Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-21

Il want TO work. | have the right
to work and no one shall stop me.
am on the stage and l shall remain
on The stage. The 'stress or thc
woman might he driven out But let
the people who say and write nasty
things about me Know that they are
hghting mother And a mother
doesn't give way one inch!"
That is the reply Evelyn Thaw
makes in a letter to The Georgian TO
those critics who have opposed her
appearance in February at the At
lanta Theater.
IF the god women don't want to
see me ON the stage, Mrs. Thaw
writes bitingly, they may guarantee
me the salary / am earning to nuy
food and clothes and education for
my boy. I didn't go before the foot
lights until ! positively couldn ten
where our next meal was coming
from. But now I've made my sue
cess, and | won't give II up. II | dld
| wouldn't deserve 1t. And it's un-
fair TO say that | am capitallzing my
personal notoriety. IT | had cared TO
do that | would have earned $500 in
one week, after the second 1haW
trial lust to stand up and be made "A
show Of! | never have consented TO
such a thing and | never will.
No More Money From Thaws.
81 have ben asked what is the real
story Of my deciding to go on the
stage? | have not received one cent
of money from the Thaw family since
wear ago last June" she declared.
And | have two to support, W hen
I went abroad the last time | was at
the end of my resources. ON board
the boat | met the man who arranged
for my English debut. | rehearSed
only five days. Then the first time
went on absolutely anonymously
might have been Sarah Smith or Mag
gle Jones. for anything the audience
knew TO the contrary. | was simply
given a try out, like any other an
known performer.
"'rhey liked me. When | came of
the stage my manager said. What
did | tell YOU? Now, you do some
more studying and your future Is
safe After that | was billed as
EVELYN Nesbit. ! didn't even use 'hc
name TO which | was entitled. Does
that look as if ! were trying to relS
ON my past history? But my dsncins
pleased the public and resulted In a
| London engagement Of six weeks, in
stead of the ordinary week or Tort
night
AFTER that I planned to tour Eu-
rope, didn't want to appear in Amer
| lea. | didn't want ever 70 see Amer
lea again. When the offer came
was against II and desired 20 refuse
| It. But ! was overpersuaded ana
so came And then, after all. | was
getting along all right when this
| dreadful escape came,
why Blame Me2" She Asks.
"To hear them talk, YOU would
think | had planned it all, How m
the would could 7 help 1T WHY
should the responsibility be shifted
on me? Since the first day or two
have even refused to talk about 1t to
the reporters. | am tired and angry
and terrified. and yet they attempt
| to unload Il all on me.
I'm used to being blamed for ov-
erythiuE, and goodness knows there
are enough things for which TO blame
me- I'm not forgetting any or The
| times when I've gone wrong. But II
Is perfectly idiotic 10 Scold me foI
what ! haven't done.
"Mv critics say that YOU should
have picked out less conspiCuou
means Of livelihood But ! hay,
always had natural talent for dane
ing. | was devoted to u. And tus'
now every body's crazy about dances
! think Il would have been foolish =.
! NEGLECT "A talent and instead take q