The Alaska citizen., 1913-06-02

has been greater fayorite than Mary Pickford. and the following. taken from an interview with her published in the Dramatic Mirror of March l9 will prove most interesting
 0 all patrons of the movies:
 We all love Mary" said the kind. ly old German doorkeeper of the Republic theater Shes so sweet. 1 remember six years ago when she played one Of the children in The Warrens of Virginia" Many actresses have passed in and out my door in those six years. but | remember heT as il it were yesterday Little But. tercup' was what used to call her She was so sweet and pretty then but not half so sweet and pretty as she is now"
 After all. that is the secret of Mary pickford's success It is her per Sonality-a personality Of tenderness md sweetness. There was an appeal. I sympathy about her playing in pho
 oplays which made her pre-eminent among film actresses. Her varying moods were defected in the pathos or the lurking gleam of mischief which flashed from her eyes The way her golden hair caught the sunshine and the piquant pout of her lips were urforgettable But. above all. there vas personality that grippe, the heart.
 Strangely. as the blind Juliet ir the wondorous fairly spectacle. "A Good Little Devil" it is her voice silvery and vibrant. which moves us Tie pathos of her perfect creation of he little sightless girl. waiting ir her magic garden for the little friend of all the world" 10 return 10 her is marvelously touching Her Srea' eyes seem to see nothing: her play ing is simple and moving. and her voice plays upon our heartstrincs Again. her personality weaves 2 spell of it's own-just as in the old days it reached out from the screens of a million picture theaters in every land on the globe.
 As the interviewer saw it. MiS- Pickford's dressing room wasn't bi' like that of the typical footli"hf favorte It was more like q quie' little room al home. for Mrs Char lotte Pickford. her mother. and I.cttif Pickford, her sister. also until re gently well known in pictures. IT turn introduced. sat with the little star. The sister admitted she might possibly return to photoplavs. h moment later young man appeared Tt the dressing-room door. Heres brother Jack" said Miss Pickford Hes in pictures. too Like Miss Pickford. he is a splendid rider. II is truly theatrical family, for Mrs Pickford herself was twelve years on the stage, including three seasons with Chauncey Olcott. Mary won't let me act any more. admitted her mother. Like her daughter. Mrs Pickford has charming personality It is plain that Mary decides every thing for the family. What l came up 10 find out" demanded Jack, "is what kind of evening cloths I'm going to get" And Mary decided everything to the color of the vest within a few moments. T think said Mary. and that settled it. While am under three-yea. contract with MT. Belasco." begar Miss Pickford. T may return to the pictures for ten weeks next summer have number of offers. Then again. I have always longed to go abroad There is a vaudeville possi- bility, too. T don't really know just what shall do.
 II love the pictures and I love the stage. There is a monotony about playing the same role night after night; but it is hard. too, to play out under the hot, Western sun in the desert. Many times, after days playing for the pictures. l returned at sunset, too exhausted to touch a bit of food. But l honestly love pie lures. and they will never lose their place in my heart. Why. nights I dream of starting for California The excitement and the ever-chansine scenes hold a lure over you just can't keep away from the picture theaters On Sunday nights I go in spite of mother. and other days l catch myself studying the film posters as I pass by" Miss Pickford admitt ed an admiration for Edith Storey. that she is a Mary Fuller fan. and that she thinks Alice Joyce 50 very beautiful-she never makes false move"
 T love it all." sighed Miss Pick, ford; but I don't want to be star. like. best of all. when I am |?