Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-20

"Peter Pan" writes: "EIurrah for
rop for vour answer 70 'Ppriwinkle' :
tIippant letter. and hurrah for you
again. for your refusal to print a pc
tnrc Of Won Stroheim. as requested pE
Kitty Glover and friend 'PcriwinkIe.
II wrote you in the first white heat
Of my indignation AZ his PRODUCTION.
hence my letter. which | was gIad you
didn't print was rather hectic. MY
views are still the same. however. and
still wish the picture had been run
ont of town and Von Strohelm subdued
and not allowed to make any more such
II have been reading with interest
tho ouinions expressed by other cor
respondents since then. and what
amused me most j. the viewpoint OK
people who tolerate such pictures as
Foolish Wives on the plea OF being
.broad minded and having Travelled
extensively and that those are phases
Of life which really exist.
.'It seems to me that this caiieu
-brnad -mindedncsS. which is NOT the
right kind of tolerance that admits thc
weakness and fraiIty - of human ma
ture. but does not condone tn" S!n II
self. is just an excuse t"r-W"ii' II h1'
n loose-thcn Il careless moral stand
ard. And if travelling extensively tends
10 make one So tolerant Of such produc.,
lions. ! suppose thar after an EXTENDED
tour around tho world. one would be so
broad minded A. 10 east an lndlHorenl
eve on every sin in m" catalogue Anu
II these phases Of life really 10 exist
and We all know il. why hold them up
and gloat over them:
II do hope You felt sufficiently rhas-
tened after reading 'P"rwlnkic : !Ht:'
ter! Ready. :? ihroW up your 700
'n'everything: li"'ll step right in-Wn!'
he saws so. So tio resign. Mr.. Nicely
hs,t Iis.en--I feel sorry for the column.
/ consider him lacking in good taste
intelligence, and !aetly--a sense of h"-
<Mes.
"Has he mistaken The friendly argu-
ments and differences nf opinion Of III"
contributors 10 this column for cut
g throating'? il has seemed nothing but
n sort of gay bantering to me, ana |
feel that ] ain only one Of a great
many who read and enjoy your COL
imn.' ] mean that seriously.
"I'm so disappointed at having Il
wait another week before seeing Norm"
Talmadge But why speak Of 'Bcyon"
( the Rocks: Awful Not SINCERE
thing in II. except. pcrhapN. m" nat
,ralncss Of June Elvidgc. MahcI Var
Furcns smile. or til" 'whimsira!i'y ("
Alec Francis
EDO you know | didn't realize rhr
significance of the pan in Peter Pan
until I had seen your answer {" me II
print? That either means 'hat N {
dumb bell or 50 mentally agile I'm un'
conscious.
''And. as read over again 'hc l"t.
ters of Kitty Clover and 'Periwinklc
and your answers 10 them, | rep"a
'Hurrah for YOU
TITS good +" know haven't los
quite all my friends by my refusal f.
print Won Strohcim'S picture. "P"ri
winklc' did amusc me. Th" idea Il
any one taking me seriously Ahd
somehow. when | get letter Iik" that
feel sorry for the writer because
use Of living These serious highhro"
do miss lot of the joy and boaur
n OF this world. can arpr"riat" III
best in art and music and literature an
the drama. and can thrill at II just 4
s6S much as they can. but that do"Sn
prevent me from getting an urloarior
\ amount OF fun out Of tn" other thing
Maybe You thought you'd start n
argument with me- by slamning BE
yond the Rock" But YOU cant. ON
thing that disappontS mo Is that
agree Win you So p"Fl''IN'
As to resigning. If get many lctte
Il like "Pcr!winklr' So won't have
chance to resign; III be fred
Zone Who Knows" What an orIi
inal nom dc plump'D writes: 30
night last week YOU had the ages Of sol
stars and | would like 70 say III
Estelle Taylor j. twenty eight or twe'
ty-nine years old. How do | know
Well II is this way; | was luCI
sS enough TO go 10 school with her siStc
Helen, and she is my age, which
N twenty three. and E,tellc is five or :
years older. She Is married and has
Y son about nine years old Maybe :
wants pcopl" to think she is ninctcc
but any one with good cycSight e.
9t zee she is much Older
SE ~ bet you haven't nerve enough
print this. Afraid EStclIc will ba
g you out if she happens to SEE it, Sor
] have no typewriter.
I'M You might have known Id n"N
's have the nerve to print such a lett
a. that. Besides which | wouldn't
a {he world betruy the fact that popu
2s rnayjc star IL q prosaic wife and moth'
u IN "a Am. "a cant print YOUR lett
4 'S.s q I'm much oeltged Tor the inform
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