The Washington times., 1921-12-14
'DOUG' MIGHT Be
BOSS, BUT MARY.
HAS SAY-S0, TOO
Continued from First Pase)

tiOn lS gwen kOr the Dene1it Oh per-
sons who may have thought that
salaries that they haven't time for
meals. Mary ate, too.
Doug had wheatcakes, country
sausages. toast. and COFFEE-six
cups.
Let It stand in cAps. Doug said II
that way. It's the way everybody
says It on returning from Europe.
Mary had the same. minus
sausage.
Unpacixing IL Started.
And Immediately after breakfast.
which they had In ,he parlor Of their
four-room suite. which IL the central
unit OF. the eleven rooms they occupy
at the Ritz, they began. a. the be-
ginning Of this story intimated. to un-
pack their forty pieces of baggage.
Mary's maid was to have done this
delicate job, but Little Mary" the
daughter Of Lettie Pickford. and the
temporary ward OF the Fairbanks
Pickford family, decided to dress at
that time. 30 Mary had to go to un-
packing herself.
Anyone who, wants to figure from
this that Little Mary rules the roost
may do 90 IL he darn pleases. But
he had best still remember that this
story u far from finished and that
many more thrilling facts are to be
revealed
1t was at this stage that the re-
porter and photographer arrived
You'll have to swing q wicked
camera" warned Doug. I haven't
much to do but soe my lawyer. talk
Q little movie matter with Charlie
Ray. look over q portrait that / am
| Nm1A0vfvrA hxvN
wr1ters for nine motion pictures mag
axines, clean MP my correspondents
FOR O week back. find out i- = have
any money left in the bank and talk
business with tho United Artists rep
resentatives.
pine to do"
And I have to buy some hats, too"
cut In Mary.
THAT'S So" Doug. agreed. .she
has hats to buy. All she did in Paris
thirty. And eight hats. And now she
wants more"
1t vas here that Mary clinched her
dle To the handpatnted sackcloth
cloak.
7 want thsm." she said patiently.
only because didn't buy enough
We'll" said Doug. Nothing could
be simpler than that. quit"
But he didn't quite. Just to show
tnat ne had brought something be-
saoes receapted bills back from France
ne ripped OFF spirited one-reeler in
the tongue Of Sarah Bernhard, and
the 41st of 1t was that you never can
tell about . woman.
Though he didn't have to 10 to
france TO find that out
Ready to Go Out
Mary ignored the remark. Again
proving her patience. She put on
Q gray fur hat. slipped on q gray
fur coat over her gray-auilted
dress. Partisan model. wtggled an
impatient foot in gray suede and
silk. and announced that she was
ready to 90 shopping.
Doug. accompanied hor as far
a. the shop of L. Calvari, SIS
Madison avenue. where Mary bought
one guest book: Doug. was in
hurry and he didn't hesitate to tell
There II nothing 20 conductive to
peace in the family as q readiness ON
the part Of either half of 1t to
speak right up and say what IL on
his-or her-mind.
Gosh" Mary complained. "Au
I do II hurry up for that man."
But she didn't seem to mind. She
told him calmly to run along and
meet her at the utx In tho late
afternoon for more interviews with
writer's for movie magazines. She
word - though she meant it.
Mary calls Doug. dear" nearly
all Of the time. AS any married
man knows, there are some times
when the most affectionate wife
calls her husband everything ex-
cept dear" But. judging from her
conversation yesterday, Mary picks
dear for daily uss- No married
pair can expect moro peace and
happiness than that signifies.
Doug, II hts speech yesterday
indicates a general custom. calls
No! Not 1ust Mary. Dough says the
word with . quaver. He makes It
mean something. A when . man who
- fond OF country ssusases says
country sausaSes."
Doug said 1t that way when he an.
nounced that he was about to buy
tickets for Mary" and himself to the
Music Box Revue. Doug admitted he
was doing 1t mostly for Mary" For
himself the more sober "drayma" IL
most attractive. He confessed to q
yearning to see Anna Christie"
His taste In books La less exalted.
He had on a dressing table in his room
Yesterday e. Phillips Oppenheim'
The Great Impersonation." The
Cruise Of tho Kawa" and "Ls DUO de
Nevers," q French novel, And the
most worn Of these was Tho Great
Impersonation."
Doug and Mary had planned to stay
IN New York a month to recuperate
from the effects Of their trip abroad.
Dough IL in pretty good shape for his
usuai high links. But Mary kinda fell
off on French cooking.
The Rits BIN.
1t was Mary's idea to settle down AZ
the Ritz long enough to get back her
health which didn't look yesterdav h,lf
as bad az this sounds:
Mary has her mother and a maid
and red headed secretary, Miss Loz
Ongeles. and she figured their min
istration would keen her cornforto h,,,