Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-01-20
Walter HERS Pauses on His
Honeymoon "Trip Long
Enough for Snapshot of
His Bride
BY ERNEST ROGERS

Boom!
The fashlight powder exploded
and the cloud of white smoke drift
ed lazily to the ceiling of the wait
ing room of the Terminal station.
That's him." a dozen voices wfis-
pered at once.
To him" was the smiling, affahle
Walter Hers, Georgia's most sue
cessful movie actor, who was in At
lanta Tuesday night between trains
from New York TO Savannah.
And one reason the rotund come
dian was so happy was a young lady
he affectionately calls Peaches, "
formerly Miss Adah McWilliama, of
Syracuse, N. Y, but who promised
to "love, honor and obey Mr.. HERS
in the presence of a preacher in
Syracuse last Friday.
"Just going back to the cd boy
hood scenes Mr.. HERS said in an
sWer to interrogations. ST WAS horn
| in CordeIe and received most Of my
grammar school education in Savan-
nah. When I was figuring where to
go en- my honeymoon I could think
of no place better than Georgia-so
here we are"
Mr.. HERS has had peculiar rise
in pictures. He started a few years
ago doing small parts around New
York and hooked up with Para
mount, where he was given bigger
and better parts. A few days ago
he signed a five-year contract with
Paramount as a star in his own
right.
just Finished Picture
He has just finished filming Mr..
Billings Spends His Dina and as
soon as he gets back to the coast
he will begin work on Frank Con-
don's "Seventy-Five Cents an Hour. "
"Give 'em a nice SMILE he coach
ed his wife as the cameramen train
u their machines on the couple.
And such a smile.
Mrs. HERS, as her goolratured
hubby remarked, is not camera
broke yet, but she faced the pho
tographers with a dazzling smile and
kept it even after the fash.
How's Wally Reid getting along?'
Mr.. HERS was asked.
Hes doing nicely" was tie re-
spouse. 'Wally is a nice kid and
everybody is pulling for him. The
notoriety was unfortunate but he'll
pull through"
Before being starred, Mr.. HERS
last picture, 1.-The Ghost Breaker, .
was done with Mr.. Reid.
The honeymooners left at 9:40
o'clock for Savannah, where they
will be guests of r. M. Hicks at the
Hicks hotel. From Savannah they
! will go to Douglas, Ga, to visit Mrs.
Guyton Fisher wife of DR.. Guyton
Fisher, popular Methodist divine,
who is an aunt of the cinema star.
They then will pay brief visit to
| Cordele and will return to Atlanta
the first part of next week for few
days and then will head for the
coast.
Guests Of Bishops
While in the city Mr.. HERS and
his bride were entertained by Mr..
and Mrs John A. Bishop, Mrs.
Bishop being Mr.. HERS aunt. Mrs.
HERS is the daughter of Charles Nc
Williams, vice president and general
manager of the Nettleton Shoe COM
pany.
Mr.. HERS explained that his par
ents have been with him for some
time on the coast and that he has
not been in Cordele for many years.
He is pleasantly unaffected and,
like most comedians, is a serious
young man. He is a pleasant con-
versationalist and makes friends
easily. His popularity was evidenced
Tuesday night when, as he and his
bride were posing for photographs,
many persons hurrying to catch
trains, stopped to shake hands with
him and tell him they appreciated
his art.
The train caller interrupted in
| reviewers.
With whimsical smile Mr.. HERS
took his brides arm and started for
| the tracks.
Say" he called back over his
shoulder, forget that stuff about no.
body loving a fat man."
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