The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-11

makes a very effective, very dramatic
| there was more good than bad in poor
! Camille. Her impulses were all good after
| she met Armand
Il once heard an actress remark that if
her manager called upon her to play such
| role as Camille she would leave him. >
| said, giving as her reason the fact
| that she wished only to play good Won-
| en- What of that?'
Ridiculous" answered Miss Harmed.
| Her art must be extremely limited, and
she must recognize her own limitations,
for really great actress is ready 10
play anything of power in expression am
we all know that the dramatic store,
do not come from the Maud Mulers, who
| rake the hay. Sweet and simple, you
know, but nothing more. Now if the
Judge hadn't dotted his hat and riddcr
| away, all, then that might have been a
different story. Rest assured some one
would have dramatized it long ago.
at is curious what preference will do
in the selection of play. /, myself would
choose one extremely modern, since ! an
| modern and think modernly. Mr.. Sothcir
on the other hand, is a follower Of the
classic and realistic, mythical schools. Ma
turally, | am intensely interested in his
work and original ideas for everyone
is, and whatever he does is done with all
his heart and soul to say nothing of ply
steal eXertion. lie has a splendid asso-
ciate in Miss Marlowe who is a Wont
an of unlimited resources and will leave
nothing undone in order to accomplish
an effect. She is "A wonderful stage miul-
ager. | would so much love to see ner
Interpretation of my original role in The
Sunken Bell Too bad | cant play with
Mr. ian't foOk
pleasure and pride in putting on that
play and the others in which we appeared
jointly"
why don't the managers permit you
to star together? 1t is the fashion with
the English players. The Forbes Robc;-
sons, the II. b. lrVlrgs, the kendalls aid
so on.
yes. but they are English. however.
that is not the real reason. In our csos
it was simply a story Of dollars, for our
managers argued that we could MAKE
more money separately than jointly, and
once having become convinced of that
fact it is difficult to efface the imp. es-
sion. There is at present possibility
that f. II. and will before long again
appear together.
couch, That shoe pinches No, no, no.
must have something comfortable" said
Miss Harmed to the salesman.
"What n beautifully shaped foot you
have" said /.
cit is the original American Trilby, you
must remember. said Miss Harmed laugh
ingly. Eyes, it was the sketch or this par
ticular foot which hung on the wall Ia
the first act wherever the play was played
In this country II happened in this way.
No one bothered about such simple mat
ter as a dra wing of a foot until the morn
ing after the the first performance IN
Boston. What the critics said about tda
clumsy sketch which was supposed TO he
Trilbys own foot was a caution They
represented it as full of corns and
bunions. 1T was frightful. When we gain
cred for rehearsal the next morning,
Eugene Presley, who put the play Of.
was IN despair about the foot episode.
What ON earth are we gong to do lie
said Look at that and listen to these
remarks. But where on earth am | go
ing to find a well-sbaped foot when SO
many women wear tight shoes?"
4" 4 don't wear mine that way | said.
and I'VE a better foot than that With
that I took off my shoe and stocking and
showed him the unmistakable proof of my
assertion.
Why it's beautiful said Mr.. Pres
bey. I must take picture of it. So 1t
was that my foot was photographed and
the sketch was taken from the picture.
I have since become rather vain about
ii, for ] have never cramped my feet,
consequently they are free from all dis
tortion."
what type of woman would you rather
portray
1.-The woman who is natural, who pos
sesses true emotion. Do you know, people
make an awful mistake when they speak