The Washington herald., 1922-05-22

A monster shark shot through the
last month. Ahead OF him, swom-
ming desperately. was Washington's
second most beautiful girl. The
shark was swimming for dinner; the
girl for her life. And the girl won
out.
Miss Lulu McGrath was the girl
Lulu. 1t will be recalled. was run
ner-up" i'm The Washington Herald $
beauty contest last fall. She was
adjudged to be second in pulchritude
only to Miss Margaret German.
When the shark episode occurred
last month, Miss McGrath was down
in the Bahama Islands taking a lead
ing part in the filming OF a picture
OF marine life soon to be released.
More Beautiful Than Ever.
Miss McGrath. VINO has just re-
turned from the Bahamas. didn't tell
the story just like il is told here.
She admitted that the shark had
chased her while she was engaged
in the movie work. but that was
about all. at first.
How did you manage to get away
AIoHi ilhh Slt " dS oSh'N-
oh. | just put salt on his tail
and subdued him" she laughed.
Later she told how she was forced
to swim for her life.
Miss McGrath is more beautiful to-
day than she was when a group of
judges here several months ago de-
clared her to be the second prettiest
girl in Washington. The Tropics have
made her skin almost a nut-brown.
Swimming and other activities out
of-doors down in the Islands sent
her home glowing with health.
Surprised by Natives.
She has an interesting story to
tell of her experiences while away.
and numerous friends are calling at
her home at 3O6 Second street south
east to hear It.
With other members of the pro-
duction party. Miss McGrath left
Washington March 4 for the Bahama
Islands. The head of the party
was J. F. Williamson, who turned
out Twenty Thousand Leagues Tn.
der the Sea- The Submarine Eye"
and other marine pictures. A ju-
venile star. cameramen and a few
others completed the party.
The first surprise Miss McGrath
received upon her arrival in Nassau
was when she heard the dusky ma
tives there talk.
One doesn't hear any You all's"
and How comes" down there, she
said. The natives use the Kings
English, with a decided London ac-
cent.
Treasure Island. where the scenes
Of Robert Louis Stevenson's ia
nous adventure story are laid, was
visited by Miss McGrath and her
companions. The island is about
two miles from Nassau and is owned
by John T. McCutcheon, cartoonist
and writer. Chaperoned by the ar
tist, the Washington girl and her
friends explored the island thor
oughly. taking in all the various
spots where pirates are supposed to
have buried their blood -staineo
gold.
The two months at Nassau, how
ever. were not entirely play ana
exploration trips for Lulu. Thers
were some days when she retired to
her hotel utterly tagged out from
her work before the camera.
Most of her work was done under
water. Miss McGrath was obliged
thirty feet, there TO enact the
things for which the story called.
and some for which the story didn't
call, such as the shark incident.
She had queer company in her
underwater voyages In several
scenes she had to swim just above
a huge octupus which rested him
self and his many tentacles on the
floor of the ocean.
While Miss McGrath cavorted
under the water. her actions were
being photographed from inside a
submarine photography chamber, in
which the photographer and the
director were located. This appa-
ratus was the same from which
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
the Sea" was filmed.
Nassau was crowded with Ameri-
cans whene she was there. accord
ing to Miss McGrath.
The scenery and climate at the