The Washington times., 1920-07-29

fact that IL Is only a small portion
OF the activities OF the ield.
through the lines and had swung
Mary aloft! high, wide. and hand
some"
To add to the general excitement. a
military band that may or may not
have accompanied a delegation from
the Friars' Club, entered into rivalry
with a band from the Hebrew Or
phan Asylum. The "toot ensemble"
was truly inspiring. Finally the
"other" band desisted, leaving the
neid to the Hebrew Orphans. who
blared forth the tuneful intelligence
that the gang was all there.
After Sam Bernard. Billy B. Van.
Jim Corbet. Walter Kelly, Louis
Mann, william A. Brady, Jack Glea-
son, George Dougherty Willie Col
lier and forty others had given the
returning travellers a rousing wei
come, Doug and Mary entered an au-
tomobile, which at once became part
OF an improvised parade up Twelfth
Avenue to Twenty-third street. east
TO Fifth avenue, and thence 10 the
Ritz-Carlton, where they are to stay
for a week before they resume their
journey to California. home OF the
movies.
Doug later told newspaper men he
had been through THE Garden Path
OF Europe, running on all six"
Mary attempted to rehearse their
itinerary, when Doug interrupted
with the suggestion that she put
her inability TO zip IT up to any great
extent" whereupon Doug told the
story.
MAD CROWD IN LONDON.
In London. he said. they were
greeted by such crowds that he and
Mary had to disguise themselves to
get from their rooms In the Ritz.
oh yes, they went to France and to
Germany and to Switzerland and TO
Holland and to Italy. eft might sur
prise you" said Doug, but do you
know they have wonderful spaghetti
in Italy? the only drawback to
Italian spaghetti is the way it's eaten
over there. It's too hard on the
wrist"
Doug opined that he might start
spoke up and said that Doug was
going right back home and go to
work"
Hes going to do two pictures be
fore he does anything else" said Mary.
And she locke ed threateningly across
at Doug as she added: I'm going to
get whip and bell and III see that
he gets to work early and quits at
curfew and goes to bed"
MARY HAS SURPRISES.
One of the newspaper men asked
Mary If she and Doug were going to
appear in a picture together. Mary
laughed and Doug said:
I'VE will. il we ever find anyone
sane enough to write a scenario for
Mary. and insane enough to put In
a part for me-"
Mary, in their suite, announced that
she has sundry surprises for the can
ned drama in the way of creations
Lain, of Paris.
So country dressmakers may take
their sketch pads with them when
they go to see her next picture. Itll
| probably be worth while.
They mustve done" the continent
| in hot haste. When you consider that
they touched England, Holland. Ger
many. Switzerland. Italy and France
| in a single month, you may very well
imagine the tour was rather breath
| less one. 81 went away an actor and
returned a traveller" sighed Douglas.
But that their Zest for pastures new
careening here and there was proved
by his next remark.
PLAN TWO PICTURES.
Were going to produce two pic
lures next-I think" he said. "and
then for the open road again. This
time we'll take company with us,
and we'll probably take in Japan,
| China. India, Egypt and way points"
mo, we haven't found suitable
! story in which we can act together"
he admitted. And here's a chance, in
deed. for the willy scenario writer or
| for the inveterate reader. who. search
ing in his richly stored memory. can
| trot out a yarn which would prove a
distinguished vehicle for the separate
and combined charms of the pair.
Abroad her husband is known as
"Douggie." Mary said.
"Our British reception was the
most overpowerinE thing of ALL" she
remarked, with shining eyes. "Oh
and then the trip down the Rhine
was the most beautiful thing In the
whole journey"
SAW YANKs IN SERVICE
She says, too, that the American
boys on service in Germany are hav-
ing "a good time" and that most
Germans are not the arrogant persons
they are pictured, but meek, and seem
to know they're licked"
Had to put on some ugly goggles
in order to get by without being
smothered when we went to London"
laughed the little star "They were
awfully kind, but a bit overwhelm-
ing in their interest" Douglass dis
guise, it seems, was a Chaplinesque
mustache.
The Fairbanks are to return to the
coast via the Northern Pacific route,
so that Mary may see her native
Canadian Rockies. Meanwhile the
town, in a manner of speaking, Is
theirs. As we remarked before, II