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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-03
'THE NARROW HOUSE."


 By Evelyn Scott. Boni & Llveright.
 (Inc-). Publishers. No. 1o5 West
 Fortieth Street. New York City.
 Once in a while a true book is written which reminds us of our eighbors-people. bitter or sweet or both. whom we know. 'The Mar row House. is occupied by such peo- pie. The Farley family are human beings. .superficially pleasant enough, but profoundly dominated by cross- currents and under-currents of resire and fear. deepened by the unconsci-, ous endeavor of Mrs. Farley to mold the lives of those about her. Pure love is her motive, she fancies, but actually she is moved by tho con verse spirit which Blake saw In love -~Love seeketh only self to please.'. In "The Narrow House" people in their subtle fight for the freedom which looms in the outside world, bea against the walls which the weight of family has thrown up.
 This penetrating study of the in ter-relations of the various members of family, any family, is as re- morseless as fate and leads to dark and hidden places where make-be- licve and sentimentality fall away from the authors wonderfully limned VE6k aSbSLo D. 4SNCAyH oS0tt ID dS oD- jective as . scientist; but. on the other hand. she has marvellous sub 5ectivity. Through this combination. she has developed a technique which to entirely new and which is sure to place her among the most signifi- can't modern writers.
 .THH MADONNA OF THE HILLS" By Arthur Guy Empey. Harper
 Brothers. Publishers. New York
 City.
 Arthur Guy Empey's first novel Is full of tho same fine exuberance that made his lover the Top" a record breaking best-seller. But it reveals . new Empey, too-this story of a mans splendid love and woman's redemption: an Empey who knows the Fundamentals of life, and can write of them with sympathy and understanding. Not a dull moment in this swiftly moving tale; lot of real thrills; much honest fun; bits that make ones throat tighter; and last of all "something to think about"
 WHY DIE so YOUNG?"
 By John B. Huber, A. M.. D. D.; Har-
 per Brothers, Publishers, New York
 City.
 If you went to live long in the. full enjoyment of all of your faculties. here is the course of action to be pur- sued-a regime of living, personal care and practice in health and ill- ness as set forth by physician of wide and successful experience.
 In addition Dr. Huber treats spe- officially of, various diseases; tells how to recognize early symptoms so that medical care may be secured at { the outset when 1t Is most effective; discusses correct diets. proper rest, $ sleep. air. exerc!se-everything in kfact. which is of vital importance to you as 6 seeker of health and long life. ssoLD WORLD TRAITS TRANS PLANTED"
 S58y Robert E. Park and Herbert A.
 Miller; Harper Brothers. Publish % orD. New York City.
 < n one part of the world today,
 36nor thy father and thy mother
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-03

ir youth are moro real than the per sonality. Department store writers describe youth as they themselves remember it--which results In poster romance. Serious mind writers de- scribe youth in terms of the said ma turity to follow. which is bad pei srective and often bad art. Parking ton Is wiser than the first, and more gifted than the latter. He made seventeen some ething more than na- neral. This book Is his mocking, yet admiring tribute to feminine twenty two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-03

Uncle Jimmie goes people give him flowers; they stop him in the street and pin a flower on his coat or give him a rose or some sweet floral token to take home; "all of which goes on to show how much he is beloved.
 T came to Alabama the first day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-03

HARRINGTON ON "rWENTY-TWO" Henry Seidel Canby, in The Literary
 Review.
 Booth Tarkington's "Alieo Adams She is the lost youth of that wonder. ful mother in 'The Way of All Flesh Samuel Buffers masterpiece or characterization. She is such study as Jane Austen would have made. except that Harrington Is less satiric
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-03

