Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-21
Miss Primrose Semon LoUes
Parts Calling for Dancing
Soubrette of Orpheum Must
cal Comedy Co. Says She's
Happiest When Working.
By L. II. BEssELL.


How much of the great humanity,
and especially that humanity which
has to labor six days a week to shoe
'brer WOLF away from crossing the
| threshold of life would do an excep-
| tioually hard and tiresome days work
and then smilingly announce that it
was great? 1t is pretty certain that
| they would be in the minority.
In this minority, 50 to speak, is
/ little Miss Primrose Semon, soubrette
of the musical comedy stock company
now playing a summers engagement
at the Orpheum Theatre Miss SemOn
| finds nothing but pleasure in her
| work and the work demands that the
| little soubrette never keep still an
| instant, also that she smile con-
stantly. This part is no work what
| ever to her FOR her perpetual smile
| is Il part of her To see her without
smile is SO rare that instant worri-
ment is born in the ranks of the en-
| tire company for fear that the popu-
! lar member is i'll.
| Miss Semon sees only in her con-
slant activity the greatest enjoy
ment of life and will tell you that
energy and go are as necessary to her
! life as foods upon which mankind
| subsists
| Parts without vim in them are
among the things dreaded by the girl
who is fast becoming a popular
favorite among theatregoers of this
city.
When I speak of Miss Semon as
| girl | am but telling the truth for
she has just passed her teens and is
! therefore girl still.
Miss Semon is vehement when
| speaking about parts calling for con-
| tinual racing around and action, and
| says she feels absolutely lost when
| asked to play a character of which
the chief feature is to look nice" and
act like real lady"
The little soubrette's talents are not
entirely of Theatrical bend, for
when ] made my way through a
| maze of scenery to her dressing room
| found her very busily engaged
shaping and trimming a hat for a
! future show. While we sat and talked
the raw product" figuratively speak
ing, became transformed into a mil
linery creation of the very latest
style and [ have learned another les
son of the versatility of actresses.
| Possessed with the idea that re-
| hearsals were always an unwelcome
necessity l ventured to breach the
| subject to Miss Semon She an
nounced that to her rehearsals were
real fun and more on the order of
a jolly gathering than work.
The continual study, the little SOU
brette acknowledged, is not always
the pleasantest and oftimes interferes
with some other planned amusement,
| but then she pointed out that it is
| absolutely necessary that we have
some bitter with the sweets.
Dancing, that is stage dancing, is
| another favorite with Miss Semon
| She confessed that it was somewhat
| hard in the summer, but quickly fol-
lowed up this statement with one in
which she asserted that she was
| never happier than when working
| hard, and especially if she had a lot
| of dancing to do.
DO you know what I love to do?"
| asked tho little soubrette.
| I confessed that l was in ignorance
of what was her favorite part or pas
time, whichever it might be.
| 81 just love to play child parts,'
was the quick and enthusiastic reply.
| You know when l first started my
| theatrical career almost sixteen years
ago l played little Eva in Uncle
i Toms Cabin.
off the stage Miss Semon is just as