The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-08


This interview With Wallace Irwin,
famous as novelist and humorist-
he is tho creator of Iiaslimura Togo
took place in his home in New
York city. The questions were put
BY Mrs. Irwin, whose beauty and
speaking voice are said to be typical
of the Kentuci,y-b and bred. They
were answered by her husband in
what he calls My Oneida. N. Y, ac-
cent. Born there but not in the COM
munity!"
Wallace Irwin, who is Will Twins
baby brother, is the author of Let
ters of Il Japanese Schoolboy," THE
Kubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Jr.."
'"rhe Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum,"
suffering Husbands" Seed of the
Sun" Lew Tyler's Wives" and other
works.
Copyright. 1923. United States and. Cam
ada sti Great Britain and South America
ey MGnsns ;brs Service Inc Released
Newspspsr Alliance to The Age Herald.
Al All right: ;sservedl v
A professional humorist is never
funny at home, thanks be. This COM
forts me when | get low In my mind
! often call my husband "Walrus,"
10 when l drew up with pencil and
the list of questions I had been asked
to put to him he Grinned as he does
Tor the camera men and remarked:
The time has come to talk of
many thinss?' Well, do your worst;
Tor that cannot equal in dullness
some of the first nights we have
teen living through in Broadway this
winter
!, That gave me both lead and
xlashback on his literary past at
pnce polite and subtle--the flashback,
mean-so my first question was:
Who Will take Sarah Bernhard'ts
place i'll the theatre?"
20 THAT question hrippa onotbor
VINO is taking Caruso's place? TAX
eng place is battling, for a sue
Sessor gradually melts into a right
O. succession; there is seldom any in
0lcatian of what is going on until
qombehody is recognized as having
eaueht the current and developed a
whirlpool. France has no one in
Fight Wait minute; I've got it
Us Mary Pickford!"
tortunatu. VS.. z n,t f. 0
Speaking of the stage, what name
would You suggest for Mrs. Fishes
adopted babH"
think Fy'tunatus would be Just
right. because Mrs. Fiske is such a
dear that any baby brought up by
her is superlatively fortunate; but
my husband said:
Bill, by all means. Bill Hfske,
That sounds good to me-"
why 'Bill'?''
.uSl loT lucKJ L guess.
Do You belong to the Child Adop-
ton league, Mr.. lrwin?"
NO"
If you had no >hildren. would you
adopt one?"
II would not"
,s"But Child Adoption leaguers call
children 'glot m chasers,'" I pressed
Rot. Most of 'cm are gloom crea-
tors"
was puzzled for moment be-
cause ! didnt know whether he
meant tffat the Child Adoption
leaguers arc the glooni creators or
that the children are. Not belonging
leagues or movements or causes of
any kind. I'm not authority on their
personnel.
He Didn't Have~to Do 1t.
What do you think of front page
news this morning."
That was glad l didn't have to
do it."
according tG' all accounts, you
were rotten reporter. Do you mean
to say that there was not one piece
of news that interested your"
"Oh, yes; l read about that chap
said to have been interested in
murdered model; l mean that he was
Interested before she was murdered
! remember feeling sorry for him be-
cause ne looks so TeSpeCldDlc, ana
sorry. too. FOR the reporter who had
the assignment"
What do yoM think Of the JUDGES
who got mad at the Washington
alumni of the Phi Delta Phi legal
fraternity because they were asked
to bring their own to the dinner in
honor of Associate Justice Suther-
tand?'
'"rhey probably had nothing to
bring"
what is the saddest thing you
ever saw"
% o o
He Grows serious.
Il think that the saddest sight In
America just now is the disregard for
law. Twenty-Five years ago federal
law was a sacred thing. Today there
are too many statutes based upon
petty prejudice. | say, with the 10
comman 1mcnts and their legitimate
off-shoots. society might be kept in
tact. One of our next big jobs is a
eimplification of our legal code"
"How much have you in your eel
lar?"
Not enough" he sighed.
What do you think of the spring
fashfons?" l next preached, hoping