The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-01-06
JAS. K. HACKETT
INTERVIEWED
Famous Actor Talks Inter
estingly to a Represen-
tative of The Journal.

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James K. Hacketts the irresistible.
the wholesouled and Infinitely boyish
actor wao scintiIlates and radiates on
the American stage of today as one of
those great stars of starting and dizzy
Rscendancy, was in town last night.
II you were charmed with his SPLEEN
die acting, his wonderful magnetism
End his unmatched personality in the
scenes of the prisoner of Zenda,
YOU would have been doubly carried
away with this sparkling, FESTIVE
specimen of genius should you have
seen him in all the UnconVentionality
OF a jolly little dinner party in his
private car last night, surrounded by
u few friends, and in company with
MS venerable mother, Mrs. James II.
1Iackett.
Hackett is charming in TIE role OF
hest
His rare personality. ald his evil
rent traits of the really good fellow
dispel any air whatever Of stiff con-
Ventionality whica may creep in. and
his powers of conversation are re-
markable.
In fact. he can talk of anything.
He even floundered around last
night for a while on the subject of
his own particular family tree, when
duly questioned, but the subject of
his own illstrious ancestry finally
proved too much for tie cOnVivial
hIsckett, and he ended by belplessly
referring the matter to his mother.
Il wish you would have matters
like that typewriter and a copy handy
for me in case of emergency" he re-
marked to Mrs. Hackett with a laugh.
Of a Notable Family.
Seriously speaking, however. he is
a worthy scion of fine. sturdy race
of the first and foremost Americans
C. the country
President Adams married into the
kame Smith family as did President
Adams, and his father, James II. Hack
cit, was one of the foremost actors of
his time.
But we were speaking Of the pres
eDt glorious, Tadiating Hackett.
The illustrious James. IN fact, has
one great and all abiding quality
which draws you to him irresisibly
and for all time-and that Is his I'M
failing good fellowship. He is one OF
those pleasantly well balanced b.
homians-a champagne, not a Schlitz
bohemian. mind you-an1 one Of
those rare Bohemians as weG who pos
sess tee means and the taste and the
clean good fellowship to carry it all
as il should be carried
His private ear is deliberately and
comfortably appointed with a weather
eye out for real comfort and pleasant
r. taxation. and the tastes os the man
ere evident throughout this most at
t'actively appointed travelling home
of his
Grows Reminiscent
Every one knows of the latter day
Iiackett successes, of his brilliant and
meteoric career, and what .ie has been
doing during the past few years.
So the Journal didn't bother him
last night with an endless volley of
cut and dried questions according to
tne most approved mode of polite in
terviewing. because it really wasn't
worth while. but preferred rather to
let him take his own trend of con-
VorsatiOn. which he did most pleas
ingly.
Hackett was in most pleasant
frame of mind last night.
He simply effervesced. and his
broad, smiling really good nature was
fairly infectious.
At times he grew humorOusly rem
Iniscent of his childhood in New York,
" hen he gaZed with a secret and I'M
expressed admiration upon the little
daughter of President Arthur, Miss
Nellie. who was his attractive next
door neighboT.
I remember he said, that used
81 ride very wildly up and down the
street in front of her house on my
Velocipede, and secretly fancy the eff
feet upon the young lady he laugh
ca, in telling the story, but the pas
sion remained one of those yearning,
uDeXpressed ones. 1 suppose, that we
read about"
Hackett is a particularly strong
featured man with one of those firm
set Jaws which indicates the man of
success. He likes the south. likes
Pensacola and is delighted with its
people.
In fact, there has been no star of
the magnitude of James X. Hackett
Who has charmed the people of this
city TO any greater extent, nor whose
charming personality has been more
thoroughly enjoyable.
DOT Al OTTONNT