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Far Away and Long Ago
Estelle Taylor pretended to commit suicide for the sake of dramatic effect.
carried her at least ten feet in the air — so her elders said— and landed her gently on the ground.
When he was about six, Reginald Denny, then living in a suburb of London, decided to disobey his parents and go swimming in a small tributary of the River Thames. As he stood in shallow water, one of the boys gave him a shove into water fifteen feet deep. Another lad hauled him back to safety.
Constance Talmadge's curiosity ! A saga could be written around that theme. One Christmas a beautiful, blond doll with eyes that opened and shut, and a red tongue protruding from its little mouth, fascinated her. She was filled with the enthusiasm of the investigator. So she pulled off the wig, poked in the eyes and succeeded in yanking the tongue out. Frightened then, she began to yell. Her mother put the doll where she would see it constantly, so that she was less destructive with the next one.
Virginia Valli was the proud owner of a two-room playhouse, the envy of her companions. It pleased her particularly that a little boy "crush" should find it so attractive. -But one day Edward looked to the future and decided to burn some papers in the playhouse, in order to start his training as a fireman. He would arrive with his wagon and the garden" hose and prove the gallant hero, rescuing' the dolls and putting out the blaze. But before the junior fire department appeared, the house was in flames. And Edward proved a disappointment as a fireman — he was afraid' to" go in after the dolls. Virginia lost her playhouse, her dolls and her faith in gentlemen.'
A man figures in Lilyan Tashman's earliest memory. And clothes. ' And bills. And excitement. Lilyan' had seen an itinerant photographer taking, pictures of people in the neighborhood,and longed to pose; ~ She took the matter up with him. /'Sure," he said, "I'll take your picture for nothing. Dress up
below and was rather fearful of startingdown. They sent for a ladder. It proved too short, and it wasn't until the fire company reached the scene that she was rescued. ■
Two girls remember when they were great actresses — Janet Gaynor and Sue Carol, who played together in Chicago ten years ago. The basement of Sue's home was their theater. Aided by her mother's chauffeur, they lined up two dozen chairs. "Supported" by a couple of boys and
by the chauffeur, who played a harmonica, they staged their gala performance, Sue and Janet doing a black-face act. Afterward they couldn't get the charcoal off their faces in time for dinner. You can imagine the sequel.
Thanksgiving Day always brings back to Norma Talmadge a memory of her grandfather's farm in Connecticut, and of a small girl proud of her bright-red stockings. Going out to feed the chickens, ducks and turkeys one memorable day, a gobbler sighted the red-clad legs and headed for them, followed by an exciting race when Norma barely got through the kitchen door in time to avoid a peck.
May McAvoy flew high in the first event to limn itself on her mind. When playing "jacks" with other children, a terrific wind suddenly blew up, lifted her from the ground and
Arthur Stone, at four, discovered an unusual way to ruin his new drum.
Billie Dove was fascinated by the mystery of a music box.