The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-15
IN NEW YORK

New York, Nov. 15.-Leaves from
last weeks notebook: To Texas
Guinan's new club for a party in
honor Of Inez Haynes Irwin, the
writer. And it seems she wrote
most popular book called Gideon"
which I have not read. And
when she asked me if l had copy
of "Gideon," l replied, "Sure, I stole
one out of a small town hotel room
five years ago" But someone
told me it wasn't Bible but name
which referred to a male flapper,"
whatever that is. -.
And Will Irwin, her husband, was
also there and fell to telling how
busy he kept himself at writing. 81.
And Of how he got up at 5 o'clock in
the morning to type. -. And while
/ envy anyone so Industrious, would
hate to have the adjoining apart.
ment. =.
Finally I discovered that my hos
tess was none other than Stella
Kafn, who, many years ago, came
to my newspaper desk in San Fran
cisco with pieces for the paper about
AL. G. Barnes wild animal circus.
:. Now she tells the world all
about the musical output of Mons.
Leo Feist and can afford evening
/ gowns and such. -.
Next day to lunch with Walton
Hall Smith, who comes from Kansas
City and writes books with such al
Turing titles as "Shadow River" and
"Hidden Ivory" s. And he fell to
telling me tales of the African jun
gle and of how he was head Of a
trading station in the heart of the
Z 'gian Congo. =. He had plunged
into the land of ivory, fever and
quagmire almost as soon as he had
left Kansas City behind. ut was
a Job where men last a year and
sometimes year and a half. .
You 20 wading through morass and
water and mud up to your waist un-
til finally your. stomach rebels"
And as he talked the roar of traffic
was far away. And when we left
we walked past a movie palace in
front Of which were posters showing
a heroic African explorer dressed in
immaculate khaki. And it did
seem to me he laughed bit more
bitterly than was necessary. 80.
Then to piano recital by Rudolph
Gruen, the 27-year-old composer.
And someone told me he made his
J first appearance in St. Louis at 16
>. He went on the road and broke
into the. "big league" in true Horatit
Alger fashion. Caruso was max
ing tour and needed an accompan'
ist in a hurry. -. Young Gruer
was given a hurried try-out and &C.
copied. Thereafter he was TAX
en- on the remainder of the tour a.
an assisting artist. !. How full
| New York is Of such romances!
! And so to call upon Andre Mau
rois, who wrote "Ariel' and whom
! met on the steamer coming home
from Paris. And / learned tina
he was the son of. a spinning ane
weaving manufacturer in Normand,
and had been plunged by his father
into a business career. He was
80 before he was able to break away
and begin to study literature, which
he had dearly loved, and couple o.
years more before he did anything
worth while. All Of which was
cheering to one who, like myself
finds himself fast leaping into mid
die life.
i Then to meet Roland Pertwee
who writes for the Saturday Eve
ming Post and such-like publications
and who came over from England t.
see his play, Interference" the first
drama he has. done. And he tolC
of the fun he had thrusting ancient
chivalry into subways, elevatedS Of
flee buildings and modern life il
general. ~. And it did seem to MI
this would ~ : PLEASANT way 81
eafning healthy nyinG.
>GILHERT SWAN. :.
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