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Hollywood — The Stars
the old European aristocracy. They must have courts, dependents, sycophants, and pensioners. Only the manners have somewhat changed. In former days he who desired patronage had to approach his patron with respect and complaisance ; to-day youth asks greedily and with an impertinent assurance. " Send the whole party over; I'm at Cruzes'." An introduction is almost an invitation to partake of the other's fortune as plentifully as one can grab, and those who win introductions grasp greedily with both hands, feeling little gratitude. " Guests have rights " — aye ! and introductions have rights also.
One young artist told us :
" I had no money to go on with my training, so I got an
introduction to old P , and I went and told him : * I got
no more money left and I got to go to Europe for two years at least, and I want you to put up the dough for me.' "
Mr P bent to the rights of introduction, but the youth
expressed no sense of gratitude. On the contrary, he seemed to see the whole incident in the light of a personal triumph.
" Say, while he was reflecting over it I sat there willing him like hell. ' You gotter come across with that dough,' I was thinking hard. ' You got to.' And I guess I willed him to do it harder than he willed not to, so I won."
Yes, as in the times of princes and grand dukes, the days of patronage have returned ; but whereas in those times men of talent brought obsequious backs, and received patronage with subservience, nowadays youth considers the patronage as its right, repays it with a half-contemptuous nonchalance, or, should the largess be withheld, repays refusal with slander and scandal.
Undoubtedly the madness and badness were both subservient to the establishing of business relationships. Almost every one whom we met belonged either to those who might give or those who were eager to take. The latter could sum