Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15

thing else and that was what I wanted
to do most.
"When you want to do a thing you
feel that is the thing which you are
most apt to do best, / went to New
York because that is the fountain head.
During the whole life of an actress
she seldom loses sight of New YORK
in her mind"
By this time we had finished tea and
Miss Langham asked If she might re-
move the makeup and put on d street
dress while we talked With the rapid
ity which comes of much practice she
put on cold cream and removed rouge
talking as she did it.
First With Marlowe
Miss Langham's first engagement
was with Julia Marlowe in Queen
Fiametta." When she was appearing
with Julia Marlowe in Boston Charles
| Frohman saw her and as a result she
, became a member of Annie Russells g
company She became Miss Russell S
understudy and had the role of johann
ma Goodlake in mice and Men," For
| two years she was with Miss Russell
and then upon the advice of this tai
ented actress and the late Mrs. Gilbert
she came west to join the Belasco stock
| company.
|
always so good to me-" said Miss Lang
ham, land they both said that ex-
perience with a stock company would
be Just the thing for me, so took their
advice and of course l have never re-
GREETED it,
Miss Langham took her three treas
ured photographs from her dressing
table and handed them to me.
II cannot tell you what an inspira-
|
Mrs. Gilbert was such wonderful
old woman. Though she was "a years
of age when she died she would not
thank me to call her old.
An Anecdote
"We used to have supper together
after the theater and every night she
would order a glass of beer and a
Welch rarebit while contented myself
with a glass of milk and some bread
and butter" continued Miss Langham
as she glanced at the picture. "One
night the waiter made a mistake and
placed her rarebit in front of me and
gave the milk to her. Mrs. Gilbert was
| indignant in a minute.
"Does he think l am so old that j
should drink milk she asked, and IL
took much consoling on my part pe,
fore I could induce her to forget What
she considered an insult You see
was more careful of my health and YET
do not know that it can make sc
much difference when you consider
those eighty-four years and think how
many rarebits she has eaten'
| Several other stories of these three
women she told, and all of them were
well worth retelling. While she talked
she had been putting the finishing
touches to her street toilet.
Buying Hat
When the tea things were put away
and the little workshop was again in
working order, she announced that she
wanted to buy hat.
"Come and help me choose it," she
said, and the next half hour was spent
at the milliner's, where I learned still
more of Miss Langham in the discus
sion of shades and shapes.
Margaret Langham's life is one thai
many a girl with desire for histrioniC
fame would do well to follow. She is
simple, natural girl off the stage as
well as on and she believes that acting
is largely the gift of being absolutely
ones self.
Her home life is in many respects
different from the lives of most of hel
companions. She lives alone in a cosy
little apartment filied with beautiful
books, pictures and bric-a-brac. Every
thing surrounding her is artistic and IN
keeping with her personality.
In a tiny kitchen she does all her
| cooking and the friends who have beer
privileged to occupy seat opposite hel
at dinner or luncheon can vouch fol
the fact that she is a mistress of the
culinary art.