The evening world., 1911-01-12
IN AND OUT
l. OFTHE
THEATRES


W. t6AANtitAy NitNtI MpEh ~
n Avonia Bum In "Trelawny OF tho
Wells Miss Louise Drew has
called admiring attention to tho third
generation Of a tanou family Of actors.
MtistlcaNy, tho daughter OF John Drew
\ ~ now walking hand IN land with her
, Charming cousin, Miss Ethel barrymore.
fBut ! never wanted any one to expect
anything OF me because / happen to DO
aDrew." declared Miss Drew when this
FAMILY matter was under discussion. II
wanted to be taken at my own worth.
There used to be Il very good stock
company In Albany. and / wont up
there and worked at every sort OF part
until summer came. Then, Of course.
had to 60 home and play with father.
We both adore horseback riding. and
when we're over in Long Island at our
country homo we spend all OF our time
10 the open.
-Do you know. II is really a dlsad-
vantage to como from a theatrical fam
ny that has furnished 80 many dis
tiNguished actors. People always say
'uhere's Miss so-nnd-So.' n add that
s1e's either a good or a bad actress.
Bpt II she Is Mss Daughter Somebody,
~ ptltp LA1tg Nuey tNUtCI Il
goat deal. or simply say that she's on
tip stage because 1t Is easy for her TO
aN there. Father. who gave me all the
early training that I had and the cour-
aee 20 enter the profession. ~applauded
my choice of a stock company. 1t was
lilo being put in q pool and told to
swim.
Then, you know. / went for a season
With father on the road In The Second
I'M Command l didn't appear in New
York. l was frlghtfully tlmid and didn't
dare TO. II vas only three seasons ago
that I finally rad the courage to face
metropolitan audiences. I had a char
acter part in Her Sister with my
cousin, Miss Barrymore. But after my
INST night l wondered why l had been
50 afraid, because the applause in this
c1y~is the mos; exhilarat!ng in the
wSrld.
Fl am one OF those who believe that
a4y young woman with fair talent and
a PLEASANT appearance on the stage can
succeed IL she works, but work she must.
ID makes no difference whether she
comes from an obscure family or one
that IA prominent in stage history. She's
lust got to roll back her sleeves. do
ANYTHING that Is asked OF her. even II
IL be the part of a scrub girl, and do 1t
tdst as we'll as she can. II is only then
nat certain success comes. Stock work
ID mighty hard and several times I al
most lost my nerve; but I could SEQ
that Il was the only way. There Is all
the difference In the world between sill
YER and silver plate. and Il IL Just the
same with kinds OF actresses. An at
trnctlve young girl may shine for n
while. even II che has had no sound
trhlning, but she loses her lustre when
SIDE gets older. I look on my days in
stpck work as so much insurance against
age"
Maybe II is because OF her early stock
experience, maybe because she Is the
constant companion % her democratic
osusln. Miss barrymore. that Miss Drew
goes where she likes and does what she
'tkes. The other dav she and a friend
vkoIhad a yearning Tor tho stage started
f9r faacheon /; Sherry's. but In passing
dawn a side street they came upon 4 llt-
tie German coffee house.
This looks interestinE," saId MISS
Drew.
rBut IT'S so steamy looking objected
her friend.
roh:' sighed this daughter OF the
Drews and the Bnrrymores, "how can
YOU ever expect to become an actress
unless you absorb every kind of at
m~osphere?"
HARLES FROHMAN has postponed
- the production Of "Chantecler," In
which Miss .Maule Adams was q
have made her first appearance at the
IH!ckeroocker Theatre OF Monday night.
Afr. Frohman states that for reasons
concerned with the production 90 tAe
phyit has seemed best to HIN TO have
the hrst performance take place Mon
= dAy. Jan. %. The date o: the sale OF
seats has also been postponed until
- next Thursday. Rehearsals OF "Chante'
cfer|' will. be held day and night
throughout next week.
IN his instructions TO the players nj
rehearsal the other day Mr.. FroA'
mai said. among other things: I'VE
regard the whole philosophy of 'Chante-
chr as contained in these lines: In
every forest there must be n nightingale,
just AS In every soul a faith In ones
work so strong chat 1t lives after all
circumstances have tried - crush H..
CAantecler stands for the man who
bslieves his work THE work that must
10 done IL the world Ia to 20 on. Blu
tie ,sgrc2t thing to remember about
! Ctartecisr's belief is that when. Ike
afany another man, he discovers that
III work IL not Of as great Importance
"a the world as he thought u, he makes
! he even greater discovery that he must
20 on doing Il for his own happiness