Mae West: Began to Finger

MAE WEST met her fans on the silver screen and between the pages of the day’s popular fan magazines, all of whom skated dizzily on the surface of facts and never did any fact-checking. This is the first section, Part 1, segment 23 of 32.
• • "The Real Mae West" • •
• • Mae West: “I am stubborn and difficult!” • •
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Her mother was the one person in her early youth who had the patience to cope with it.
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: She tells of a visit she paid at a tender age with her mother to an elderly spinster, very precise and inflexible.

• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: In the living room of the elderly lady's house a multi-colored globe on a mahogany table caught the fancy of little Mae's childish eye. 
• • Note: Did you notice a globe on the table next to Lady Lou?
• • Aileen St. John Brenon wrote: Bored by the conversation, little Mae edged her way over to the table and began to finger the strange ornament curiously, as children do.
• • Mae West: “You should know better!” • • ...   
• • This will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: The New Movie Magazine; issue dated for June 1934.
• • On Thursday, 16 June 1932 • •
• • It was on Thursday, 16 June 1932 when Mae West arrived in Pasadena, California on The Chief. She was unimpressed by the motion picture landscape she surveyed from the train station. "I'm a big girl from a big town," Mae told the Los Angeles reporters, "coming to a little town."
• • On Saturday, 16 June 1934 • •
• • A featured article "Come Up and Meet Mae West" by Frank Condon appeared in Collier's Magazine, in their issue dated for 16 June 1934. Mae's recent robbery was described. And the actress explained why she did not like "Belle of the Nineties": "Too much of me in it. The story just didn't turn out right."
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West was silent when her muscle men mixed in Washington, D.C.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “The score never interested me, only the game.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A syndicated gossip column written by Earl Wilson in NYC mentioned Mae West.
• • "Mae West Gives Earl Necktie for Birthday" • •
• • New York, June 9 — Earl Wilson wrote: I'm the blissful owner of a birthday tie given to me by Mae West. A friend pointed out to me to me that it's Mae Westian in design. The figures on it are fig leaves, the friend said.
• • "You know," I commented to Mae, "I wouldn't know a fig leaf if I saw one."
• • "You mean," said Mae, "you wouldn't know one if you saw it on a necktie." ...
• • Source: Miami News; published on Thursday, 9 June 1949
• • The evolution of 2 Mae West plays that keep her memory alive • •
• • A discussion with Mae West playwright LindaAnn LoSchiavo — —
• • http://lideamagazine.com/renaissance-woman-new-york-city-interview-lindaann-loschiavo/
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 17th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past seventeen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 5,000 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
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