El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-04
A Fall on The Stage Makes
a Reputation For a
Young Actress.
n 7 EW YORK. April 4-This is to

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~ be a story of how a certain
young actress literally tumbIed
into fame Why is it only young
actresses become suddenly famous? We
never hear of an elderly woman sud
denly blOssoming forth as a star, dc
We?
Anyway, we shall call Miss AIaude
Eburue young am not very good
at guessing the ages OF women, espe-
clalIy stage women MISS EDurne con-
fesses TO having spent 13 years on the
stage and she was old enough to defy
her parents when she left the old fam
lily home near Toronto and went TO
Buffalo, so [ can safely put her age at
between 3d. to quote broadway
phrase.
So far. I haven't told you who miss
Eburne is. To begin with, she is a
very modest woman, entirely unaf-
fccted and really human, which is say
ing great deal if one knows stage
people. Miss Eburne became the talk
of the New York theatrical world after
the first performance Of a Pair OF
Skies the new Edward Peple farce at
the LOngaCre.
In the play Miss Eburne pOrtrays
the part Of Goddess" a COckney
slavey, making love to a butler. She
has made the part delicioUsly funny, yet
II IS doubtful that she would have be-
come really famous but for an acct
dent This is where the 'tumblinE
into fame comes in. While going
through a dress rehearsal of the last
act q few nights before the first pre-
sentatiOn of the piece, Miss Eburne and
Fritz Williams were talking about elm
mating line or two which seemed to
lack the necessary essentials for get
ting over the fOOtHghts. Miss Eburne
suggested that it would be rather fun
ny to fall sQuarely on her back when
the ideal Of Goddess dreams tells ner
InaL she VIII always remain maiden.
This was done, and Mr.. FraZee. the pro-
Queer, who was out in the front of the
house actually laughed. Miss Eburne
hue" lIHlAe uItleiy lnaL sne mad created
a really funny bit Of business" Any
thing that will make Harry Frazee
laugh must be more than funny So the
1aIl was kept in. The newspapers the
next morning gave much space to that
tumble and Miss Eburne awOke to read
that she was the hit Of the show.
Frantic reviewers searched the pages
OF theatrical history to find out in
what productions Miss Eburne had
previously appeared They discovered
no mention Of her name. Then they
telephone to Frazee's office. There
they learned that Miss Eburne had been
engaged for the part by Mr.. Peple,
who had seen her play in the piece
when tried out by a stock company in
Rochester a few weeks ago; No, they
didn't know anything about Miss
Eburne's past. didn't even know -thF>fr
she had a past Various city CdltOrs
snelled a good story and sent report
Eburne- The poor girl has been busy
handing out interviews ever since.
A Story of Hnrd Work.
The story Of how this clever woman
came to her present position in the the
atrical world is the old, old one of
hard work
Thirteen years ago she left the farm.
near Toronto, and went to Buffalo. She
had never been on the stage before
but had done limitations and played
IN amateur productions around home.
She secured a position in a stock com
pany in Buffalo. Then followed other
engagements in various companies Of
this character in different parts of the
country. All her theatrical career, with
the exception Of the last few weeks,
has been spent in stock work
Neither fame nor fortune had smiled
on Miss Eburne and she had firmly re-
solved to go back TO that little old
Canadian farm and there end her days.
She seemed rank failure. Then came
her appearance in the tryout of the Pc
pie farce. Mr.. Peple engaged her for
the New York production Of the piece
rest I have already told?
There is only one blot on her happi-
ness at present and that is that the
manage may refuse to give her any but
slavey parts from now on. She doesn't
want to continue playing the slavey,
but she does like character parts She
says she can play an old woman better
than any other role. I hope the man