The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-04

the bounds of the Slim Princess?" asked Miss Webber, as talk became immi- nent, and quoted:
 "The time has come," the Walrus said, To talk of many things
 Of birds and beasts and sealing wax, Of cabbages and kings.''
 Really now,' said the petite Prima Donna, don't make fun of me. but honestly l am slenderer than I was when you saw me here in The Climax year and half ago. Don't you think so? 1 suppose by eating a prune for breakfast, an orange for luncheon and a Banana for dinner l am avoiding the Two Hundred-and- Twelve Pound Look Apologies to MT. Barrie)."
 "Oh, how l should hate to be fat. I'm too little-but even so I'm this much bigger than Trentini.' said Little Miss Cute, measuring about half inch ot dimpled finger.
 And makeup" l said casually point ing to the grease pot and paint.
 On the stage as well as in the game of life,' said Miss Webber, get up has more to do with success than make-up."
 You are a girl after my own heart, I observed enthusiastically.
 T like that" she said. I've got lots of friends among women. womans best friends are WOMEN. I wish 1 might be the Good Fairy to prove it to all women. With women-women are natural-free-and easy-with men that's d different story. Isn't the most hideously dull hour to most women the man-less hour in the average draw ing room after dinner when the men are smoking? They appear shortly and Prestoi what changel If there's noth- ing else that Woman Suffrage has done for women the fact that during that particularly dull hour it has given them something to talk about
 T think women are much truer to women than men are,'' continued the Star .I am going against tradition when l say that one woman friend is worth 10 mea. frienos, but l believe it, nevertheless"
 And matrimony?' l questioned.
 "Of course, 1 believe in it, said Lit tie Miss Cute. m not married my self, but l believe 1t must be the hap piest stage for people, if you marry thc right person. believe in being all things to one man, but not many things to all men. And, by the way, that re minds me of clever little story heard the other day about a little boy who asked his father the definition ol Polygamy. His father said: 'Polygamy my son, IS having more than one wife Whereupon Young America said: 'Ther what is having just one wife, Pa? That my son., replied the father. i. Monotony.' Are you laughing at tho wisdom of it?"
 And the stage-it isn't very con. duciVe to domesticity and matrimonial eifects-iove in a cottage bucolics, and all that sort of thing-eh?" 1 men toned
 But if is very fascinatlng-stage life ls,' said Miss Webber I've only beer on the stage five years, but | love all except tine one night stands They are fearful"
 And comic opera-has 1t always been your specialty?' I asked
 Yes and no," answered the petftf Prima Donna. You know how some. body has described Comic Opera don, you? That it's q small joke surrounded by costumes
 And if necessary the joke may bs omitted and more costumes added?" ventured. They are usually somewha abbreviated
 Well, 1t gives everybody a dand1 good chance" said Miss Webber .Ir ract the scenery Is about the only thinu that doesn't insist upon an encore,'
 At least Comic Opera is useful be- cause 1t keeps Millionaire's sons busy marrying Prima Donnas and Chorus Giris,s l suggested. and they don't have any time to learn to organize any more Trusts