The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12

When 1 was a little girl was very
sickly. Truly and honestly. Every
body who saw me took q good look and
whispered, Goodby. little girl
looked as though / should be called 70
ny reward before morning. My re-
fusaI TO take every ones advice and die
and get Il over with can be explained
only on the basis Of feminine contrari-
ness. SO the doctor told my mother
that I should travel. He didn't want
the blame. doctor can always 90
that, and it's q fine thing about the
profession. You can ship the hard cases
away to some other doctor and say ne
did il when the wreaths and flowers
and regrets are sent around. The doc
tor wanted TO get me out OF town, put
we didn't have money enough TO send
me very far and 1 might have died on
their hands II il hadn't been Tor my
aunt She was an actress and was
playing In 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Her name? Mrs. George Ober; PROB
ably you've heard Of her. Well, she
WIS an ingenious woman and wrote
little part for me, stuck 1t into the
awful story to be true2
Think of recovering your health In
q Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde play, ana
me such a young girl. too. But that $
exactly what happened. I got on the
stage without ever having been stage
struck IN my life. never even SO
much had thought of being an actress.
] only hoped to be an angel soon; L
never thought about doing heavy work
Ia 8 DIR inEVil
and Mr. Hyde. and I never considered
being funny. either I was just put
M 10 do it Whatever I am on the
stage is somebody's else's fault; don
ever blame me. While 1 was wrestling
in my innocent. girlish way with this
interpolated role in 'Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde some kind soul saw me and
said / shouldn't be placed at such a
disadvantages I should DO comedy
work He probably felt reasonably
certain II wouldn't be any worse, and so
first thing ] knew I was being funny
and that's what still am. according TO
rumor and the billboards.
ITS wonderful how ] commenced to
pick up weight as soon as I got in the
flare Of the footlights. Why, ] gained
& pound a day some days. and once 1
had TO take a vacation because ! either
had to 90 that or buy a new outfit Of
when I wasn't on the stage entertain
ing thousands I was in my room read
ing and experimenting and thinking.
AS e result OF my original investiga- l.
items / have unearthed some profound
things on light. Whatever there is
about light ] know it, Ever hear about
the corpuscular theory?'
Never" ] said, how do you spell
itg.
that light is energy, radiant energy. A
logical conclusion if q woman can
catch it. is that the more light there is,
the more energy. Every time they turn
the calcium on me 7 get il and il does
me good and makes ne fat / take on
several pounds while I'm splashing
around IN the spot and they don't
dare leave me in il too long. Some
constitutions are very susceptible.
That's what mine IS. Then. there is
the electro magnetic theory about light.
I know all about that, too Have made
2 deep study Of it'll wait till you
spell it-and it's nothing but absorp-
tion. See how simple il is to me2 1
take this theory. too, only not in large
doses The intense vibrations Of ether
are transformed by subtle process
which you couldn't understand, being
nothing but q critic-did ] say trans
4Bt +AlHA f-OllS aQAfAbf ftlANr tA4tHAOe NAN
word transmitted. and it's so much
more dignihed and imposing. was
saving the vibrations of ether are
Transmitted into the molecular vibra-
tions OF the hody-in this case me-up-
on which they fall. thus converting,
you see. into tangible tissue
Help" ] cried, and Billy Taylor.
Steila's husband and singing partner.
rushed into the dressing room with a
glass OF water.
You think my husband will help you,
but you're mistaken You might bet
ter listen TO me. because he'll talk au-
tomobiles "a you. and that's worse
than what ] was saying.
Taylor writes Miss Mayhew's s
sketches ana calls her Mrs. Taylor off
the stage. They have a summer home
in New Rochelle. where Billie gets his
sutomobiling.
Whatever Cohan tells about New
Rochelle is true said the comedienne,
changing the subject. ITS the quietest
place in the world. and we enjoy our
three months home life there as
though we were millionaires. Our
pleasure is our auto, though we didn't
start strong.
I'VE hadn't had it very long when we
We're out riding one evening and were
bowling along about 80 miles an hour.
tree. landed in the road shouting.
shut off the power. Ny husband was
up in the tree somewhere and I had
most of the engine draped about me,
20 there was no use paying any atten-
tion whatever to what / said. We
won't dwell on what Billie said, but
another auto came along and picked us
up. I heard my husband whisper. She
was as game as a soldier: never made
3 whimper- Then I bawled beauti-
auliN. Every time they gave me a lit
tie whisky out of flask ] yelled some
more. until Billie thought I was work
fng them for the drinks. But good
ness knows. I wasn't, just had the
Mysteries
Don't ask me where ! picked UP my
fdes OF comedy. II you like 1t. thanks.
] found myself in il, and. as I explained
20 you, my theories of the effect of
limesight have been so satisfactory to
me from 8 physical point OF view that I
expect 70 remain on the stage until I
have become really robust I did get
one compliment from Joe Weber, with
whom ! played in bis burlesoue. The
Jays ! had the role which Marie
Dressler had played, and she had 10 do
= fell in one Of her songs. That's no
kind OF stunt to ask a lady to do. is
ST. gentle critic2 So Of course 1 fell