Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-05
OLGA NETaERSOLE AT HOME
Charming Woman in Der Sleeping Room
Talks About Her Work.
INTERESTED IN HUMANITY ON ALL SIDES
Loves the west for Its Inspiration,
Although She Has but just
Found out what n Big
Country We Live In.

II aloofness and reserve are supposed to be
attributes to genius. olga Nethersole is GER
tainly an agreeable exception A more
cordial or approachable hostess could
scarcely be imagined than the great actress
as she received the reporter Of The
Bee Monday morning on her car. which
stands on a sidetrack in the Burlington
yards. Miss Nethersole, with her company,
travels in two cars, one of which is occu-
pied exclusively by herself and immediate
stan, consisting of a secretary, two maids,
steward and porter. And she has solved
the problem Of travelling, too. not only In
the matter of luxurious equipment, but by
persistent refusal to see or know Of any
unpleasantness that may prevail outside
the windows Of her wonderfully coy dom
icile-for she lives on her car.
In Her Sleeping Room.
A quantity of Chinese and japanese silk
embroidery and other souvenirs of the Pa
cihc coast and west were in evidence every
where in the reception room and in her
sleeping apartment She had not arisen
when interviewed, althoughIit was nearly
noon. explaining that everyone had forgot
ten about the difference OF time between
here and the west and that the clocks were
all an hour behind. bundle of foreign
n all still unopened, lay on the silken COW
erlets of her brass couch, and in her silk
kimono of embroidered old rose. pushing
back the masses Of brown hair from her
| forehead as she talked. she presented a pic
| ture of luxurious comfort.
II really experience no discomfort living
on the car she said. you see, one does
not really have to look at or listen to un-
! pleasant things, and so the whistles and
/ noise and other unattractive features of the
yards do not annoy me-"
And she really wears the "Nethersole'
/ bracelet. Two of them Of exquisitely tinted
/ jade adorned each arm, and she remarked
as she turned them about that she loved
jade, and had a score of bracelets
I In Love with the West.
This is a wonderful country CT yours.
/ this west. 1t is so big and so inspiring,
and it appeals to me So she went on.
THAT is the Latin in me-this enthusiasm
and the rush and the freshness Of things
get that from my mother. am 50 de-
lighted with it all that l have Cancelled my
London engagement to have>commenced in
September. l cannot help wondering what
sort of race all this cosmopolitan popula-
ton will evolve Friday l had my intro
! duction to the juvenile court cut in Denver.
| I was the guest OF Judge Lindsey. He iF
| a wonderful man. and his methods are
wonderful. 1t is the motive that he looks
for. seeming to lose sight of the crime en-
tirely. That was a great experience for
me.
You know I have TO know. the world
have to touch life from many sides IN
order to portray 1t. I have dined at the
| table with oul king and queen and I have
eaten Christmas dinners In our poorhouses
and It is all valuable to me. Anything ir
the humanitarian line interests me-
Her work for Humanity.
| And then she fell to talking of the
| Women's International Anti-Tuberculosls
league of which she is the founder II car
not understand why people do not do more
about this awful thing 1t is not the cure
of the disease that interests me; that comes
/ within the province of the physicians; it is
the prevention. That is where the WORK
needs to be done. and II seems to me tina
IL people knew of the awful housing and
conditions that are at the root of the
trouble they would rise up and put a stoI
to It. The ravages of this disease arr
worse than the earthquake disasters, anC
yet it goes on and so little is done t
prevent IT,"
Concerning plays Miss Nethers,,e said
81 select my own plays, so I never pla,
things that I do not like that are in
consistent. The Labyrinth is one that
like very much. I would like to havt
played 1t in this country. 1t is by Pau
Herveu and is a story On divorce; thu
story of a woman in false position. Yol
know there can be no real divorce Of
marriage where there are children. You
president has made such strong points OF
this subject-divorce-he calls home tn,
! unit and that Is worth thinking about"