The village of Richmond. Mich.. Is led by women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-03

aoLD WORLD TRAITS TRANS
 PLANTED" sBy Robert F. Park and Herbert A. Miller; Harper Brothers. Publish ofD. New York City.
 n one part of the world today, t6nor thy father and thy mother"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-23
PRICE, SEVEN CENTS

escaped from the north OF Russia al
ter enduring many hardships.
SHE described how the wooden
buildings Of Petrograd are all being
torn down for fuel: how tho wooden
pavements are fast disappearing. be-
cause the freezing Inhabitants steal
the wooden blocks for their stoves
Most homes are in darkness ba.
cause there are no candles. and tho
municipal lighting system runs only
Il couple OF hours day.
Mortality has reached a startlinp
rate. So-calleu healthy" people haye
faces OF wax-iikc color and s,,frar
from starvation dropsy. which changes
the cxpr esston OF faces SO that one
can scarcely recognize old acquaint-
ances. Those who are classed as
sick have such maladies as spot
TED fever smallpox. influenza. abdom-
inal and intermittent typhus and
pneumonia.
People die on operating tables from
severe cold of the unhcated HOSPITALS
and from neglect and from shortage
OF hospital essentials unprocurablc in
Russia. the refugees reaching Lon
don declare. Houses are rapidly h.
coming uninnabitlpie. Once the
plumbing breaks. IL Is usually impos-
stbie TO have II repaired. The family
lives In the house Till II becomes too
filthy and then moves out, barring
the doors.
outside Petrograd the peasant prov
inccs have more to eat but cannot
secure clothing and household essen
tialS
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posed. She shid yes oh boy. was
all prepared and /, telephoncd Mr..
Mcads a. Greenwich. knew we'd
be little late. but lie said he would
wait for ns-you know he married
those movie stars-Dorothy Gish and
Constance TalmadEc--and 50 he was
accustomed to 1t.
Peggy and ] called 4 taxi ana
started out for Greenwich"
Both gave their age az twcnty-six.
As a matter OF fact. the birthday or
one occurs in April, the other in
December.
Back TO New York they came. 4
roilickinE wedding breakfast for jus,
Two Then Mr.. and Mrs Johnson
went to the Great Northern Hotel
A week ago y-wednesdoy-
Peggy was taken suddenly m with
an acute attack OF appendicitis. She
was removed hurrtedly TO Miss Ais
tons Sanltarium. In West Slxtv-urst
Street. The bridegroom was heart
broken when told: Your wife is varv
Ill. The chances are agains, her rc-
coverS" Specialists were called in
That night Peggy was operated On
She found her husbands hand in
hers when She came out Of the ether
She smiled happily and peacefully ana
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marriage. but that matters little
They'll come around.
Anyway. am going to fight this
thing out myself. I shall no, In.
herit the principal OF my fathers be-
quest until next October But 1 have
enough ego TO assert that / can snp-
port my wife and her son through
my own efforts. ought TO say our
son. for we intend to adopt Mr..
Fields son. little Henry Marsh
Our romance? Oh Peggy and
met quite conrcntionaliy at II lunch
con at the Ritz. We were introduced
and. Toliy. when | saw her forgot
every other girl L had ever seen.
Then-well. you know how such
things develop.
(" - = hug on horses and cat
tie and have ranched a lot. but |
am also pretty good dancer"
"....., friends say Buster" John
son is the best dancer tina; ever
threw an ankle" of the professional
stage.
The tall. blue-eycd young benedic,
continued: 80 we went around n
good deal. was in love with her.
but / wasn't SO sure abou, IL from
her side. So on Tuesday night. Janu-
ary !. took wild chance and pro-
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atty of Peggy Marsh. comparatively
obscure young American actress that
wrote song OF love in the heart OF
young Horny Field, H.. have endeared
her to hundreds Of friends and adj
mirers in Europe and America.
Albert Johnson is known to his
friends in society and in other
spheres where real men tread as
Buster" johnson. He Is n son OF
Albert l.. Johnson. brother Of Tom
l.. Johnson. four times Mayor of
Cleveland. Mr.. Johnson. Sr.. died in
July. 1901. A man OF great wealth.
ne WAS president OF the Nassau Rail-
way Company Cater merged with the
Is. X. To and backed his brothers.
famous 3-cent fare experiments in
Cleveland.
Young al" or Buster" Johnson
to bring this story up to date. was
an army aviator during the war. He
won his wings ts pursuit instructor
Diego. Cal Before that lie had been
an insurance broker in New York
and II ranchman in various parts OF
the country.
His mother is Mrs. Charles T..
Layne. Of No. 9si Madison Avenue
Buster" Johnson himself is a big
outstanding chap. lie said:
":fy wife is the most wonderful
girl / have ever met. 1 know thu
fight she has had. and the difficulties
she has surmounted. and | am with
her through thick and thin. My fam
ily. with the possible exception Of my
brother Tom. do not approve OF my
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J0HNsONs TO adopt"
SON OF HENRY FIELD, Il.
Peggy Marsh and Husband Say
They Are Much in Love With
Each other.
RECEIVERS FROM OPERATION
Opposition BY Famous Cleveland
Family to Marriage Of Buster"
to Beautiful British Actress
Amounts to Nothing, He Snys.
fBy Universal Scrv;ce.l

