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.
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Special Gable to The American.

Special Gable to The American.
LONDON, June 2S.-It was "HullO,
Rag-Time,' at the lHippodrome that
brought Evelyn ThaW within my
jurisdiction, as it has brought many
others who / never expected to meet.
So, with the open sesame Of elusive
art as a 60 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. 1t 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
I'D. her ivory white face and her un-
Redeemed lips looking quite startlingly
natural. She was as pretty as any
picture of-herself, and though the
edge of reluctant youth may have
frayed a little, there isn't a shadow of
a doubt on the score Of Evelyn Mes
bits charm. Never in all the ladies
I have professionally met have ]
found more selfApossessiOn, a keener
noise and less elf-COnsCiousness than
in Evelyn Thaw. She made me Won
der She spoke easily. gracefully, re-
assuringly, without a trace of hesita-
ton or nervousness
On the Spur of the Moment.
of was awfully sudden" she said,
a we sat opposite each other. Il had
no idea of going back to the stage
after all these years
NO oh III I'm not like that" she said,
with the first wistfuI smile; Il don't
mind recalling anything. The last
previous time I appeared on the stage
was in 1904 in The Wild Rose
well. on the Olympic, coming over
met a lot Of theatrical people, among
them Lee Shubert, Martin Beck IAN, ahG
Albert DeCourville. They all ADVISED
me 10 make the break, especially De
C,ourviIle who is manager OF the Hip
po he O. has Just married Shirley KEEL
log nv the bye. I thought 1t over
caTefuliy. for I was a bit AFRAID, you
l-I7oy" She seemed to take it for
Granted that I knew. l did; / quite
Understood. IF | had made the DreaK
in New York I should have been
freak" she said. ION, there nave
baen other women who nave peeh
through trials like mine VINO ilrs'
tried New York, and II was hopeless -.
60 when DeCourville teIegraphed me
~ paris to come at once to London
and appear | realized that it was up
10 me, and I went, afraid, Of course
but YOU know I'm no novice at mar
rowing experiences,
A Wild Turkey Trot.
q was determined that nothing
should force any attention from me
10 that sort of thing" She was now
an artist before the public, and ! 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, so
we engaged him and rehearsed for
one week only at the Irish Club, OPP
posite the Hippodrome. Oh! it was
terrible work. He throws me around
! am tossed up in the air and I see
nv heels at an angle l never expected
to view them. And I'm an old mar
ried woman. with stiff joints"
Evelyn Nesbit laughed. So did J.
She was as simple and unaffected as
the inevitab BILE school girl. 1t was i'm
possible not to like her. she amused
me a lot
They sueaked us on at Saturday