The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-24

When you look at pretty, dainty, win some, blonde Miss Billie Burke, the first thing that yoti think Of is Val entines and Kisses, Killarney Roses and White Hyacinths.
 "QUAINT E BELLA GIoVlNEzzA'
 Sang that famous Italian of the long ago-Lorenzo de Medici-between af- faires de occur, and affairs of state.
 .OHi HOW BEAUTIFUL IS YOUTH"
 He voiced the sentiment of his own age-and all the ages before him. and all the ages to come after him, and then ages upon top of ages and ages!
 "oIIl HOW BEAUTIFUL IS YOUTH"
 Doesn't 1t explain lot?
 It does with Miss Billie Burke-for she is bubbling over with joyous, buoyant, enerveseing, innocent, beauti- full YOUTH-every minute that she lives and she makes you glad you are living, too-restoring your ancient faith in nonsense and rhymes. and girlish joy, with her everlasting "slim Princess" figure, and her dancing girl ankles and her absolute charm and fascination.
 At nrSt Elkul-- Oll lut pAdes' .'i fHo Billie Burke is exactly what she seems on the stage-an unusually pretty, an unusually well froclSed, an unusually attractive young woman-The EYER NAL INGENUE.
 Above alI-Miss Billie Burke under stands the art of dress.
 With hands. soft and white. and
 l. Iets-her fingers unadorned by rings, save one which she explains en pas sant, belonged to a lady of Louis the XIv's court, she was simply clad yes terday when I called on her in dark blue tailor gown a very small blue hat and wonderful chincillas.
 "The Lady in London" who. makes Miss Billie Burkes clothes, let me tell you, spends infinitely more time over this young womans petticoats than you do or I over our best Sunday -Go- To- Meeting froeks.
 on each petticoat she tacks a tiny blue ribbon bow-not as decoration, but as something Blue"-embblem of GOOD LUCK"
 MISS bllllB DuIhtg DtiHB d De Iiever in signs. and omens that have never failed her, she would be very un- happy and frightfully unsure about the success of a play if she didn't walk through it in a tiny blue bowed petit coat.
 "Clothes," pure and simple. was what we drifted into as we .chatted in the Ia Billie Burke, pink and young and cor dial, began to tell me about The Lady in London"
 You see. I lived in England so long" said Miss Burke smiling, that I rather got used to getting my clothes there, and, besides when one gets hold of somebody who knows your good points and what certain colors will do for you. and which ones you should NOT be per mftted to wear--its well to stick to them.'
 Just what effect does color have on an audience?" 1 asked.
 q should OVERWHELMING" said Miss Burke quickly. From my own experience, I am speaking, when I say that color in dress often makes or unmakes play. Clothes come so peril ously near being a Womans whole ex- istence, you know"
 T believe" she went on in her charm ing way, that every person has a color; that every play has a color; that every piece of music has its sym bolic color, and in my own ease I try to stick to the things that seem to be- long to me and resist the rest, no mat ter what the temptation is to wear them.
 T White Muslin and" Your and is very elastic" said she. Its true I've been caste for enough white muslin parts, as you call them,