The New York herald., 1921-10-09

would do if she were not acting she opened
wide her eyes in astonishment and answered
quite conclusively: why, / should die"
But when it pointed out to her that
she would probably become reconciled to
living right along under another dispensa-
ton, she contracted her eyes and retracted
her statement thus:
We'll, if pinned right down to it, I suppose
if l hadn't been actress l should have
been something else, but can't imagine It,
Certainly 1 had rather be dead than not
be given an opportunity to appear on the
stage. But l suppose if 1 wasn't acting I
would write biographies since you insist on
my living my life again. I've always
had great desire to tell the stories Of great
artists as they really are, instead of the way
their life histories are all dressed up for
the world, I'm sure the facts would be
much more interesting than the stories
woven out of the pure fabric of imagination"
The absolute limit in golfng enthusiasm
among the histrionic tribes is represented by
Frank Craven, who ceases to refer to the
game only when he is on the stage. Now
that he has achieved the foremost rank
among comedians, he makes no secret about
it-he even brags to the family that he
thinks the ancient and honorable game is the
one substantial, sensible thing in this uni
verse. He would have endeavored to become
champion golf player if he hadn't made
mistake early in his career and taken up
playwriting and acting to while away the
hours. That is. he would have come as
close to Jock Hutchison Jim Barnes and
Chick Evans as the laws of evolution would
have permitted him.
Since he began starring in his own COM
edy The First Year" he has entered every
golf championship possible and many that
were frankly impossible. All his time Is
given to golf, and they had to hold the cur
tain at the Little Theatre one night more
fhat f,xrAv v,x.s.- g.
spent more than the usual time he allots
TO addressing the ball-with few crisp
remarks
The ninth hole in the Sound View Golf
Club plateau, a three par hole is called
"Craven's Grave" by every one but Craven
He wouldn't stand for such sacrilege He
went out the other day in the club cham
pionship and reached the semi-fnals against
Oscar Shaw. who somehow or other heat the
woud-be champion. one up But what does
that really matter? Craven made the ninth
hole in one. Now he is a member of the
"One Hole Club" the recipient of box Of
golf balls for the trick, and in danger of put
ting the feat into the next play he writes.
In the same class with him Is Ernest
Truck. and as evidence Of this there re-
poses on his makeup table in his dressing
room AT the Sam II. Harris Theatre a silver
loving cup that Truck would defend with his
life. The cup was won by him at the tour
HdTlenl OF tne same gO1 club IN Great Neck
where Craven burrows for balls. The trophy
is so big that the dlrnnutive comedian OF
six Cylinder Love" might hide within its
depths to avoid tax collector but he ap-
proaches 1t without any apparent fear of
falling in.
"Golf-that's met" he exclaims IT live
within a stones throw of that club and
they'd have to throw n lot of stones to keep
me off the links every day There are a
lot OF things 7 might say in praise of the
game-but you canssay them yourself. Most
players who take up golf do so, imagine.
because 1t is recommended as an exercise
to get off some Of that personal property
that many men accumulate in front of them
with time. But they stay in the game be-
cause its lure gets under the skn-and my
what lure 1t hast I'll match IL against
any lure to be found in the land"