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Show Extra! A CcUbrity ViaiU Naw York and Catchee Wbalan's Famota Racaption Comrruttaa Faat Aalecp and tha rent staring Mm In the face, ba deliberately dealroyed the eanvaa. A near Sletlasa began io appear. And bis rlaa to fame began, e e e And now meat, at close range, the most applauded and lauded young sprite La the world or Hroedwey dancers Mlae Harriet Hoctor. Kecantly aha was selected as America's premiere rfenseuse. Her hunting dance In "Hlmpls flmon haa lerome one of tha eeeeon's eenaetlone. flomehow one would expect aucb a famous and highly Inconied younger to have at least ona rttsy penthouse apartment, apart-ment, a couple of maids and a town car. Inataad. tha arene la a quaint and charming old house In Murrey HIIU One Is met st the door by one ef two grand oldfashloned aunte Just Ilka yeaig own Aunt alary; tha aort that mother you and make blacuita and knit and do all your mending. The atmosphere lo a perfect patting for aunta: rooms NEW TORK-IUngsldlng with the relehrltles: He Is ona of the world's greateat palnlsra; ona olthe few living men ta whom tha word "gealua" haa been applied; ana el lha three or four pioneers ot the modern art movement. And yet Henri ktatiaee allpped ao quietly and atealthlly Into New York that po spotlights were thrown upon him and Whalen's famous reception committee lay fast asleep. That's one of the llllnga about New York difficult lo understand: publicity aeekera, eeopnd ratera and third raters are carried about en the puhlln ahoul-dera; ahoul-dera; a doaan truly famoua ones rauae no mora thaa a ripple In the dally life. He looks Ilka a eclentlfln laboratory labora-tory workar. Hla aristocratic beard la tawny-brown and ba weare screaming yellow mufflers as a dec. oratlve background- for tha whiskers, whis-kers, lla weara ayeglaaaea with thick, strong Isnses. ev that ha could browse about New York unbothered by a crowd of adoring admirers, be announced his coming to but thst capture the aroma of old wood aad roeeleaf bowla Ilka, grandma used to have. There la a feallng oC dleappolntmont at dlacoverlng that there lo no embroidered eign over the door; but there Is a doll encased under a glass, designed after one of the flrel Impersonations given by Mies Hoctor whan she Ural went en the elage. the earn a from Hooslrk rails. N. Y, and each morning telaphonea hey -mother, who atlll Uvea there. H a few friends and weat Immediately Into hiding. It amiieed him ta go lo tha Metropoll-iian Metropoll-iian museum gal-lertea. gal-lertea. where his iialiitlngs hava attracted at-tracted wide attention, at-tention, and paea completely unrecognised unrec-ognised while listening lis-tening ta comments com-ments ef visitors mad about but work. He la going to Hha we -recently deacrihed by one ef tha harder-boiled harder-boiled Broadway columnists aa "the laat good girl on Broadway.' Which annoya her and brlnge forth tha comment: "What will people think. They'Ugay I'm a prude, or something " rihe'a 21 and pint sited; got ahead through sheer bard work i Tahiti, on th trail of lha late Gauguin, on of his fellow plonrera. who worked In the exotlo and colorful settings ot th Mouth Be. Slallaa studied te ba a lawyer. At 1 b suddenly switched to art II I new ever He married and had three children. For years be wa Utile more than a painter. And fhe atruggla to aupport a wife and family on an artist's Income was not an assy one, finally b found a lltll shopkeeper who agreed to tske eech of bis paintings at a very aomlnal figure. It waa enough to supply food and a roof. Ona day, when about ta deliver a new effort to bla dealer. It occurred oc-curred to Slatlasp that ha was aur-renrtrrlng aur-renrtrrlng to a terrible routine; that he was getting Into a rut Hint would bring srtlntlo drnlli. Allhnuirli he naadrd money badly, he decided not ta deliver thla particular par-ticular atlU life. He would begin all avgaa .t. urn UuetBt bus aad constantly practices new step before mirrors mir-rors In a private studio, fh doesn't amok, hh wants te escape th Broadway slate soma day and take a world trip aa a concert dancer; danc-er; baa been offered many motion picture possibilities . , . "but I don't think Ml scrept until tha screen ran portray the dunce more clearly than Itnow doas." . . , 1,1 kea to go dsnc-In, dsnc-In, "Just for run." but Uvea a quiet life to conserve hrr energies for work. OIUBH.HT MWAN. aCaWritllt. .Ma iLfaa fcftrvke. lewee |