Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-26
CHAPTER vi
THE FREEDOM OF THE SHE'S
s,xth Irning--Continued


On the Enroute to Los Angeles.
Amigo Joe-weii, Joe, you can see
.rom the way start of this letter that
have got all the languages at my
sn,er tIps. I guess that's about as far
=, I1l ever get 'em, Joe,> because seem
), and Il impossibly to get 'em into my
head. Instead Of gettin' better under
,h. treatment Of his professor which took
@ ,n the Hercules task Of teachin' me.
We. and Jeanne claims II have any
,.ore reiapses Il won't be long before
can't even understand myself!
am now on my way to the coast,
,,h,ch ia slang for California, Joe, and
with me is Jeanne more charmin1y than
sysr. my baby and our joint maid,
Marie. We are goin' out to mako some
lille of which is called Heavens
hhove i' and Is q extremely sad tragedy,
md Toe I am a riot In II and In at the
last three places will rock the audience
With sobs and etc. have been tipped
off that Fairbanks. Chaplin and Hart IL
within around the dots out there with
jealousy and has smashed dozens Of
cameras in their petty rage when they
ss,n some Of the Aim which was made
here for the first reel. Well, Joe. will
he very cordially with them ono and all
and try and put them At their ease, be-
cause I don't believe in bein' up the
stage with nobody and would rather die
than get swell head simply because
was born natural actor and can't
help it IL 1 am little better than the
mob.
in never mind tho hoakum, but let me
know how did you make out with
Jeanne after that lovers quarrel you
rot into that threatened to render you
asunder. SO without no moro further
ado will take tho plunge right into
When got of the train in New York
that day determined to rush to the near
est lawyer and grab on divorce. Joe.
the first guy run into is no less than
which same 1 amt seen since Jeanne
hurled me bodily into society. Well.
Joe, you know they say that misery
loves to be among company and was
: clad ', to see :. Phil =. asiin ss ths .s S,sw;
10 fall on my neck and wildly embrace
me or anything like that and for Awhile
he was very cool. on tho g1punds that
have become stuck UP sikce made
money and have canned all my old
Joe, you know that as oonvinoer got
no equals and few peers and as far as
that goes could convince the formerly
kaiser he was In right at the present
time so / had little trouble provin' to
Phil that was still true to my old pals,
but that a married man has got to
think Of his wifo frst-also, second
third. fourth. NTH and sixth. Speakin
Of married life reminded mo what come
down to New York for, 80 dragged
Phil into the nearest ono of them places
which made crack leo famous and we
had some 2.76. That Ia / had and
Phil had about Is, accoriin' to tho box
score was handed as a bill.
Then ! ask Phil II ne knows Of q
practical lawyer and no says that's what
his cousin 10 and I says is no any rood
and Phils says he got to be good, be.
cauo he's descended from O family OF
lawyers and ono Of his ancient rela-
tlyes handled all Of King Soiomon's
breach Of promise suits and IL that good
enough and ! says yes.
42nd and Broadway with him because
he has succeeded In maxim o date with
his wife and she will be glad to see
me again and Is less liable to bawl him
out II he's got spectator with him.
Well. Joe. although my heart feels like
Il weighs a coupla tons at tho least,
put on a gaily air and went with him.
and Mrs. Bloom shows UP promptly one
hour late. Joe. Phil has got tho pretti.
est wife on Lenox avenue between l16th
and l17th street and how a dame which