NEW YORK. Jan. 2a.-pegry
Marsh. dainty. and beautiful young
actress, whosd romantic association
with the late Henry Field. H.. made
her ono of the most tnlkcd-of young
women on two continents. is married,
TIE wedding-a s;nieloperncn;--
took place on January las, In
Greenwich. Conn. The bridegroom is
Albert l.. Johnson. society man. and
member OF a well-known New York
and Cleveland family.
Hardly had the facts become known
when both Mr.. Johnson and his beau
tiful wife announced their intention
Of legally adopting Henry Anthony
Marsh. four-year-old son Of Peggy
Marsh and Henry Field. H.
The modesty. beauty and person
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instantly began TO recover. Yester-
day she said:
Il am feeling wonderful. They tell
me Will he discharged on saturday
know what caused my rapid re-
Govern.
On Sunday Peggy saw her new hus-
band and her SON in the hospital. She
introduced them Eravciy and little
Henry took TO his new daddy ut
once" Each day Buster" Johnson
has taken the boy TO Miss Alston.s.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-23
WOMAN REFUGEE TELLS
OF PETROGRAD'S DECAY
buildings Arc Torn Down for Eue,
and Mortality IL Startling.
Says Mndnmc strive.
ill LLOYD ALLEN
United prc.S STAR Corrcxnnn,.,

United PrcaS StnT Corrcspondcnt.
LONDON. Jan. 22-RefuEe.a roach
ing here from Russia tell vivid stories
OF the decay Of Petrograd.
Hundreds of thousands have left
the once prosperous Russian capital
Now the remaining population num-
oers only 100000, two-thirds OF whom
are women.
Madame strive. wife OF Baron
Wrangels foreign minister, was one
OF tho recent Russian refugees who
passed through London She Ind
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-26
"Musketeers'' Pren1iers
in Ne,U York SUNDAY
to Be Notable Euent

THE elimination Of Douglas h,,.
L banks favorite ambition come, :.
Sunday, August %, when his nsvss
and most elaborate motion picts
The Three Musketeers, by AlsrS,
der Dumas, originally announced n,
the 14th, opens for a New York Nv, |
at the Lyric Theatre, on Broadway. I
THE Three Musketeers," VIVA
Fairbanks has been engaged In mss1
ing at his California studio during n.
last six months, will be presented h,
super feature" length as n snh,.ss
which is an entire show in itself.
Edward. Knoblock, the dramatist ,,a
adapter of the Dumas story for n. n.
screen, has written in verse a spoi,
prologue for the picture. This 4 Il
be spoken before the screen as an m
PRODUCTION to the story by an actor /,
the role of D'Artagnan.
In New York the first nigbtr =,
The Three Muskctecrs" is expectss
to prove one of the most important Ain
first nights, since the young but lusy
art of the cinema was born.
The notable cast includes Marpuerin
de Ia Motto as Constance, Mary Ma,
l.aren as the queen, and Barbara IA
Mari as the sinister Milady. Athos
Porthos and Aramis are PLAYED M.
spectively by Leon Barry, Georr,
Seigmann and Eugene Palette. AdoluS,
Menjou is the king, Nigel de BruI,,
the cardinal, Thomas Holding the Duk,
of buckingham, Willis Robards d'
Treville and Boyd Irwin the Capt,
dc Rochefort. The cast numbers iS]
not counting mobs and the productis,|
was directed by Fred Nihlo.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-26
Dsd: GChs Daily Movie Magazine I
CLOSE-UPS of the MOVIE GAME
Ne PUNK Little Girl Right Do,cn in Fairyland
BY HENRY NJ. NEELY

