionable man among his ! friends.
 
 l know E. A. Schiller and he knows me too, provided he visits The Age Herald and sees me in my corner. or runs across me down in the managers office; but on the street he would pass me by without ever seeing me. Not be- cause his big job as the southern repre- sentative of Marcus Loew has made him stuck up, but from the simple fact that while we have frequently met and knew one another in an incidental way when he first came to the Bjou some years back, we were never really close to one another. I found him, however, al ways courteous and affable and knew he was in line fot bigger things
 
 
 derstudy, and he knows me at The Age Herald. the Bijou; on the avenue, or even in Atlanta when he sees me. and just because he is my buddy" I am going to give him the biggest portion of this story, as I feel 8 genuine personal interest in his rapid rise as one of Loew's young lieutenants have always taken warm interest in the advancement of my friends. and particularly so if I knew them just as they were getting their feet on the lad der of fame. I picked Keane for winner when the firm came to Birmng- ham to have charge of Loew's Bijou.
 
 do not know what the "fI' stands ly thinking of him as Lionel Hearty Keane, for he is a 'glad-hander" and if he ever runs for office he will give some old-time politicians the race of their lives. While he is given to meet ing people with enthusiasm it has none of the smack ot the professional office seel<er, but is born out of sheart which wishes his fellow-man a pleasant voyage as he sails the ocean of life. It's truly wonderful thing to be able to show pleas ure in meeting people without letting it degenerate into sycophancy Or pro- fessionalism.
 The first time I met him I was a bit afraid that he was a "gusher and that the oil of joy would soon run out, but take it from me he has proved to be no lsarren well. but his good will just seems to flow out of an inexhaustible supply 1 and l do not believe will ever run dry | until he himself is put beneath q sod l Nay he live to be hundred to shed the | radiance of his joyous personality among | his drab fellow mortals who have missed | hpmor Blessed be the dispensers of | sunshine, for they give the sparkle and 1 the warmth to this weary old world.
 I took him in from head to foot and | found him to be wonderfully fit as a l man. Clean-limbed I learned to find | him clean of mind. I do not take it as a tribute to my calling that in his | speech he was also always clean in his l speech. I know because man happens to be connected with the theatre great many people jump to the conclusion that he is a Don Juan and that it is the nusi- ness Of his life to be constantly having affairs with women and what is worse be cad enough to talk about his con- quests. I never saw the slightest tinge of this in Keane and he had youth and red blood and opportunity.
  Now I do not believe the thing that was keeping him in line was the girl back in Philadelphia, who is now Mrs Keene, for I credit it to his high-toned way of looking at life. As I got to know him intimately he told me much about the girl back home and then when she came here with him I had the priv ilege of witnessing their joy in one an- T. other and I recall having the pleasure of bringing them in one night from the stage in one of the Liberty bond drives. and how the audience gave the newly l weds a great send-off.
 keene was like sam Levy in the pow sr to enjoy his own show, for when the -ormer was here. every time he met me ,is invariable greeting was, Doctor. iave you seen the show this week: it's dandy" I frequently used to go down here on the condition that he would sec