The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-17

few seasons ago such a role as that you are doing now would have been played by a star whom we called 'opulent,' tip ping the scales at s15o, and who possessed that much coveted quality known as 'au- thority. Explain it, won't you?' "Can you imagine Maxine Elliot or Lil- Han Russell doing the role of Zoe In Baby Mine2'" laughingly answered lit tie Miss Cute, dimpling and blushing a pretty pink. '1 recall clever critic out on the Pacific Coast saying that he would give anything to see Olga Nethersole do the part. He could imagine nothing more ludricrous than the acrobatic feat that shed perform in the tumblng into bed scene"
 And you" asked, "how did you learn it? It's quite daring, isn't it?''
 "The funny part of 1t is that I never learned it." said Little Miss Cute. T left it out at all the rehearsas and decided to depend upon an impromptu effect at the first performance, which I did. I had never tumbed in bed with any sort of art before in my lfe-few people do-and after I did the stunt the first evening l have been trying to initiate myself in it ever since"
 By the way" she said, following up the glow with much enthusiasm. do you krow exercises like that are good for the health? I have found that since I have
 
 every evening and matinees, too, that I'm in much better health than I've ever been before?'
 And you stepped right into your pres ent role?" l said from
 "A chld's part I was playing in stocls," said little Miss Cute. Its the first BIG part I've ever had, and I'm terribly proud of it. do so want the people in the south to like my work. You see, I'm from Kentucky and you know the old saying a prophet is not without honor. save In his own country. I went to school at Belmont seminary in Nashville, and everywhereI go I meet old school mates, and it's awfully jolly seeing them again and being an actressf'
 You seem hardly old enough" I ob served, Ito be out of school now
 I've been the stage four whole years" said litAle Miss Cute, with the dignity of a Star of many seasons.
 And you seem so thoroughly in earnest about your work" I suggested.
 I'm afraid I take myself too seriously sometimes,'' said she penslvely But I really am completely wrapped up in it. I'm just plain, normal sort of girl, though hoping to do really great things some of these days. If succeed in mak- ing people laugh for two hours during an evening I think that's something to my credit, don't you?'
 said I did, and then she confided.
 I'm not the temperamental kind either think this temperament business should be abolished. The word should be left out of the vocabulary. It's all a pose. It makes me tired. Why must people be tenn peramental? Tn order to be q great dc- tress one should besentirely normal, be- cause they must play normal parts usualy-parts that are like certain peo- pie. For instance, my character sketch of Zoe in Baby Mine I try to make ex- actly like a girl chum of mine Zoe is like her in every way, that 1t is positively ridiculous. I don't have to possess tenn perament to be able to do that. Temper ament, when properly defined. is nothing more than temper. You know Zoe is an awful liar. That's not temperament either"
 Why must people who write comedies always makes the participants such fear ful liars" I speculated.
 T don't know. Lying in real life Is a tragedy" said little Miss Cute. "On the stage it's a comedy. Holding the mirror up to nature it seems to me would be well--any way the last thing people would laugh at A person who tells fbs wouldn't want to see themselves portrayed on the stage I shouldn't think. Would you?'