ONoE a suddenly yourself
that way & this wee week ont AG % % T m Don % % @ we S doing Sn% n IT. ws have %
night rig @ down months the n % % n the tg gD DO sSS % V1S @ thine @ 5 @ aSs 5 T @
We thought just running Beauty Contest and being able to meet
pretty enough
W" Tos %f F remember % o a 's We her
usybs all tho @onadenco had her BY the way she acting
which would enough
There three girls who in the final choice will
@ Il. % :
AN you imagine you t. Of offer
closed % @ Ss ,s' e." % %S S s S Tsrs sS '' al p ' s%S''
N1E girls
AND ! ss S M @ SISs' % pat R & %Ra T% % Ss
@ % that S the nSsS two o1s u til. T'. @ % S " any
s tuesday the studio Marion Hcs introduced
Land Dream, . proving to Ss in truth to he; s: .og not
s1ts @ ring & it along % the rous as ] wta M p @ @ Ss S S i e & % TO-
n
heart that has her thou
for
back and tell her mother she said that she has found
Nigh & n end got the s%%Tro%T % S GT % her @ 1n S end the of s s on n T
Nor Ss,, @ ,.s.
% 'ISa p@en @ PS Q" MIN 50 '0 she ca" Tor Ds'
AND the" he got as all oed marderon' state Of jealousy
2 s ; %S'i:, 'ssG ''
DURING the afternoon Miss Gordon and Mr. Rop time give
-
their peviousp pictures rls
-bu will
adbu
you your
aches a
Youar her daughter she forget andfo
But fearful:
doubt
about her.
Ready? it..
the Mr. Rpf by With Mr Nigh
knowledge
them 1t lesson acting that
could buy
The which Miss FIei working with them is being made under
the
humble
mother
of whom touches
drec in he a
$ 10 tr0mdo
rhHe they
$3.50
take hdr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-26
RUDY VALENTINO
IS 4 LII ANGH
SAYS OUR CONNIE
BY CONSTANCE PALMER
HOLLYWOOD, Calf.

