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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-05-10
In 1.-THE LoUe Letters Of An Actress'' the Popular
Comedisnne Scatters Sentimental Pages All
Classes Haze Written to Her from Far mers to
Millionaire.
But Then-That STRANGER Entered Her Life,
and. Oh! She Was So Foolishly Happy! and She
ADORED Him! Built Was Only Dream!

SETHIS 10 my idea Of how . pop.
ular actress should DO loved"
says Elsie Janis in the fore
word Of Love Letters Of an Actress,
published by D. Appleton 4 Co.
How far the letters ere based on
fact and how many fractured hearts
they represent or misrepresent. eaoh
reader must figure out for himself.
The writer's Of the various more or
less torrid epistles range in age from
nineteen to ffty-eight. and in station
from farmer to new.made millionaire.
Each letter Is addressed to THE
Actress" herself. who heroically con-
fesses 70 twenty.four years and mod
estiy admits she 10 successful every
where" And each IL answered by her.
First 10 the college boy. who in sopho-
more year nnds courage to propose:
Dearest OF All: Oh. how can
drug through these miserable days
and nights? Since being In your
presence Saturday have been ~
ono in q dream: Just existing on
the memory Of your sweetness.
Darling. won't you leave
all that light ana falseness; you
don't belong In Il: won't you marry
me and como away with me?
know I am young. but I will make
you happy. Mary. be kind. for I
cannot live without you. Your
JACK"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-05-10

bert we're as fresh and delightful az
thoss Of a spring robin. the story by
george v. Hobart might easily have
oeen In better taste. The Lambs ought
10 Do the last to leave the parentage OF
an infant In doubt until the nnai cur.
tain. Delay carries In It's train vulsnrity
AND FOR the sake Of the club this
should be avoided. Happily. that
orawny artisan. De Wolf Hopper. 40
the blacksmith who hammered out q
lullaby on his anvil. saved the mornl
brand. az 1t were. from the burning. II
remained for tho strenuous Hopper to
strike the real note Of the Lambs
Gambol He was only too glad 70
'Oblise." Scott Welsh both sang and
acted amusingiy as the poor girl who
had only Thursday or. and Frank Labor
was a remarkably good nurse who said.
II Will HE myself to the fields for
huckleberries-the dear child In so fond
OF grapes!' A remark Of that sort
tlckles your childish fancy-and the
Lambs are like Peter Pan. One Of the
funniest turns OF the afternoon was
taken by Walter Lawrence as the gentle
captain OF the falling army that kent
up the fun by always going the wrong
way in obedience to his commands.
'"The Broadway Bellies" like ''Vir.
sinius." came later than could stay,
but after seeing Bruce McRae. with his
New Rochelle legs. In "A Naked Man."
felt there was nothing more to see.
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A lawyer and a composer follow eacN
other In quick succession, ono LOVING
praotscslH. the other POLITICALLY: one
taxing his refusal calmly. the othsl
drowning on the Titanic. Then comet
an actor. who writes:
how In the name OF all the syn.
d'cNe ! can ever finish the season
with this comic blonde that has
dared to take the part made lovely
by You don't know. You know
how you feel when you're playing .
week In Brooklyn. and you think Of
the trip 80 much that by the time
you Get TO the theatre you're not At
company for = dramatic crltio-well,
that's the way fesi about her.
Il think Of how awful II 10 all day,
and at night-well. It's hell. that's
all. l suppose she's all right. poor
little pinhead; and any one who
played your part would got the same
from me. for they certainly did
duction after they fashioned you.
Maria, Amorcita de ma vita. How
about you? Are you happy? hope
%. I beg your pardon. dearest, but
I hate to think OF any one else play
ing opposite you. Do write and toll
me that you don't like to have him
touch you. for lie awake nights
hating his s0ul-the swine"
But no RECEIVERS from her refusal
wsds q London heiress and 10 replaced
by q "Piatonic Friend" who finally for.
gets Plato TO this extent:
Darling Girl: am awake at last
VIII you marry met can give you
everything that You want We are
companionabls and all that. What do
you say' OF course. ~ usual. you
are right: I have always loved you.
and you know IT, Give me q chance.
little girl. and III make good.
Yours, FRANK"
The next 10 real live millionaire oil
the Union League Club brand. rather
elderly but brand-nsw to his millions.
After \ pleasant acquaintanceship for a
few months he writes to the actress
from aboard ship:
Dear Mary: have waited
until l got on the chip and safely
away before writing the follow.
Ing. a. did not want to see
you smile at an old mans fool
ishnsss. In the first place. want to
thank you With all my htty-eight-
year-old heart for the happy hours I
have spent In your company. They
say We love really but once. do
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corner, with windows looking toward
Thirty fifth street and over the roofs VI
adjoining buildings toward Lexington
avenue.
The presence of the President under
their roof. which made their baiiding q
temporary White House. attracted little
attention from the score OF other tenants
Of the Southfeh. All the while the
President was there couple of uni
formed policeman from the station
across tho street were on duty at the
entrance. and the lower corridor and the
hall on the sixth floor fairly swarmed
with Secret Service men, but the ten
ants refused to show the least perturba.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-05-10

