Arizona republican., 1908-01-23

"Oh I think she is beautiful, per fectly beautiful. When I first began
 10 play the part I did not understand her fully, but as l came to study the life of Kundry. grew to love her and now to me she is one of the most love- ly characters in literature. And what hurts me most to think that so many of the public have an entirely wrong idea of her nature. Really to my mind Kundry is not a bad woman, and I do not think the author intends 10 protray a wholly bad woman.
 "Kundry strives so hard to throw off the spell of Klingsor. She Is not responsible for her acts for the black knight of necromancy holds her under hypnotic dread and she does his will She would not willingly deliver the soul of Parsifal to him, for she loves Parsifal to the deeps of her being. the most passionate love in the world. But the black knight makes her do his bidding. Kundry's soul is played upon by all the human emotions, she is full of moods, as the April day. But l love Kundry most in the last scene. Then I can throw my whole soul into the part. Her repentance comes and she is plunged into abyssmal depths of sorrow that wrings her heart almost to the last drop of blood. Why can not the people see Kundry as good? She realizes that Parsifal is a god. He asks her to go with him to the temple but she says no Parsifal can not go with thee But Parsifal tells her, her tears have brought her redemption. I love this last part of lthe play because it shows Kundry as a most beautiful woman, but yet human and humanly good"
 But how about the sacrifice of poet ic justice as the critics say?" she was asked. You remember in the opera Kundry must die"
 Yes, but you know think that leaves a bad taste. l think this is the happier ending, the nobler view for Kundry to live and be lifted up by Parsifal. Anyway the public would have it that way. And you know We must give that some consideration. The public is pretty good fellow and we owe him not little"
 Gan you tell when your audience is with you?" she was asked.
 ''Yes can tell it with the first raise of the curtain and as the play pro- gresses if they are, can feel their own magnetism flowing out and meet ing our own. A subtle something passes across the footlights and you can not understand unless you have been on the stage how that answering current inspires you. On the other hand when We have an unmagneSic house it is hard to go on with work s-l.A real artist ~'-ould never be susceptible to those things but I am and they jar on me and hurt me"
 "A succulent smack in the gallery Tor instance" it was suggested.
 Yes, noises mar the most beautiful situations. it takes the heart out of you when you may really be doing your best. I don't really enjoy the scene in the garden, I am always an- xious to get on to the last. What about it I dislike? Oh, the clothes. you know, never can get used to that am too self conscious and if the audi ence does something which makes it appear that they have taken notice, I feel it all the more. But I want to thank the Phoenix people. the educat- ed people, I think they were lovely last night But in some places, oh it's awful, for people do not understand the play, it is too mystical and is wov- en of texture ethereal
 Last year I had a great sorrow come to me, the death or my father, and there were three performances to be given that time. We were in Salt Lake To me Kundry in her repent ance, her deep objection was myself. I was Kundry. and when I threw my self on the steps. it seemed that could sob and sob my heart away. l. was not mere acting then. Two weeks later my sister died. But I always feel