DEITY COMPTON S set today looked
- Society with a capital S. At the
moment there happened to be no other
companies shooting and all the leading
lights We're shining in one spot.
c. Z. De Mile. faultlcssly tailored,
talked business with Charles Eyton.
general manager of Famous Players.
Fatty ArbuCkle. Lois Wilson. Betty
tOmpson and Tom Forman had their
guson posed well. but unfortunately
.obody wns looking at him. viii
Carleton. Miss Compson's leading man,
made a nice, easy looking convict. And,
surrounded as he was by lumlnaries.
Penrhyn Stanlaws went right on di-
rccting his scene. looking neither to the
right nor to the left.
think Rudolph Valentines a iii
angl. do. | imagined he'd BE- very
upstagc and COnccitpd If ono got to
know him at all well. But. bless his
heart, he's not. ] just wish Garrulous
Garry could get to work on him. He
and Fred KlCy, the studio manager,
and l told jokes for an hour and n
half today--put it down to overhead
and It was a draw who laughed the
Here's something nice, 4 friend of
mine was invited to the Pickford- Fair
banks home for dinner the other eve
ming. Everything was, pomp and core
mony. though they do say Miss Pick
ford is all for the simple life Three
buffers and what-nOt.
My friend, upon seating himself at
the table, was somewhat taken aback 10
tee before each plate 4 menu Of the
meal, all nicely printed, and stuck up
in an ivory holder. Mayhap he even
Spoke up Douglas: "Ah. you notice
the menus. Well, before | made my
success, was invited to n million
aires house to dine. and he had menus
in holders. | always said that IL !
became rich, l would have the same. "
Amt it the truth?
Jack Holt, for his first starring
picture, is to do "The Call Of the
North" by Stewart Edward White
from the novel "Conjuror's House.
Joe Henabcry is to direct believe Mr.,
| Holt is going 10 specialize in outdoor
stories with the emphasis on the ath =
lelir.
MARIE PROVOST has just finished
IVl her second starring picture. 1t is
/ 'Hl'N' dpllS ''iDhbH' i llt VIZ W NV
Knew All About Men" She and
| Phyllis Haver, another ex bathing
| girl. are motoring up to San Francisco,
! stopping for few days at Lake Tahoe
! than which there is none more 50,
| Walle Reid, having finished don t
Tell Everything" with Gloria Swan
son and Elliott Dexter. will begin
Rent Free" In this he will be di-
rected by Howard Iliggn, who hereto
fore has been production manager for
c. B. De Mile.
Lila Lee is TO be the heroine. and
the rest Of the cast includes Gertrude
| Short, Lillian Leighton. Clarence Geld =
art, Clare Mcdowell and IMcien Little
! field. Sounds pretty good, doesn't it ?
Now here's hoping Wallie maintains
only mild interest in what is going
| on.
saw Mildred Harris just now She
| looks lOveliCr than ever after her illness
ard rest in the hospital. She is get p
ting more beautiful every day. ] wish
the poets of the press would begin to
write hymns of praise to her figure.
which simply is-marvelous.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-26
Ans,Uers to Questions
From Movie Fans

STAGE STRUCK-Richard Barthel-
mess will next be seen in "TOl'ablc
David" This is his first starring pic
ture. lie is appearing as Youth in
"Exnerience' at present. He is twen-
ty-six and married to Mary Hay. 1t
seems as if all the world should know
that.
RAINBOW - The principal char
acters in male and Female" We're
Thomas Mcighan. Gloria Swanson. Lii
Lee, Bcbe Daniels and Theodore Rob
erts. Mr.. Roberts has been called the
most popular screen parent. Thomas
Meighan is thirty eight years old and
is married to Frances Ring.
MTRIEL F. - Yes, we consider
Phyllis Iaver one Of the most beautiful
women on the screen. Home Talent"
is Mack Scnnett's S latest release. Phyllis
has an important role in it. Some
theatres are showing old pictures with
their latest feature. ! think I'll frame
your letter; it looks so nice.
VETERAN--Of the Civil War ur the
the great World WardE I'm wonder
ing Charles Ray is married to Clara
Grant. They have no children. lie is
thirty years old. Doris May is married
to Wallace Macdonald. She appears
rs Jackie Coogans $ sister in Peck s
Bad Boy" Oh, don't mention it.
BUBBLES-May Allison's latest
picture is The Last Card" not The
Lost Chord"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-26
Daily Tabloid Talks to Fans
on Breaking Into the MoUies
BY JOHN EMERSON and ANITA LOOs


If you want to find out how you will
look on the screen, it is not necessary
to have a film test made. Just buy
some makeup and have some one take
a few close ups or your head with
an ordinary camera. But do not re-
touch the ucgativeS-for motion pictures
are not rctouchcd You know.
Look for impcr(cctiOns Of every sort
in pose and expression. Then try to
find makeup which will eradicate
them.
II you solve YOUR makeup problem
before you 60 to the studio, YOU will
," well repaid, Among the dozens Of
fiat. unintcrcsting countenanccs, we'll
madr-up face stands out and attracts
the attention of the director at once.
THESE "TajIoid Talks" are con.
dcnscd trom the material for a book
BY Nr. Emerson and Miss Loos 10 be
puJHshed bv the James A. McCGnn
Company. NeU York;
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-26

