The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-13
GENSSHOllERED.
On F0LL|ES
GIRL
Mrs. Tribe Tells of Expensive
Gifts, Including Her $1o,-
600 Breakfast.
BY WILLIAM PARKER,
Cosmopolltan News Service.
(Copyright. 1928. by Cosmopolitan

many favors, both social and finan-i
cial," said Mrs. Catherine Tribe, for
mer ZiegfeId Follies and New York
Winter Garden dancer. in relating
her theatrical experience In an ex-
elusive interview granted the Co.'S
mopolitan News Service.
Mrs. Tribe was the. intrepid femf-
nine Nemesis OF Little Phil" Alguin,
alleged Los Angeles murderer.
My "Follies'' days were delight.
fully recalled to me whe.l5 / was In
Ell Paso recently. I was stopping at
the Hotel PasO del Norte. registered
under an assumed name, that Of
..Dreyfus, and awaiting the arrival
of Los Angeles officers with Little.
Phil Algllin after he had been de-
ported from Mexico through my per-,
so1al efforts.
Gets Mysterious Gifts.
So far as I know only few dis
interested persons knew was In
FL PaSo, and in taking. the name,
tDreyfus' thought my identity
was successfully shielded, for was
not unmindful that Juarez and Ell
Paso friends Of Little PhiP' Bit
terly resented my pursuit of him.
Living in that hotel believing
myself to be unknown. you can pic
ture my Amusement when one
morning mysterious gifts began TO-
arrive at the hotel for me, all adj
dressed TO my nome de plume and
even to the correct room number.
First came an expensive French
bonnet. Obviously whoever sent il
selected with good taste, the cOlorB
perfectly with. my own
coloring. There was no note or
card to indicate the sender, nor
could the hotel management give
me any information on the subject.
The hat did not bear the name Of
q local, or even an American shop,
only the crest OF the French maker.
Next came big box Of candy.
Followed then bouquets Of dollhouse
roses.
Felt Highly COmplimented.
The day before 1 left Ell Paso
another imported hat was sent me.
Like the other II bore on the lining
the name Of famous French
ehapeau maker. The fancy box
also had the makers name. Things
like this do not happen III I'll Paso.
Had Ii been in New York or Faris
II would not have been so much a
mystery. 4 must frankly confess,
however, that I felt highly co1npli-.
mented even at this anonymous
attention, for de sf3Eoved some one
was sllfficientls terested tp 50 to
Considerable eEpenBe, not to say
trouble. havef tISs slightest idea
who sent the things .ssf II ,.,s
Perhaps = ssaeg "a Tie inter.
1T was the Los Angeles
man who greeted you
with such 4 loud Kiss I'M 81 hallway
Of the Hotel Paso del Nofte."
Kiss Sealed Promise.
mo" replied Mrs. Tribe naivelx,
e kiss does not necessarily indicate
such thoughtful admiration.s Be
sides newspaper men never send me
expensive imported hats. Occasion
ally they have sent me flowers and
candy, hats never.
anyhow. now that You mention
II, / am glad to be able to explain
that kiss. The kiss was to seal q
lets kiss and make up" promise.
had spent almost q week in
Ell Paso previously with several Los
Angeles newspaper men, Chief OF
Police Oaks, OF Los Angeles, in an
effort to have little Phil Alguin
depOrted. The whole affair and dis.
had worn on all our
nerves to such an extent that quite
an argument occurred between one
Of the reporters and myself. Later,
after the quarrel. he phoned me
and apologized When we meet
again let's kiss and make up,' he
said.
Thank goodness, my next meet.
Ing with him. six weeks afterward,
was in an upper hall OF the hotel
and not in the crowded lobby.
On Guard Against Bomb.
sst.sTo go hack to the presents. In
receiving the presents in Ell Paso 1
was not unmindfuI. of course, of
plot and intrigue growing out of
my connection with the Little PhiT'
Alguin case. Not having ordered
any hats, my first precaution was
to examine the hat box for a pos.
sible bomb, and to suspect the roses
and candy might contain poison.
ct did not touch the candy until
] was en- route to Los Angeles with
Chief Of Police Oaks and Little
Phil opened the box and gave
some of the candy to Little Phil
and to q newspaper man-not the
one who kissed me-who was in
the drawing room playing penny
ante with US. thought that If
any friend of Little Phil's' was try
ing to poison me, tragedy would be
written after Little Phil's' name
and not mine.
Tells Of $4,000 Breakfast.
What about the newspaper man?
He was the innocent bystander, any.
how, he had helped himself to the
candy as handed the box to Lit
tie Phil Thankfully, the candy
was not poisoned"
"You said you were going to tell
about $4,000 breakfast you had
while a member OF the s'Follies'?"
reminded the interviewer.
oh, yes" replied Mrs. Tribe, $50
/ did. was living In an apart
ment in West End avenue near One
Hundredth street, New York, when
that took place. One morning my
apartment was figuratively and
almost literally smothered under
chrysanthemums which q florist
shop delivered, and from an anony-
nous donor. ! couldn't take a bath
that morning. for the chrysanthe-
NUNS filled even the bathtub. The
flowers must have cost at least
$500.
Receives B0xes Of Lingerie.
"The next morning, just as I was
getting up the wagon Of an exclu-
sive furnishing shop for women
drove up. Box after box was de-
livered to me. Each box contained
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