The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-17

smile, and it was the hardest thing III the world for me to get rid of when went on the stage" ', Its the prettiest smile l ever saw insisted
 But the one I use now really lsn the cultivated variety" she sald
 And as we were saying apoue soui going on the stage?" I suggested
 s'It was after the Galveston flood, sne told me. Why, they even said that plle night of the flood I sat up with tndl set smile on my lips, but nope ye W gotten rid of it. I did some stock "orh for A while. and then waited for my chance. OhI how I did want a chance. Finally I got a few lines in play Witn ti Mi. Hackett, and later I played with him in 'The Crisis After that was under MT. Belasco's management playing in The Warrens of Virginia.
 "And when did you meet MT. Nailel asked. ,
 @Mr. Belasco loaned me to him, or rather to the Shuberts, for the production Of MT. Walters play, The Wolf ana week after I joined the company ne pro- nosed to me, I had been married once before. When he asked me l accepted him, In fact the only two men Who ever proposed to me I married. near oi these women who have so many pio posals they have to beat the men away yith a. stick-the Christy and the Gibson kind. and all that-but I've never oe- lieved it." , ,.
 Isn't it lovely that MT Walter IS ar irving this afternoon to spend the holi- days with me?" she asked quietly; o,,
 Love is a wonderful thing, lsh l' I replied, by asking her question.
 "The humanizing of the little saVase, June. that I am now playing through the love of a good man." said Miss walker shows that love can work miracles.
 DO you think mans love can really change the nature of a woman asked, "even if she is totally different rom him?' ,,-s l..
 Simple love and faith and belief in people," she replied prettily, can do anything"
 And success on the stage-your sue cess-to what do you principally attribute it?" I asked.
 sThe hardest sort of work said she earnestly, the deep blue eyes yelling 1eei- ingly with the words she spoke. Hafo work is bound to tell in the end, and sin- cerity is the thing that counts. Why, II I'd devoted the same energy to turning an ice cream freezer that I've used In trying to be an actress, I'd be one of the greatest confectioners in the world to- day"
 dI used to go to see Ethel Barrymore when I was just a stock actress MISS
  Matinee idol Now she has grown Tat ana matronly, but today she is a great aoress. Perhaps one of the greatest ana why? She has faced life; she has worked; |; now she is a great actress when formerly she was merely the slim and lovely dar- ling of fortune, that walked through the part assigned her.
 Miss Walker is the most modest actress concerning her own charms that I've ever known.
 With all her beauty and talent and sue- cess she Is just the sweet, unspoiled, love lv southern girl that you'd hope she'd be, and which she is!
 "There's a line in the 'rhe Trail of the Lonesome Pine that expressed my atti- tude toward my public exactly, MISS Walker said presently. Its when June says; Maybe l aint good enough!
 'rrhat's the way I should have felt II my play hadn't been successful. But peo- ple have liked 1t, and I wanted to come and play it in the south, where l have so many dear friends who are so good to me and always have been"