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\ SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1921 - Can't Help Imitating Dad,” Says Georgette Cohan Debut at “Sixteen and Never Kissed” . “Give Me Time,” She Replies When Asked if She May Some Day Write Songs, Play: and Everything. i ‘ : By Fay Stevenson. Copyright, 1921, by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Ryening World.) 6 F course { like to imitate my dad. But do you really think J do?” Little sixteen-year-old Georgette Cohan's big brown eyes asked @ question. But before I had time to tell her that she is simply “Following in Father's Footsteps" and a second George Cohan, Georgette THANK: You, mY MOTHER THANKS YOU, * ¥ 5 KIDDING, FATHERS CURTAIN GEORGETTE ’ DOING GEORGIES STEPS gave & typical Cohan toss of the head and added “But really at first [ didn’t try to imitate dad. It just came natural to me. I stepped out on the stage and—and, well, before 1 knew it I found myself dancing around and talking just like him, 1 guess all girls are like their fathers.” . Little Miss Cohan was in the dress- ing rdom of the Palace Theatre. She had just finished her stunts upon the stage, her debut stunts which have Drought her some pleasant notices. Her mother explained that really she did not want her to make her debut “just that way” and wanted her to be an emotional actress, but Georg- “lette herself seemed quite content, “I guess there's a lot of Cohan in me,” laughed Georgette, “for I simply ¢ Prew Publishing Co, York Byening World.) 15—Saint-Saens’s “Sam- wanted to dash out on the stage. No, a 4 7 havin i Could you imagine dad eve td son Gnd! Delila? made a debut? He'd make a run for HP Philistines at Gaza have the stage and get there before they Sad dine to [ntromuce tik” forged the Israelites to work Maes ORT RTL HIG SRTRUT OR venE tor them, and Abimelech, the He dal wire ” ’ satrap, sreets the! lamentations Bad?” I asked Georgette. ‘And you it scorn. Samson, intpired by find yourself imitating him uncon- Yo) SO 1M Wee drink, sings many songs which incite hig countrymen to revolytion, and kills Abimelech with u sword which he bas suuteched from him, He then starts out, as Israel's champian, to stop the perggcution of his countrys men . While the Jews rejoice, a group of Philistine maidens, beautiful and se- ductive, appear to pay homage to the victor, At thelr head is Delila, most beautiful of all. The memory of her smile, her charms, make him forget the warnings of the Hebrows aciousty 2” “That's just the way it is." good maturedly agreed Georgette. “When I danced across the stage at first I ‘was thinking whethe:” my feet looked graceful and al! those tifings an ac- ‘tress ought to think, but before I got to the middle of the stage I found mynelf taking funny little quick steps just Ike dad's. When I sang the answer to that ragtime song my own Voice almost frightened me, but when I got started I found myself imitat- BOG Gad ene kp eu Le et Pee t¢ She comes to the house of the vie- Although George and Georgette's * ‘orced and both marriai i” whom she has been ordered to manbeS AERA NVOTONE BY 5 ensnare, She has danced and kissed, again, Georgette very sweetly links 114 made him believe that she only B| es when at the c usion my ape tre she says; “My mother paid homage, but never has she loved him, for he is an enemy of hér a you, father thapks ag yau, and iny father thapks brethren, After he casts her aside, her disiike curns to hate, and the at Gi » does not resemble q Bat Georgette does not resembl® Li priest) urged her to find the her mother {n looks, She is startling- ly ke her late aunt, the beautiful Josephine Cohan, Combine this beauty with George Cohan's talent and you have this dainty little debu- tunte actress. “1 really made one debut.in Lon- do: confessed Georgette as she re- moved the hardly necessary rouge from her oheeks, "Just about a year ago J played ‘Peter Pan' in London. But I wanted to make my American debut when I am sweet sixteen and never been kissed.” “Are you mus: dad and isn't tt secret of hig tremendous strength, He has never told her his secret, but finally he comes, torn by reproaches, to say farewell to her, While she makes Jove to him and allures him, he i8 udumant, but when she heaps scorn upon him and reviles him for his lack of chivalry, he is overcome, and goes to her chamber, He finally tells her his secret, and she sum- mons