Reel Life (Sep 1913 - Mar 1914)

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Sixteen REEL LIFE Our Mutual GirV Meets Dorothy Dix ^OOR, little crippled children. They sat annind, forlorn, on the porch of a hospital especially provided for them far uptown in the Bronx, New York City. These were the little ones whom Margaret, "Our Mutual Girl," had in mind when she dressed the many dolls the night before. So, early in the morning, Margaret and her aunt motored to the hospital in an auto niled to the dvai\ w.^.h dollies, flowers and presents. Arriving at the hospital, she distributed these. It was truly a good deed well done. It >ecmed as though the children, in return for their i)iiy>ica! handicaps, had received a double allowance nf gratitude. Each little face f a i r 1 y beameil with ai)prcciatii in and the little twi-ted forms watched .\1 arL;;;ret where\cr she went nu her messa.ue i if g( » id will. ■'] di iii't think' I w a e\ er so hapjiy." >ai(l .Mari^aret to her aunt a> the ant" finally sped away, "but I still liax e m inie nii ire dwU-. left. rd just li.\e to di'wn to the I'.a-t Side, where the real pn.ir ])eij])le are and gi\ e them awav."" So the auto s])irited the party to the Lnwei I'.a-^t .Side, wa}' nvcv (in l-"ir-t AN"enue, where every language but hln^li-^li is <piiken, and the ini-~h-cart replace s the deiiartnient store. Although the bin machine had hard wurk tn thread its way among the crowds in the streets, Margaret leaped from the tonneau and distributed more dolls. So touched was siie by the horrible poverty apparent as the poor crowded around her, the majority thinly clad despite the cold, that she became more practical and emptied her purse. Really it was only a drop in the bucket. One little girl, no matter how kind-hearted, could pot relieve the sufi^erings of thousands at a stroke. But Margaret did not know that and her soul was at peace with the world, as she, her aunt and the footman, started for the more fashionable part of the metropolis. But first they stopped at the Little Church Around the Corner, in Twenty-ninth Street, between Fifth and Madison Avenues, one of the most famous church edifices in the country because so many celebrities, especially persons from the stage, have been married under its roof. Continuing uptown, the party passe,d by the famous Casino theatre, the theatre where the Shuberts present their most pretentious musical comedies. "High Jinks," the current metropolitan success, was emblazoned out "Oi/r Mutual Girl' Norma Phillips, May side on a l)ig electric sign. Margaret's aunt prLimi>ed that they would attend that theatre that very evening. A traltic jam at Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street, where meet the shuw window of America and one of the most important crosstown arteries of traffic in New York, delayed the progress of the party. ]\Iargaret never knew before that so many ta.xi-cabs could attempt to crowd a single street and could not but wonder at the skill and nerve of the traffic policemen. Colored wigs arc the latest novelty to receive --iiciety's sanction, --i i .my I'Ue can ea'^ily ^ee tliat Maigaret ami her .luni wert' pi i'^iti \ ely ci iriipellci t' I be u]) 1. 1 the -ec. lUil. This w;is the cau-c •>{ their -Tup at the e-tal)lishnient 111 II i-] mer, .\nierica' nv i~r faninus w ii; m.aker. ■ Mr I lepner hini-^elf appeared when he learned whi, his \ i--ili irs were a nd aid e li them in tlic;tr ^eleeii.ai-. .\l ar'.;ar(.-i .mi! her ,i u n i •elected se\ eral C ' ' I i i r i d wig- Im!" e\ eiiing w e.ir. Lea\"ing I 1 1 pnei-'-, iliev aL;ain ~t;ine<l iipl' i\\ ii. ' )ne ni italile htiildinL; p a li \\a- the big rhureli i.i St, T h 1 . ni a . at t-'iftv-lir-t ."^treet and bii'ih Avenue. 'I he party -~ti 'piied and admired i!k lieaiitil'iil eilifK-e (■ne 1.1 the ^hnw builijin:;-, ' if -\'ew \'iii'lx, w liich I \ erv .S 11 n d ;i y hmi-es ni a n y ]iriiminent lur-nn-. Then the autii >tiipped in irnul III" ;in imi)res>i\e apartment hiiu>e. Margaret was c inducted inside by her aunt, all unwitting where she was going. The two were ushered into an exquisitely furnished apartment and a woman with face, kind, yet knowing and analytical, came forward to greet them. "Margaret, I want you to know Dorothv Dix," said the aunt. Margaret was much surprised. She knew well who Miss Dix was through having read and admired her many newspaper article.-; and her more important works "Well, I am very glad to know 'Our Mutual Girl,' said the famous authoress. "And I to know YOU," heartily echoed Margaret, pleasantly surprised to find this keen woman so approachable. So the two .chatted for several minutes and Miss Dix presented Margaret with a copy of her latest book, "Mirandy," fresh from the press. That evening Margaret's aunt made good her promise and took "Our Mutual Girl" to "High Jinks" at the Casino. Margaret enjoyed fat, jolly Stella Mayhew and Tom Lewis. She readily understood why it was the most popular show in town. (The Chape '-oh) Meets Dorothv Div m Kelso and Miss Dix