The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-25

the house without kissing my I
without kissing Bertha. l Ike
kissing them now"
Ruth st. Denis, back in 1911,
employed troupe of Hindu must
clans to provide the music for her
exotic dances. Miss st. Denis has
plunged deeply into religious
studies and research into religious
dances. She has q large studio IN
the st. Regis Hotel in London
and seems to have no lack Of
funds. There is a reason for that.
While in the British Museum, a
distinguished looking Hindu ap-
! preached her. You may not re-
member me, Miss st. Denis;;" he
said, but many years ago was
a musician in the band which you
had working for you" Since then
he had wed a wealthy English
woman and had in turn increased
her fortune threefold. Now he was
retired. He knew Miss st. Denis
did not have too much money
would she be offended if he turned
over to her his large studio in the
st. Regis and financed her relig-
ious research That, he felt GER
tain, would make him very happy.
And 50 Miss st. DcniS is now at
liberty to follow her studies with
out worrying where the money is
to come from.
Danny Ahearn has been out
Of COmStOck prison four
months now. He spent Is
months in the Jail, following an
indictment for grand larceny.
Before he went to prison
Danny was writer. Before he
became q writer, Danny had
been a habO and, according to
his own story, somewhat Of a
thug, too, but his better sense
told him there was no future
in thuggery and besides his
heart wasn't in it. So Danny
became q Writer-and a good
writer. His book, "HOw to
Commit Murder" excited cOnsid
cradle interest. Then during a
spell Of intensive drinking,
Danny made his misstep and
went to Jail. That, his friends
said, was the end of Danny.
They feared the result of those
Jail associations. What actu-
ally happened was that Danny
spent those Is months writing.
He wrote IL full-length books.
One, "Charity Girl" will be
published by Macauley. An
other, Back in Circulation"
has been purchased by Repub-
lie Pictures and Danny, him
self, has been given a six
weeks assignment to adapt the
book. He leaves for the Coast
within a few days. Another
book, shortly to be published,
has a pathological background
in which his hero is Joseph Will
SON, current warden Of Com
stock. "WilsOn," says Danny,
"is the greatest penOlOgist of
modern times. He instills more
than respect in men-he in
spires them. They want to go
straight after he gets through
with them" 1t will be interest
ing to watch the progress of
the new Danny Ahearn.
Julia Peterkin is, perhaps, best
known for her stirring novel,
scarlet Sister Mary" She is
acknowledged as one Of our fore
most writer's about Negroes and
Negro life. At present she is
completing a book which deals
with the tragedy within the
Negro's heart and soul. While
the book was being fashioned,
her father, to whom she was
devoted, passed away. Her sons
home burned down and he mar
rowly escaped death. All his
priceless possessions were de,
stroyed. Then illness afflicted
the author. She was unable to
continue with her book-until re-
Gently. Now she is working on
it feverishly at her plantation at
Fort Mott, South Carolina-fear-
1ul UI1dN OOAA4CIA4A41S C1Sc ALdy
come up to Cypress her.
Bob Hague is one of the bet
ter known men around town.
People don't say, 20 yes, he's
the husband of Mary Lewis"
It never occurs to them. Bob
is known for himSelf-if you
get what mean. He is q man
of considerable wealth-mOst
executives Of Standard Oil are.
He il the unofficial angel of
the Lambs Club, and no Lambs
affair Is complete without Bob
having his fine generous hand
in it somewhere, somehow.
This gOOd-natured fellow is loved
by his friendS-and loves his
friends. But above all he loves
his mother and no evening
with Bob passes without half
a dozen stories about this re-
markable woman. She was one
of the passengers who took the