cup stage-manAGsA BY Edwin Stevens
that innocent Lamb. Enipgham Pinto.
changed from the hobbie-s,sirt to the
Mott street wshble. There was an In
termesso with . gong accompaniment
that helped to drive the sensitive Pinto
beyond the reach Of settlement work.
ers. Fr further narrowing details see
large bills posted At the Lambs Club.
(Ths printer who has this Job In hand
IN married and goes right straight homo
from work. However. . word should
Be said for Edward Stevens. who caused
me whole tragedy to disappear In cigar
cite smoke with the air Of an actor
calm in the possession Of the centre
OF the stase and = long. cool pull on
tho audience. A q matter Of fact. he
put over . subtle bit Of so-cailed
IN . house that Issues
ng.distancs challenge to q lion of
opera, lot alone q Lamb who hasn't
score to stand on.
At the same time this Chinatown play
emphasized the fact that the Lambs had
taken themselves too seriously for a
gambol. While actors wearn to act"
their patrons delight to laugh. The
soner the Lambs realise this the bet
ter II will be for them. Argument
on this point would DO wasted. "The
Village Blacksmith" did offer op-
portunity for laughter. but only out OF
a sophisticated corner OF the mouth.
Although the melodies by Victor Her
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ton.
True. . few Of them spent ss1s,ol
hours riding up and down In the sls-
vators In the hope that they would hap
pen to encounter the President ana A.
cend or descend with him, until they
got the tip that the Secret Service m
insure the Presidents safety BY Aav-
Ing him ride alone.
And when they heard that there VA
a general I'VE should worry" rsals,a.
ton about them. and they proceeded
To forget the unusual distinction tAst
had como to them As jewellers uular
the same roof with the President a.
these United States.
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-HE nrst name Of A. l.. Kline, the
new President OF the Board OF
4 Aldermen-thanks to President
Woodrow Wilson having selected John
Purroy Mitchell for his Collector OF
Customs Of the Port Of New York-is
That's right, Ardolph l.. Kline. The
presence OF the "r" IL not q typograph-
icsl error. as you thought when you
saw It first. 1t legally belongs there.
and. according TO the closest friends OF
Col. Kline and hts family. there Is .
reason for Il.
OIL. KAaA ~ ~ been Ne w.
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President OF the Board OF Aldermen. ana
who u being doomed for PrsaAsat Of
the borough Of Brooklyn by his frisads
IL tho son Of German father ana An
Irish mother. It 10 said his fn1H1r
wanted to name him "Adoiph." Nm.
out the r." but his mother was d.
termined his German descent shsuN
not dominate his whole name. 60 ~
"r" was interpolsted.
II 10 also asserted that the nas,nv
name was originally Klein, ana ~
Kline 10 another concession TO the -
eieod IN tas new 1rss'd1ns ealsep -
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-05-10

