Imaginary Interviews: Feb. 4, 1924

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(Druing the Past Week the Daily Press Gave Extensive Publicity to the Following Men and Women. Let Each Explain to You, Why His Name Appeared in the Headlines.)

Major General Leonard Wood, Governor General of the Philippines: "In giving an account of the marriage of my niece, Miss Frances Field Judson, who has been visiting us in Manila, The New York Herald ignorantly referred to me as Brigadier-General Wood."

Clarence C. Dill, junior U. S. Sen-tor from Washington: "I suggested a possible name for the continent which the Shenandoah is expected to explore on her projected trip to the North Pole. Said I: 'Let us call it Coolidgeland, because it is so cold and silent.' "

Charles S. Chaplin: "In Hollywood, I entered a restaurant with Mary Miles Minter and other friends. At an adjoining table sat a group, among them Mildred Harris, my divorced wife. One of the men di-rected a slighting remark at me, followed the jibe with a punch. I retaliated; the fight became general. Other diners rushed in, separated us. Next day I appeared with a bona fide black eye. Reports said I claimed it to be a publicity stunt, admitted to have been caught off guard." Mrs. Daniel Guggenheim, (See Page 5): "At the Madison Square Garden Poultry Show in Manhattan, there was keen rivalry among exhibi-tors of Pekin ducks. I divided honors with Mrs. Payne Whitney and Roy E. Pardee, who is known as the Pekin Duck King."

Mrs. Peter G. Gerry, wife of the Senator from Rhode Island: "From Prince Felix Yusupov of Russia, I purchased a necklace consisting of 42 black pearls for a price which approximated $400,000. Said The New York Times: 'But who could have failed to remember that several things can be done with $400,000 that would produce higher pleasure, even from the selfish point of view; than can the gratification of the desire so common among savages and barbarians, and the possessors of child minds in general, for the hanging in convenient places about the body and clothing of shiny bits of metal and stone? This joy is innocent enough, in itself, but it is so—well, primitive !' "