The sun., 1908-11-08

Tho minutes slip into hours and the
hours into weeks and the woexs into
seasons; ct least II eoems 80, You have
herd that Mr.. Gillette had way with
him. You tegin to scent disaster as
well as perfume.
Thon you recall some more Of Miss
Burlo's judgments Of men and things
that 60 TO mako up the greet world OF
success and endecvor. y.
You have time to recall them. also
to write tkon down. for still she, docs
not return she does not return
Wss Il pretty little Billie. as she Is known
in tho world Of the footlights, who scid
thrt the English method of acting we.s
30 much more natural thEn that de-
manded by the American audiences. that
such fne shades and nusnces Of regorve
as Constance Collie. gives. and Mary
Moore and Alexandra Carlisle ere hardly
appreciated here, whore moro vivid end
mciodramatic appeals are neededfg 1t
surely was, but 1t Is 80 long ego thstyou
would not want, 10 take your oath. And
she seid too that that sort Of acting
appeslei to her. ~
And thet nsStto. Paris, which OF course
led tho world in It's fine teachings Of COM
edy. there was no place where one simply
imbihed knowledge of this form Of art
like London, de1r London. In the fer.
shadowy niche5 OF memory. her voids
heunts you saying those very things
in her own inimitable way, ,l. ~ y. q
That we are not quite subtle enough
and while we do not object to the famous
Triangle az basis Of dramatic creation
we want the Triangle Ia our own es-
pecial American form. like that furnished
in Paid in Full. for example. She surely
said that because you never could have.
said It. and it has been said. The room
echoes with it.
And that she does not see that there
must Be an age limit placed for the work
Of an ingenue. That Marie Tempest
has played ingenue parts. oh, for many
years, as did Miss Carlisle until quite
recently. That being an ingenue isrcally
a matter of personal temperament OF
course she said 1t and she couldn't help
the little bit Of look Of satisfaction she
gave the sixth mirror from the left hand
side when she said it--the satisfaction that
seemed 10 imply that it would be good
many years before she would have to
step down from her ingenue pedestal.
She said that and this too:
That she had no fads. unless walking
is fad. She is like the English women
In her fondness for that fofm Of exercise
and she thinks American women ought
to walk more. They would IL they lived,
as she does. in Yonkers.
You remember what Sdmson said when
he went out, that he could tell all she
knew in a minute. OF course he meant
1t as a joke. because he laughed. sar-
donic Sdmsony laugh.
You wish she would come back so you
could ask her why SamSoR should have
joked In that heartless way about an
interview. One doesn't care much. for
funerals. and sickness and doctors bills,
but one doesn't joke about them, i
Here she Is at last. 1t has been only
a half hour, not long for tete-a-tete on
Philistines with Samson, not long at all.
You get all ready with a thousand new
questions and are disappointed again.
for IL is only the mother Of the ingenue.
Mrs. Burke slips in quietly and takes
her accustomed seat In the corner. She
il surprised to see an interview going on
with the principal figure missing. but
1t Ia q tradition OF the stage that Hamlet"
without Hdmld Is ever possibility, 30
she accepts the situation. Mrs. Burke,
it Is learned, has always been with Billie
since the latter's birth. She plays her
part as an ingenue's parent well. She
even goes to Yonkers every night at II
and returns for every performance.