The San Francisco call., 1910-06-05


enough to pay the east of $50 players
and take them like colony over the
country 1t is singular. but true. that
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Thompson and
myself remained good friends through
out and are so at this moment. The
only one we were mad at was Mr.
Frohman. who thought $50 players was
funny and declined the profered honor
of supporting them en- masse."
g IS thought to be sign OF
wisdom" said Miss Harmed. ito
make fun of Camille these days
and be induIgent with her ancient fail
ings. but I'd like to see an American
Dumas get up play as good and
as human and as true as that was;
one that would last for over half a
century and still be as modern and as
| immediate in it's application of thesis
and theory to life. It's exposition of
the sacrifice that the heroine makes is
one of the sublimest bits on the stage,
and the exhibition of seIf-sacrifice is
one of the most ennobling of influences.
1t is that theme which makes Camille
an ennobling stage message and which
will keep her alive as long as people
understand unseTHshness and the gen
erosity which gives more than money
and time. but life"
/ Miss Harmed in her presentation OF
/ Camille uses her own version. She
| appeared in it for six years in New
| York. and Sarah herself was the only
actress against whose art the reaIiza-
tion of Miss Harneds conception was
deemed worthy by the critics to be
placed Speaking of Sarah" said Miss
Harmed, do you know she is cheating
the public? Recently she announced
she was So years old. Wonderful de-
eeiver She's ss and the greatest OF
them all
The difhculty here is to get an An
gIo-Saxon to interpret the role of Ar
mand." continued the actress. "Ths
I elder Sothern was the original Ameri-
can Armand Duval. William Courte-
nay was the original to play my YER
sion. At first couldn't get him to an
derstand the temperamentally hyster-
zeal young French student. whose first
passion was Camille. It was so unlike
an Anglo-Saxon to throw the money
she gave him to the floor in a petulant
rage. An AngIo-Saxon would more
likely have gone and got drunk Play
it more vehemently.' I kept on saying
to- Mr.. Courtenay. until my nasging
made him mad. and in that mood he got
the right touch. He had il, and 1
think you viii agree he makes the
finest Armand on the American stage
"Courtenay," said I. should have had
no insurmountable difficulty in getting
the spirit OF Gallo Armand. being
himself more Celt even than you are"
"True for YOU" she said, but resi-
Jence among the sober, more rejecting
i and cautious AngIo-Saxon tends to
shut even Ce1t in his heart. He has
to learn all over again how to let go
and be himself. Just as most every
body else has the hardest job when
forced to look natural"
Just how long it took TO gather this
interview am not prepared TO say
The fact that Miss Harmed had been
rehearsing all day in the Alcazar com
pany in Anna Karenfna" and had been
interviewed by other of my craft might
have suggested a brief siege, but 1t
was not so. and If Miss Harmed did
not saw when the artist and I went
out. There. thank heaven that's over.
another evidence has been developed
of her powers Of nervous endurance.
| cI,. =
OBTAINING US at the door Ike the good
natured hostess she was You've got a
dent in my nose" she said to Mr..
stoops.
That's your fault" said Mr. Court
enav. the leading man, who had Joined
the party and was now leading it forth
on what he said would be a foraging
excursion, IF you don't like the dent
in the picture what do you have IT in
your nose for?'
1T isn't as deep as that, anyway,
said she positively. ?
ITS Deeper said he
1T isn't, is 1t?'' she asked US
NO said we. Of course. for only a
!. Heading man with an accent of his
own could remain unconvinced under
the influence Of a touch OF that brogue
which makes the utterance of the edu-
q Gated Irish woman the most captivat-
!. ing vocalism outside OF song for 1
z forgot to say that besides her other
! Celtic characteristics there fingers a
charming accent 1t only develops when
: she becomes interested. though she ad-
i mitted that on her first performance Of
i Rosalind when she was very nervous.
r she did it with a wee bit OF touch
: of a brogue. Her accent. mind you.
!, is not carefully prepared fraud like
e the label made IN Belfast" pasted on
: Louisiana linen bur as Inherently
|. hers as her Irish eyes and nimbIs
! faness