New-York tribune., 1922-07-16
Modern Apollo
Going to Swim
English Channel
And Prob ably All of
His Friends Are Willing
to Let C. e org e DO Il

"a
George waisn is sailing for Englan6
on Tuesday Of next week, with the
.v0wcd intention OF swimming TIC
English Channel. He has been tran
ing with this in mind for year and h,
says that no one is to call him "a pool
fshs because he thought of it first.
Mr.. Walsh is modest and whenever
be speaks of the coming event he says
ha is going to "try" to swim it, but
he can't fool US! We know that he
knows he can do It all right, and we
have had no doubt of it ever glrce we
saw him in the ocean at Brighton
Here he took long rope. attached ono
end OF it to himself and the other enc
to q rowboat filed with men-sever
men there were in that boat, to Sc!
nothing Of the dog-and then he tcca
them for nice ride over the bounding
main. e'
We had been urged to get in the
boat also, but the sea looked prctty
ehoppy and we decided to stay safe or
the beach. Henry Drummond Coz
whoever it was) said considerable when
he wrote t"and you'll never go wrach
on Lac st. Pierre, so long as you stay
on shore" So we sat down on the
sand and with the star performer safe
out beyond the surf we Immediately
became the center of attraction. A life-
guard approached US, ''Your brother is
some little swimmer" he said; 81
couldn't do that stunt myself" which,
viewed in retrospection, sounds like a
leading remark, and any number Of
palpitating maidens rushed up and
asked US if that wasn't George Walsh.
One, with an eye to the future, in
sisted on knowing if he was married
We forgot to tell George about that,
but in case he sees this she was The
girl in the purple one-piece suit with
tangerine-colored hair, bobbed.
After Mr.. Walsh had dragged /!
seven men in the boat, to say moth,
of the dog, around in the surf far
half hour he returned to the beach :.
we made our way to the pool, follow
ny SuS ma10SuS 4ch
handsomci" said one, and "Look at III
eyelashes," said another. "Gee, that
chest!" fro manother one, for, although
you may not know it, it is considered
quite correct to discuss screen celeb
rity as though he were not present.
Take off your bathing cap and let
them see your hair" we said with bit
ing sarcasm, which did not phase them
in the least. And we didn't blame them
30 much either, for George Walsh has
a figure that would make Civic Virtue
turn green with envy and topple off
his pedestal right into the Mayors
front yard. The only other person we
know who is nearly as splendid looking
is named George also-surname Car
pentier. Mr.. Walsh was last seen on
the screen in a picture called "Sere-
readde," which his brother, r. A.
Walsh, made from the stage play
Spanish Love-" and when he comes
home the conquering hero after
swimming the English Channel, he will
produce pictures for himself. He in
tends also to go back on the stage for
at least one season, which means that
he will produce here in the East, and
that's good news.
Walsh sr. sent his boys, George and
Raoul, to college and insisted on their
becoming lawyers. Both duti1 lly
complied, and then the day after they
were graduated they joined stock
company and went to making pictures
And is the pater not annoyed with them
FOR choosing their own profession? He
Is not He said to us: George is the
best looking boy in America, and the
best actor, too. Sure, he can swim the
English Channel"