Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-08 | Page 8 | Idiosyncrasies of Famous Studied and H. L. Mencken Has Own Orchestra

Idiosyncrasies of Famous Studied Oil Oh My Rudy Vallee Screams in Huff And H. H L L. Has Own Orchestra Editors Editor's note What are some of ot the whims and hobbies of Americas America's famous men and women From many different different differ diller- ent sources the United Press has hns gathered odd facts about the great and near They are presented presented presented pre pre- in a series of ot three articles of ot which the following is the first I By Br H. H ALLEN S SMITH United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK June 8 UP UP President President dent Hoover doesn't like linen suits Rud Rudy Vallee screams like a woman when in a Cl huff and Babe Ruth is strong for tor ham and cabba cabbage e These arc are only three of ol the characteristics characteristics char char- of Americas America's famous men and nd women gathered by the United Press Everyone knows that Helen Wills works with the pencil and brush when she Isn't playing tennis that the theelder theelder theelder elder Rockefeller calls his da day Incomplete Incomplete incomplete if it not indulged in a anum number number num num- ber Der game and that Vice President Charles H. H Curtis has an inordinate fondness for the race track It is not widely known however that John D. D Rockefeller hobby is collecting Chinese porcelains J. J P. P Morgan nurtures an Intense phobia for press photographs At his office he works work behind an old old-fash top roll desk He smokes the same brand of cigar cisar used by his fa fa- fa- fa ther He likes collegiate row rowing ng tennis tennis tennis ten ten- nis and golf goll and grows crows tulips He is isa isa isa a profound student of both the Bible and Shakespeare Each Christmas by by- tradition members of his family jamily gather in the great Morgan library for Cor a solemn read reading ne of Dickens Dicken's A Christmas Carol from the original manuscript Amelia Earhart Putnam currently in the public eye is cons constantly mUy schemIng scheming scheming schem schem- ing some way to put on weight She doesn't play bridge doesn't smoke and doesn't drink liquor but likes butter butter- milk She has a luck bracelet made from an elephants elephant's toe IIA HAVE VE PET X NAMES IES Mar Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Fair air banks banis have about 50 pet names for each other Mary speaks French well She Js is superstitious and she sleeps from 9 to 14 hours a day Charlie Chaplin haplin can write r te equally equall well with both hands He lie plays the violin the I saxophone and the cello He always alwa's has a at his bedside H. H L. L 1 plays plays' the fiddle and has an orchestra made up of ot hi his tr friends who come to his home to play just for the fun of ol It Menchen 1 us usually us us- carries es a brief case on the street He is noted as a 3 gourmet t. t and he is an Intimate friend of several B Baltimore priests who like to discuss philosophy and theology with h him hin l Earl C Carroll suffers from Insomnia All his vests are arc double He has a specially built telephone which sin sings s a song in his ear while he waits for tor a number Ruddy Vallee ValIca walks in his rus sleep Is handed left and is wild about buckwheat cakes with plenty plent of butter He buys patent medicines and always carries toothbrushes in his pockets He reads western stories Mr Hoover eschews the linen suits in favor of blue coats and white flannels flan flan- nels He often wakes up in the middie middie middle mid mid- die dle of the night to read detective nov nov- els He has hns discarded the high collar but still wears ears stiff still ones He is very fond of f fish sh both on a line and on a plate