The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-17
THE MATINEE GIRLS TALK
WITH MR.. LOSEE AT KElTH'S

had tried for weeks TO get few words
Of conversation with Mr.. Losee. but had
got no further than courteous Cool
morning in greeting. because OF the fact
that he, without being a recluse, seeks
the privacy OF his dressing room at the
theatre as often as !s possible, and while
upon the stage is attending so strictly
to business that one does not dare break
the tenor OF his thoughts.
Mr.. Williams once, in the earlier part
OF the season. described Mr.. Losee to me
as a man OF thorough honor and up
rightness; manly. sympathetic and a
general good fellow In my few mo-
ments chat with him yesterday. when
managed TO way-lay him when he was
leaving the stage for his dressing room,
not only found that he was all that Mr..
Williams had said. but | discovered that
he was a gentleman. a scholar and an
artist--the last OF which every theatre
goer who has had the pleasure of seeing
him was readily discerncd. There is an
indescribable something about his bear
ing that might be called reserve. and yet
he Is quietly deferential and unassuming.
He has a pleasing trick OF looking
straight into ones eyes In fiattering
and yesterday | almost convinced my
self that perhaps | was not boring him TO
a very great extent.
Later. when | bad reached the office
ard was recalling the Interview, | real
ICED that IL was the effect OF the marvel
Gus personal magnet SIN which has so
often been felt by Keith audiences when
watching this clever actor. The reason
m actor diSlikes being Interviewed SAID
Mr.. Isosee when I had questioned him
upon this subject. is because such inter
views invariably sound egotistical. A
newspaper writer won't let an actor
talk about the play or subjects outside
OF the theatre he insists upon having
the actor talk about himself. and so IN
tertiews must necessarily be repiete
with Big rs. No one likes 10 be thought
cgotistcal, and SO we avoid interviews
"a mu-h as we can. That IL our only
reason. However. haven't any parti-
cular aversion 10 g.. he continued with
a twinkle in his eye, only more serious
ly please don't elaborate or enthuse.
pardon me. but, you know. some news
paper writer's
81 promise 10 write nothing but what
YOU say" I interrupted
Having thus broken the ice ana re-
assured this modest gentleman, I
plunged abruptly into the question
wanted 10 ask him. eager 10 take advan-
tage Of every moment. Its rather an
awkward query. but according 20 what
Mr.. Williams has told me of you. an
actors life IL not necessarily affected by
the part he plays on the stage
That question has been asked by many
people. and always unhesltatingiy re-
ply Decidedly not II such were the
case would you, even with your nevs-
paper curiosity, which " very pardonabe
seek an interview with the impersonator
Of the tough Timothy Cook? m this
theory were true. 7 would not be trusted
In any civilized community or even
among savafes. for I've committed every
crime on the calendar time and tine
again. NY dealings with a character
begin and end IN the dressing-room. On
the stage I may be a william OF the deep
est dye; OF Of a. I am merely n citizen
The fact that l am a stage plunderer