n II - ELSIE FERGUSON plays the
M Oast Of Bonita In "Arisona."
AVA oeAleA = . fresh. wholesome. al.
nsst semAoy sort. WITH Orsssy man.
~ ana - ehssks. So Miss Fsrguson's
''make-up'' hes that quality.
Get - tired saying that the make.
uD'' y started with cold cream tina,
each time ! sss an actress apply that
Inevitable article II discourage me.
ouli that 10 the way almost every one
eoss begin and Miss Ferguson proved
~ s1sspsaoa. only that instead OF rub
hing most Of It on again she lets . 10,
ef q remain. Over this she makes two
biz sssnA sposs Of red grease paint on
$50 ehesk AMI then with . large puff
% SS0dse covers them over. On top
Of ths powder Miss Ferguson uses dry
rougs on each cheek and on her eye
ldsL Then comes another enveioping
cloud Of powder over all aud on top Of
thas sens more dry rouge This 10 re-
tsats1 about four times or until the
pink and whks are perfectly blended on
the faea Pink and white 10 the ef-
feet but IN truth Miss Ferguson uses
quite Q dark color face powder and also
. deep crimson rouge. because" she
explaineA. my skin IL naturally SO
white that should use white powder
the rssuk would be an awful chalky.
vhitswashy color"
could easily zee the wisdom OF this
Every tiuse the rouge WAS applied Miss
Ferguson wiped on u little spot right
IN the centre Of eaca cheek half way
bstwssa the Jaw and cheek bones.
"Whsa nrst began to make up" shc
toI1 Ne. II used TO do II just like q
hundred others. Powder. rouge and
ces0st1s used In their respective piaces
We ASout all make up meant TO me
Bot sfssr awhile I began 10 study ms
face. III lines and It's coloring uhat IL
whss make ~ becomes an aru. and ]
ieasns1 that ] rad naturally . tiny.
N"t Sesee"w'ss waite spot ~ each
cheek sinos then ! am always careful
- aaks those little rouse lsss spots. In
~ part use quite some rouge on my
- eeesoss Of tPs youth and vIvscity
SeV1sss ~ Z vss, elsys way
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not believe 1t. For I know that I
loved my Wife devotedly. And my
great grief in life has been that
when she was taken from me she
LEFT no children for me TO love. for
ner Sake. II not for their own. Now,
know l love you fondly and truly.
The world would say. Poor old
fool,' but I say. Lucky old dog
to be able at ffty.eight to love as
do:so that ! am only really happy
when with you. not necessarily talk
ing to you. but just In your pres
ence. Thu n the real reason Of my
trip abroad. n at any ume
you tire Of your work and would like
homo and everything that that
much abused but utterly necessary
thing. money. can buy. remember
that I wait with open arms for you.
Your servant,
JOHN d. WAINWRIGHT"
Ills successor Is the literary man. He
Is already married. But the actress
learns that only after the affair has
neared the danger point. Then he ID
promptly and disgustedly dismissed. In
inc mean time ne writes:
Flower in the Desert Of My Life:
Examine carefully my heart. which
two weeks ago you took from me,
and see II II u not broken. The gods
have carefully blocked the pathway
of roses on which tread when COM
ing to you with obstacles which /
cannot overcome. I must leave town
for two or three days. Ny existence
without your exquisite self will be
like . Scotch and soda sans Scotch:
but the gods decree, and. being mare
ly mortal. I obey.
LONELINESS. I cannot, sven though
am . near writer Of fiction. write
down my love for you. I supposs.
because my love " not fiction. In
these last two weeks have had my.
heaven. and II I never have more I
can sigh happily and think a the
little Uuppers, lunches. dinners. talks
and walks with you. Anse supreme.
! kiss your eyes and ny. but TO re-
turn and kiss thAm once again Ever
thine. H. H."
Then came . letter from a farmer. q
veritable MAN from Home" the orig.-
nal 'I-knew-her-when" fellow. There
had been a girl and boy irritation In the
early days before the actress came 10
town. And after writing about the Leg.
horn hens and the new calf and the
apple orchard the farmer goes on 10
say:
DO YOU remember the night before
you left home TO 60 on the stage you
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-05-10

