New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01

When YOU 20 10 call upon musical
conedienne for the first time do not at
,emnt to take along any preconceived no
,,ors Of the lady off the stage or Of her
.,rrorndngs. II YOU do YOU bid fair to
.rffor Il shock of surprise. especially if
the star comedienne happens to be Marie
Dressler.
There arc those among the public who
hold that Marie DRESSER is the funniest
woman on the stage. Her performances
an rifles Nightmare" and again in the
,cO Weber and Fields Music Hall pro
dyction. "Roly Folly" have been heraldad
.. tho climax in feminine hurleSquc. some
hing not TO be equalled by any other WON
On on the American boards. When she
makes her appearance la the last-uamed
piece u is signal for the audience to
lsuah before she has sain word AMI 10
show disposition to continue doing 50
throughout the rest of the play. What
moro natural to expect. then. that call
mon her. where tho audience consists OF
,alv one. would he a feast OF mirth,
very riot Of jollity?
Md this expectations realization
an unwary interviewer went a-inter-
viewing the comedienno a few DAYS ago.
lie vas told that she would receive him
q, her home, the address, gwen heins
house m the upper COS. just off Central
Park West. Truth 10 tell. this reserved
roightcrhood seemed scarcely thepace in
which ia find < mSyrNss; &c star ensconccd.
e-,siar. when TIC sfsr's domiciie proved
q, r- an sristccRatie apartment house
Vi,l no loss thaf> 'thfec gentlemen OF
color in livery on guaVd about the portals
Moreover after haVQus, passed the
suard and sscended to <ls 9coGssoi the
apartment. through a maitQelt NED hall
another barrier arose m thC Sstn OF
r,aid i'm the proper habiliments~of black
md white. Here there wore'no echoes q
Heaven VIII Protect the Working Girl
or similar ditties. Instead. acp Air Of self
sufficient importance lowered over the
guardian maidS and TO complement II
in-re came to the interviewer q GROWING
-.osc of inca sincss when tho request LOT
Ms. DRESSER met with look OF IN
comprehension Visions Of having intrud-
~ on the privacy Of some exclusive
lousebold grew to conviction with the
de-laratjon OF tho maid thattnp such per
son lived there. and the further appear
'.uce upon the scene Of a gentleman VI
serious and digniGed micn.
Ina zine the SHOCK. then, WHEN the gen
tjemau smiled and. in answer to apoio-
eies for the intrusion, said:
"Iust step i'm. IL is all right. Mary
a., the maid: che gentleman has come
,o see Mrs Dalton" And in A word OF
exclamation % the visitor; Mary doesnt
ln,o, her mistross-my wite-except as
Mrs Dalton.
80 II was Mrs Dalton the interviewer
.avy a Mrs. Dalton who bore facial le-
..ublsnce 10 the Marie DRESSER OF the
siace but Il resemblance which ceased
there. 20 was "a Mrs. Dalton VINO sat
ser,n.l, NOT TO say solemnly. III
French Gilt. tapestry upholstered chair
sewing on something or other. Around
ber vas more gilt and tapestry furniture
in = room 50 large and hish-ceilinged tha'
ia rr.embIeG a French salon. resslh-
rarce rutncr heightened by canNaseS
which fairly concealed ;he walls. Modern
i,,nrcssionistic oils they were, for the
mos, pat. with below them 10" BOOK
case, with odd uits of china atop tnem'
Not sign OK q piano. covered with rag
sine: no theatrical photographs draPig
,.,,ls and desks and falling over mantle
pieces and bookcases: nothing TO sugses'
either stage or comedy