The evening world., 1903-07-17
The Noted Actress Returns to
Broadway After Long Stretch
of "0ne-N Night Stands" and
Will Rest Her Weary Spirits.
BUT ENGAGED? NEVER!
The Fair Cecilia Just Loves Every
body and Has Not the Least In.
tentlon or Desire to Enter Into
Any Sort Of Matrimonial Alliance.

and not engaged to be MARI Hu' posi-
lively unbetrothed." said VI : Cecilia
Lotus to-day at the Plaza Hotel.
Miss LOTUS did not look tired, but Fhe
did ooh happy, so her statement that
she is unengaged may be accepted as
reliable Information. She was dressed
| all in blue. light blue-bluc chiffon and
a blue straw hat trimmed WITH n lot of
little blue feathers, She toyed daintiiy
| with O long glass filed with wat sh'
called lemonade.
They have a habit Of putting mint In
]lemonades at the Plaza. There were
slices of pineapple and oranges and ripe
red cherries In Miss Loftus's lemonade
and her eyes were bright and her con-
versation animated, not the talk OF a
tired young leading woman.
There Is nothing quite like a lemonade
with mint in II to make a girl forget
the fatigue OF constant travelling
and the horror OF the every evening
stands as Weldon Grossmlth used to
.call the o%ne-night stands.
"i'm So Tired"
YES, I'm tired said Miss LOTUS
"beastly tired. for / think l hold the
long-distance record for work in this
profession. with the possible exception
OF the girls who work all winter and
then go into summer stock have
worked for eleven months, and now am
to have lust four weeks vacation.
you can see how II Is. | opened on
the other side with Sir Henry Irving.
playing Marguerite In his production OF
Faust and the / set sail for this
country in December. I can't call those
seven days at sea a vacation In any
sense, because the sea Is a restless ar
fair in December, and when I wasn't
praying for death In my hunk l was
being buffeted about on deck.
Then | was hurried off to P~ittsourg'
where on tile day OF my arrival l played
Ophella to Nj. Sothern's Hamlet. From
that night | have a no rest. for we
played steadily to the coast in Nam!et
and II I Were King closing In Duluth
last Saturday. and then l had the jour
ney to New York. But tomorrow my
vacation begins. and l purpose to enjoy
1t to ihe utmost.
'Out on the road l used to read Of
Maude Adams soJourninS in the Holy
Land; of Maxine Elliott at B%oxwood;
OF Ethel Barrymore marching up the
alsles as a bridesmaid. and | used to
cry myself 10 s,cep. You see. 1t was
my frst experience on the one nights.
and never before had I worked into
July.
Tomorrow I am going to Deal Beach
for a mont as the guest OF MI. and
Mrs. e. II. Sothern. and as ! have a
bathing suit that Is a dream l expect
to have the time OF my life. l will not
describe this bathing suit, but will let
you into a secret. 1t was given to me in
Los ANGLER
Dream of u Bathing Suit.
Right here. Los Angeles should take
off its collective hat. for continuing Miss
LOTUS said:
"And speaking of Los Angeles, l want
to put myself on record as saying It is
Altogether the most charming city !
visited on my travels. 1t Ia delicious..l
think this not because I got my bathing
suit there. but because l really believe
1t. And that reminds me. What do YOU
suppose we all did this season to escape
the misery OF the one-nighters?
"Mr. Sothern's advance agent wher-
ever possible made arrangements with
the management OF swimming pools to
have them kept open after our per-
Torrance, and to the pool all OF us
would go and play water polo and other
aquatic games as late as 8 o'clock IN
the morning sometimes. I really think
1t did us more good than sleep on hard
beds in one-night-stand hotels, and
would recommend the scheme to other
companies playing the same territory as
did we.
II wish to emphasize the statement l
made to you first hat / have no matri-
monial aspirations. 1t got so once that
whenever | picked up a paper some one
mas marrying me off, just as they marry
off Ethel Barrymore. | love every one.
but no one In particular.
Likes Her New Role.
"As to my plans, We begin ~rehearsais
in the middle OF August OF The Proud
Prince in which Mr.. sothern Is to sta
rext season and | am 10 have the lead
ing role. 1t is a heroic role, but not
so much OF the grande dame as that OF
Katherine, which l played IN II / Were
King She H. a sweeter sort of a hero
Inc and | like the part, as ! have read II:
The autho. of The Proud Prince?'
Why, Justin Huntley Mccarthy. OF
course. Yes, ne was my former hus-
band, but what Of 1t? He also wrote
n Were King and Miss Lotus
slipped at the refreshing lemonade with
the mint nesting against the slices of
ule glass. and smiled vaguely.
For the matinees," she went on. I'VE
are to play AS You Like It. with Mr..
Sothern as Orlando and / as Rosalind.
And the season ,after'-the blue eyes.
so nicely matching her gown, grew
bright with pride and anticipation
land the season after" she repeated,
II am to be starred by Daniel Froh-
man. My ambition will be realized.
The play is TO be by Israel Zangwlll.
II rave read the, story. and / think
It great. Not a gloomy piece. at all,
like Children OF the Ghetto but some
thing which I hope will suit me. and be-
iievC It will. Further. than that / have
no plans. If l succeed as a star all will
be we'll. II l fall-ah! me- and she