would have seemed a long cold drive
through dramatic snowdrifts had Il aot
been' ~ TIE mSllowlng effect Of that
little mother OF the soap-box hid,
William Sampson. whose rocky language
MADE q Christmas night In the Rockies
warm enough to bring Father Doans
to . gst.marrisd-Quick reaiisati ton Of
his duty. A. the skirted "KansAs." Mr..
sampson was both the fear and the
3ey Of the huh dernsd sambol But the
funniest moment OF an came when .
meehanieal squawk caused the over.
whslmsd father. Naoiya Arbuckis. 70
exclaim with the fsrvor that only an
actor can fesi. II never heard no sound
Ike that afors" Obviously. M. A..
buckle was not brought up on . chicken
farm.
After this domestic picture Of life IN
che wilderness. Nat n. Wills produced
IN even greater shock BY appearing IN
his real clothes. He looked a. though
he we're about to take afternoon tee
with the little finger extended IN the
direction Of Fifth avenue. To add TO the
splenAor Of the occasion he had piainly
passsd through the hands Of . barber
On hi way to THO Metropolitan. Nexti
You may have hsard how no Got into
Q Lexington avenue car with seven po-
iicsmsn and blind man-And somebody
got his watch! And then there was that
other story about his laughing for his
livsr according to the doctors orders,
and the later remark from the crouch
In the restaurant. II guess I'd better
start In--I ordered mine hfteen minutes
ago." Can you hear himr II you can't,
get an ear-drum to encourage your
sense Of humor.
she Green Beetle" trained by John
willard with . fountain pan. proved
weird enough to crawl into the Princess
Theatre on an on night. It whispered
the curse Of tea. and after taking Q
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WORDS Of the o0cisi Lamb post.

WV VI 49, Ss80sos A8oAoD DOOt.
Incidentally. OF Intentionally. the pro.
graans We - long that Il served ~
- exoasA net 10 say ~ alita. FOE aay
@e gavoo - Straying bsyond the din
~ Aeue 80 soAuslAg the mental stssin
- eeslD When Ne es,sohsas gtrl ests
~ touDe ou0bse.
Just - che svsainS shaAss Of he more
dlocrsat rsstAnsaats weee falling "vis.
Oloius." n tve sssao. was - - esAA
60 knoW1a4 ffs0 a sxDsstsnoe Win
"JHnas eassas'', - can 0Dae ~ ohss
LAnho 1suOAt . SlAy ~ hseois ssst
q thlaG OA11y thsoW ayssif before
d0At - ~ 0goa0Way tazleabe.
~ 4 VaA 'twao easnOA. Never he'd
~ kamAe been 0ese gsoseeua TAsy
49, sl0Ae - GsvVA1a6 Wiser Ifssesrt's
es1boseya uat0 = ~ vioese 13ss6setS
sssAaseso a0aln. V1eA vaslee Ainsslf
Seaeihs ~ t1DA y ~ ~ ufs. sse sf
~ pisees ~ Asvs tssvsAt him tAs
0Bsaasse OsValastty 81 Ne osse ssa-
fsfsln6 soyA,olss. Aal tAsn. fsea tims
70 time. xAa6s WAs seAiy dea'e sass for
nuae aste1 meet unesldshly. ThsV
fa1siy thrsw thsmesovss Into reiss writ
tsa fse ne occasion. withsut any
thsught Of reward o. ''peaD sotiosA"
fAs odd thing about actors when they
hsvs IN Afternoon on 70 that tAsy ast
NE amatsura They may not know
II est thsy q. II thsy imagine tor Q
nooeat that Shis point II made ct their
sxpease that's whsrs they're greatly
u11eaksa. ThslS cafa-frss spirit 10 lks
thal ss . by whs kiciks OF his shoss
an1 SuAs barefoot on the first warm day.
What Do thsy care for the manager
vhe ~ ct big desks and behind bisssr
eioaDf Al they have 70 DO 10 70 stroll
eesnl - the club next day and say.
well Gssss Il was bad!" and every.
bsly Immediately gusssss Il wasn't and
lssws . sisht draft on the cracked Ice.
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By Eleanor Sch0YeY

