New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-02
Mae Busch Admits
She Was Second in
Bobbed Hair Race

Irene Castle was probably the flrst
woman to bob her hair here, but it had
never been definitely determined be-
fore who was the second. Now It is
known, and the news comes STRAIGHT
from the lady herself-Mae Busch.
Furthermore, Miss Busch Is the first
woman IN the motion picture world
thus to have distinguished herself.
She was with Mack Sennett at the time.
and those were the days when, unless
one was star, one remained nameless
on the screen. Miss Busch then was
nameless-but not unidentified. "The
girl with the bobbed hair" they used to
say in the amused tones that are now
employed in referring to girls whose
hair Is not bobbed.
With Maurice Tourneur and Richard
Dix she has Just returned from Eng
land. where for six weeks thew had
been filming exteriors for the screen
version Of "The Christian" which Cold
wyn Is making. They landed at s
o'clock in the afternoon and were
scheduled to leave for the Coast at
$40 the following afternoon-less than
twenty-four hours in which to see ones
friends in New York. But Mae was
grateful even for that. If the boat had
got in on time they would have gone
direct to the train.
She was radiant and enthusias site
over her trip, her part in the picture;
sunburned from playing deck tennis
for eight days; little fuller Of face
(from drinking ale in England, she ex-
plained) than when she had left New
York two months before; becomingly
garoed in gorgeous new sand-colored
suit-from Lucille's-and an equally
beautiful hat, purple, of varying
shades. She carried smart looking
lvory-headed black walking stick. This,
she said, was her one typically English
acquisition, and the one thing that the
customs inspector had been suspicious
OF. The chief use Of a cane NOWADAYS.
he maintained, was as a container for
the stuff that people are going abroad
for. But when Miss Busch fastened
to offer it for his inspection he didn't
want to.
Besides the cane she had three other
souvenirs Of her trip which she dis
played proudly. One was a white
woolly dog, Of the stuffed variety, so
large that she had had to carry it all
the way from London because it
couldn't be squeezed into her trunk.
This had been given her by Mr.. Tour
neur and was In turn to be presented
to very small boy out at the Coast.
The second was a shilling note
won playing Switchboard on the ship
and inscribed by King George (per
Frank Crowninshield), and the third a
gold sovereign given her by Hall
Gaines son, at whose home outside Of
London some Of the scenes were taken
1t was here, she said, that she saw
Hall Game for the first time. She had
been rather hesitant about meeting
him. fearful of how he might regard
her as Glory Quayle. He, it seems,
had been fearful too. But all qualms
were promptly banshed when the meet
ing finally took place. He said: Miss
Busch, my mind is at rest. l couldn't
have asked for better Glory"
After that tribute it wasn't to be
| wondered at that Miss Busch was smil-
ing and happy. Furthermore, she ex-
planned, the hardest part of the pic
ture for her was over-at least the
only part she had been disturbed about.
Glory first enters the story as child
of about fourteen or fifteen, and Miss
Busch wasn't sure whether she could
assume that youth successfully. With
her slim, straight figure, small oval
face and bobbed hair this shouldn't
have been difficult as far as appearance
is concerned But anyway, she had
been worried; so when those scenes
were completed and she finally saw
them on the screen in Goldwyn's Lon
don Office she was happily treasured
The rest, she thought, would be clear
sailing.
Ton, M;v To Star Tony