New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
Charles $ Ray
Sees New York
And Subway
lie Also Sees Grants Tomb
and All Points South
as Far as the Battery
By Fiarriette Underhill

By Harriettc Undcrhill
Just like young Lochinvsr, Charles
Rsy came ou. of the West and for the
first time ne is now in our midstl Ever
since Charlie became n star he has
been promising himself and everybody
else that he would so to New York
this season, maybe, or next season
sure; and now he is here. Every one
says to him, "How do you like New
York ?" and he invariably answers, 1--WE
been so busy haven't had chance to
see it,: for to him New York doesn't
mean the life, it means the subway
and the Brooklyn Bridge and Grants
Tomb and the Statue of Liberty.
Charlie says, by the way, that he is
going to start fund to help New
Workers visit the Statute of Liberty.
Last Tuesday Arthur Kane, Mr.. Rays
ut Delmonico's. Mrs. Ray was also at
the luncheon and it was the first time
that most of those present had ever
seen the blonde and beautiful wife Of
the young star.
At Two
Lap Table
The luncheon was spread cat on the
biggest table | ever saw and about
one-fifth of one thousand people were
gathered about it. 1t looked like a
race track, and Bob Welsh whispered
to me and said: "Look, a two-lap
table, "Yes," I answered, ''but it's
about to accommodate two hundred"
Which is put in to prove that / can
say clever things even if I don't. Rob-
ert Sherwood, the life of Life" re-
marked as we ali filed into the dining
room that if Mr.. Kane was an enter
prsing man he would get a picture of
that and use it in one Of his mob
scenes
Before we sat down Mr.. Kane asked
If we would make a speech and we
cried, "No! thousand times MOI" So
he laughed and said, "All right" And
then when Mr.. Ray had finished his
speech Mr.. Kane arose and said: "Har-
riette Underhill will make speech if
the spirit moves her."
Once before we were taken un-
awares like that and we staggered to
our feet and made speech, and when
we sat down the people said Goodness!
wonder whom she gets to write her
sim reviews for her" And those who
had thought that we were half-witted
changed their minds and decided that
they had been too lenient. Of course,
we conuldnt explain all this to the
200 people gathered at Mr.. Rays party,
so we kept still and let them suspect
that we didn't know anything instead
of being sure of it. And after we got
home we thought of beautiful speech
which We might have made. Here it
IS: Ladies and gentlemen, but for
Charlie Ray l should probably still
be writing about horses and dogs in
stead of about the motion pictures, and
that would be very sad-for me Cloud
shouts of Hear! Hear!" Several
years ago, while on my way to the
horse show, l was in a motor accident
which temporarily deprived me of the
use of most of my limbs. When l was
able to walk little I hobbled AS far
and because l couldn't get any further
and didn't want to sit down on the curb
stone, because / wasn't acquainted with
the policeman, / went in. 1t was the
first time / had seen photo drama
and this one was called The Coward.
And This
Was Charlie
'In it was fine looking, very young
man whose acting was the outstanding
feature of the picture; even to our un-
trained eye here was an artist. After
the picture was finished I went TO the
box Office and asked who the young mar
was who played the boy in the picture
Charlie Ray said the man at the win
dow, but if you got crush on him
wait till you see Frances x. Bushmar
tomorrow in Heart of My Heart"
"Well, / went home and after dinner
induced the other member of the fam
That was the beginning of the end.
For the next six months / went tt
the movies twice a day, and when / re
turned to the Office and the managing
editor asked, What would you like tt
do?' I answered, 'Pictures.'
But he said, do you know any
thing about pictures?
$50 much,' I answered, that I car
tell Metro from Famous or Uni
versal from an Edison just RS easy a.
you can tell Titan from q Leonardo
or Rubens from a Rembrandt 81
that settled it. / got the joo, and
have been happy ever since. / thanl
you cloud applause)
''The Sheik" Doubly Exposed