The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-28
GERALDINE DAD DOESALL TALKING
 FOR D|VA'S PARTY
Singer Travels in Private Car With Relatives and Friends to Furnish Home Effect
 on Her Tours
Fly DOLLY DALRYMPLE

La Belle Geraldine'' can't make me mad by not giving me an interview" on the day she sings-that is, If she will just let me have chat with her handsome papa" Sidney Farrar.
 When Geraldine Farrars luxurious private car, the Palm BeachY (doesn't it sound rich and palatialo arrived in Birmingham at noon Wednesday. there was such large crowd gathered around to catch a glimpse of the fa- nous prima donna and moving picture star that i tmust have done hen heart good if she peeped out of the windows of "The Palm Beach," for more ar- dent and eager lot of admirers never gathered together to welcome a seleb- rity--just to catch glimpse of her beauteous self; but nary glimpse had we.
 Seated on the rear platform of Tho Palm Beach" the observation" end of Spaulding ("Madames" personal repre- sentative) typical travellers with their pongee clusters" tucked snugly about them and giving the crowd greeting as the train rolled into the station.
 Look where you might, there was no sign of the lovely Geraldine and MT. Spaulding stepped from the car he in- troduced c. F. Ellis, Miss Farrar's mill lionair emanager, who has always ac- companied the fair prima donna on every concert tour she has ever made, to the coterie assembled. including the Birmingham "impressarios," who pre- sented Miss Farrar in concert, the newspaper representatives. Dr. Frank Willis Barnett Che was on hand. of course. to see if Geraldine was wear ing those black and white stockings he wrote about last week), and Sig Bauer, who always writes the most adorable stories, eager and anxious to get a glimpse of the famous artist
 One glimpse of Mir. Farrar and it is easy to say just where the beauteous Geraldine gets her good looks--and those who saw the handsome. gray haired. blue-eyed gentleman who was the guest of George Warde's box party in honor of pretty Jean Johnson at the Farrar concert last evening at the Jeff ferson probably wondered who he was; also the other handsome stranger, white haired. white-mustached and looking every inch the "elegante" that he is; while the third guest, handsome and aristocratic looking, made up the trio of representatives from the Far rar party.
 Sidney Farrar, MT. Ellis and MT | Spaulding enjoyed Miss Farrar's con- cert from MT. Wardes box just as much as if they had never heard the great diva before. Their admiration and love | for the lovely singer is beautiful, and their homage to her at all times shows | the high estem in which she is held and characterizes the clever artist as | woman of admirable traits and wonder l ful magnetism.
 1 MT. Farrar. and, by the way. the first [. thing I asked him when I met him, was how to pronounce the much questioned name, and he laughingly said without | a vestige of conceit or being stuck up" over his wonderful daughters sue. cess:
 "Over in Boston where we came from I was just plain old Sid Farrar; but after Geraldine went to New York and became so famous at the Metropolitan opera they began to call us Farrah which isn't correct. It started abroad really when my daughter was studying there, and they called her Farrah, but | the family name and pronunciation is 1 just plain old Farrar."
 | Absolutely the most natural ane
 
 saw is this delightful man-the father of the worlds most popular prims | donna: handsome and affab1e, his big
 manly physique suggesting the athlete | clean cut and stalwart-he is just a: unaffected as a child--the one hobby of his life. of course, being his beauti, ful daughter
 | "But. of course, I don't count" he | modestly said to me. MT. Ellis, Mir | Spaulding-they are the important peo. I pie; I am merely one of the claque. don't amount to anything" T don't know about that" I chimed l in quickly: If it hadn't been for you there wouldn't have been any Geraldine | Farrar for the world to pay homage | to. Next to being Geraldine herself seems to me I'd rather be Geraldine's | papa than anybody I know" And how he laughed at my little I, taunt!
 1 He's a nice man is this MT. Farrar l Geraldine's papa" and-oh, we'll,
 don't care whether La Belle Geraldine grants me an audience on the day sht sings or not. just 80 long as she let's me talk with Nher father.
 He's not stingy with himself--no in