The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-24
"Sho' Had Good Tir7e!" Says Beautiful Mary Gien,
Back From Ron1png With Music and Newspaper Stars


for DRAWN The Gumps, for whom
everybody is voting by button IN
Birmingham right now. Mr.. Smith is
not tall-just of medium height-and
is brunette in complexion. OF course
he's funny It's superfluous for me
to try to tell you anything about
him. because we see what's in his
head every day-and most of it is
knlingly funny He doesn't go around
laughing, as one might reasonably
expect"
Gasoline Alley King is perfect
peach%-hope he'll forgive me fer try
ing to express him exactly-but what
/ mean is he is all culture and re-
finement His manner is one of beau
tifuI gentility.
More Big Bugs
Now, let me see-there are r. H.
Little. who is taking B. l.. It's place
as the writer of "A Line O'Type or
Two, and Bill Wilmer, art critic, both
very wonderful men, and Sheppard
Butler, greatest drama critic in the
world. / also had the delightful
pleasure of meeting Genevieve
Forbes. woman feature writer whom
the Tribune lately sent across the
ocean as a steerage passenger to as
certain conditions attending such
passage, and who related this:
LAS 1 was returning. of course not
in glad rags, two steerage passengers
were discussing my status in life
what / did. Finally one CT them
asked me. l picked the job of gov
erness. Immediately one of the WON
turned upon the other: There, l told
you ] said she wasn't no LADY, .
Mary and Mrs. Oehsner bad the pleas
IRE one day of having lunch with
Miss Forbes when she was just back
from some other such stunt, an i'm
possible feather pinned far out on a
peak of her poorish hat. Her elbows
were ragged and her shoes run down.
II mustn't forget to tell you how
delightful as conversationalist, and
personally, is Mr.. Morehouse. l en-
joyed him immensely. He is a SPLEEN
did. broadly cultured man, and was
always such loads of fun"
One night Mary motored with the
staff to the municipal pier.
They kept Raging me-" said Mary,
telling me they had a nice surprise
for me. / was keye@ up. naturally
of course. Present / saw boat
merge out of the river.
There's your treat they shrleked.
| and as the old boat whirled here |
read IN thrilling letters: The Ala
hama.' Course l got the dry grins.
"Cutest thing. related Mary. those
newspaper dinner parties. Every
body talks shop. There's always so
much to tell. a newspaper office, of
course. being lust the hot bed of ev-
erything that happens or might hap
pen."
The staff liked best. OF Mary,s
jingles. this one:
Miss Butterfly fits all day in the sun,
She dont never work, but has all the
| reckon 1t would almost kill 'er
Eff she knew she sprung from a cat
erpillar.
but she got company in dat"
He Did "kntie.
MISS Gillen drifted back to her stav
at the Ochsners, telling how their
nome is veritable rendezvous for ar
tIstic people-musicians especially.
There, among others, she met Geof-
Trey OHara, composer of xxx
Katie, and many other things that
should be equally famous"
Mr.. Ochsner is head of his own hos
pital. The Augustana." in Chicago. n.
taxes care of himself by riding horse
pack. getting up very early each
morning and seeing the sunrise. His
slogan is the outside OF a horse is
man." VI d
Mary was his riding partner prac-
ticahy every day. sometimes COINS
e"ice' the latter time with DR.
ochsners partner. DR.. Nelson Percy
who invented blood TRANSMISSION.
Il was pitched. in taking hurdles
only twice.. declared Miss Giilen
nut that was plenty. / was salts
iieo- MY one consoling thought was:
II break myself up, the great
ochsner is hard by. and / couldn,,
nave no better doctor Mary also re
lated OF him that he has the broadcast
culture. his quarters being filled with
wonderful William Wendt land.
seapes. He is the owner of the
POPPY Field During the festival. 10
show his knowledge of music. he was
able 10 distinguish at once the prize
winning symphony OF the occasion
The Jade Butterfly"
Regular Butterfly
Mary went everywhere, and into
many delightful homes: and had this
very beautiful tribute to bring hack
concerning Rirmingham's own Mrs
Leonard Beecher.
~Taiking with Mr.. Lutkin. dean Of
music Al Northwestern university
where Mrs. Beecher formerly was
he said that the university sin feels
the effects % the superb work aore
hy Mrs. Beerher. She senses nei
tuhsect. and : really more Ike .
lwoneerful spirit than human be.
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