The Washington herald., 1921-07-10
Mary Avoids
Gay Parties
Prefers Her Home to the
Bright Lights and Al
Lodgs Retres EUtg.

a story Illustrating snoener sids Of
the little stzrs ehzr.<sxr, writes
Hayden Talbot
-of course he berzn. -mpst
everybody knows that ms good
business To keep the private lives
OF stage and picture stzrx shsuIute-
" secret 20 far ss ch. public is
concerned In some case--chere
was one published In the papers the
other day film concern goes 80
far as TO hsv, It Stipulated In the
contract that The star uust never
appear at certain public places
where late parties are che rufe- And
Of course most Of ~ Know that
some stars. being denied tn. right
to make merry IN public 20 the
/ limit IN prfr.ts-and behave very
differently from the EfrIfshIy sim
pie souls their n1m admirers pic
l ture them
c.res yechf.x for Gay rsrrfe>
And because this T. mcr- CT Less
/ generally known n T. posstbE. that
wise gentlemen who Icrnany
know nothing OF the facts. set II
/ down TO good business ou1y- a. ac-
counting for the fact that IN eleven
years Miss Pfokford has newer been
seen anywhere or In any erupazy
to which the serfctest Puritan eou1d
object But the truth e that gay
parties and bright lights hold Ih-o-
lutely no attraction for Miss Ptck-
ford
The only thing that hes1 her oct
OF her bed and away from her home
after > O'Clock at nisht-~hen she
is workings her work And when
she h between pictures ft requires
lot Of oox1ing and so0ethtng
very much worth vhne to make
her leave her home or say after
that hour.
Naturally . Mett. ws.s.
If only people who hold |. bad
opinion Of motion picture folk could
know Just one little fact about Miss
Pickford in private life they would
change their opinion I know what
I am about TO tell you Is the alb
solute truth. I have had e from
her mother and sister and brother.
Night after night through the win
ter. when mother and sister and
brother are all out enjoying them
selves. Miss Pickford. on the stroke
Of 9. goes from one bedroom TO an
other. putting a hot water bottle
in each bed and laying out the night
clothes for each OF them
Sure. she makes s5oo.ooo out OF
every picture. but that fact never
has and IL never will change her
in the least degree II ever therv
was a nstursI-born mother-vom.n,
IT is she"
Mary Uses Her Team
And then, like a dazzling ray OF
sunlight bursting through black
clouds, the little girl herself sp-
pesred on the piszza OF the buns.-
low into which she had gone in tears
when she learned that her brother.
Jack. had been flying his dreadful
airpIane again.
DO forgive me- she was say
ing. I'm so shamed OF myself. But
1 couldn't help it I'm so awfuIly
afraid something dreadful will
happen 70 Jack. And he promised
me he wouldn't hy over here
assured her I understood per-
fectly and suggested we call OF the
interview untiI' another day. But
she wouldn't listen to such a thing.
I'm quite all right: really an"
she protested. And then a mis-
chievous smile broke out and over
her face. as she shook her read re-
provingly.
Ashamed Of Crying.
'oh, how wicked a woman can
be-" she exclaimed. And then 20
answer the unuttered question she
explained.
we are all such a tremendous.
powerful weapon-ln our tears. You
two men look as IL you were quite
ready TO melt into complete person.
ifications Of sympathy. And I'm
truly ashamed Of myself for having
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