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132 Pauline Frederick
accompanied by Mr. Carroll and other members of the cast. It was a brilliant occasion with all the gold-braided officers presenting such a colorful background. Pauline wore a silver gown that was dazzling in its simplicity and carried a large ostrich feather fan of a jade green shade. One of her hobbies was collecting these exquisite ostrich feather fans, and she had them in every beautiful shade. The most valuable part about them was the exquisite settings, many of which were pure ivory or tortoise shell and sometimes inlaid with precious stones.
The ball was a sumptuous occasion and Pauline a very popular guest of honor. In the midst of the ball, however, she surprised them all. She asked permission to go below and see the " gobs." She was one of those whom Kipling had in mind when he wrote, " If you can walk with Kings and never lose the common touch." So now she thought of those below deck, those who had done most of the work to make this occasion so brilliant and yet could not share in all the excitement. So down below she went and danced with the sailors. The natural simplicity of her nature soon overcame any awkwardness displayed at first by the boys. From the look on her face as she danced, she was having just as good a time down below as she had had upstairs.
There was a sequel to this party. On the last night that she played in Sydney, as she drove up to the stage entrance to prepare for the performance, she saw two of these American " gobs " near the entrance. One of them was very drunk and the other, not quite so inebriated, was trying to persuade him to come away. The intoxicated one, however, was obsessed with one idea — he would not go back to the ship until he had seen Pauline Frederick again! Not knowing quite what was going on but seeing two of her countrymen obviously in difficulties, she walked over to them and inquired