Booth. Tarkington is said'to tell with gusto this story concerning himself and another popular author: "I was strolling around :an artists' Bed Cross fair when two-pretty 'flappers' of 16 or so came uji and asked me for my autograph. .'I haven't got a, fountain-pen,' I said, much flattered. 'Will a pencil do?' 'Yes,' said the other 'flapper', and so I took out my pencil and signed my name in the morocco-bound book that she had given me. The flapper studied the signature with a frown. Then she looked up and said: 'Aren't you Robert W. Chambers?' 'No,' said I. 'I'm Booth Tarkington.' The. flapper. turned*to her friend with a shrug of disgust. ''Lend me your rubber, May,' she said."
Messrs. Williams''and Co., Ltd., will sell pianos and Furniture at the. Auction Arcade, to-aiorrow, at Oourtanay-pUcei at 2 pjx.. ■, •
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 83, 8 April 1920, Page 6
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