Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-25
CHILD STAR
ATA LOSS
CAN'T UNDERSTAND vAeARIEs
OF CALIFORNIA LAW
BAYS PEOPLE LIKE TO SEE HER
ON STAGE
LIttIest Claudia Says She Likes Los
Angeles and Is Sorry to Go
Away from the Sea-
shore

Little Beryl Pullman, 5 years old. who
plays the first act Claudia in The Prince
Chap" cannot understand why the law
should frown upon her acting The people
who come to the theater don't frown' she
says. They applaud; and Beryl likes their
applause because she knows 1t means that
they like her.
Twice before Beryl's youth has made
trouble for her manager, but neither time
did the matter get into court. Yesterday,
however Joseph Weed was arrested and
Aned $50 in the police court for violating
the child labor law He paid the fne and
apparently that was the end of It, for the
child appeared yesterday at both matinee
and night performances, as usual
Weed finds it difficult to explain why ne
should have had this trouble here and
have had no difficulties whatever in San
Francisco, where the company played un-
der the same law At the Mason, the dif-
fculty is charged to too officious hu-
name officer.
Likes Los Angeles
s'I Just don't see why we can't play
here in Los Angeles for month or Two
more, SOS 1 could keep on goin INTO Tue
tank to bathe every day; that's the most
fun and little Beryl. at the theater last
night, heaved a little sigh over the en-
forced departure for other scenes, sigh
that came clear from the bottom OF her
dear baby heart.
"I never did have so much fun as out
tn Ocean Park, where we've lived here
we digged in the sand and bathed every
day, an 1 don't want to go way.
Indeed, it was a very desolate lttle
Claudia, that had seen just enough Of
off hn hier Pacific ocean
to make her long for more. The tiny girl
was seated on big trunk, following the
fall of the curtain on the first act of The
Prince Chap" A most demure little thing
withal, possessed of grown-up manners,
though she did confide that the very dear
est possession of her whole life was
rag doll she had loved and cherished
through three long years.
The Dolls Demise
"A naughty dog got into our house one
day." she said "and he just chewed poor
Daisy all to pieces. 1 cried and cried and
didn't sleep a wink that night, cause l
couldn take Daisy to bed with me. l
never did have another dolly as nice as
Daisy; cause she was just rag doll' and
they're nicer m any other kind.
''Acting is lots of fun. I'd most sooner
act than play. The eating part is best,
cake here. 1 had to pick them all out,
every one. do just love the JAM You
know on the stage can eat jam with my
fingers but of course of the stage that
amt proper"
On the stage they were preparing the
Christmas tree for the second act Claudia,
who is Beryls sister. The little one saw
this and said:
II never saw a Christmas tree, and
H., 7 I1vxt anti mia
Claus can bring ii to me when I'm home,
so mamma can be there to see. am not
going to be home this Christmas, but
mamma has written a letter to Santa
Claus She told him where I'll be, so he
won't forget me.
Christmas on Train
"Once there was a little girl Miss Keogh
knows-that's Fuckers, you know-that
was travelling on train at Christmas and
she was 'fraid Santa Claus couldn't find
her But one of the gentlemen just said
If she'd write a note he'd mail 1t at one OF
the stations that day and then she could
hang her stocking on the curtain of her
berth, and he'd bet Santa Claus would
md it, and he did. When she got up next
morning her stocking was most full Of
things. and things were pinned all over
the curtains. That shows Santa Claus can
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gre, don't itT'
Young as she is, Beryl Pullman is an
actress of experience. She has played
with Ethel Barrymore in THE Dolls
House and Cape Cod Folks" She went
with Miss Barrymore to Boston and her
mother went with her. This year Mrs.
Pullman has remained in New York and
her daughters are under the care Of Mr..
and Mrs. Wager, Mr.. Wager being acting
manager Of the company. Beryl played
the baby in the original production of
NINE. Butterfly In this country, but in
that she had no lines TO speak.
Tributes of Candy
The child seldom receives flowers from
the public, but gifts of candy are 80 fire.
Quent that neither she nor her sister quite
knows what TO do with 1t all. Yesterday
afternoon two boxes were received. one
for each of the little girls. Helen's box
was opened at once and both of them ate
of its contents. Beryls was put away, to
be eaten on the train later.
Beryl is the youngest Of three girls.
She has also two grown brothers and one
baby brother. Her father is contracting
carpenter in New York and neither he
nor his wife was ever on the stage Last
year Helen, who now plays the s-year-old
Claudia, played the first act Claudia,
while the other sister played Helen's pres
ent role. This sister is now at the family
home in New York city.