The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-06

7 believe the same Is tric here. ! krsow
beneath tks hurried. commercial calloUs
aspect 10 I may use tn. term Without
| meaning rsproach Of tho American man
~ a feeling which he " more than hnif
ashamed Of. but should not he, IT over
flows when the dam Is removed. J
wore asked 90 predict I should predict
the return OF the romantic play because
you need IL more than anything else
because YOU need romance ana S'hti :
m.nt. There ~ a Line in The Scarlet
Pimpernal where as Sir Percy Bidksnsy
we are PLAYING ON our lawn mt Richmond
! Both bowls and politics turn az unea
! pected angles. Substitute stagecrat
Tor one Of these words and you have an
axiom equally true.
our memories personal and historic.
Yours will you pardon me seem TO me
| to bs getting rusty anu Vet yod nav"
wonderful history in this country during
i,s early days. plenty OF ma,erlai Tor FT,l,
should make your audiences thrill. The
| British audiences love The Scarlet P1m-
p@rnel. not for the reasons given by the
| critic l have quoted above but b cause
they love everything which recalls the
history Of their country and because they
4 love romance and sentiment
Il have been i'm the auditorium when
| Sim Reeves came out to sang. IL ~ anite
| true that he had lost his voice. and IN
/ place 81 those wonderful tones there were
well, ~ VAS not the same. but our in
! tense LOYALTY 10 tradition made every
one in the theatre give him AS ro,lsing
welcome az he ever received IN his most
successful days: know you haven
cultivated that feeling over here. but
| believe YOU have just IA loyal auahty
a. we have: all il needs IL to be developed
| You may pretend that II il mira dig to
show feeling. but you have ~. So why
hmlsN
to the place started from. don't believe
and / shall not. even II The Scariee
| Pimpernel il failure thar your public
is tired of or Indifferent to- the romantic
play .. r,,r., NAOMI.
! like Is a part Of the actors and actress
equipment. They are surrounded by
a sort of halo. Is il good for them: Well.
| that il what ] don't know. Your para
graphing. your interviewing. your per
| sonalities may all be very fine. better
than our rule OF seclusion. | arm anxious
to weigh il all up and see just what 1t
does to help or harm get definite,
sane, common sense point OF view OF ~
| | try tn get that on every subject M
not oversanguine. | assure you. and
know 1 am not pessimistic. when
man comes to me and says he has the
| finest play in the world some way don
care to read IT, When he says i wish
YOU d read this and tell me what you
! Tnlnk ABOUT " avn UrlHnitu w 49,
have that same attitude with The
Scarlet Pimpernel' ] don't say ~ the
greatest play or the finest acted that
has ever been in New York. I say Here
it is. What do you think about it, !
want to know that and incidentally TO
study the methods by which your public
in reached and Influenced.
Nov. about the interviewing. haven
ANYTHING clever to say l couldn't -ay
il il had tn all no new. and IN a way
Z - Sss,v tn IL
/ lions and habits that IL takes away the
breath I heard awful stories OF the
! publicity part OF the actors lie over
here: to tell you the truth the worst OF
/ them came from YOUR own countrymen
| 10 which I listened because | thought what
my own countrymen said was inspired by
/ homesickness or a Crouch. You know
how they get in a strange Land l was
I told that twenty miles from shore the
steamer would be boarded and l would
be put through sort Of frightful cate
chism Not at all When the boat
docked there were some awfully nice
chaps and thew asked me few courteous
7 questions that was all just at present
I arm Fri ghtened to death at the invitation
to the Lambs Club dinner I'll have TO
make q speech and don't know what 20
say We slipped awav from London with :
out anv supper or farewell speeche. anC
we'll slip back in the same manner bnt J
assume that YOU welcome the coming and
speed tbs. parting or do YOU do the other
/ speed the coming and welcome the
partinss Whichever IL IL | know you do
i, hospirablv and with lots OF energy.
! Your audiences here are not rs quick 10
respond To humor 81 are ours. All the
good lines get laughs in London
MIR Terry chewing tn. second call.
saws good-by in his genial; hreezv man
n~r and the interviewer SLIPS again into
b Miss Nelson's room
/ Incident ally Miss Julia Nelson il one
Of the most beautiful women that have
come To us from across the seas she
/ only lacks three inches OF being her hils-
bands height. and her face II moulded III
strictly classic iine- In repeating favor
able criticism she mad made OF ar Ameri-
can actress Nr Terry had said few
moments before. That j. . good deal
for onr actr--s To ray oi another. but my
wifi. il really most amiable woman
You don't need Mr. Tsrry's sav--o. for
Miss Nelson's serene expression. her
CharmIngly gracious manner ana her IN
t.rp.t ard unaffected delight in every
thing Am. rican form such contrast TO
tbs. attitude Of many transatlantic WIS.,
itors OF the professional class that u ~
worthy of notice and connnendation
She IL being gowned by faithful
Polly there H. always Polly IN every
English stars dressing room Tor the last
act. the Lion dor Inn at Calais. m which
she wears a velvet gown OF volsiminous
proportions according TAI the fashions OF
i7s2 Over this il a heavy velvet coat
whose generous yards take mp all space
not already preemp,ed by her many other
gowns and the luggage. strange TO Ameri-
can eyes which always accompanies
gli-h actresses on tour enormous
wicker basket trunks. wooden hat boxes
painted 10 look like pasteboard. but
which opened display space and frmness
sufYicient 70 carry and protect half a
dozen or more huge picture hats of the
romantic epocr.
over the velvet coat falls an ermine
cap. accompanied by a huge ermine
muY. wig NJ hundreds OF puhs ana
ciirls supports a cartwheel hat Of furry
felt and TO walk at all IL - necessary tn
lift q train which seems to weigh tons
Nothing more is needed To convinc" one
Of the staying powers and original iniiia-
tive Of the women ~ thai far IN time
than a glance AT the costumes they af-
fec'ed: these wer" not designed for the
chicken hearted or frail iimbed. Mi-~
Nelson restores her makeup Will. she
murmurs something very -weeily about
the steam heated apartments. You can
not help laughing AT this IN a minute and
when YOU explain she laughs too
we'll I asstire Won 1 haNet "A light mart