The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-20
SHE 4 BIG KICKER.
katheryn hidder Tells of Her
Trials as Nine. Sans Gene.
HANDLES A FOUR YARD TRAIN.
1t Ia One or tAe Diffcnls Things IN Her
Work. She says, 10 Manage a Court
Costume Gracefully.

Provereiallv clumsy and ussa.aly -
the gender vUasczslaze IS zs1F4 lfssA svsss
beng y wsaa21's attire 1. would sezk
she SlneEs e Ea4asAsor - GEzg the
3o4r-y&F3 tam or an empire gown
through 40 or t5T@e ats ~ a. NapolecTsis
piay. Ana Net fAa slender sd w&iievess
ka1aersn kseASer 50 Ane. sans Gene.
ths Dueaess 70 SarGea's x~ese pAas,
w'.S3Gs sevenss--f1xe yards Of costume al
AZ once wtsA t1e aneolesrn @Gsl Dhys4caAl
ease 81 "a sZr1TneF sri IL ABBREVIATED 52sa-
ing 9ress. TIE great cxegta0a required os
INA part would tx every Tnuse4- of shs
seoIEsse nan p tAe utmost. ous MIA KID
der ands in sI aaly ea> qlaAsAnstess axeF-
! e4sa-
Maeh has been sad q r. naaguiae>nae
OF 2le~ gowns. aRt n12en more hAs been
SPOKEN % The marvellous manner IA
ysate3 S.7e, as +he w4lSnaag girl r-seB -
the vomn ~ royal favor repeat s,Ity gets
uaslg EAaEte3 ID tce vo32EniGos1s FOLDS of
her cosGT1 costume Nhl, n@sns presented
y ere emperor. THAI she docs not
stumble and ra3l iaascroasis- abost tAe
stage Is sne wan9er 0f at Who Rsn her.
TaE there s. method In her madness
and Bliss kidder never becomes hope
1sss}y involved IS - anGanger aer ssTaa-
ihr1gm. Il - art. indeed. ard cleverlv
aeas AZ shat
Nothing in the whole part or Mrle.
sans Gene gave me 80 ulsca 4ronble ana
concern w@len first began 20 study IL
As the harding Ok r1y eoart costume
said Mhss Ai3s.er 20 a reporter for tste san
Francisco Examiner. while posing Before
The camera az the Elite gallery Tor "a sey-
5es - p.c-AEes Illustrative Of hsw sns
enraserIe$ and extr3esteS herself from ne
dress 50 neatly. and ~ the sSgne tiy2e aTs-
parentIy 50 carelssaly. Il Thought {
sapAl9 Me.er master she aes- Ter DAYS
and days j retired from rsheagsslx sSra
and strained from thu cumbersome v-eigfas
OF the v0y41 gown, with ia 3nnumerssois
Yards % six and satin. The exercise 0f
stumbling over nay train exhatlsse me sn
every muscls. ana LEFT me painting ARD
dizzy"
she olInhed aard at the camera ana
pursed her b~ows IN deep frown a. tee
mers re@osl ection. while the photographer
smiled co1npassso.aately.
Then she laughed heartily. and tia
! change ~ expression ~ Ner fase was -
! she Passing Of rain clouds FROM tsse sun
| You see. ] vowed that It. would eiifler
| Kill or make me- SIZE SAID srA.esy. AM
| ths thought encouraged me ~ Yehesrsals
when some ttules ] felt ready 70 cos4a gse "
/ She surveyed herself coat agrrElAas ise4y
/ for moment. then looked Up triumph
| &ntly. Wei. I am not dead Yet. am / p
But - show you how IL IS done. Vow
| know Nine. Sans Gene was always natural
/
! risT. intrigue and deception. and her -
| forts 10 please fAfavre ny elnmlatIna
! those about her often osussd =. world -
/ trouble. BEING as natural ana unassETu
/ ing IN everything as a habe she persist
/ ently lapses from 1he fictitious part she
. 81 playing 70 that 81 her own uRcuiursi
! seIf. This IS practically 50 tn tAe matter
! % handling her dress While Others era
/ composed and critical she IS 5ls.inegly tne
| opposite. The weight of she train annoyz
| her and her impulse IS 70 take 1t ~ n
| her hanas-so.'
| The pl4otogra pier who had STOOD BY his
| Instrument an interested listener. me-
/ eHanlcslly pressed the little bulb Ia his
hand "a Miss kl8d.r quite unconscfousiy
/ struck a sposs-. and .'esick. Click the pie
+ t1ra was taken
The actress looked somewhat surprised
/ q th8 raoldltT ~ he operation, bat. hav-
I ing warmed 90 10 her snbfert she wenr
/ On eutertalnsngly.
I Nine. sans Gene has been On her eorf
! behavior al evening doing everything.
I indeed, a0-eraing - Instructions uns1 Il
conversation with the GRIP eror SO GAsor0s
/ her .hat she becomes her natural self
/ a." D.seaees" sl1tsa'y ctiis 4 warning
( vois behind her
4 f9rn quickly sid start in the ai~ec-
/ fl0n ~ ths voice. startled and freiKhfeusH.
/ -As I turn ! tarow my left 700: over ira
/ train, Waic1 Is nox between mv legs
I stretching uut TN front 81 ms My next
/ step Wan tae right foot kicks the train
and r0y efforts 20 eNtrcafe nyself wirh
my hands apparently ou1g entan9fea me
/ the mora. Yoa see, thls ~ Use manner -
IT,"
I In a moment IRE folds ~ her train
+ were tasshied ami tossed about her fees.
r wou}3n't Rave a Tssure sakeu fhat
way" v@ntnres tne zaotograsnr- ago,o-
/ esficaly. '-Eoa den'1 lock as pretty that