Evening star., 1921-11-06

We WE'RE NOT LOOKING IOF
Af adventure, nor were we
NJ " even out for a mild spree.
Chiefly. I think. Barry
Platt wanted to show me how clever
: he was getting to be as driver by
taking me through the Sunday after
noon traffic in his new roadster. Oh,
!. yes, he's begun blowing his royalties
/ into things like that. Not that 1t
really cost as much as he hopes people
might think, for as a matter Of fact 1t
was something Of a battered wreck
when he picked 1t UP at bargain
You see. this Bear Cat Six. as he
calls. 1t. was especially built for Ida
st. Louis. the movie star. That's
why it's so long and rakish. with
bumpers front and back. and the odd
shaped tenders and all the spare tires
jutting out behind But first Ida
tried to butt trolley car Off the
track, and then she had row with
her producers and organized her own
company, and between repair bills
and studio expenses she was glad to
sell Off such trinkets as motor cars
and pearl ropes. Barry hasn't told
me how much he gave Tor the road
new mud guards and nickled DISK
wheels, but he wags his head know
ing and says he rather thinks ne got
his moneys worth. Anyway. he's
been warned twice for disregarding
traffic rules, and he expects to be
summoned any day for speeding.
TITS sporty looking bus. isn't
it?" he asked as I came down where
he was sitting proudly behind the
Absolutely says 1: What makes
it cough so. thought"
'"Oh, haven't gDt the motor quite
tuned up yet" says Barry. Some.
smoother. Climb in. And say. Trilby
May. they're not expecting you back
early. are they?"
Who you'd do the expectingr'
sunday evening by hitting the hay
at $3.50, and Inez can seldom keep
awake later than 10 unless she's at
. the movies? Why? Doubtful about
getting back, are you?'
PARRY almost resents that. No. he
had faith in the Bear Cat. But
he was planning to take a 40-mile
drive for dinner at some place up in
Connecticut that he'd heard Of: an
- odd. out -of -the-way joint back In the
hills. Besides. he wanted to have q
long talk with me.
About those newspaper roasts?" I
asked.
That was It, You see. he's an
amazingly sensitive chap. for an ex-
reporter and a coming dramatist.
L.
sion as to the ethicsS Of his play had
gotten under his skin. Some woman
had started 1t. She had written in
protesting that the girl in THE
Prince and the Flapper" was q vulgar
libel on our young wornanhood Shs
ought to know, she said because she
was principal Of a girls boarding
school and knew great many of
the dear. sweet young things: knew
them most intimately, too. And none
OF her charges, she was sure. were
such shameless young hoEdens as the
the Miss Dodge who took the part.
She had signed herself. 'Yours In dis
.gust. LORNA K. judd
Well. Barry had tried to be bit
red up lot of other females who
write letters to the newspapers. Most
Of 'em said they hadn't seen the play
and din't intend to. but they thought
It ought to be stopped because Of the
evil influence it might have on the
young girls who were taken to 1t by
careless brothers or injudicious par
ents. Of course. some correspondents
had spoken a good word for the piece.
but indignant mothers and shocked
old maids seemed to be in the ma
jority. And when Barry had asked
.Ames Hunt. the manager. to do some
thing about It, Ames had only
laughed and said 1t was the best ad-
vertising he could have hoped for.
But now" says Barry, as he heads
up 9Th avenue. this Judd woman
10 getting almost personal about it.
against us. Think OF that! CO.'S
about making speeches before church
societies and women's clubs. getting
them to pass resolutions and so on
cendemning our Flapper as vicious
and degrading. Fact! There was
bury in the morning paper. What
you ought to watch those signal
tower signals closer, for one thing.
Barry boy" says I. That traffic cop
is glaring at you now for not slow
Judd. agree with Ames Hunt. She
ought to be on the pay roll. More
power to her jaw"
PARRY shakes his head, though.
- Somewhere concealed about him
he has an active upstate conscience.
What II she's right?" he asks. I'm
no expert on young girls. you know.
Perhaps / did spread 1t on q bit thick
when I gave my Flapper all those
fresh lines and made her make such