Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-21
DOROTHY RIEGEL
Christmas for the Actress

THE girl who works really has the best
time of It," said Miss Dorothy Rlegel, who
takes the part of the telephone girl In
cute little vaudeville sketch, " but all the
same, when Christmas time comes around
you do feel a little bit homesick if you
are on the road ard away from all your
friends!
II won't forget last Christmas and the
way we spent II! We were playing out in
Syracuse and the weather was appalling.
There was real snowstorm, and although
that sounds Just like what Christmas
should be, 1t was very miserable and cold
in reality. 1 felt so horribly blue in the
hotel where We all were staying that
decided to go straight to bed at Z In the
evening. Just then q little soubrette in
the compnay-she was very young and a
Hungarian-rushed in and said that she
had asked the management to give us a
party and they had consented to do so.
"Our sitting room-there were about
10 of us together-was being gaily dec
GRATED with cedar and wreaths of ever
greens. and n little Christmas tree was
lueged in candles tied to It, and then we
sent one of the men in the company out
to buy mlstletoe.
When he returned we lit the candles
and started in to be festive. But guess
what happened? Suddenly / felt SO blue
that in spite of everything the manage
ment was doing for us, burst out crying,
deed, we all cried together, men and girls.
You never did hear such a sobbing and
a signing 1 can laugh at 1t now, but
we were all as melancholy as possible
then. However, after about 10 minutes
the atmosphere cleared, and the sun fig
uratively came out for good We all
cheered UP, and ended by getting quite
festive over the feast"
Don't you find 1t rather hard to be
away from your home so much?"
II do miss my home and husband r.
bit, I must confess. Yes. / am married
and very hAppy-Im like q sailor. you
know--when 1 get back to my home it's
a new honeymoon every time 1t doesn't
do for the girl who works to have her
husband working along, with her IN the
same company. Lots OF my friends do
that, but. on dearl Whenever the couple
has a little scrap-as will happen with
the best regulated couples-why, their
work is affected. No. don't want to tour
around with a husband, for you can't
combine domestic life and stage life sat
isfactorily."
what do you think OF the stage as
a profession for the girl who works?"
"Why. it's excellent. but she must work
most awfully hard IL she's to get any
where at ALI To get your personality
across the footlights is the great thing.
Actual good looks are not nearly so inn
portant as personal magnetism. You've
just Hot " AiaNS yVuE auuiShSo ASeA that
they like you. Good looks alone won't
achieve this. but magnetism will No,
you can't define II. and you can't ac-
quire Il; it's just born in you or II isn't"
Are you going home for Christmas
this Year,"
Indeed I ami No more Christmases
away from home for me- thanks! I'm
going to have a real little Christmas tree
and a real party in my own home In
New York for once. Christmas ought TO
be spent at home. among your own peo-
pie. You do feel blue among strangers
at that time don't you think so? For
you keep thinking Of all the old Christ
masses past and gone till you long just to
fiy home right away. So I'm going this
time. and l hope everybody will have as
merry a Christmas as I intend to havel"