The producers news., 1927-03-11
IN WHICH 7 MISS ANOTHER
HALF DINNER

call me so as ! could tlnd out What |
had happened between him and his /
wife And just when / was done |
work and ready to go out of the |
beauty parlor he phoned and gee
then 7 had TO break a date with |
Adaire Huggins TO go to a show with |
her and all the girls is getting more
and more sorer because ! ann so up
stage with them having an affair
with gentleman and not telling
them nothing
Well Mr. Edgertou took me to the
Chink place again and we ct some
more chop-guey and there was no de
tectivc watching us and we had a
good chat. And he says that Mrs.
Edgerton is so angry she says she
will never speak to him again, and
then she tells him that she is going
to write TO the Spokesman about
how her husband is taking mani
cure girl to dinners with him and
pretending that this girl gives him
the ideas that the Spokesman has to
say to all the newspaper reporters
of the whole world. And of course
if she does that it will mean that
Mr.. Edgerton will be out Of his job
because of course the Spokesman Is
a very moral man and therefore
somewhat suspicious and it would not
be possible TO persuade Him that 1t
was just for my ideas that Mr.. Ed
gerton was taking me TO dinner and
anyhow if it was true it would be
worse because it would insult Him
TO know where His ideas comes from
And so Mr.. Edgerton is very much
worried and | says to him, do you
really think that she will do such a
mean thing
lie says, 81 do not know for is it
possible to say what woman will
do when she is very angry2"
says, "Yes it is possible" ! says,
''if you do not mind answering me a
very personal question"
What Is that Miss Riggs ~
"Will you tell me whether Mrs.
Edgerton has got any money Of her
own z"
ono she has not"
"Then Mr. Edgerton," says, "you
may rest quite easy for she is not
going TO say word to the Spokes-
man nor to anyone else that will tell
because don't you see that if she done
that she would be throwing her bread
and butter in the mud 2" | says.
But she is frightfully angry Miss
Riggs almost hysterical."
THAT Is all right" | says. "But
when a woman gets hysterical she
always keeps one corner Of her brains
chat know what she is doing anc
why. Mrs. Edgerton has got a swell
apartment and an electric coop ant
a squirrel-slsin coat and all then
things is very nice and what is MAX
ing her angry is the idea that | an
getting a part of them away fror
her But that Is not going to max
her give up the rest" ! says.
Really now," he says, "you are TO
cynical about women"
mo" | says, "but women have ha
60 get what they have got from me
and they have had to learn how. Bu
maybe these is things that it is no
right for women to tell to men so
you do not mind ! will talk to yo
about the Spokesman and what II
thinks about my idea that He shoul
have a lot of pictures took shown
Himself as farmers Boy back o
the old homestead"
Well he tells me that he has tall
eG about the idea with the Spokel
man who is very much enthuse
about it and thinks it will be a grei
publicity stunt And He is going
send up word for them to water q
hay on the old place and grow
just as quick as they can and VIII,
II is high enough lie will take Fl
private train with about hundr,
newspaper reporters up there al
they can take pictures of the gre
Man riding a haytake and that W
surely be better than riding an ele
trio camel And Mr.. Edgerton sa
he has spoke to the reporters al
and they are keen about it and o.
of them has got the promise of
picture of the Spokesman with 4
arm about His favorite COW that
milked when He was a boy and VIII
the general manager of the Amale
mated Press Association or somethi
like that got wind about what tn
was planning he telegraphed for
life-sized picture of the Spokesm
leading old Dobbin home from
pasture.
Mr.. Edgerton says it is shat
that hay grows SO late i'm them
tic regions and there rs no way ,
can initiate it in a motion pictl
studio AND then / says, "Lools
here Mr. Edgerton," | saws, 81 he
got a crow TO pick with you and n
is the time"
Did YOU get it out of the ch,
gueg r. he says because of course
Is feeling jolly over that idea | hs
given him and what. blow it v
be to Senator Buttles that grew
IN a town and went to a college {
is no good at all for the old hor
stead stuff
But This Is no joke" ! says.
have had it i'm mind ever since
sent out Chat story about the Spoil,
man buying a dozen spring suits
help the wholesale clothing TIA
What want TO know is has He h
ostly bought them ?"
well Miss Riggs" he says,
think we can feel reasonably cert
chat He has because he is fifty-th
years old and lie surely must
bought u spring suit every four ye
of His life"
"That may be- i says kind
shocked, bat that is not what q
body Is going to make out of
story Mr. Edgertou il was meant
be took that lie had bought all q
suits this year And what I b