The San Francisco call., 1910-09-11

Nevada line which separates the matri-
mOnially weary from freedom; it mean
oered through the snow sheds of the
western Sierra and down the slopes of
the pine clothed mountains into the
wonderful valley of the Sacramento and
thence TO the shores Of the bay; it
travelled quickly on to the Savoy thea
ter in this festival spirited city and
ended comfortably in the green car
peted Offices of Manager Busey's suite.
= 1t was a conversation per phone. 1t
nearly failed OF naturalization, too. for
the train which bore Miss Ellington
into Reno was many, many hours late.
A wreck ahead Of the company which
- is coming 10 the Savoy to play Until
Eternity chow that title insists in
tangling up signi6cances) had delayed
= the special into Reno, wherefore many
unpleasant hours were passed by the
writer in the fear that the illustration
which graces this page would have to
-. be consigned 10 a future issue and
something else substituted for this tel
ephOnic interview. However finally
the merry telephone bell tinkled and
long distance" pulling her watch, no
doubt. cleared the line between Miss
Margaret Ellington in Reno and the
writer in san Francisco
TANY things have happened since
NI Margaret Ellington favored the
- writer with an audience and this
paper with an interview. 1t was a
little over two years ago that Mar
garet Ellington, accompanied by her
. former husband, Daniel Frohman, her
manager, appeared in memorable i'm
. personation Of the forlorn wife in "The
Thief" A three cornered interview, in
which Mr. Frohman and Mrs Frohman
: were the interesting contributors and I
. the listener and scribe, then took place
at the ST. Francis hotel Soon after
ward the news was announced that she
was going TO divorce Frohman, who was
TOO much theatrical manager and too
little OF a husband. The world. inter
ested always in what doesn't in the
least concern it, pried into the affairs
OF the couple, and reporters followed
Miss Ellington for picturesque copy,
which her natural vivacity and a GER
tain native franlzness were almost al
ways certain to develop. Then followed
the historic line about the socks. 1t
% was q phrase that was bedevil ed
until, as 1 gathered Friday afternoon
over the phone from Miss Ellington
herself, the mere mention of the
word causes pain and suggested some
Ahing stronger than darn
. Then came the announcement that
h. when Nevada had given Mrs. Frohman
ne freedom she craved she was to sur
lender IL 10 z. J. Bowes. Followed
.then fuI accounts of Miss IIIington's
movements in the divorce colony, and
more or less authentic accounts Of her
deferred wedding plans, and finally
thereafter her marriage with Bowes
and her announcement Of her final re-
:t3rement from the stage. She made
: Tacoma her home. and peace and con-
!: tentment and some measure of seclu-
: sion from the public's gaze were finally
hers.
F.: p But it was not likely that a galvanic
soul like Margaret Ellington could re-
~inain long in entire seclusion. do
not think that she could help being
q force IN the world of art if she chose.
: Those who knew her best predicted
that II she found the compatibility and
Joy in her later domesticity that fact
itself would likely lead her to the
stage once more, and so it turned out.
I asked her about it and she answered
with an undercurrent Of sincerity and
warmth that carried conviction, though
the speaker was invisible to the hearer
and separated by $50 miles.
,. MY ideas about the compatibility of
domestic life and career on the stage
..hsEe not undergone the radical change
.thaa might appear on the surface to
.have been effected" she said. Z am
back on the stage because feel, after
two years absence from IT, that my
work lies there and that in that activ-
ltv can I develop best what is within
me. But 1 would never have resumed
any career If 1t had been one in which
nv interests any my husbands were to
P be in the smallest measure divorced.
Home does not consist OF four walls
Stones are made Of hearts. To have
those we love with Us is to be at home
in T1mbuctoo or halifax. Mr.. Bowes
is going to be with me. / would not
consider life apart from him, nor would
he consent TO my touring the country
without him. He and l make the essen
tiaI unit in this enterprise which is
necessary to welded happiness.
u" FEEL" she went on rapidly with
the words tumbling over two
hundred and fifty miles of wire,
THAT I am just entering my real ca
reer. ] shall do big work because I
am happy. / shall develop my art be-
cause 1 am in a state best to develop
kayself. Seeing that acting is self ex-
preston It follows that the best acting
must result when normalfty is achieved
and. one has found oneself as 1 have
found myself and my happiness.
Il am going to do what 1 told you