that II Is all coming out. Yet II do
not have 1t washed frequently Il looks
perfectly dreadful. acts most unruiy
and comes out just the same. The pow.
der gets into 1t. making It dull and doing
quite ~ much damage as too much
water"
A. she spoke shs ioosened the tirht
knot atop Of her head and proceed ed
to comb the Troublesome looks. Bonita
wears It brushed back loosely and tied
At the naps Of the neck with q black
bow. A curl hangs down her back.
Miss Ferguson does not curl her hair
no, you'd scarcely call II that. She mere
iy heats An iron. and ivory time he.
hair happens to faai into a soft wave
or pretty twist shs simply presses that
wave or twist into place with the warm
iron 10 DO sure that Il doesn't come out.
Tue very end she does ourl. though.
Have 20 have curl for -c9gU NA,s'
= elnA" was her sxvlaAa&asA
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-05-10

OF using black on her eyes. She begins
In the corners nearest the nose with a
hg daub from which Is drawn line
marking that part OF the eyelid Just
where the ball hts into the socket. re
rest OF the lid 10 left Its natural color
excepting around the very rims OF the
eyes directly above the lashes. These
lines are chosen to make the eye sockets
look deep. the eyebaiis themselves look
round and the daubs In the corners give
the nose sharpness. narrowness and
straightness The iashes are not bead ed
but simply darkened with thick cos.
metc.
After the eyes mes the mouth, which
isTade red. hlt no fuller than Miss Fer.
suson's ewn. and following the mouth
10 the hair.
IT'S . wonder to me-" exclaimed Miss
Ferguson. that mora actresses DO not
complain Of the care & their hair. Why.
] have 70 have nine washsa - ostsn
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y we're to believe the spring poe

~ were to believe the spring poem
tAat was served - mint with ths
= lambs In the hour OF their IN.
MI nssd-And this II said without
Az rs0ection upon the julep training
Of he German herbaiists Just across
the street.-The Gamboi given At the
Metropolitan Opera House YESTERDAY
afternoon. evening and perhaps night
waa. b. way Of compliment or atone
meat To the ladies'" That was the
bsst UAFt Of II. You had only to
glance ever your shoulder to discover
. laAy even more beautiful than the
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sAid: love YOU. Fred. but I could
never be satisfied to marry and settle
down here with you until rye tried
my wings will come
back TO you and love you and Sunny
vale all the moro after I see some
thing Of the world Those were your
words. ! have memorised them q
you do part in play. Dearest.
that Is six years ago: you were
eighteen. l have lived on the here
held out to me by you on that wen-
derful night. Now. I want to know
II you really mean. As ever Il you
do love Inc the Same and r yos
AFRO ready TO fuini your, promise. You
have had success. you have seen ths
world. ana now I am here waitinRL
as I have been doing ever since that
night.
"Undsrstand. don't want yOu -
pity me and keep your word unSuDs
you are really pirhns for the alr Of
Sunnyvale, for the chickens, the ~.
den and. last but not least Tor -
do not hold you to your pesm1eA
for promises made At Nishteen aAo
rarely kept At twsnty-four. Don't W
TO be a heroine. dear. Tell me he
truth; am strong and can stand &.
NJ. N"o" NV. 49,, .ns sooS
N '"e vi" % ~
'' ~"" "'
inc actress fep"ed snat the s0es
ana NOW 10TH ana success nave oseWn
iho'speh"eoie 10 nsr ana tnAt ne ma
ID no" OUT OK the question. Thso ~
Stranger enters nor ire Sns go ~
aray eyes hAeo on nor aeroes tss ~
"s"'s' eno sns rsoo'cs tne nNvt tnrssi
IN YEAR, ne I" ~1unS ~ me sseSs
ooor WIN nis car ana the sotress see
70 supper win MIN. In nsr daesy sss
writes next Jay
on. I'm 80 foohshiy hsvpy
don't even Know hh name - -.
dress. but / DO know oAere
him.
lie proposes. He 10 r!oh, young. had.
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Lullaby Hammered Out on an Anvil
Strikes Funny Note OF Lambs Can,bol
That Brawmy Artisan De Wolf Hopper "Obliges" and
AaoAtey Domestic Incident Is Closed In All Serious.
Ness When q Soap Box Serves Cyadle-A Fall
Ano Amy Keeps Up the Fun
Bv Charles D0yNf0n.

