New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24
TYR knowledge OF mytholoI


-, was one who personified the sheer
=, living. But whatever may have
-, IN. state Of the ancient Hellenes In
,,roct,on modern New York is more
fortunate
n they had one we have a much more
.Sa-,,,,nr example than anything in the
p-ox,tiles school OF models.
codaesses who were wont TO play
.-0,rs the ambrosially irrigated heights
:, Mount Olympus were rather distant
..rsonages II chap wished to see one
:, ,hem he had to call at the mountain.
"a then. likely as not. be told that she
- ont after sending up his card. Fortu-
o,o,v times have changed. and our 1914
soSdcss OF happiness can be viewed at
s,,arods OF moving picture theatres. All
., This preamble having direct reference
- Anita stewart, you may have deduced
,ho, she is regular person. She is.
MICS stewart is one Of the reasons for
,Ao ,onuIarity OF Vitagraph pictures. Just
,ow she can be seen at that companys
,hoa,re in wife Wanted" although this
,,Ic,ure does not show her at her best.
7, was under rather unusual circum-
stances that We had the pleasure of talk
nth Miss Stewart. She is acting in a
r,cture which calls for scenes taken in a
,hsstre and having the use OF the Vita
graph Theatre the company is utilizing II
,or the occasion So we went there one
morning and in the dim and dusky
shades OF the empty foyer were duly Pre-
ssnted by the house manager, after which
ue sat in orc Of the back rows discussing
matters in general.
well" we remarked. first of all it
seems necessary TO say that you are very
pleasing in your pictures. but that they do
not half do you justice
This comment had the advantage of
icing a good beginning, as well as abso-
lutely truthful. For Miss Stewart is an
unusual picture actress in this respect
On the screen she is pretty, and also has
a strong personality, but in real life she
Is stu more attractive. and her personal
fly Is seen 10 still better advantage There
are film players who appear as striking
as Miss Stewart on the screen. but off
from il are decidedly uninteresting.
Thank you so much for those kind
Words laughed Anita. Now that you
have relieved your mind that way. what
can tell you?'
.Whv. about yourself, of course" we
answered
Miss Stewart paused TO wave her hand
kerchief at a few members of the com
psny who were strolling about the stage.
Il fear It's a dull subject she smiled
.but I'll Re as concise as possible. / was
born on February II, 1895, in Brooklyn.
T.
Just q minute we interrupted Diu
you say Brooklyn
81 certainly did; and don't you say any
thing mean about it. either
Not now" we answered.
.Btt TO 20 on. have lived in the afore-
said Brooklyn all my life. l went to
public school ana later to Erasmus Han
High School. At high school l spent
much time studying music. both vocal
and piano, and believe me, l thought
was cut out for a Paderewski ana a
Geraldine Farrar in one. AS matter oil
fact I'm lust crazy about music now'
but YOU can specialize in but one thing
and do II well. So I'm trying to learn
all there is to know about motion picture
From what I've seen OF them picture
PLAYERS generally have much more
regular and satisfactory income imam
musicians" we commented.
You're sure right about that laughed
the Youthful actress, and what more
they deserve just as much consideration
rs artists. We are expressing human
emotions and thoughts just as much as
musicians. but in a different medium
Yes, yes; you are right we assehteu'
"but where. when. how and why did you
commence your artistic career
ITO tell the truth, ! started when l
was in high school. An artist got me
10 pose for some photographs Tor caIeh-
dars So my face was shortly seen sur
rounded by advertisements OF various
preparations. from cod liver oil to taking
machines. IL was a mighty prosalc pe-
ginning as YOU can see. The way nap
pened into motion pictures is quite SIM
rIe II seems to run in the family. My
sister married Ralph lnce, one OF the
rrincinal directors and actors at the VITA
rraph studios. and he got me chance 10
do extra work for about SIX months uA'''
] could become fixture So, you see'
I have never been in any other company
and I've never been on the legitimate
stage | know I'd be frightened to death
If ever had TO appear before regular
audience"
"A very clear statement" we deciareu'
"You certainly would make a good VII
ness But I've another question: "ha'
&c vopr fayorite recreation and what is
your favorte work?
"Nlv favorite recreation came the
answer. 'is living and my favorlte WORN
is tragedy
What's that you said?' we sasped'
Miss Stewart repeated her extraor-
binary assertion and went on to snow
that II is literally true. AS we remarked
81 the beginning. she is filed win the
iov OF living. AS she expresses IT, any
.binp that's good looks good TO me,
mitch nv the way, wouldn't be bad
ref,oin for one of these strangely popu-
lar songs. The result is that she is puo-
Hing over with good humOr and happi-
moss ALL the time and living certainly IN
ho, recreation on the other HAND. she
has a strange enjoyment of tragic stories,
and much prefers TO act in one rather
than a comedy. We suspect that she
derives some odd sort of amusement out
OF her apparent distress In such scenes
hut this she vigorously denies.
A fine example of the pretty Anita $
s-.-.., 10 opa form of music was