New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
By Eiarriette Underhill

This story is going to be about Anne
Wheaton, the girl with all thet per
sonality that everybody has been talk
ing about for the last few seasons; in
fact, ever since she first took that per-
sonality onto the stage where people
could see it. That was when she used
TO sit on Harry Carroll's piano and
carol "She Is the Sunshine Of Vir-
ginia." She is still sitting on a piano
but 1t now belongs to Florenz Ziegfeld
and 1t is over at the New Amsterdam
Roof. Here Anne, twice nightly, at 8
and 1880. puts over lot of songs that
nobody else could put over in the same
way at all. One of them is about $
girl who dances in q concert hall. In
out of joint. "Mercy," she exclaims.
there it goes again" Don't fail to see
her do this.
Mrs. Wheaton told us one time that
when Anne was littie she felt sorry for
her because she was so homely. Then
she said, when Anne got to be about
ten years old, she noticed when
Anne went to any Of the childrens
parties she had more beaux than any
of the other little girls. Everybody
always wanted to put on Anne's rub
bers and carry her books home from
school.
THAT is called personality" we said.
"It's called Getting away with muir
DER" replied Anne. who to her other
charms adds delightful candor and
lack of conceit, and now Anne has the
handsomest husband, although this
isn't a happy. ending, but merely
happy happening, for Anne has re-
turned to the stage and there isn't any
ending.
The night we went over to the Roof
to see Miss Wheaton cur temperature
was fiuctuating between 100 and 104,
No, it wasn't because we were going
to the Frolic, but rather because we
had forgotten to knock wood the pre-
vious week when we assured Otto kru-
ger that we never had, had tonsillitis
and couldn't imagine what it felt like.
At the present writing we know SO
much about It that we could give q
treatise on the subject, but we shall
refrain.
You know the layman thinks -hat if
you have red cheeks you must be
feeling great. Therefore. when your
temperature gets up IN 104 they think
you must be much better than when
it's only 100. my, but you're looking
fine!" said Miss Wheaton, AS we sat
down dizzily on the chair which Victor
Keraby had brought for us in Miss
Wheaton's dressing room. II wish /
felt as we'll rs you do"
ayes, it would be nice wouldn't it?"
we murmured, for we hate people to say
they are i'll; at least we don't mind
when other people say 1T but we feel
that they should hate to have us say
it. So we always refrain,
"How do you like the show?
haven't seen all of it myself, and I
wanted to come around to your table,
only felt so rotten. Now if only
felt well, as you do, / should have
come. Why didn't you come to the 8
o'clock show and see me both times
Then I could have had supper with
you during the intermission. Now it's
II o'clock and I've got to run home.
I'm like the girl in 'Rollo's Wild Oat'-
| oughtn't to be on the stage, because
l get sleepy at midnight"
"With the best intentions in the
world we couldn't get here for the 9
o'clock show, because there was an
opening tonight
"Oh, yes, of course. Wish I could
dance like Lydia Lopokova. Isn't she
sweet thing?"
$50 are you, Anne Wheaton. You
know very we'll that the people are
crazy about you. But why don't you
do more songs?"
"More, is it you ask? Why, do four
each time. What more could you
WANT"
"Five," we answered firmly, "or SIX.
Four isn't nearly enough. You leave
them clamoring"
"Why, at first had only three-the
opening one, the one about Wen have