Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-16
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" daughter more charming than
- thy charming mother" he
NEN4ZSa might well have been peering
Sz=sH 1000 years or so into the future
and thinking OF Leila Mcintyre and her
daughter, Leila Mcintyre Hyams, the cum
ming little girl Of years whom hundreds
saw for a minute last week on the stage
of the Brandeis in the second act Of THE
Girl OF My Dreams"
The two stars of this company and their
daughter form a wonderfully happy fam
fly, the like OF which Is not easily TO be
duplicated among people not player folk;
and much less so on the stage The family
life OF Mr. John Hyams and Mrs. Leila
Mcintyre Hyams is, indeed, so admirable
an affair that one is not surprised to find
them In a musical comedy OF rarely good
morals and no less rare good taste For
beyond any question the sweet serenity
and ethically sunny atmosphere OF the play
are the reflection of the beauty of the pri-
vate life OF Mr. and Mrs. Hyams. II is a
case. to paraphrase Herbert Spencer, OF
the adjustment OF outer to inner relations,
and visible demonstration OF the fact
, that exterior charm Is conditioned upon
interior goodness, and that the saying that
beauty is but skin deep Is only a skn-deep
saying.
One may wonder somewhat how stated
and faded Broadway boulevardlers and
their female Tx will receive such an offer
ing as The Girl of My Dreams when it
reaches Gotham, and the reflection may
make well-wishers tremble little but on
second thought comes the consideration
that even II the prevailing rage seems to
be for licenuOus theatrical eXpOstions, yet
thousands OF New York theatergoers have
other tastes, as is proven by the recent
success Of 1.-THE Chocolate Soldier" tc
give only one illustration.
Leila Mcintyre is young woman, but
has been long on the stage and made hel
entrance at years although not the child
OF theatrical people In fact her folk wer,
in quite different occupations. Two OF hel
mothers brothers are Methodist ministers
Her debut came about this way.
1T was arranged" said she, talking o
this, that / should sing a little song at
Christmas cantata, one Of those affairs
you know. where Santa Claus comes In a
the end and gives away the presents to tn
Sunday school children.
Being Just years OF age, II was feare,
that l might be nervous and CRY. SO the
staged a homelike little scene, suppe
table with a mother sitting opposite he
child and to reassure me further my ow
mother was chosen Tor the maternal role
The only real food on the table was celer
not an unusual supper set by the way
and 1 remember that / liked that celery
would not sing my song until I had fir
ished it, 10 the great amusement OF Oh
spectators. Then 1 rose. curtsied and san
this:
Il am Gods happy little girl,
I'm as happy as can be;
Happier than the little warbling birds
Up In yonder tree
"Only I sang Il webbing birds and III
house broke forth again. My next appeal
ance was IA a hrmess, where l wore
lovely little white accordion-pleated ski
and a white velvet bodice. / mention thes
because / wore them later In my real pr
fessional debut This came about In IN
way: A theatrical company came 70 Bel
nington. VI. where we were then Twin
and the company manager said 20 u