The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-20
A HALF HOUR WITH CLARA MORRIS

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rheumatism that she would never he
able 10 walk again. Do you think
Sarah Jane believed them? Not much.
The next day she got Up, and actually
pulled herself upstairs by the balus-
trade just 10 prove that she could do it.
and III time she walked again as well
as ever"
Then you come honestly by your
own strength of Willy"
oh, my dear. haven't Gne-teath the
determination my mother has"
Then there was rap at the
door and the card said 4 Young
woman would like to see Miss Nor
ris just for a minute; a stranger
she was, and the actress was reluc-
tant 10 let her go With her curiosity
unsatisfied. but she did.
And then she turned to me again,
and although / was greatly pleased
that our chat was not to be interruDted
could see that she, good soul. was
worried at having disappointed the
caller
And the Lord viii have to forgive
me the ub,' she said. But really and
truly, Chicago is the worst fst e
lovely friends here, and there are
many nice people here-but it is the
worst place for the unehokableoff Mo-
man--why-s'
But L was laughing uproariously at
tins bit OF modern Russian, and she
had 20 laugh bit, too.
DO you know that I have the odd
est callers-and all because they have
read some book or seen me play some
where. And they come with the best
intentions, bless them-but they do
eat ones time up so. And I have to
lie here and pray God TO forgive me
for heing a dOuble-faced villain as 1
cheerily call: Come in
Actress-like, she Illustrated. And
spectator-like, l laughed. But just the
same II set me 10 thinking that per-
haps Eve are far too egotistical TO get
well beyond a ''perhaps'D she did not
find me quite as interesting as l found
her, and that my own visit was reach
ing well into the afternoon Also l
decided that we had not talked about
a blessed thing that l had intended
talking about. All OF which goes to
prove that an afternoon conversation
is very uncertain thing. And / trot-
ted back to art
1T has long been my impression. -
/ ventured, that Clara Morris was de-
clared to be an actress Of the natural
school in her day. Now I read that
she is typical Of the old school"
4 ne actress smiled KNOWINGLY. AND
/ she didn't have TO say a word. for
read in the smile her good-natured re-
proval Of those who dared to intimate
that she was in any way old fash
| toned.
You know 1 never keep a notice,
| she declared.
( Not one?" 1 asked. incredulously
Not Just small scrapbook?'
'N0t a clipping" she answ cred pos
1 itive.y: 'and there have been miles
of them. But Mr.. Harriott---"
smiled just the suggestion Of Z
smile.
| But Mr.. Harriet" she hurried on
has kept some OF those ne consid
! cred especially good. And you vii
| find among them protests against my
natural method; against the pre-.
sumption that an 'upstaTt Eho think.
she can do as she pleases and snaI
her fingers in the face of older anC
more experienced actresses.
| Those We're the days of the teapo
actor, my dear-here he was, with ON,
arm akimbo for the handle and IN,
other thrown out for the spot-ans
shouting with all his power 1t was
who demanded that in a parIor seem
I've talk as human beings; and I recall
that once I'm Alike / refused 20 speal