The Washington times., 1912-12-25
C0mEO|AN'S CHILD,
AGED SEVEN, PLAYS
ALL OF HIS PARTS
Little. Miss Stone Is Bandit,
Clown, and Scarecrow
by Turns.

nurr1es through West Ninety.third
sueet from Central Park West = small
out terrible figure launches itself al
you from the sidewalk. sombrero
oristIing mustache and shotgun, dc
their desperate best to convince you Of
your imminent peril. But look for q
punch OF yellow curls under the siouch
nat. You will probably md them, and
then you will know that the dangerous
Gunman" 10 merely Miss Ailenl
Dorothy Stone. playing papa"
Dorothy 10 the seven-year-old daugh.
~ Of Fred Stone. the famous come.
dian. and at present she 10 doing heI
level best to make herself into . Fred
Stone No. .. Never q costume IL con.
otructed for papa to wear on Broadway
but Il must be duplicated Tor daughter.
ehe always helps her father to study
his parts and not only observes his
''busincss'' but criticises II. And every
Saturday she dons the rig for one OF
the Stone characters and fatly refuses
to answer to any other name than that
OF the character during the entire day.
Approves Of Highway Part.
The highwsyman's costume 10 spe-
cial fayorite. For q mustache she
uses . long, narrow rat" which was
once the property Of her mother. the
ends Of which she ties over her ears.
with tiny pair Of riding breeches, q
battered sombrero considerably too
large for her and q toy shotgun. she
the Blood" has nothing on her.
when she Is on the big farm at Anity.
Vile. Long Island, whore the Stones
spend their summers, she prefers the
role Of Pedro" which belonged to Mr..
stone in 1.-THE Old Town." This "dress-
es'' with q sort Of farmer-cowboy
zig. most excellent attire for climbing
fences. trampips through underbrush.
and riding the pony. It Is varied now
and then by q. ."scarecrow'' makeup like
that worn by Fred Stone in "The
wisard Of o."
Miss Dorothy Original.
But little Miss Dorothy 10 nothing II
not original. While she 10 the best
chum In the world with her father and
delighted to follow close on tho trail
Of his histrionic career, her artistic
temperament demands even bolder ex.
presnon. 30 she makes UP parts ana
even whole plays for herself. There 10
. convenient cupboard full Of cast-ofR
stage hnery and including large stock
Of wigs and boards, to which Dorothy
has unhindered access. She doesn't
NEGLECT her opportunity and her "acting
range" 10 truly catholic. One day she
10 q princess. another . scrub-lady.
again Q grtnning country younsstsr or
on only one point 10 Dorothy's mother
11rm. Ehe will not allow the little giri
20 smear rouge. over her naturally rosy
eysiasSeS. So Dorothy "maEes up" her
She ID "Wnting Maker"
Perhaps some day she will write her
own musical comedy. az we'll as act In
It. She has q charming little voice. and
50 very fond of music. and she 10 also
q poet or . "writing-maker." to use
her. own term for It. Here are 2 few
with pictures cut from magasines,
other. with sketches made by the poet
'sThe swans are in the water.
Looking for their daughter
''The puppies love their mother dear
A. soon as she comes near"
"The dear little dove
L Just full Of love-"
''see the little rabbits!
They have very bad habits
'.That brush IL pulling my hair
Right up In the air!''
Makes Up Her Playmates.
Dorothy doesn't act her play-dramas
alonc. And yet she 10 tho only child
and has had few playmates. But she
makes up her playfellows. just a. she
makes up her plays. She carries on
long dialogues with wholly Imaginary
shadow children" for whom she has
her own names and descriptions. Cant
you see them. mamma?" she asks. won-
deringly. why. they're lust as plain!'
mo" declares Fred stone. that child
10 have q good education and study
music. But no stage for hers!'
"Don't you think" laughs Dorothy's
mother, that Dorothy will have some-
thing to say about that?"
And blue-eyed. golden-curled Dorothy,
pOet, playwright, actress. singer and
stage manager, surely believes that she
Will have something to say when the
time comes.