The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-04
MISS LA VERNE
WOULD LIVE HERE
WANTS SUBURBAN COTTAGE AND
LIMOUSINE-HAs MADE
MANY FRIENDS.
AMATEURS MAKE GOOD
LOCAL THEsPIASS HAVE GREATLY
IMPROVED AND MAY GET PRO
FEssfoNAL ENGAGEMENTS II
STOCK BECOMES PERMANENT.

| "Oh. we just hate to leave Rich
u1ond. don't we, Freddie and Miss
Lucille La Verne drew her son TO her
bosom regardless Of the 81 degree
Temperature and the whirring endeav-
tors of a struggling electric fan, just as
she does when the two are playing
Annie Boyd.
! But We are coming back, aren't We.
Fred We are going so we can come
back in the fall y ou see" said Miss
La Verne In explanation to the inter-
I viewer. Mr.. Wells has promised TO
give ME stock house for the COM
ling winter. X is our hope that Mr..
Wells wiH see his way clear 10 open
the Empire in the fall with stock at
4 fractions.
! There has been a good deal said
both pro and con in the papers about
the matter hut as yet nothing definite
has been settled. We will have a
house somewhere. and the fact that
stock has taken SO well here this sum
mer and the general belief that the
people want a permanent stock COM
Ipany, offering the highest class plays
released to stock companies al popular
prices, probably is the foundation for
the report that we were certain 10 re-
turn here,
Would Buy Home Here.
| 'Do YOU know that Freddie, my
! husband. and myself have fallen in
/ love with Richmond and my fnndest
hope is that sometime / may be aole
/ to buy a little cottage somewhere in
| the suburbs and make this city my
permanent home. That is my idea
now. Just a little nest famed by
country hreezes where these things
are unnecessary" and she pointed to
| the toiling wind producer. But" she
added. II don't want it unless there
/ is an electric limousine included in the
package. When we pal ii, we pal ii
right. don't we dear?''
OF course, Fred Is not Miss La
iyerne's ownsiest little boy, but he has
brought almost as much JOY into the
1 life OF the woman who provided Rich
mond with its best season of stock as
| if he were. He Is an adopted SON and
has, although but five years old at
the present time, been with her for
nearly two. The two are inseparable
lin the actress hours. or, more correct
! ly. minutes, off stage. The fact that
Fred had walked away with the
/ houses in the several times he has
fbeen given parts in the La Verne pro-
auctions, and upon being told that he
was starring" has each time struck
for more salary but this in no way
strained the bonds of love between
them
There is but one thing which l
cannot forgive in Freddie" declared
Miss La Verne. "and that is he will
persist in growing TIP. IL he weaid
just stay at that age. but--oh, we'll.
he gets dearer every day.
The maid announced the RETURN OF
! Miss la Verne's husband, and The re-
ported promptly acknowledged the in
PRODUCTION to "Mr. La Verne" Both
laughed heartily and Mr.. Scott sighed
resignedly as he sank in chair before
1 the fan.
/ Scott Was His Maiden Name.
1 That's what suffrage and promi-
hence for women do for us men" he
declared. ''Nine people out OF ten
/ will call me MIR. La Verne. gen.
teraffy afiow It to pass through -neces=
sity. but generally add that Scott was
I my maiden name, am the mere
I husband and business representative Oh
! this organization"
4 During her stay in Richmond Miss
La Verne has occupied suite OF
I rooms at the Richmond hotel, over
/ looking the Capitol square. When
seen Yesterday afternoon she was at
I tired In the beautiful pink Japanese
kimono which she Wore in THE Re-
juvenation OF Aunt Mary"
/ or the amateurs who have been
members of the company here, Miss
La Verne was particularly enthusiast
tic concerning the future of Misses
1 Crawford and White. The experience
\ which they have obtained in working
here this season has been particularly
l valuable to them, and they have i'm
l proved their work considerably under
the tutoring Of Miss La Verne.
/ How she has found time to coach
amateurs 10 a mystery. for besides