The Washington times., 1921-09-02
DOUG AND NARY .
SCOUTS GUESTS
ATPOCANT|CO.
Musketeer and Miss Pickford,
Have Great Time After
Trip on Yacht.

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NEW YORK, Sept. 2.-You ought to
have seen Douglas Fairbanks, the fA.
nous Musketeer. and his wife. Mary
Pickford. stepping off Eighty-sixth
street, Hudson river. yesterday after
noon. to the Oriental mats on tho
float at the ColumbkI Yacht Club, deck
Of Barron Golfers yi.cht, Pocantico. IL
was a picture you could have carried
away to gladden. tht rest of your life.
Douglas looked like the cats meow.
all dolled up In a nice gray flannel
Yachting suit and everything, and
Mary. with half.Nelson on his right
forearm. In blue silk suit lined with
red silk and wearing shoes and stock
ings and hat and white kid gloves
and smiling like May morning.
. Pocantico Started. ;.
Well, 1t came time to 20 and every
body stood on the float OF the club and
wished the voyagers God-speed and
the captain of the Yacha reached up
and pulled chain with gold handle.
A few bars Of Wagner followed and
the Pocantico was on her way to the
camp of the Boy Scouts Of America at
Kanoawahke Lake. Interstate Park.
When. the Pocantico reached the
dumps at.Ninth street everybody on
the yacht had become acquainted, and
Doug was sitting back. talking to q
man named Griffith who has some.
thing to do with moving pictures, and
| clustered around In the circle Were
such lads as Jimmie Hamilton, who
was appointed by the mayor to a nice
job.
Jimmy Forbes was there with
white shoes and white felt hat.
Jimmy writes drammers. And Sen,
ator George II. Cobb mo relation to
Irv) was on board representing him
self. Mr.. Cobb is q member Of the,
| Moving Picture Commission. .s
| And just as everybody was having
a perfectly splendid time the Capn
ctrolled over to Sam Greer and whis-
pered TO him. Sam Greer's face went
as white as a sheet. IL
"Migawd," he said, or words to that
effect, I'VE have busted a piston ring
or something on the ingine."
This may not be an exact quotation,
but 1t conveys the meaning.
Broken Piston Ring.
1t was all Barron Golfers fault
And by the way, he is not a real
Baron. People think he is because
he calls. himself that. It was all
Barron Golfers fault, sending his
yacht up the river to Bear Mountain
with a piston ring with a varicose
vein.
Instead of reaching the Boy Scouts
camp at 3 o'clock, the old Pocantico
did not squirm in till s; but oh. man.
when she did bump into the landing
and those 1000 Boy Scouts caught
sight of Doug and Mary. We're here
to tell you there was some excitement.
Doug had on gray suit and q shirt
and socks and collar and shoes and
wore a hat Mary wore a dress and
hat and stockings and shoes and
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Five minutes after he had stepped
on dry land Doug had spoiled his nice
gray suit. 1t happened this way:
Dick Winter, twelve years old. step
ped right up to Mr.. Fairbanks and
asked him II he thought he'd like
to put on the. gloves with him and get
fair idea Of what Maggie Dempsey's
m Jersey City. g.. -. p.
You're on" said Doug.
So they had a fight. and in the
| first round Dick Winter Knocked
Doug for a COOL. and Mary rushed in
and grabbed Dick up and spanked
him and said she'd be ID burned
II she'd stand by and see her hus-
band maltreated and him an invalid.
and all that 81" ~ .- ~
And then little Bobby Doremus.
who resides in Brooklyn and had
been fidgeting first on one foot and
then on the other. stepped forward.
and with his face glowing like a
Swiss sunset. said to Mary:
Miss Fairbanks. present you
with this" - ID sc raas..
Mary Gets Present.
whereupon he slipped her pack.
age the size of a lunch box. rF|
What Is it?" said Mary.
"I dunno" Bobby replied!
Mary opened it and found a bla-
zoned bird.winged butterfly set. IN a
bark frame. ! -. r. - .
Then Doug said he was jealous.
whereupon the Boy Scouts told him
to wait. Ibis was coming" and they
led out George Sanders. the colored
cook. who weighs 800 pounds.
| Here, Misto Fairbanks said
George, this am To- you an =
He handed Doug a live garter
snake. Doug petted the little dear
and put 1t in his vest, pocket. and
after telling the boys the value OF
fresh air., which he said meant
health which he said meant happi-
ness, which he said meant success,
Doug told the boys good.by and
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