The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-22
Digs Her
Husband
for Gold
Mabel Tells Wanda It's a
Mighty Worthwhile
Thing TO DO
BY Wanda Won Kettler

Metropolitan thcater. OF me Tuesday
afternoon. Give me the detiniueh
OF n 'gold.dlggcr'
"A gold.diggcrS- spoke |. Why
you ought 20 know that You've
got The Cold niggcrs' playing at
your house. What's the Joker
this he lamenied. and
It's on me: can't explain In
few words the meaning Of that
title GeldDiggrrs.' and just
about every half hour somebody
step. up 60 the box office or
cali, ON the phone and says.
What about that Alaskan play
you've got nj tho Met--prctty
good show Or, "How about
that mining thing YOU'RE put
ting on this weck--is u a drama
or a movie. or WHAT
And it's a comedy walled Me.
Curdy further. with nothing 10 do
a; all with mining situations or tho
frozen North"
IT'S AWFUL contributed |. -But.
dear me. what 10 do"
Then the big Idea.
Wen ask Mabclr' yelled |,
Now. Mabel. as many Scattleiies
already know. l. the statuesque lady
Of The Gold Digger" cast. who plays
one OF the leading and surely most
appreciated roies--whoso cali for her
'swEET.IE" at numerous intervals
turnout tho performance brings
many laughs from her audiences.
Mabel, in reality. - the auburn.
haired. blue-eyed Lorraine Laily.
who has been with THE Gold-Dig.
ger company for more than three
ter members when Il opened It's sue
cessfui run on Broadway. more than
three years ago.
We found Mabel in her room At
the New Richmond hotel. The young
woman. five feet. seven and one half
inches in height. and well built. did
not seem quite 80 tan In the soft
lavender negllgce she wore. as she
appears. similarly attircd. on the
stage
That's my little trick" she de-
elarcd as we found seats in her bou.
dosr. You notice my hair now Is
done low. on the stage l do Il high.
And wear very high heels. You
see. I'm supposed TO b. awfuiiy tall"
Miss Laliy. Mabel" had shown
herself 10 be congenial and friendly
from the start. 40 We decided to make
no bones about tho issue at stake
Mabel" said we. will you give IN
the definition Of 'gold-digger'T''
a goid-diggcrg- she repeated
-why-why. you know what a gold.
digger In. It's--weil. you know what
they say about 'gold.digger' In tho
piayT'
Cant just remember definite
definition we told her.
"Ruf there = one sltr 70
minded US. Don't you know
Mr.. Blake gives II. lie says.
"A "gold-digger- h n woman. gen
orally young. who abstracts
money and other vaIuabies from
the gentlemen Of their sequsinf-
ancc without making an ads-
qust~ return The digger. nc
cording 10 the story Of our play"
she added. -arc chorus girls"
SO. having gained that much from
Mabel. we decided to ask even more.
Are the chorus girls Of The
Gold Digger" plot typical chorus
girisT' we asked her.
And she replied. Il think no. IL
the average chorus girl isn't a dig
ger when she starts. she grows to
BE- one. And some Of them are pref
~ good girls. too No. I'm not ex-
sctiy ehampioning their cause. But
there are goid-diggers--and gold-dig-
gers. There are good ones and bad
ones-jusf as there are good and
Dad everything else. some go too
TAR. but some Just take all they can
get safely. Condemn them Tor Ut
NO. ! don't.
thmk . goiaoiSger mas
ngnt 70 dig " sne can get away
WIN H. Anu TINS Is wnsfe
eont agree WIN Mr- nissrs
oeiinitfon- ne says the woman
mskss no adequate return
'nnh "o'nsn maze p'snty OF
us'e re..'" 'o' AZ ,"ey ses