Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-11

wore her curl first when she played Prince
Mataya in wang"
Mrs. Carter's flaming hair has become
as much identified with her as any fea-
ture is with any actress. When Mrs.
Carter was under the management of
David Belasco the latter used to insist
that the reddish hair be featured as much
as possible. 1t got to be called "Zaza"
hair. The color was reproduced in goods
of various sorts and a chorus girl called
herself "Zaza Belasco."
With Sarah Bernhard the one attribute
about which most Is heard is her voice
of gold" This beautiful conceit sprang
from the wit of a French man of letters
a great many years ago. and has been
used industriously since. Still Bernhardt
has half a hundred other attractions in
addition to her voice. Her elocution
even If 1t were delivered in an imperfect
| voice, would be marvellous, and her grace
and panther-like quickness and smooth
ness would make the fortune of a deaf
| mute.
Emma Eames long has been credited
with being the possessor of the most
beautiful arms to be seen on the stage.
Her husband, Julian Story-yes, this was
long before the quarrel and the talk
about divorce-painted Nine. Eames In
postures In which the beauty of the
wondrous arms was brought out.
The occurrences of Edna May has
passed out of the natural state in which
1t fiourished when little Edna as her
letter carrying father called her in
Syracuse, N Y, lived at home, when
she was the wife of Fred Titus, the pro-
fessional bicycle rider. and before she be-
came famous.
AT the opposite zone is Anna Held
who persistently has played upon the
fact that she is anything but demure
Lillian Russelrs blond beauty long has
been watchword. OF late years she has
been featured something as Sarah Bern
hardt is ''the voice of gold'' figure of
speech being used pretty freely.
Maude Adams and Peter Pan" have
given their names to plenty of things
Peter Pam has become style of cloth
ing, just as "Buster Brown is.
To be the tallest woman singer in the
world is something. That is Marie Stu
art. She is six feet two inches in height,
and this fact about her is given as much
prominence as is the other fact that she
can sing.
Ellen Beach Yaw, who really can sing
in the lower and middle registers always |
was featured as a wonderful performer |
In the upper register. That she could |
sing higher note than any other liv- |
ing woman was the one dominant fact |
lndl was lOISSQ lOTWdTu dDOuC H6T All |
the time. 1t was cleverly burlesqued in |
the song that began "Sit tight, hold fast,
sisters going to sing" and which lyric |
of warning was called "Sister Mary |
James Top Note"
Z With some actresses their jewel col |
lections are relied upon to attract so
much attention that they themselves can
come in upon the swell of discussion
raised by their jewels. This old gag of
stealing ones diamonds oneself or losing
them has been in existence for years.
1t was used first by Ben Siren, when he
was managing Pauline Hall away back
yonder. Yet this year both Lillian Rus
sell and Anna Held have used it to at
tract attention to themselves. In the
Held case r.. Ziegfeld, Miss Held's hus
band and manager went so far as to
spend a great deal of money upon detec-
tives "and sich when he was promul-
eating the narrative of the disaster.