the Philistines with a cry of triumph. Deprived of his hair, the champion is overcome and helpless, Samson, blinded, fe in a dungeon, He minds not the lamentations of his comrades, nor the phywical agony, but his conscience hurts him sorely. My inclined Jike just possible that some day you, too, will write songs and plays and everything I asked Georgette flashed a Geonge Cohan wink at me, Me me time,” said she. “I play He 's taken to the temple of the the piano and I | isic, [ have Philistines, where théy pour bitter boen educated in nd lived in scorn upon him, The woman whom America very little, 90 wt of all I he loved adds her mocking laugh to that of the rest, Samson prays to his God. Only once more, he asks, may he have strength. He is led between two pillars and chained to them; as the Philistines make merry he finds his strength anew, The temple crashes and burles Philistines and thelr conqueyor alike, want to get acquainted with things over here, : - eMeantime you are going to keep “7 wight on imitating dad?” © “Of course I am," lawghed Geor- ‘gette. “I can't help it Go you can imagine the fun “da > (6 enjoying having a “second Co! ‘n tawn, If he i# as proud of his hier ax she is of bim, they ave pair. ¢ ARE YOU DRUNK OR MY DEAR: ‘i ——e predicament of skirts? cannot Though they eo up much further, their desire for change makes them go some place, and so they , go down, and then up, and down and up, displaying a fickieness quite NG digcourag- Cea ing. Though their seeming desire is to ucquire a bit of modesty, they dislike to relinguish their brevity, with the uneven hem @ thing that must be tolerated. It is not as unattractive as it sounds, and sometimes the dip scomes at front and back, In a point or round, while other témes it occurs at tho sides. Sometimes, in fact, the ed; is very irregular in points or mal- lops, accentuated with motifs, tass or bows, which make the skint quite decorative, Speaking of wkirts, did you hear of edging a white organdy frock with black monkey fur? Well, that is exactly what was done on one of the mogt distinctive little advance models I have seen, A pretentious sash of black moire ribbon with a cluster of flowers at the aide formed a striking complement, Sashes in- deed are becoming pre-eminant. Wide ribbon sashes, rieh and elegant, ev They’re Getting Rough in Calcutta ABOTAGE tactics are in com- S mon use in India now and Indian labor is using almost any extremes to bring about de- @red reforms, Recently a train Was derailed and fourteen people killed near Madras. The harbor of Caloutta is completely tied wp and over 100 vessels are idle in the port, The lous to shipping amounts thousands of rupees, are seen on all of the daintier types of frocks, and the varied methods of tying and arranging them at the waistline rentlers the wearer secuie above any aapersion of commonp ness, Single loops, double loops, rosettes, huge and flat, combined with lace or centred with flowers, knotted ends or knotted loops, all lend their spice of individu- ality. ‘Phe woman who can indulge in dain- ty fripperies would like to copy a pretty boudoir cushion I saw the other day, which exploited a novel use of ostrich banding. Gray taffeta was gathered into a round shape, which was centred with a pink velvet flower, while the of platings + = TICKLED To \—|, NEHER ——\ AM Just Z& | CROSSED THE STREET WITHOUT BEING/ KILLED The Uneven Hem Line Is an - i. Established Feature of the Mode ostrich, in rost pink color, sprayed out from around the edge. I am sure many women will like to hear that lace medallions are again re turning to favor, ‘Phey will be seen on foocks: andy, sWiss, votl ¢ * points or scallc wg the skint and in oth Ing nooks lace medal a natural of the applicd motifs which h employed s0 extensively to. decorate our smart winter frooks, A pretty ex- ploitation on a Georgette frock was huge squares of taffeta, finished wi ribbon fringe, which were placed around the #kitt, while a single one on the back of the’ bodice was sufficient. MILDRED LODEWICK Honors for First Frenchman Killed CHUREMONY jin honor of the first Frénchman killed in the war has just been held im the litte village of Jon- erey, Frapee. The victim, ules Peugeot, was a school master before the war and joined the army as a Corporal. He was shot by a Uhlan patrol 12 kilometres from the German frontier thirty hours before the declaration of war. A monu- ment to the schoolmaster eroct- ed hero will soon be dedicated by the French Government. cS FY FABLES pe FAIRS: Cooyright. 