Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-09-23


Do everyt b
"a heartily as unit
the Lord. God bless
you" Lola Small says she has taker
for her motto: do everything heart
lily as unto the Lord" She intends tt
be as devout as she was in the ole
Georgia home. She will say her pray.
ers every morning and evening. She
will close her eyes and "say grace
silently at every meal, wine supper Oh
what not She will read a chaptel
from the Bible every night before re-
firing, no matter what the inconveni-
ence or delays OF one-night stands
But she viii play the disreputable ad-
ventures if needs must and she will
wear tights. Lola Small or Mrs. Jack
son, or Mrs. Stewart Ford, talked a
good deal to a New York reporter
about religion in the home. and great
deal about tights
She is as tall. slender and straight
as a reed. Her carriage is un-
certain and girlish. Bright dark eyes
speak an active temperament. Her
hair is brown enough to suggest the
too often lamented Sweet Alice, Ben
Bolt She has long, delicate, pale
features. Her hands and feet are those
of patrician. She has a pronounced
southern accent and a curious habi.
of closing every sentence with the ris-
ing infection, that will interfere some
what with the force of the lines she
speaks before the footlights, unless
she cultivates the manners of a
heavy and the downward slides OF
a villainy unabashed.
Though only "a years old, Sam
Smalls daughter has been married
twice. Her first husband was James A.
Jackson, son of Major B. C. Jackson
of Knoxville. Tenn. She became Mrs
Jackson when IS years old. and on her
nineteenth birthday brought suit for
divorce on the grounds of cruelty and
desertion. She was awarded absolute
divorce, good alimony and the custody
of her child, Baby Isabel Three years
ago Sam Small was conducting revival
services in Columbus. o. One even
ing he was reported dangerously Ill
and the revival was discontinued. The
reason for his illness was a telegram
announcing the marriage of his daugh-
ter to Stewart Ford. scion of an old
Richmond family. The wedding had
taken place at Old Point Comfort
week before.
81 haven't anything against young
Ford" said the eccentric Georgia
preacher, but my daughters first at
tempt at marriage was such a rank
failure that l don't want her to repeat
the experiment"
The second experiment was as frank
a failure" as the first, and ended in a
formal separation.
MY name is really Ford, but 1 US
cause it's my baby's," says Sam Smarl's
naively. still, l think it's
better to use my fathers name on the
stage, don't you?"
MY father is a Methodist, and 1 be-
Iieve he has preached against the stage
some" she remarked, but my mother
and 1 are Episcopalians, members of
st. Philips church at Atlanta. and we
have always viewed the matter differ I
emily. BY degrees papa changed his |
mind as far as 1 was concerned. He I
thoroughly in the cultivation
II talent. He thinks it is a solemn (
iuty that God has imposed upon us. +
When he found that I had really made I
/ hit as Juliet. Desdemona and Par
thenia at the Conservatory at Bos-
on, and when people told him ought
o be in the profession, he gave in.
would have been on the stage the
,ast five years if it hadn't been for
ny matrimonial experiments, that
urned out so badly.
Papa yielded to my persuasions and
ranged for lessons from Robert
Downing. He came to see me last
Ieek on his way to Honolulu, where he
to be an army chaplain. He impress
d upon me that he was resigned to my
ecoming an actress, but that he want
d me to be success, as he knew I
-ould.
81 do not expect to lose a particle
( the beautiful aroma OF Christian
fe when I go upon the stage. We
sed to have family prayers at home
very morning. There is no reason
by my baby. my friend. my maid and
have tl,or, bora l., +y,o