Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
ACTOR AND PAINTER Is {
HOBART BOSWORTH
New Leading Man at the BelascO Theater Also
Proves to Be Something of Philosopher.
ImmOdesty of EgOtism Shocks Him
BY BESSIE BEATTY.

education and 1 determined to learn
from books
II realized that a man can not stand
atill, he must either go up or go down
He must uplift to his work or give the
reverse.
Becomes an Artist
zone cannot read all the time, and
hunted for something else to do. Then
it was that / first turned to canvas
and began to paint.
Every actor has to make his own
mantle. The actor Is himself. The
actors body is the canvas upon which
| he must paint his picture.
| Some of the best equipped actors are
the worst actors. l realized that the
fact that / had big voice and a big
canvas was not going to help me unless
/ had something's personality-to put
onto that canvas.
ut is the same body and the same
voice In every part and 1t is In spite
of the canYas and not because of II
that man must be a great actor.
Henry Irving had not the physique
or the voice. He had the soul, the per-
sonality and what he did not say
as well as what he did say expressed his
feeling-in his frame-the heart, the
man.
II often recall the words of Irving
This is a charming art, but a damn
poor business. The artist needs only q
piece of canvas, a brush Yand a few
colors to express his ideal. The actor
needs almost everything that money
can buy to help achieve his ends
At this time Chief interrupted us
Chief is dog-the biggest Great Dane
l have ever seen.
Chief rubbed against his masters
| a6 70 ho no
Mr.. Bosworth complied with his wishes
"Chief and l are pals" he said. 'He
was my chum in Arizona. 1 got him
last March on my way to the desert
and he has always been with me since
used to go out with my sketching
umbrella, select some spot on the sand
and there 1 would put UP my easel
Chief always stood guard and no one
could induce him to leave me.
when an Indian would come to
sell me wood. Chief would take him by
the hand and lead him to my studio
as much as to ask. is he all right :?
and if / said yes, he would let him go
1t used to frighten the poor redmer
/ half to death sometimes. but it was q
great protection to me-"
Those Years Not Wasted
Since first going to Arizona six years
ago, Mr.. BoswoFth has had one briei
season on the stage. This was brought
to a sudden close in Seattle, and al
that place Florence Roberts, with whom
he had been leading man, gave hin
a benefit and it was thought by al
that he would never recover
AS leading man with Mrs. Fiske
Amelia Bingham, Florence Roberts
Julia Marlowe and several of the othel
leading women of the American stage
he has won a name that few Other
American men can claim.
For six years he has been little bet
ter than buried and now he comes bach
to prove that the six years have moi
been wasted
His pictures bear silent testimony tc
his life, and now he is prepared to ado
new laurels in that old profession which
he has so long loved.
1t is another. proof of the old saying
'"Tis an ill wind that blows nobody
good" If Hobart Bosworth were q
well man today it is certainty that
We could not hope to keep him in Los
Angeles even for a brief season oi
stock. Let us be thankful for such
J blessings as are ours.