Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-03-13

teacher foo Ncw York Who n1f
very little patience with E.n.l
Barrymore the actress. but 3D.
| surrassing enthusiasm about ethel
/ barrymore. tle singer She could Iuu
you of pupil who tomorrow mFIt
/ could moro than ,red.tabIy ttkH cafe 'i
| herself ou the stagc of amy opera
house Boo Madame Butterfly" "Romeo
! and Juliet" or "Faust" HOW many
| would guess tho pupil t0 be Ehol 3ar-
| rymorc? To the tips of her Uparus
| fingers with which she can as readily
make a piano sob Chopin. dane. aE.
time. or move in magnificent tones t'
the measured tread of O. funeral ma..h.
Miss Barrymore .s finished mus ..Ja.
when home ls reached at n.ght lu.r
the theater 30 ls ON % plano stool rather
than on am easy chair tHst she plays
away tho strain of thc evening work
and DO always is % strain, much HH .l'
loves o. There la one Room tIN DO.
music--Vith Beethoven given OBJ. place
off honor Saflrods candu. tng %.
TschaikoUsSy 'P'thguuua" s %.
best thing She har over heard She Is
never ass au ac,re.--.1 completely 500
that her presence co.. I concert often l's
much Co do with JOS prugrim.
ln fact, about ~ years ago the '1y6
of few dollars made Ethel Barry more
ascend the stage instead of TIE GONE
cert pIat.orm--to Dee au actress .u.tul
of The great pianist she gave promise
OF being. She was to have gone ,1
Germany and Russia Co complete
course Of Studies chat bad aivauc %
her as Tar l- is possible .n Cine study
OF piauofuI.n in America. Then Che
FUNDS save out and l youus sohoo, SIM
Boy the mcrr-L chance stepped in ds
uudgetudy ,ou E.sIa pe Wolfe who had
been piIying Lady kate FenuyI In The
B5uhIe shop John Drew was the STAR
Maudc Adams the leading woman.
HER FIRST PART
The opportunity oamc--wh The news
of Miss DE WoIte- Illues--nu % Nel-
ucsday afternoon near tho close uf
long Now York run. 10 WAS harrow
ing matinee for every budy--ior tho ace
tors who 'ueyer dreamed off George
Drew Barrymore u.rg daughter ass an
actress for hpr uncle John Drew. and
especially for hersclf-obngei to make
tho most of Elsie he WoIfe's gowns
one iu partloular-an affair OF blue
with huge black butterflies scat cred
about-and oh. why pu that afternoon
should those butterflies 8liEht half way
down her back. when they knew they
belonged ON her shoulders Yet sne
got through not Only smIlugly. but
Iaughingly, Her laugh began ou hear
ing her entrance cue and continued all
through the performance. 10 was
nervous laugh that saved the day for
her and for the management. Miss
Barrymore was given the part FOR tns
rest Of the season and her stage debut
became history.
Her name and her natural fitness for
the stage by tradition helped Ethel
Barrymore SD little that it was seven
years before she was given "a part chat
amounted To- moro than "a few lines. 20
stagelaud nothing but more work comes
of a name that besuc1k- hi-triOnie
lineage The public expects just double
OF one whose name is familiar than
OF one who comes from nowhere 4
years apprenticeship iu England in Sir
Henry Irving's company brought her
in close contact with the greatest vt
living masters OF the stage and "a
VcrItable engine of industry. She learn
ed much from watching Irving and
saw iu him "a contradiction of the pop
ular belief that any substantial per-
s0nai fame ever comes merely trpm
ones personality or maunerisms. Fame
and an forms OF glory are the reward
OF great deeds, is her saying. person
ailty or personal mannerisms are mere
~ accidental accompaniment
Plain ordinary bread with a little
butter was the incentive that Induced
Ethel Barrymore to go upon the stage
She had q wish To- try another career.
She may yet venture into pastures new.
But she owes too much to the stage
ever 10 feel aught for 70 than an
Astounding love. there Is nothing unreal
20 her about it or It's life she never
tires Of making-up and there g. no
sense OF m0not0ny ia playing the same
part an infinite number of times, 10 only
II is a part that can be- played I'M am
infinite number of ways.
HER ADVICE To GIRLS.
Ethel Barrymore's advice 10 girl
who she thinks would have any chance
upon the stage Is, "go ON and God bless
you especially If it rs a question Of
bread and butter An honest livelihood
perhaps a great careers to be easily
earned on the stage, and even the play
ing Of "a slight part lifts woman
into freer atmosphere than Boo any
other career open 90 women. She be-
lieyes the stage cultivates "a finer in-
dependence aud affords "a more scope
ful view of life than any other proc
fessiou. Artists flock together and Sd
90 musicians, sOulpt0rs, authors but
actors are not clannI9n. Nowadays YOU
end actors on an sides-tahug In or