The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-12-15
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Nav York. = II Justice Franklin
Hoyt of New York Children's Court
ever writes another story OF thriiis
and adventure, its hero is going 10 De
an elderly gentleman of eighty sum
.mers. Eliot Kitchener, 14-year-old Oh
Ace boy was brought before him the
other day for having appropriated
$4,000 of the payroll of the BALDWIN
Locomotive Company, OF Phiiauei-
mia. with which to embark upon
career. He told the Judge frankly Just
how he had started and what he mad
MANNED. The Judge grew a DIT rest
less as the story progressed. r1hahy
when Eliot explained how ne hau
wheedled the clerk of the Penhsyi-
vanit hotel into giving him one OF the
hest rooms with the story that ne was
the son of a wealthy San Francisco
woman who was due to reach mere
from Europe in day or two, Judge
Hoyt exclaimed, "Why / wrote TINS
whole story myself three months ago
II was called In Quest Of Change and
Adventure and was published IN 'he
October Scribner's." The Judge re-
fused to give the boy over to the fhhl-
adelphia detectives and instructed
that he be delivered to his mother But
he's through writing stories that can
be staged by live boys.
She really looked as though she
knew furs. Those she was wearing
were so beautiful. Nevertheless tne
clerk in a Fifth Avenue shop thought
mavhe Il was his duty as an honest
salesman to warn her when she was
inst about to buy new scarf. Iha'
ia only imitation ermine," he SAID
"You must be careful not to wear II
IN the rain" She looked startled anu
also distressed. ''Why what" she eS-
claimed "what do the little imitation
ermines do when 1t rains?'
II takes health and the right kind OF
that much abused quality OF tempera-
ment to appear nearly year ana
half in a lead part on Broadway-or
j, anywhere else-without missine one
single performance. That's the record
of Ina Claire, who celebrated her
5oOth appearance in 1.-The Gold Dig
gers" last week. 1t would be interest
ing. considering the assumed "frivoi-
,tv" of the stage, to know how many
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT manufacturers -
in the city has an equal business rec
ord.
Unfortunately similar sense OF re-
sponsibility does not hold all OF the
theatrical profession. Ginger the
talented dog-actor of Daddy Dump
Inns" up and quit the other day; Just
plain ran away on vacation and lei'
the company flat. Rewards have SC
far been unsuccessful in bringing
hack Ginger, who is described as par
French poodle, part some kind OF ter
rier. and part something else"
Gabriel D'Annunzio has finally died
on the 415th day Of his hunger strike
For AIS days he had steadily refused
all the tempting tidbits offered him
Gabriel, it happens, is an alligator
But even alligators have feelings; ant
when Signor Mignon brought hin
from Virginia to grace a tank in MI
Italian restaurant here where he 81
rarely heard proper virginian spoken
Gabriel resented it after the moderl
method. And now he's dead.
"We made him what he is today an
now he's turned us down." That's tn
wall of womankind against Sidney y
Colgate, perfume manufacturer.
Orange, N. j., who has just resigne
from the Orange Board OF Educate
after the appointment of a woman
a member of the board. who mad
him his gold?" cry all Of her sisters G
Greater New York. who but us? SUI
pose there never had been any womeI
we ask you, what would have becom
of a perfume maker? Talk about
serpent's TOOTH"
When q California visitor now b.
gins to talk about that favorite topic
the California climate, New York elf
now retailiates by talking about cat
It's all very we'll to tell HON huma
being flourish under the Pacific SUI
shine and rain. Humans can flouris
anywhere. But It's on Manhattan i
land that the toms and tabbies al
sleekest and latest and cherries
even those OF the streets. And-ye
ats the climate" Cat fanciers ha'
lust given this declaration TO the wal
ing world. Persians. angoras. al