New-York tribune., 1922-06-05
Irene Franklin
Home WithNew
Voice and Airs
Musical Comedy Actress on
the Laconia's Maiden Noy-
age After Starting on
Another New Steamship
Turned Back 700 Miles
Irish Slave Bracelets She
Brought Home as Souve-
Mrs Rather Cumbersome

sNl,s Irene Franklin. the musical com.
ch actress. who wen. abroad three
rlsnths ago % recuperats from an oper-
aoon on her throat. arrived here yes
,rday on the new Cunard liner La
mia. which Is on her maiden trip 20
tsSs port from Southampton.
u was her second effort 70 reach
A-nerica on new British steamship
n. first venture being aboard the
fteirhter Fehcanis, Of the Furness-
yTtthy Line. which was on her maiden
vsxaee fror, Liverpool 70 Baltimore.
Mo- Franklin. her husband. Burton
(r,en. and Carlton W. Miles. fiction
,ifi,4r Of Minneapolis. we're IN the
rErty. Part Of the rooms assigned 20
ihe ships officers were given 70 the
i6velers, who were 70 cross 70 talu-
rsbre As the guests OF the company.
Vhen ZOO miles west Of the IRISH coast
ihe turbines Of the Felicania became de-
rsncod and the skipper decided after
temporary repairs were made that ne
v-yuld take the vessel back to the near
- port, which was Queenstown.
Has Slave Bracelets
.when the Laconia called az the Irish
rort Miss Franklin. her husband and
Ns. Miles went aboard and resumed
their tourney 10 New York. While in
Inland Miss Franklin bought a pair
oI<flave bracelets. which seem 20 be
a.fad in Ireland. The sdornments, she
k3d. were rather cumbersome and gave
hst the impression that they might
5Ye been fashioned by some "carly
cSh plumber
sMiss Franklin said she brought back
~ew voice and FIVE new songs, which
the wrote while abroad.
Mr. Miles. who had been travelling
through England and on the Continent
for material for a book on the Eu-
ropean stage, said that in Rome he
fsw Eleanora DuSe, the famous Italian
tIsgedienne. in new play called
Cora sis," which was largely responsi-
bic for the various offers that have
been made by American managers for
her appearance in this country. Pow
ertS. he said. had caused her 20 re-
turn to the stage, from which she re
tired in 1908
"When the American offers we're
made Mr. Miles said, "Duse went 20
he, American Embassy in Rome 70
eek the opinion o. Ambassador
Richard washburn Child relative
10 the esteem with which she
N ght be held in the United States.
Betsuse Of her sge-she is sixty three
4 doubt If she could expect much
success IN New York and the other
iarge cities
Irish With Griffith
Also on the Lsconia were Mr. and
Mrt. J. ]. MCGOWAN, Of Staten Island.
Mrs. McGowan. who was Miss Eileen
Rosa. daughter Of tho Irish patriot,
ODonovan Rosa, who died in 1915,
went abroad to visit her fathers grave.
During her brief stay in Ireland she
said she found the people IN the south
wcre wholly In support OF the Griffith
Collins regime and had little or no re-
fpee, for De Valera ard his followers.
The military forces Of De Valera. she
said. were regarded as a mobilization
Of irresponsible boys
The LGconia. which was named after
tho Cunardor lost IN the war, is an eX-
ceedirelv luxurious liner patterned
after the Aquitsnis, but smaller. She
rs q turbine driven ship of 10000 tons
and has accommodation for $500 pas
sengers Sne is 623 feet long with
beam Of rs feet.