writes HUT: 'but all sense Of fatigue
was lost in the sublimity Of the spec
taclP. Mt. Lassen has no deep, single
crater and no evidence of lava streams
Gown its sides. But from n score of
chasms in the rocks great volumes of
SCOT black and supnurous yellow
smoke were being vonited forth. Shoot
ing from the windward side, we were
able 20 film these spcctacies ut close
quarters.
1T was thrilling experlencc-so
thrilling, in fact, that am including in
my film shipment pictures showing how
1t was done.
IF we had not provided ourselves
with gas masks our difficult ascent
would hnvc been in vain. A few acc-
DENIAL whiffs of that yellow vapor. be-
lore we had dOnned our masks, nearly
put us out of commission"
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THE STORY BEGINS

pith the carly days in the MD ri,
Arts studio In California, ,,bon rrm1
leon Moore, the Dish oiris DO, oo,.
Love and a. host Of others ,,o. ssst
mpch more than entra oirI, ~
Chepne relates the tale. sbe L1ns
Difh the day in the studio Sbc.V V.m
aud Isabel Heath, not stars tSaM M
meP are nop, tcere sitting on "a.
stars tohen a strange man came ;n,.
me sfhdio ana looked at them. Ts.
cdmcrdmdn called them donn y
meet h,m, and u proved the fy,a
'ng point ~ IsabeEs lite. lie NV.
Pm Crdnev, a famous director froa f
the eastern studios. and he tauoI.
Isabel to be the first Of the scresp'.
baby camps and engaged her
such a part IN a photoplay lie ,sS. s%
producing. ""
NOW GO ON WITH THE sTop,
scene like that with Vale when h. n.
half drunk. NJ Wa1
i told myself afterward that n
would have done that much for one
the girls in the studio. / didn,t O1
to believe that, but I tried hard
think 1t was So. Yet now / resl,,'
that / really fell in love with him ~.
afternoon when he dragged me- ma t,aN ,r.J
beneath the hoofs of Richard v.t,J| vol|
horse. And last night, when bs M ~
I were driving home from tbs pisy ana|
after a private showing OF his | n.1
picture, we were rcminiscing. ana
to- d Inc that he decided that do, "
ask me to marry him just as soon a, !.
had a self respecting job.
To be continued tOmorrow
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-26

uIWuuye,
THERE are numerous special rec
= ipes Of makeup for producing
pallor, scars. bruises and the like.
Black face makeup is done most sue
cesstuAy with charrcd cork dust mixed
with water to produce n heavy paste.
Tom Wilson, the best known player
OF Negro parts in pictures. who played
IN The Birth Of a Nation,' and more
recently as white man in scrap
Iron" and 1.-TWO Minutes to TO" with
Charlie Ray, and in our own special
production. "Wife Insurance, advises
amateurs TO US" this recipe, and fur
ther, to high light the natural lines Of
their face by scraping off the cork with
a sharp stick. whenever line is to
show. and letting the natural white Of
he skin appear.
High lighting for most character
parts il a special art. Such characters
as Indian faces or the weather beaten
and wrnkled countenance Of an old sea
captain may be done in brown with
white high lights. You should ask your
cameraman to help you with high light
ing, as it is very difficult.
There are tricks Of makeup which
alter the entire character of the face.
For example. by shading tho outline Of
the face with red. you can make il
appear much thinner. In this case. the
grease paint is ightly rcddencd-Or,
II you desire, darkened-near the ear
line.
IL you desire to make your face
rounder and fuller reverse the process
and tighten the grease paint at its outer
edge.
If your eyebrows and hair are dark.
you can tinge them gray by rubbing
h
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-26
Here's a Doesone Good Story

One of the black faced players who
are appearing at Metro studios. Holly
wood, in Little Eva Ascends," stood
suspiciously cycling the bloodhound that
had been cast for the picture.
And you say dat dere dawg is gonna
chase after me?' he demanded.
That's the plan," said Director
Baker.
"Wcll. all I gotta say is dat ef dat
animal chascs me he's gonna run so
fast before he catches me dat he gonna
be too blamed tired to do any bitin'."