Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-09
In the Spotlight

II strong fingers over my manu- III
Il the Introductory handshake. she
has vital grip. In the few moments
conversation which followed that meet
ing she effected the same strong hold
upon my personal interest. She is
a singularly magnetic young woman
with individuality that is mental as
well as physical.
If Miss Reed reaches across the
Relasco footlights with the same force
that she exerts off the stage she Will
make a profound impression upon her
audience. To be sure, her opening role
is not an emotional one. and there Will
he little opportunity for tense scenes
or heroics.
eIf I can make an audience laugh
with me first" says Miss Reed, they
will follow one through the other emo
tions with but little coaxing.
.You see 1 reverse the old saying
and believe that he who laughs first
weeps and signs and shudders best
later on
but wouldn't you like to make them
shed even one tear in your first APP
pearance? Tears shed together make
one feel so comfortable and intimate
afterward," ventured.
ayes. that is so,' the actress agreed,
absently twisting and turning the big
seal ring she wears upon the titth mn
ger. but a Joke goes a long way, ana
IN this niece YOU know the joke is on
me. | deliberately selected II myself
Mr.. BlackWood sent me list OF plays
asking me to select my opening DILL
and as none of them just suited me
asked for this one, and he had to go
e 1. Il, 60 ~
I am to have several other very good
parts quite soon now-that is, and
then she laughed a bit, eff this Dollar
Mark' ever gives me chance.
In spite of a mentality which is al
most masculine in it's grasp of many
subjects, Miss Reed is the possessor OF
some delightfully."- feminine fads.
An amiable romantic sort of super
stition is one of the most charming
weaknesses a woman can have, and
Miss Reed, like so many other women
of the theatrical profession, deYoutly
believes in her mascot.
This is a ring, the big gold seal
which she never removes from her
finger. The seal is about the size of
silver quarter dollar and is engraved
with a copy of a rare old Roman coin.
Miss Reed firmly believes that this
ring brings her luck, and traces her
earliest success to the possession OF
this unique Jewel. Then beside that
she has a dear fuzzy little dog, which
is almost an inseparable companion,
and she has a beautiful collection OF
antique precious and sen1i-precious
Jewels
The nucleus of this collection of
Jewels was formed several years ago
in California when Miss Reed was
travelling with her father, the late Ro-
land Reed. During their visit to San
Francisco at that time Mr.. Reed
bought his daughter a beautiful chain
of corals. She has gradually accumu-
lated other pieces, picked up when
some specially beautiful specimen was
procurable So competent has Miss
Reed become in making her selections
that there are few finer collections of
corals, either public or private, than
the one she has, and she is now ac-
curing many handsome turquoise
matrices, which are. she says, much
handsomer as well as much more COM
mon and plentiful here than in the east.
On the other hand the mysticism of
jades makes no appeal to her, a fact
which is rather surprising when one
discovers her many theories along
oriental and occult lines. Miss Reed
has adopted some of the old East In
dian traditions with avidity, and
claims for them a brOadness and con-
sistency eminently suited to our pres
ent-dav religious needs.
In fact, it soon becomes quite obvious
that here is a young woman who has
her own ideas about many things,
and who follows them undeviatingly.
In personal affairs and those which
pertain TO her art especially I think
this would be the case.
Our opportunity to see Miss Reed
at work is delayed for another week,
but l think this safe prophecy to
make for her:
She may not always please each
member of her audience. She is too
pronounced in her ideas to take the
middle path which nearly suits a great
many persons, but she can never fail to
interest those who see her either in the
creation of a new role or in the in
depreciation of part which is already
familiar.
She may not play it as you would
have it, nor as I, but she will put
meaning and strength into her work
She will be no milk and water pup
pet satisfied to read her lines and
walk about the stage at the directors
behest.
Florence Stone was at home in her
old dressing room at the Auditorium
Thursday, and 1 partook of an i'm
promptu buffet luncheon brought in
from a nearby restaurant and served
from the dressing table, while the rest
of the Camille company rehearsed
their scene. 1t was the occasion of the
Mothers day benefit, and members of
the various other companies dropped
in to pay their respects to this popular
actress while waiting for their turn.
Between times Miss Stone chatted
about the Minneapolis summer stock
engagement, to which she and Mr.
Ferris go within the week. They are
to play at the Metropolitan theater,
and this summer they will produce
several musical comedies among them
"A Stranger in New York" milk
White Flag" "A Trip to Chinatown"
and several others.
ooh, yes" laughed Miss Stone, turn
ing from an impassioned Camille
speech, I'm do specialties and dances
when my turn comes, and enjoy it. too