The Washington times., 1927-11-29

Ruth Elder!
You speak Of her when you talk
aviation, when you mention Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh, the Atlantic
Ocean, on accident at sea-briefly.
she's the pivotal figure Of the
year-a girl, who now steps forth
as an interesting and decidedly
Quixotic stage star.
As you well know from the long
lines seen daily, winding from the
Palace Theater boxoffice.
Ruth Elder is q heroine who
doesn't violate the rule that ap-
plies. She's q remarkably human
figure-viyid yes, hut glamorous
In no street parade sense. a. cheer
ful humility - impish, insouciant,
tender. Barrie-esQue-peeks periodi.
cally from her spacious eyes; a.
sensitive and piquant amorous
mood underlies her smile. Her
face that of q Madonna COM
plexion, when delight dawns in her
heart, Is mise-en-scene Of shift.
Ing moods, and y the heroine,
q great love Of life in her fragile
soul, Is there, shy, clamoring
girl Of confus !. dreams, feminine
Tyr. Of youth.
She spanned the Atlantic, she
was picked up at sea by q Dutch
freighter. she romped like q
wide-eyed youngster through the
Partisan gardens Of Paul Poiret,
Monsieur Erie, and the others who
fashion patterns from rare silks
and velvets, she won the love of a
Worshipful public, become the tradi.
tlonal heroine, and now the foot.
lights shine brightly to her tremb-
ling lips, the ehco Of applause
laundering in her ears.
We talked backstage at the
Palace-in her dressing room, to
he precise. She wore the togs in
which she was rescued-not
welded completely to the notion
or appearing publicly in pants.
Her phrases were desultory-
with scarce mention of her
acnlevementS. was amused at
her hesitant charm: a charm that
one doesn't mentally connect with
upper-air daring. But there is
within this captivation an arrow
or gold pointing straight toward
adventure" a decisive love of
romance.
There you have the gallant girl,
Ruth Elder-think of It, q roman.
ticist. And above all. heroine.
who still possesses the precious
gift OF God to her sex: The pai.
pitant quality, fecund and fem.
mime.
She's undeniably adorable for
the emotional nuances, discerned
in her radiant flashes Of timid
eagerness. for the unexpressed
dreams playing leap-frog in the
meadows of her mind.
! felt as l watched her dane.
ing hands-never still q moment
that "here is q rare person.
ality. trembling, perhaps q bit
too perceptibly In the vortex Of
life. but surely q figure Of mar-
nificence yet. so flutterinR. a
gently humble. so genuine"
Then, thought: Strange thar
such a girl should leap from the
vast spaces Of Heaven to the pin.
nacles Of earth. But, not so
strange, when second thought
seeps through the channels Of con.
temptation.
For q. girl, having within her
secret self a little more Of
Heaven and its mysteries than
prosiac humanity generally boasts
should be, II the miracle code of
Christian belief Is accepted IL
Toto, Heayen.sent-whetfer by
Darthenogenesis or = mechanical
eagle with chugging motors,
There's my impression. Al weird.
but sincere angle on Ruth Elder.
And, remember, have not called
her pretty because I detest the
shabby and rouged Implication
thus advanced,
Instead, say frankly she is
as stunning as q Diaghelev bal.
let, as startlingly original az 4
Maxfield Parrish poster and ag
hauntingly mysterious as the Book
OF the Revelation OF st. John. the
Divine.