There's nothing Ike an occasional anna.
teur afternoon or night to make the
club us, look like roll OF honor.
But even Lambs Gamboi In the
open may be taken too seriously, and
yesterdays sportive AFFAIR certainly had
a more serious side than usual. Even
In the Wilderness" by Clay NJ. Greene,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-06-26
Collie.

Colic is the spasmodic pain that some
times occurs in one OF the abdominal or
gans; il is the ailment that in childhood
we call the stomach ache" II Is usu-
ally the result OF eating something that Is
somewhat indigestible. such as she'll
fish, pork or cheese, but II sometimes
comes from eating too much food that In
moderate quantity is perfectly whole
some. Collie from the latter cause Is
common in very small babies who testify
TO their discomfort by screaming inces-
sanity and at the same time drawing
up their legs.
The chief symptom Of simple collie
caused by an error in diet is pain. The
pain may be felt in one place. or II may
move about from one part Of the abdo-
men TO another. Pressure generally re-
lieves il little, but sometimes there Is
such tenderness that the slightest touch
cannot be borne.
Intestinal collie is not always due to
imprudent eating. Various serious dis
orders, such as gall-stones. appendicitis
and peritonitis, may give rise TO the same
symptoms. Lead collie causes severe
abdominal pain, butin this case the condi-
ton OF the patient's gums makes the d.
agnosis easy. When the pain is due to
some serious internal condition, the phy-
sician can quickly recognize the fact by
the prostration Of the patient, and by
other symptoms that he has learned TO as
sociate with acute abdominal disease.
The treatment OF ordinary collie is di-
rected TO relieving the pain and removing
the undigested food. When the pain is
very severe, II may be necessary 10 give
an anodyne, prescribed OF course bya
physician; but milder attacks usually
yield TO the application OF heat.
Very small children and babies need
the same treatment as older people-ap-
ply warmth locally, and give medicine
that will relieve the system Of the offend
ing substance at once. After ire child
has recovered, II is good plan 10 ar
range his diet very carefully, In order that
he may not become subject 10 such at
tacks.
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Only A Spot.

Before Bismarck reconstructed the map
of Europe and made united Germany,
a score of little principalities used to an
noy travellers by stopping them on the
frequently occurring frontiers until the
demands OF the custom-house were sat-
isfied.
An American once had his carriage
stopped at the border of such a princi-
pality, according to the Weekly lele-
graph. The Herr Ober Controller al
the custom-house came forward, and,
much to his indignation, was received
indifferently. The American was un-
gentlemanly enough not TO get out OF his
carriage, or even to take off his hat.
The Herr Ober-Controller sharply de-
manded the keys of the tourists trunks,
which his subordinate began to handle
roughly.
"Here, hands off !" shouted the Amer
ican. 81 didn't come from the United
States of America to be bothered by you.
Putthose trunks back. III not 60 through
you at all. I'll turn back. Pm in no
hurry, and don't care if do lose day.
You're no county-you're only a spot.
I'll 90 round you." And he did.