The San Francisco call., 1910-12-25
Actress, Married Now,
Returns to the
AIcazar

Dr1ne-
groom Bertram Lytell. to resume their
places at the head of the Belasco family
OF players at the Alcazar. hesitated
over my question, impertinently put.
mad asked her whether she was happv
she looked into the query gravely and
didn't answer for awhile. The moment
was embarrassing, for Bertram was wit
ness. 1 regretted the question and
would have withdrawn it, though you'd
lnink that anybody might reasonably
Inquire Of a bride Of less than five
months IL she We're happy.
Happy" said Evelyn Vaughan, after
sne had worried us long enough. is
hardly the proper word. It is INSULT
cient- am content"
And that, I assured Mr. Lytell. be-
spoke trouble for him Any bride of
hve months who has so completely
mastered the intricate problems of mat
rimony as to be able TO hang a devoted
bridegroom on the hooks of anxiety
while friend watches him writhe as
the beauty picks the right word. is
much too clever for mere man. "She
viii make slave of YOU" 1 assured
him with conviction.
Why employ the future tense2v said
Bertram, abjectly. while We all laughed.
anyway" said he-we were sitting
IN Frederic Belasco's sanctum at the
Alcazar- anyway, I have this TO taunt
her WITH II IL hadn't been for me
sne might never have seen San Fran
cisco. nor never have been leading lady
at this theater. I recommended her
10 Mr. Belasco when he was looking
for a leading woman
i wouldn't ever use that as a taunt.r
said / from my superior experience as
a married man.
"fWhy?' asked he
Because" said / she'll retort that
you Offset the kindness by marrying
her"
Whereupon Mrs. Lytell. abandoning
the adroit to become obvious. declared
that We were both ~horrid."
we came through san Francisco
last week" said LyteIl, but went
away at once to the ranch.
Your ranch in Napa?" I asked.
Our ranch in Napa," said Evelyn
Vaughan, with smiling accent on the
possessive pronOun.
Ignoring the accent and turning TO
Mr.. Lytell, who wore q happy smile, as
though he didn't care what happened
TO him, I asked:
And during her six months absence
from the Alcazar has Miss Vaughan
been playing the leading feminine roles
in your Rochester company"
Yes" said he.
In our company" said she
you see" said Bertram. were now
playing strictly $3.50"
That in the parlance Of the playhouse
means they are dividing evenly.
I recalled 2 conversation i once had
had with noted actress who, shortly
before that time. had separated from
her husband. a noted actor. The two
were notoriously fond of each other
and gossip still insists they so remain
but professional jealousy, according to
the statement that the actress made to
me, caused them great unhappiness and
ultimately ruined a welded life that
should have been fair and prosperous.
AN actor and an actress should
never marry said this lady, against
whose honor or integrity no word has
ever been breathed. They should not
marry. that IS. unless there is a well
defined agreement between them as to
which is the superior player Of the
two. Otherwise there creeps in unhap-
piness when scenes are gained by one
or the other where the scheme Of the
play has Il the other way. Fretting
ends in disagreements; disagreements
end IN chickering's, and, nervous from
the ordeal Of public appearances, quar-
rels inevitably result. At least, they
did with u.s."
That was the unhappy story I had
the miserable effrontery to throw at
this young married pair, both Of whom
seem not only content but happy.
DO you think there is anything in
that theory?' I asked.
They both spoke at once
I can not understand how man
who loves his wife could be Jealous of
any success she might win" said
Lytell.
To which sentiment we can all sub
scribe, I hope.
Marriage is the division of success.
happiness and sorrow" said Evelyn
Vaughan. u would only feel unhappy
II nv husband denied me the right to
share IN his worries. His successes I
enjoy naturally as any wife should"
The trouble with the attitude of the
public towards players" said Lyteli,
lis that they decline TO regard us as
human. but think we are tremendously
temperamental folks to whom the ordin-
ary laws of propriety and virtue do
not in-the least appertain. That's all
wrong We have our domestic life and
we have our professional life as we'll
The two need not conflict. Any real
husband would naturally rejoice in the
success OF his wife's professional ef-
forts as he would in his own"
And vice versa, said Evelyn
Vaughan.
How about this first piece. Brew
ster's Millions that you are TO appear
in at the Alcazar?p I asked.
TT has a fine part for me in it," said
Bertram, but a poor or rather an un-
important role for Evelyn, I'm sorry
10 say
But" she interrupted, its Bert's
home coming more than ii is mine. He
has been away for a year and seven
months. while I've only been gone about
half a year IT seems indeed that
have only been paying a visit some
where and that I have scarcely left
this fine town. But it is his home COM
ing"
sShe gets her chance next week,
though" said LytelL I'VE play 'Sa-
Iomy Jane" and that gives her all the
chance that Brewster's Millions
doesn't"
you are to be here for 10 weeks77
i asked.
Yes" said Lytell.
~And then you return TO your stock
company in Rochester,"
Yes said be.