Only a few little 8-year-old girls can take their dolls for a long airplane ride from Chicago to Indianapolis.
Jean Darling, sweetheart of Our Gang comedies, is the little miss who did just that thing.
Today she proudly was exhibiting 'Imp of Satan,' the name of her speaking doll, to many Indianapolis boys and girls who met her this morning at the Lyric theater prior to her opening at the Lyric Saturday.
When she climbed out of the Embry-Riddle company's plane at the Municipal airport late Thursday, she was carrying her red pocketbook and her doll.
"She Certainly Did"
"And did my dollie enjoy the trip?" she asked me. "She certainly did. But Imp of Satan is so much trouble. At times I wish that I'd left her home. But I love her so."
And so the Imp got another kiss and a fond embrace from the little blonde star. Where Jean goes, so does the doll.
Jean always is accompanied by her mother and they carry on business-like conversations.
Jean told me about her catching the measles some months ago.
"I didn't want to have them because it keeps one in bed so long. And I was there for a long time," she said.
Even the thrill of a fine air trip from Chicago did not prevent Jean from taking a nap.
Goes to Sleep
"Yes, I just went to sleep for about thirty minutes," she admitted. "You know I got up very early this morning."
On the way back to the city in a new Nash car which she will use while in Indianapolis, Jean sat on my lap and showed me the many things she carried in her red pocketbook.
And her prized possession is the smallest pair of scissors I have seen in my life.
And does she love dogs? Just ask Jean and see how excited she gets.