Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
As Miss Nesbit, Now Dancing at
the Hippodrome, and Booked
for Paris and Vienna.
BY ALAN DALE.

Special Gable to The American.
LONDON, June 2S.-It was "Hull0
Rag Time at the Hippodrome that
brought Evelyn Thaw within my
Jurisdiction, as 1t has brought many
others who I never expected to meet,
SO, with the open sesame of elusive
art as a go-between, Miss Nesbir,"
as she is programmed here, received me
without hesitancy in her rooms at the
st. James Hotel. off Piccadilly, and
our art robbed me of qualms. II was
quite early morning.
Evelyn Thaw wore a loose pelgnoire
Of a black, shiny something, slashed
at the back with yellow Her hair
was loosely fluffed out; she was de-
void of the slightest effort at make
up, her ivory white face and her I'M
Redeemed lips looking quite startlingly
natural She was a. pretty as any
picture of-herself, and though the
edge of reluctant youth may have
frayed a little, there isn't shadow Of
a doubt on the score Of Evelyn Mes
bits charm. Never in all the ladies
I have professionally met have ]
found more self possession, keener
noise and less self consciousness than
in EVELYN Thaw. She made me Won
der. She spoke easily, gracefully, re-
assuringly, without a trace Of hesita-
ton OF nervousness.
On the Spur of the Moment.
at was awfully sudden" she said,
as we sat opposite each other. i had
no idea of going back to the stage
after all these years.
How many l asked. you neeo
not answer. IL
with the first wistful smile; Il don I
mind recalling anything. Ihe last
previous time l appeared on the stage
was in 1904 in The Wild Rose.
well. on the Olympic, coming over,
mat a lot of theatrical people, among
them Lee Shubert, Martin Beck and
Albert DeCourville. They all advised
me to make the break, especially De
Courville who is manager OF the HIP
pO DE e. has Just married Shirley KEEL
,ogq nv the bye. I thought 1t over
coTef,1Iiv for l was a bit afraid, you
I,,,oyy she seemed to take it for
Granted that I knew. I did; l quite
1nderstood. IF l had made the oreak
in New York I should have been a
sfraak'" she said. "Oh, there nave
been other women who nave peeh
through trials like mine VINO Ilrs'
tried New York, and II was hopeless
So when DeCourville telegraphed me
~ paris to come at once to London
and appear I realized that 1t was up
10 me. and I went, afraid, of course
hut YOU know I'm no novice at mar
rowing experiences"
A Wild Turkey Trot.
81 was determined that nothing
should force any attention from me
70 that sort of thing" She was now
an artist before the public, and l was
me.
Il had to do a wild turkey trot with
q dancer. and he was hard to find.
had seen Jack Clifford at the Cafe
De Paris. and I remembered that he
used to dance with Irene Weston, Sc
we engaged him and rehearsed for
one week only at the irish Club, op-
posite the Hippodrome. Oh! 1t was
terrible work. He throws me around
I am tossed up in the air and l see
nv heels at an angle I never expected
to view them. And I'm an old mar
ried woman. with stiff joints.
Evelyn Nesbit laughed. So did l
She was as simple and unaffected a.
the inevitable school girl. It was i'm
possible not to Ike her. She amused
me a lot
They sneaked US on at Saturda,