The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-23
Mime. Nazin1ova, Famous
 Actress, 35 To-day 3 Native of Crifnea.

crixnea. the scene ofl the European war Of IS S54s when Eng1and. France and Turkey coznbtned against Russiays was the birthplace thirt five years of modern actresses. Mime. AIIa Ma zlrnova- It was in the little village of alta, on the bleak and barren shores of the Black Sea. that A Ila Nazinoff ito give her her true Russian nan1sl first saw the light. Her chiIdhood. svaa spent in Geneva s;sF itzerland. where she received her early ed4ca- ticn and learned to play the violin. AtAthe age of twelve she returned to Russis and if was In her nat five vi H. lage that she made her first public Eappeaxance as $ yfolfnist.
 While in fswf wftzerland the girl had e1ed Hr ench and ezerrna and upon xst urnsilg to her native land she soon became prof1cient tn the RMssfans tongue, At thirteen she entered the, cozaBer vatoire at odessa tp ta l<e uI. the study of the violin. She had greet natural ability as 2. violin nist and might have become farnous as a rnu sician had s11e adhered to her early ambi tion At Odessa she soon a eter- mined to become an actress, and took up the dramatic course which she com pleted In ttree years, winning tIael gold medal and. what was of greater worth the praise and approval Of StanAslonsky the celebrated Russian stage diseptor.
 She was only saventeen when she company at Kostrorna. in northern Rusafa. and 6liri ney her first season on the stage she played nearly O6 dfffer-s ent star roles in oductions ranging from the heaytest ragedy to the frothiest musical comedy. It was hard work but excellent training For several years she continued to play In stock at Karson, in southern Rnssiasl and Wilma, PoIands and in 1908 she made her first netropoIitan appear ance Tn St. P etersb Tn the Rus~ sian capital she played Can1& lIe zAzas TrtI0y, Hedda Gabler. and ether stel- lar parts. and with such success that she was haiIed ny the critics as one or the gre6test of Russian acfresses
 Except for her devotion to principIe' Mime. Naximova might never have been known outside of Russia Ten years ago she planned to produce in St. Petersburg play entitled The Chosen Peopaas but the racial views it expT essed were objectiouabIe to tfae censors of the Czars government With Paul Orleneff disting gufshed Russian actor Mime. Nazimoy went to Berlin to produce the play. The beautfful actress was the sensation or the German capital, and she m ct with such success that she was engaged for Lon don season, a uring which shas REOO0G5Q "A 9L s014 y EAt5 SSL1GSS n E,6O-e pIe.s' but also several realistic plays by Russian authors.
 Following her success in London, Mnne- NazIznova was induced to visit New York Her success in the American metropolis was even great CT than she had achieved in London. Tn May Of 1906 she contracted to play .Hedda GAbler'' in English at a New 6rk playhouse the following Novem ber When she entered into the contract hersstock of English was limited to dozen words. but by No- vern Der she poke the Iangnase with greater precision and nuency than most Amer jeans and EngIishmen.
 Since then Mme. Nazimova has scored one triumph after another, and has won wide popularity throughout America The eminent actress will celebrate her birthday in Europe. Off the stage she is Mrs Charles E Bryant. She spends the Sum Tner vacations at a beautiful lit tie coetage In the south of Hsn gland