Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-11

A BIT OF REAL "REALISM."-A re-
cent accident. which Miss Carol Arden ex-
perlenced while riding horseback in Rock
Greek Park, was not the first bit of physi-
cally dangerous realism the leading woman
of the Academy stock company has had to
cope with since venturing behind the foot
lights. She recalls with no great degree
of pleasure an experience with a stock
company out in Cairo ILL.,, during a per-
Torrance OF Men and Women" The real
ism was far too real to please Miss Arden,
however much it may have appealed to
the audience Miss Arden was playing
Kate Calvert, and there comes time in
the story when she is about to leave the
house much against the Will of an irate
husband. On the occasion recalled by Miss
Arden the husband happened to be played
by a brawny actor with possibly more
strength than discretion. Becoming thor
oughly wrought up by the vigor of his
lines the actor seized the actress as she
was about to depart and hurled her through
floor of the stage beyond, badly stunned by
the fall The man playing the part of Cal
vert had lost his head. and 1T was ten days
before Miss Arden had recovered sufficient
ly to go on with her work. But there was
a new leading man when she did.
THE ART OF BEING SLENDER.-Ame-
liza Summervilles physical transformation
IN the SSt rev years mas Deen Il REMARK
nble one. Those who remember her as
the merry little mountain maid will read
lily recall her mammoth pink and white
proportions. Seeing her again at Chase's
next week 1t will be extremely difficult for
those who have not seen her In a long
while to believe that she is the same Anne
liza Summerville The once great bulk of
avoirdupois has given away to lines of
graceful slenderness, adding materially to
the charm of an attractive personality.
II grew and grew and grew. said Miss
Summeryille recently, until | feared that
my figure was in the circus sideshow as the
twin sister of Beautiful Marie. the human
mountain. There were few parts that l
could fill from the viewpoint of magnifi-
cent proportions. and life was about 20
burdensome as It could be this side of the
Styx You can imagine / tried every anti
fat possibility under the sun. 1t Is Won
der that | am alive at all, when l think of
the thousands of nauseouS doses l have
swallowed and the hundred and one other
methods of reducing obesity whlch nave
wrong track all the time and 1t Is for the
benefit of others similarly situated that
allow myself at all to recur to that I'M
happy period of my life NO woman or
man either need be fat If they will but
diet themselves. l don't mean starvation
by any manner of means That Is a very
great mistake and too often results IN com
1ietely wrecklng the health of the person.
You often hear some one say, why, get
fat on water In such case common
sense indicates that If water tends to pro-
duce obesity the most direct method of re-
ducing flesh would be to shorten the guam
titv of water consumed. Simply adopt the
hygienic principle of avoiding starchy FOODS
and hold to 1t steadfastiy.
LITTLE ELSIE IN MUSICAL COM
EDY-Some four or Ave years ago there en-
tered the vaudeville profession little girl
Of nine or ten years. who instantly capti-
waited her audience with her clever imlta-
tons of well-known actors and actresses.
She was billed as Little Elsie and also
called a pocket edition of Cissie LOTUS"
At that time she expressed desire in an
interview with a newspaper man to leave
vaudeville when she grew up" and play
real parts. Little Elsie has now grown
up sufficiently to make her debut at the
Lafayette next Monday night In "fhe
Belle of New York. as a real actress She
now goes by the more dgnifei title of