Show NOTED WRITERS SH SEE MUCH Of CHARM CHARMIN IN SALT mm LAKE LAKEI I Lardner Hough Cowles Singer and Party Have Good Time SEEING CITY'S SIGHTS ITS You Know Me Al AI Would Take rake a Tree Home for fox fora a Souvenir Ring W. W Lardner who originated that saying You know me Al AI which has become one of our delightful national national national na na- na- na phrases and who is some kind of a writer on the Chicago Tribune and another kind of a writer in the Saturday Evening Post and the Red Book Is In Salt Lake today res resting ling after a hard days day's work in Ogden yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- afternoon and last night where he lie was extensively and ostentatiously ostentatiously osten osten- entertained He is accompanied by byA A. A D. D Lasky head of the Lord Thomas advertising adver adver- Using agency in Chicago and who owns stock in the Cubs on the side aide and also by Eugene Cowles formerly with the Boston Opera company Emerson Hough who wrote The Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi Mis Mis- Bubble etc etc etc and some other things and Tom Torn Marshall who also writes things The party is being chaperoned by Gerrit Fort passenger traffic manager of the Union Pacific Look at the Eyebrows Ring lUng Lardner is a tall well set ii up Individual with Jet black hair an and eyebrows He thinks Wilson will be re He said that the whole party decided decided decided de de- de- de yesterday at Ogden to vote for Wilson because Mayor Heywoods Heywood's whiskers so closely resemble those of Governor Hughes Mayor Heywood had the party in charge during Its stay in Ogden A dinner was given for the tourists at Ogden last night at which Mt Mr Lardner made a splendid splendid did speech according to his own account account account ac ac- ac- ac count of the affair The only disconcerting disconcerting dis dis- dis- dis concerting feature of the speech was the tho continual interruptions of his fellow tourists who persisted in Ia assisting assisting as as- him in telling his own funny stories It appears that each member of the party has several stock stories which are told upon public occasions and during this trip they have become so sowell sowell sowell well acquainted with each others other's stories that each member thinks he can tell the other mans man's story better than he can Otherwise its it's a very Jolly party and quite determined to see as much of the West Vest as possible on the trip He Meant the Size The party was taken for a long automobile automobile au au- au- au ride about and nd I nd around Ogden Ogden Og Og- Og- Og den during which trip Lardner avers that the towns town's population grew in proportion to the miles mUes consumed by bythe the tho speedometer and Salt Lakes Lake's population population pop pop- shrunk accordingly Also Mr Lasky's collar became soiled and upon the return from the ti li It was necessary to procure a new collar for him We went ent into a cafe first but out couldn't get one there explained Lardner so we went to a regular store and Lasky asked for a collar size fifteen and one Oh no said the girl two for a ter The party spent the rest of its time in Ogden at the banquet t and trying to ascertain the exact cost of ofa ofa ofa a certain artesian well which was passed on the automobile trip They also witnessed a hair pulling contest between two young bloods in ina ina ina a cafe over there and Lardner gleaned a great many facts about the West Vest from a man who came out here hereen ten en years ago to die and failed to fulfill fulfill fulfill ful ful- ful- ful fill his promise Salt Lake Makes Hit The humorist and sporting writer writers Is s much taken with Salt Lake Lale He said this morning In all my travels and I have traveled extensively In the United States and Indiana I have never seen such a beautiful city so magnificently located as Salt Lake And such trees I wish I could take one of your tall trees back for my front yard I am so fond of trees If Continued on pa page e 4 4 NOTED WRITERS Continued from page 1 1 I it i were not for my family I would I j move to tp Salt Sal Lake at once but my I family keeps me inc in the East East When I return to Chicago I shall write several sev seve I era oral eral long articles for the tire Eastern Easter newspapers so that the people may I know What a clean delightful delight ful fu wide city cean you have I With which statement lie returned to his work of sending souvenir postal cards which he in bed clad cladin cladin cladin in a pair of purple purle pajamas The party will wi leave tonight for a atour atour atour tour of Yellowstone national park A luncheon was given at the Alta AIa club cub this noon by Gerritt Gerit Fort in inI honor of the distinguished visitors visitor and was attended by representatives I of the tire Salt Lake newspapers and several soy sev eral prominent citizens |