1021; by the Prow Puulivhing Co, {The Now York Preaing World.) HIS {s an open letter T To Jane Burr, novelist and feminist, Who thinks that if the lunatics of love WILL commit matrimony They should hide it from society—a and live in separate padded cells: Chiefly in order not to interfere in the slightest degree With each other's friendships, But, dear Miss Burr, Did you never realize That a husband who lives in one's house or apartment, according to tritest convention, An honest-to-goodness husband, who is not a Dark Secret, May be the best of buffer states The ONLY protection against one's friends ever discovered? I know a man, A Very Earnest Soul, who once won a Rhodes scholarship, Who is an Authority on the Tariff, Who has too much voice and not enough bair. He asked me out to lunch—I had an engagement. Ho asked me egain—I had a head- ache. He came to me and @ald, like ae ee Te eee eee a tana Pd lady who inyited Mark Twain to dinner “Won't you lunch with me Monday, Tues Wednesday, Thursday, Friday OR Saturday—any day that is convenient for you?” T looked at him candidly, sweetly, and I answered lay. “You are so kind—but my hushand doesn’t like me to accept luncheon invitations from other men He's a bit old-fa*hjoned, of course, but you see how. it is? And ‘he—the Very Warnest Soul BELIEVED mo, And went away, for ail time, and T said: “Phank kindly heaven—and my hus- band!” ‘There wasya woman, A Profesional Feminist, who be. lieves in discussing white slavery the age of consent, varletiom'and birt) control Over the tea cups and French pastry Also she made wp yery badly and wore prehistoric hats She asked me to tea, eternally, Until one day I confided, with just the progr mingling of regret.and shame, That 1 never stopped in town for tea a ta ARGUERID, CANCOERS & MARSAALL. Because my Lusband liked to find mo at home when he arrived, And [ had ragher submit to bis whim in the matter than go through Scenes! So she, too, faded away— Although despises me ax a Slave of Harem, I am sure she pities and the Which ts just a bit hard on my hus- band. But, from WHAT has he not saved me! From the ghouls of gossip, the prop- agandists, the studio hounds, the lion tamers, the axe grinders, the old college friends, the free versi- fiers, the BORES, male and female, Who consider me fair GAME! For ever since I married, I say to them “Lean't get away to be with you to- day—or to-night—or next week— My HUSBAND won't let me!” My husband—eloved buffer’ state perpetual alibi! And if indeed a periodic or part thme husband Never “interferes with his wife's friendships" How can she STAND It? ‘That's what 1 should Like to know! gow Luis me uo abort that SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1921 MEET< x2. CRABBE “What You Expect, What You Don't Expect, ana What's Bound to Come True’’—Read the Future in This Address to the Salary Circle of the United Joy-Killers’ Association. Conyright, M021, by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) HINEAS CRABBBE had the floor in the midst of a flock of perfection- P Gires. “And that,” concluded Phineas, “is the progress of our cause. High heels have been abolished and summer furs been made, illegal. We have even succeeded in making Venice dry, and the Twenty- sixth “Amendment prohibits the sale, manufacture and importation of ice cream cones. Chocolate frosting has seen its last day, chewing gum is @ misdemeanor and winking a compound felony. (Laughter and applause.) (Mare laughter.) (Cheers.) “But, gentlemen,” continued Phineas, “that is not all, The Society for Regulating Tuesdays is now slapping its programme into shape. Tt is even eclipsing the League for Mi if Mondays Monotonous, and incidentally it ts raising a fund of $18,000,000 more, Brethren, the work of making nefarious whatever Is nice goes on apace, IL now move you that music be abolished. (Cries of “Hear! Hear! The gang’s all here!”) (Tears of Joy.) (Huzzahs of Hallelujahs,) “We have closed up mahogany bars and their brass rails. Now let us shut up the mahogany talking machines and their steel needles. (A dry wave of applause.) It is hard to believe perpetual motion has never been discovered when you think of your neighbor's phonograph. But let us pay no attention to the greedy, slinking, double-disc interests. It is a scienti« TUNING FORKS MAY BE OBTAINED ONLY ON PREGCRIP- TION FROM AUTHORIZED MUSIC MASTERS. fie fact that phonograph needles keep more people awake than hypodermy needles put to sleep. (Shouts of “Amen!”) “Music is the abomination of man, From ‘Hello, Frisco,’ to “Good- bye Forever,’ what good did it ever accomplish! Just pause on the crimes of music. The Lorelel were a bunch of sea-going vampires. Nero fiddled while the arson gang touched off Rome. The Stein Song was backed by the licker interests, and bootleggers popularized ‘After the Ball.’ Did a college song leader ever amount to anything! I tell you, gentlemen, music is a failure! “Let us open our campaign by closing the theatres. (Prolonged cheers, and scattered hisses from tieket scalpers.) Let us establish Chautauqua circuits in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago. (Hysteria.) Let all the music shows be thrown into Cain's bonded storehouse. (Hie- coughs.) Let us increase the infant mortality among the baby grands! “No song’ may be faster than one-half of 1 per cent, of 6-8 time, The Jazzcoholic content will be eliminated, thereby making the or chestra’s trombone dry. Nothing but the Billy Sanday song books caiP be sold over the counter of music salons. (Yedps of delight.) “The United States will deport all Swiss bell ringers, and our own song pluggers will operate all church chimes. Tuning forks may be ob- tained on prescription from authorized music masters, but music will be permitted only for funerals and medicinal purposes, Of course pipe organs became illegal with the passage of the anti-nicotine amendment, but the clause permitting citizens to retain eight single-disc records In\their music cabinets will make for many evasions. (Groans.) “Minstrel shows, will be allowed as benefits, On such occasions tambourines may be shaken for the purpose of collecting cash for our purity fund, and bones may be rattled provided they are dry. (Murmurs of disapproval.) Bat ballads about Mother, Sweetheart, Moon and dune are absolutely barred! (Pandemoninm.) in this we have the backing of the entire Nation. “Gentlemen, shall the good work go on? (Roar of approval.) Very well, thon, let us hasten the collection of a $40,000,000 fund for salasies, for combatting the sinister protagonists of music, for salaries, for print- ing, for fighting the nine muses and for salaries.” (Grand rush to get on a, D FAMIY . 1 CARDELL. Corian, WEL. by the Pw Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) 6ETAPAR ME!° wighed Mrs, Jarr, Mrs + with a sigh, “eferybody'’s talking about "Then if L tuk wensibly to you I hd Mra, confuse you, and if 1 confuse you L the Crue Wie, ae i, @m not talking eensibly?’ Mr, Jare Rangle bad her pocket pick while inquired, “Let us start again, then. shopping yesterday, 1 wonder whi! What were you asking me about the causes all whe wickedness we have crime around us these days . "sald Mrs, Jarr quickly. "€ Mr, Jure wis guing lo any that He knew you were only trying fo get thought Prohibition was the underly- me confused and then hurt my f@el- ing of the orime Wwitve, 80° ings, 1 didn't ask you any questions called, But on reflection he decided gyont t me wave, [ said there that this was a delicate subject. So Vo and, OCcourne, yOu etermined not to admit there was ” Drie WANS WHAUHYED | a, f * you wild?” asked ah, thant aS a Jarr himself evidently, cally 22 ban ald 9. Jurr was grieved but she was er all the time, dn fact, It i not at all wild, “When I try to dis getting FO Imiuch shai ae Rt hy cuss 4 matter quieUy with you you cCAslOnaAL itbreak of robber accuse ine of endeavor te burt ir nce takes place It Is ex- eine Ie sad i d and a great row Is made uu want to hurt my feslings, ¥ it! » that.” whimpered Mrs, Jarr, Wel) if yon) bag. a) cathen Wt “Liking the part of criminals against § no OF YOu eas x wn wife.” ‘ Ra had, and sr Sarr gave her a look of earnest yr having to borrow cart h entreaty, but encountering stony iia a © he selzed bis hat and rushed it ‘wo hours later Mra Rangle tele- phoned to Mrs. Jarr, saying that Mr picks ha r had called her husband out, and you would think there i Hangle asked if she, Mra Jark, ons weve i had any | what time those men W then, if you want me to, yi ora admit. the iness knows what time, my vyth ine Jarr composediy, wave,” i at its height, you know." 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