New-York tribune., 1922-11-29
Young Boswell
InterUieu,s
Fanny Brice
BECAUSE shc Is a subtle satir;ss,
ske. is ono Of Tho ftsnniest .eomem II
tho WoTiI,

BECAUSE sho is a subtle satir;st,
sac as ono OF tho funniest seomsn IN
tho Worid,
she sang "Lions., Ethsl and Jack"
shs has fteper tried to do Shakespeare,
she has 5nst returned from Paris.
fohEg BosweH had aiways wondeYed,
as no laughed at FANNY BRICE aoross
fhe foothghts, If she acre inst as funnu
to talk TO. As abe tOent through her
Famous repertoire at the Brookbank The
oter TIE question greto so strong in his
mind thdt he determined to 10 back
stage and find out. In his ignoraace OF
thedter constYuctien, he pushed door
marked 'For Fire Only" aud found Il. M
oeV confronted By a man scho pas scildly
pathng rope, an unsWsr to MISS
bRICE'S repeated cnrtGin calls.
After fhs pyoper consultation with
Her husband, Mr.. Arnsteim, Young Bos-
1eu pas admitted to q dressing room,
i0,th a torn star on the door. FANNY
bRlCE, an gray street dress, ,oith O.
rubber band holding back her bobbed
hair, ,oas removing The last traoes of
Ser stage ntoke-up and applying "ths
latest thing in street smiles"
FANNY BRICE-They're using mora
color In the cheeks now. Paris Is tired
of the whitewash effect. A funny thing
happened tonight. I'm out there sing
ing and something dropped. And then
1t dropped again. In the midst Of the
song, l said, "A bottle, no doubt" And
the fellow picked it up and tried to hand
1t to me from his seat. Generous guy.
Young Boswell-Of course you went
to Zellys in Paris. No American feels
his tour is complete without going there
TO dance.
FANNY BRIcE-Yes, and zelly is
getting awfully fat. But most the
things did in Paris aren't for publica-
ton. The first night we were here we
got all dressed up and wanted to go
somewhere grand" for dirner. We
So we got In taxi and told the driver
to go to Ciro's. He drove across the
street, opened the door, and said This
is Ciro's-" Gee, we were dumb, but how
were we to know 1t was practically next
door?
Young Boswell--Did you go over to
FANNY BRrCE-Yes, but It was
really diversion / needed, and II was
diversion I got. The French certainly
know how to live. They're happier than
we are. They're temperamental and
quick, but they haven't got nerves like
we have. Our nerves are going to kill
US. Somebody ought to call B. 8 op. Ex-
cltement, excitement, and everybody
hunting amusement OF course, that
don't make me mad.
Young Boswsif--Where do you get
most Of your songs and lines?
FANNY BRICE-I scout around and
pick them up from people see. When
they start to rehearse show / turn up
with my little bag full of material. I
get the lines here and there, and then
get somebody to put them together.
Wish l could DO myself, I'd save lot
Of money.
Young Bo5well--What is your new
p FANNY - BRfcE-1 5 giSf wish it was q
play. It's musical. Friml is writing
the music. don't know what they are
going 70 call 1t. I've always wanted to
Go pathos, and I'm going to soon. And
then everybody will say, "Why didn't
she stick 10 her songs? I liked her when
she was funny" You know, ever since
| was a little girl, I've known exactly
how things were going to turn out. !
could feel it. knew that would get
my name in foolights for being funny.
And now I want to be serious. | will
be, only it takes the public long time
20 get used to change.
(Tbe maid helped FANNY BEIGE
into her snble coot.)
FANNY BRICE-That's better than
you did tonight. You know every once
in 8 while my maid gets excl ed. To-
night she put me in the wrong costume
twice and got the orchestra all mixed
up. got little mixed up myself, but
I'm just as funny to the wrong music.
(And Young Boswell felt little mired.
too, when he tried to find his hat, tchicb
he had left under HIS aeat.J
MRS. ANNA CASE
SOMERVILLE, N. j., Nov. 28.-Mrs.
Anna Case, thirty eight years old, wits
OF State Senator Clarence h. Case, of
Somerset County, died to-day at her