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It \va> llie first til in;; tliiiteeiiyear-old Herliert kawliiisoii asked of till' first person he iiK't when he 1 a n d e d in .\ ni erica. He learnt that it was kdiil and it's never hecn cdliiil >ince.
At a neii;liborin<; table in the Algonciuin, a hesjiaited gentleman had jnst ordered, midst unintelli(jihle "haws" and "hems," "cahntislilv" from Leon,
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C. BLYTHE SHERWOOD
trellised cottage that had an immense oi>en fireplace, and gravel paths weaving a design ontside thru the green. He did reniemher the gravel |)atlis! And the hedges ! (I prayed it would not be the duty of Leon to clear our table and note the architectural attempts.) But "Clovevilly" was visited only at year-ends, as he'd been sent across the Channel to school ill France. Oh, yes, there was (Coiirniurd on paqt 76)
the head waiter. "1 have no use for any one who lias lived in this country for a number of years and still persists in hean-ing 'been' and sade-ing 'said'!" Kawlinson wasn't contemptuous, but outraged.
His father was a Piritisher. His mother very strikingly resembled the ]ireseiit (Jueen. He was born in luigland himself. .\nd yet one does not come in contact with him without thinking — ".\ Yankee, thru and thru!" ,\ whole-heartediiess. youthful enthusiasm, sincere enthusiasm, definite enthusiasm — tlicse mark at once his \ ibrant personality.
"Perhaps it's because I'm not a sentimentalist. I cant be. crini-prnliig I'.ncfland. It would be hvpocritica There really weren't any home ties.'
.\nd then he went on to tell me, in a straightforward manner, witliout sujierlatives or emotion influencing one way or the other, that there are two sisters whom he has never -^eeii wlm ;ive now in .\ustralia ; and a brother he can harilly recall; the governor li;icl been ;i \er\ bu-y real estate business man ; and mother, whose head of close-cropped, mischievous ringlets had just been brought to mind, was never exceptionally robust. Of comse. there was an attachment to the memory of "Clovevilly," (he began to .sketch the outline on the cloth), a charming, ivy
"Herb" (as his friends call him) Rawlinson was born in England, and yet one does not come in contact with him without thinking — "A Yankee, thru and thru." He is one of the pioneer players in filmdom — and one of the few whose popularity has grown with the industry
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