The Washington times., 1914-07-09
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/ delie ht on M dry!
Pickford Through
Comment on
Her Mail

NJ : not penetrated ana every WHICH q
II - moving picture is known the
name Of Mary Pickford is also
known. Consequently it Is not u1-
reasonable to suppose that Mary
| IiCkford receives a vast quantity or
TnaiLbecause that is the only way
l. which most Of the people who see
hsr sc constantly on the screen have
q chance to get in personal touch
" ith her Miss Pickford cannot pos
sfbly answer all the letters she re-
! ceives In fact she makes no at
tempt to do so. 1t is said she re-
celves more mail daily than any
other moving picture actress-and
al of them get a lot. Some of the
letters are very amusing. some OF
/ them are sad and quite a number of
thcm are filed with the most full
sc ne compliments. The letters come
From every corner Of the world and
frnnt every conceivable sort of per-
son. Young men and young women,
| children and old people-an Of them
| rrm the self appointed corps of
, respondents who keep Miss Pick
| ford informed as to their personal
| opinion of her work.
The matter Of Miss Pickford's mail
| I7cently came in for some little at
| ntion from George Blaisdell. who
/ h written many other entertaining
ard Interesting things for the Nov
Ing Picture World. Mr.. Blaisdell
made a trip to the studio where
/ Miss Pickford Is now spending most
OF her time and he fell victim to her
charms-for she is said to be quite
! rs charming personally as she is as
IN actress.
We had gone TO the studio by
Upointment for A chat with Miss
= ckford.' states Mr.. Blaisdell. She
i is all you see on the screen. multi
7 ed many times. Simple in manner
g. a child: wholesome, unspoiled,
s. wing just the thing that comes
fist TO her lips and never hesitat-
/ ing a second or giving evidence of
sry internal effort TO utter some
great wisdom: absolutely conterted
/ with being Mary Pickford the wo-
man. sincerely unable TO comprehend
| why anything she has done should
h. the occasion for anyone to make
.uss about
Yes said Miss Pickford, in an
sEer 10 question. Il get quite a
lot Of letters Just wait a moment,
If you WILL have some that have
come TO me in the last few months. -
When the little actress returned
. from her quest she carried a recep-
tacle containing hundreds Of mis-
slvss. -as-
'.How many of these do / get in a
| Mary, my record is sixty-three.
| " hich / think is quite enough. don't t
yru? OF course, when i have been
| sveline there are accumuiatioris.
/ Here's the kind of letter that es-
|peCially appeals to me-" The hand
" ~iting was of child-a very young
fsvorite actress" II said. There
vas another from a little girl in Bal
unore. Identifying herself by re-
Finding Miss Pickford of the day in
~ Oriole City, where - Good
l-I'tle Devil'' was then playing, when
t. actress taxicab was held up by
- crowd awaiting her, and the
I'D planted a kiss on her face as
-" leaned out of the window. I
Z 70 SO sorry to hear you were sick
he hospital writes another little
ID. What side did you have your
kE Ep7endicit!s on, because my left side
Fls hurting me-
member pictures. pictures / had
| .nrgotten myself" said Miss Pick
4 referring to q note in which
p 'erence was made TO Biograph
vs, when she played with Florence
la wrenCe and Billy Quirk in Sweet
ID Twenty Here's one from a
nd in san Francisco. referring to
Hearts Adrift:" Your work was
i-selv and the ocean beautiful"
~ no will eeinsay that? From a
p ore mature admirer came the ad-
&c: Take care of your upper lip.
/ J. is your fortune" From Denver
= ne compliment greater perhaps
cung does not seem like acting" il
ssld- Il enjoy your work says
other correspondent similarly i'm
p essed. 7 won't call II acting be-
Use it is not acting"
Many of the letters inclosed
amps for photographs. Really"
aid the actress, Il must get busy
'. en- II plies up on me. but find
many things TO do. / am told |
Uuld not answer these letters. es-
tally the ones that ask for money.
some are pathetic. | know I
ed 10 dream of some millionaire
ming along and leaving me a lot
money. and sympathize-but
eHloy reading letters from my
lends. sat Up in bed the other
ssAt from Y to going over ac-
Imulated messages. You know. IL
get discouraged and think l will
ave pictures or do something like
0at ! get out and go through
inch Of mail. Then / feel better
Many women send me pictures Of
lelr babies: some of them express
- hope that / am fond Of little
IS. Really. l am crazy about ba-
Z ss"
Do I get letters from girls anx-
= Us 70 Join picture compsn nies? Yes,
81, ALL -.
81 TO Leave home. II there is a
-rud.o in their own town and their
rgotEer accompanies them. il is all
9hU j really think If a girl can
ave her mother with her she ought
Miss Ptckford returned 10 her let
RS. Her face became grave as she
-ad a note in a childish hand Il
member you every night in my
ayers" was the simple but elo-
.ent message. Who wouldn't be
Apply 70 get a letter IKE that?" she
i'd. Then there was a message in
chirosraphy Of an elderly wom-
g. My husband says sometimes.
wonder IL there will be a picture
"t my little girl tonight " Il ran.
He always calls you his little girl"
How about offers of marriage?"
Miss Pickford laughed outright.
Yes, ! get q few" she admitted.
mere weE a@boy In England who
r~emed verv much in love. He as
sGred me he would be eighteen years
in nine months. Then there was
man in Vancouver who was anx-
lous TO know what | did with my
rooney. He told me he was a re-
hEious man. that he sang in TIE
choir, end that he would marry me
sId would make a good husband.
But these letters are very few"
il has been several years now that
We have known Of Little Mary by
11at name. The origin of the Ap-
Hllation Mics Pickford ascribes to
/ I ~ fsllnAU. nlaNera in the Rinzr. nh