The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-31

Once upon .time-not so very long ago to be quite exact, six years, iss Adele Blood, now playing the leading role in the wonderful symbolic play, "Everywoman, was just plain little Miss Blood of San Francisco, who reeited at church sociables" and amateur enter tainments.
 Plain, did l say?
 Well. no-never- that. Rather
 Just about the prettiest thing you ever rested your eyes upon.
 Plain, in name only if you please. and without an idea that there was anything at all remarkable about her lovely self or her histrionic talent. which introduces her. as she was,
 To introduce her, as she is
 Her "manager'' informed me over the wire that two o'clock Monday afternoon would be quite an agreeable hour for Miss Blood to meet me.
 Most impressive sounded this august persons voice over the phone.
 It was as the voice of one in authority the voice of one who in his life had spoken with many mere "interviewers, ' and knew just how to handle 'em. [.
 Promptly at o'clock my card was sens to Miss Blood
 The lady was lunching in the cafe of the Hillman, and I was bidden to join her, which I did.
 You may think I'm eXtravagant, and ..e..l.as.,.. on, l,,,t urbap [ tatt yo1t ha Adele Blood is the prettiest blonde that I've ever seen, l am not making story out of whole cloth.
 She looks like a California peach-all pink and white and soft and lovely and her eyes are like the bluest Gentians that you've ever behed and her hairs like spun gold. warmed by the sun, and kissed by the dew.
 It matters not how pretty people are, they must eat. and so the pretty lady was engaged in this arduous duty. as I made myself known.
 When one is from California and doesn't like tea, and dares not drink cofee-what is there to do?' smiled Miss Blood, her long black lashes sweeping her fair cheek, and her smile dimpling and flirting as she slipped a cup of choco- late.
 At least I suppose it was chocolate, because in the three guesses she gave me there was nothing left to be guessed I in the drinking line at that hour of the day but chocolate
 From Californian" I smiled back, and for answer she said 1 My going on the stage was really quite sensational You see I was a vic l tim of the San Francisco earthquake and everything I owned went up in smoke, or rather, fife. My mother and were left absolutely penniless, you might say, and something had to be done. first thought of taking up | newspaper work, but l You'd never have been refused an interview" I suggested. thinking how a pretty woman always gets everything g she wants. 1 But I had no clothes" Miss Blood | said, and as much as the men may declare that womans dress has noth- ing to do with her getting along in | the world it's a mistake. We all know that fine featl&rs make fine birds. So | to make a long story short, when the railroads offered the earthquake vic tims their rare to any part or the United States they wished to go. tool,
 mine to New York and turned my face toward the east determining to go or the stage"
 You see. my friends had been very good to me in complimenting me upor my talent. but I really never dreamed of being an actress. When I got to New York l went immediately to see Mir
 Lewis Morrison, whom l had knowr in San Francisco and coached with ir some private theatricals. He suggest ed that my blondeness entitled me to a hearing as Marguerite and so I inn
 mediately accepted his offer to play the part in small towns throughout the New England states and about New York which did up to the time of his death. After that I went into stock and trained ana during the time thai I've been on the stage I've played 20t parts. Quite a record, don't you think for six years?'
 And how did you happen to play Ev-
 erywoman?" I asked.
 My blondeness again declared a dlvi. dend' Miss Blood smiled. 'I was play ing in Louisville. Ky, in Stock. and MT Henry Savage was looking for blonde