Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-29

abroad had made her most flattering
offers for a season in the "two-a-day
houses. Miss Terry has no quafrel
with the "Divine Sara" because the
eminent French woman played the
London halls" She merely says thae
there isn't money enough in the Vau-
deville treasuries 10 tempt her into an
appearance between the performing
seals and digitally deXtrous young
man who juggles billiard balls' anu
let's it go at that
TT is true that ] could make more
money, much more money, in vaude-
Vile than I am now making" she said
last evening. "The offers made to me
have been most surprising, but 1 shall
not accept them, perhaps because L
have always been accustomed to haV-
ing my own way and my way is not
the vaudeville way. l could double
my income; yes, double it, but what
of that? | shouldn't be able to find
the proper atmosphere for Shakes
peare in vaudeville and / wouldn't be
allowed enough time to do the things
l want to do l do not like 'spasms-'
That is why l never have liked short
stories, and then, too, 1 believe
shouldn't find audiences who would
appreciate the kind of work / should
want to give them. You see, audiences,
1 am afraid, have spoiled me. 1 find
little difference between American au-
diences and English audiences. They
are all most kind, but l should not
care to face a vaudeville audience,
though like vaudeville; that is, 1 like
it from the audiences side of the foot
lights. My refusal is not sacrifice
for arts sake; not at all. 1t is merely
because 1 like to have my own way"
CAPTIvArED BY PEPPER TREES
Miss Terry, the foremost English
speaking actress of the world, arrived
in Los Angeles early yesterday morn
ing with her maid and a woman
friend. Yesterday afternoon she passed
with Mrs. Fielding Stilson, her god
child, and for the first time made the
acquaintance of Mrs. Stilson's two
children. Mrs. Stilson is a daughter of
William Winter who for many years
was dramatic critic on the New York
Tribune.
When Miss Terry arrived at the
Auditorium last night from the Still
son home she brought with her an
armful of pepper toughs. "These are
old stories to you. of course" she re-
marked, "but 1 never have seen them
before and 1 think they are beautiful.
1 want them right here" and she
placed the boughs above a throne
chair provided for her use. Then she
summoned the light man and the
stage hand, giving each instructions
as to what she wanted done.
Where is the center of the stage?"
she demanded. "Oh, here. Then
want this reading stand moved here,
and I don't want that chair. 1t is too
modern and'-sitting down-"it's too
springy. Those palms must be moved
into the corners. Oh, those lights! I
shall be blind before night. Turn
them down, please"
The stage arranged to her liking,
Miss Terry returned to her callers.
She was asked about the suffragette
agitation in England, and replied:
Really, I can't talk about that;
but, yes, suppose am a suffragette.
At least 1 believe women should have
the right to vote. 1 am very busy
with my own work, but I have a
daughter who is a great suffragette
and who hasn't time to talk about my
oil
fragette campaign. The movement is
making great headway in England
among the best class of women. 1t
has become important, tremendously
important"
THINKS GENIUS Is sELF-MADE
Miss Terry does not believe in the
heaven-born genius. The genius she
does believe in is the genius of Car
lyle-"an infinite capacity for taking
pains" To this she attributes her
own success. She regards intelligent
acting as more a matter OF adapta-
bility than of ability. One of her
many charms is particularly deep
and liquid voice, and yet, in speaking
of that voice, she remarked that as a
baby she had "cried as shrilly and
disagreeably as any child who ever
was born" The voice was developed
later; not cultivated, she explained,
but developed.
"Of course love acting" Miss
Terry continued. when l am play
ing role sometimes 1 seem to be
wholly in the part and again / seem
to be standing at one side and criti-
cising my own work. Then there is
another side of 1t. Once, l recall, in
the middle of an important scene, I
remembered that milk in my dressing
room must be burning. What if the
audience had suspected Portals con-
Germ for her warm milk! But they
never knew, though the milk did burn
and 1 had to throw it out"
Miss Terry probably is the only ac-
tress who ever has had a university
president for her manager. Her coast
tour is being made under the man
agement of Prof. Arthur Priest, acting
president of the University OF WASH
ington at Seattle 4