The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-29
ON OTHER STAGES
Interview With Pavl0wa,
Queen of the Dance.
Hitchcock and Hopper 1T War
Over Fly.

Interviewing FAVlOW8 lS Inc 04S"
secting a butterfly. says Glen Visscher
in 1.-THE Dramatic Mirror"-there Is
something SO delicate and Elusive In
her atmosphere" her body seems 50
fragile and yet SO brilliant and richly
"colored" is her personality.
She Is really charming. this sue
cessor to Taglioni, without anecta-
fact, she Is SO ingenious as to be
naive.
She made me sit, and insisted that
refresh" myself with a cup OF tea
drawn from the steaming samovar
standing near her chair. Then be-
fore she would answer any OF the
questions I had come to ask I must
admire the Pekingese spaniel that ac-
companies her everywhere-at that
moment doing in her lap-and learn
his pedigree, which Is very long and
"blue-blooded."
IT want to learn something" I told
her at last-"just give me a few
words-of your ideas as to the most
effective methods Of expressing emo
tion-telling imaginative stories Of
great moments in life, poetically-as
exemplif1ed by the dance"
II only know" she began slowly, az
II thinking it out, that when I am
dancing I feel it-all In LIE Cygne
(The SWAMI my surroundings fade
away. MY tQOuSHlS are those Oh tho
dying swan. I struggle feel dark
ness-death-descen upon me.
Then, for q moment, ] seem to con-
quer-hope springs in my heart-but
1t GIBBS again, my strength failsEI
sink to the ground-the death song
haunts me. 1 droop. I die. 1t is all
real to mel experience the feeling.
NIGHT wahr?
Then. in a different dance-say,
the Butterfly-my thoughts are all Of
roses life. color. sunshine. soft winds
I feel that am a butterfly, futtering
among the flowers. But" smiling and
struggling her shoulders, II do not
see how else could feel, and do the
work. OF course, the music supports
me ana the costumes and scenery help
TO bring out the entire meaning-but
these must. of necessity, be always
the backgrounds-yet, together, they
complete the effect-n'est ce pas?'
Faviowa, the actress, is superb. In
these Few words she had conveyed
the pictures. displaying at once Ian
guor. abandon. coyness. passion and a
year in "The Red Widow starting nov
be b Woifs Hd In The and
Caprice" are at war over fly
These two fellow Lambs and co-workers
IN the vineyard of Thespis. De Wolf Hop
New York Review. no longer look upon
each other with enthusiastic eyes,
The causus belli was a picturesque ex-
nightly toll. Hopper in his regular cur
tain speech incidental to Miss Caprice"
and Hitchcock in one Of the lines provided
Pollock in The Beauty Shop
This momentous piece of wit was to the
effect that a certain man was so mean
that he would "SteQl a dead f1v from a
Hopper claimed that this stroke Of
was as certain that it emanated from the
cerebellum of the Morning Telegrafts
cabaret orator; who provided the humor
A few nights later it happened that
both actors attended banquet. Hitch
cock. in the natural course Of things
and was called upon to introduce Hop
This he did in something like this
"And now Mr.. Hopper will explain why
he has stolen lines from my show
wnen he struck out on that memorabie
occasion Of which De Wolf has spoken so
often than was Hopper at thus being UNI
His reply. while disguised with all that
wit for which he is noted, carried biting
satire upon Hitchcock and his methods.
Next night when Hitchcock spoke the
momentous line in course Of his perform
ance. several persons in different parts of
the audience cried out Author. author"
That's Hopper's work. shouted Hitch
cock, barely able to contain himself with
rage, upon exiting from the scene.
And then came the meeting of the two
comedians. no longer jocular and humor-
Gus. but mad clear through, in the Col
lege Inn.
Mary Pickford. Familiarity known to
moving picture patrons as Little Mary
has deserted the legitimate drama and
returned to her first love. She has with
drawn from the cast Of "A Good Little
Devil and the management of David
Belasco, and will remain indefinitely un-
der the direction Of the Famous Players
- 1871.