The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-23
KANSANS IN new YORK
BY SAN FARRELL

New York, Oct 23.-Marcelle Wall
lenstein has arrived in town. For
many years a reporter on the Atchison
Globe, Wichita Eagle and Kansas City
Star, he has now invaded the realm
Of shadowland as a member of the
studio publicity staff of Famous Play
ers-Lasky. He succeeds E. Wayne
Wingart, who has been assigned to
other important duties with that COM
pany.
Over on Ellis Island the destiny
of pretty French girl is at stake.
The mademoiselie is graduate of the
school of edicine at Sorbonne uni
versity, Paris. During the war she
was with the French Red Cross and
later rendered valuable services with
the American Red Cross in Italy.
There she met an American business
man-serving with the Red Cross on
the Piave front.
The American Red Cross man made
violent loye to the pretty Partisan
girl. He promised to marry her
few weeks ago he sent for her and
she came to New York on a French
liner. All she needed was this mans
affidavit and she would be free to
land.
But the Red Cross man showed the
caliber of his courage by notifying
the immigration authorities that he
did not intend to marry the girl be-
cause of rumors he had heard. That,
of course, meant deportation. The
mademoiselle in a stunned state of
fear sent a wire to Kansas friend,
who came east as fast as extra-fare
trains would carry him. He has in
terviewed the commissioner of immi-
grafton and has enlisted the support
Of many prominent persons in the un-
fortunate girls behalf A hospital in
Brooklyn has offered her a position,
SO that she will not become a public
charge if permitted to land. Steve
OGrady of the New York Tribune,
whose fame is known in newspaper
dom from coast to coast. is exerting
every effort possible. 1t looks as if the
Kansan and his friends will win out
perhaps at the expense of the Red
Cross man, who may be subpoenaed to
from the shadows into the limelight
of the most uneweniable publicity
known.
John P. Fritts of Realart Pictures
and former well known Topekan, and
his lifelong friend, Arthur s. Kane,
motion picture executive, play golf to-
gether two or three times a week at
Sound Beach, Conn.,. and claim to have
dubbed more strokes last summer than
any other two men in New York.
Marshall Crawford has joined the
New York sales force of the Capper
Farm Press, sol Fifth avenue, and
spent his first night here touring
Greenwich Village on foot, with bis
ter on his toe growing more malignant
with each succeeding step.
a familiar face was seen at the
ringside of the Carpentier-Levinsky
each blow landed by the Wonder
Man of France. Jay f. House, former
mayor of Topeka, "tubed" post haste
to the Pennsylvania hotel where he
wired a remarkable story of the fight
to the Philadelphia Public Ledger
Social note: Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
b. Hoyt, jr., of New York and Topeka.
have returned from, their honeymoon.
General Order No. 1, which Charlie
rigidly obeys, cuts his daily cigar quota
down from six to two
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin A. Menninger.
formerly of Topeka, have grown tired
of paying exorbitant rentals. They
have bought an apartment on Long
Island-a beautiful place purchased
On the cooperative plan so that the
soaring rent problem is one which
bothers them not.
Abe L. Gordon, who hasn't been in
Topeka for five years, inquired of a
gathering of Topekans the other night
If the transfer station still stands at
Eighth and Kansas avenues. He was
almost picked up with a blotter.
Far more interest was shown here
the other day in the race between
Man O. War and Sir Barton than in
the presidential campaign. Judging
from the reports floating around Re
publican headquarters, the race for
the White House will be similar to
that of the track at Windsor, with
Harding representing Man o. War.
The Democrats compare Cox to Car
pentier and Harding TO Levinsky.
Brock Pemberton's show, Enter
Madame is regarded by critics as one
of the five best shows in New York,
Others classed in the same list are
Holbrook Blinn in 1.-THE Bad Man."
THE Famous Mrs. Fair" with Blanche
Bates and Henry Miller; Ina Claire in
The Gold Diggers." and "Happy-Go-
Lucky with o. P. Higgee.
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