The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-30

receive dozens Of letters asking
me why l have 30 many animals In
my pictures and II l am very fond
of them.
Indeed I am fond of them, and they
are often very important factors In
the moving picture world, for there
are few actors or actresses quite as
natural as dogs or cats. For silent
comedy or drama what Is more ex-
pressive than a sad-eyed pup or
basket Of scrawny kittens loved and
cared for by poor little half-starved
girl or boy?
was playing little street urchin
In q picture, several years ago, and
our exteriors were taken in the tene-
mont district. The children docked
around and mobbed us when the cam
era was set up. Then as soon as
they saw our painted faces they all
shouted at tho top of their lungs.
I'VE know what you are-you're from
the movies!" It took brides of many
pennies to keep them from dancing
around us like lot of wild indians,
but soon the novelty wore off and an
organ grinders monkey proved more
entertainment than did we. So away
they ran.
A Foriorn Canine.
Only one little boy was left, and as
I looked at him thought him a pic
ture OF the most forlorn. abject mis-
cry / had ever seen. He was little,
hungry and covered with the dirt OF
the streets, and Rugged close to him
was his dog. l had seen drawings OF
NANCY pups which had just wrung
my heart, but there was no pen-and-
ink sketch to do justice to this little
yellow, long-eared, bowlegged puppy.
The part I was playing might have
been just such a girl as I imagined
this little boys sister to be. and as
I was looking for color" borrowed
his dog.
A Brilliant Success.
II ever had to be jealous of the
success of fellow-actress or actor l
was justified in the case of this long
cared pup. who stole the laurels OF
the picture Every time he came upon
the screen burst Of merriment- greet
ed HID entrance, every time he raised
ence saucily out of his big, sad eyes.
q murmur of sympathetic tenderness,
which sounded very much like "Ooh.
isn't he cute?" arose from the crowded
house. In one scene he had climbed
up in my lap and when my attention
had been distracted he shot his long
tongue out and licked me across the
face. OF course, made an awful
grimace and scolded him for his i'm
pudence, but the more I scolded the
faster his tail wagged until the audi
ence was In an uproar OF laughter.
In "Tess Of the Storm Country" I
loved my white rabbit quite as much
as Tess did. and in rags" the goat
and I became great friends In spite
Of the rambunctious way he persisted
in tossing me over his head.
There was my horse in Ramona"
and in almost every picture l have
had my little pets. Just before we
started the Girl Of Yesterday" I was
given a powder puff OF dog. He was
SO tiny could almost cover him
with the palms Of my hands, so cum
ning, so fluffy and white. We decided
to use him in the picture and he made
his debut as a trooper. 1t so happened
that over the taking of the picture
there were nineteen days of bad
weather which kept us from working,
SO we were at least six or seven weeks
on it altogether. Each day l took the
puppy to the studio and each day the
director tore his hair and swore we
would have to find some scientific
remedy for stunning his growth-that
that pup grew and grew until by the
end of the picture he was four times
the size that he was in the beginning.
As our exteriors are taken at one time
and our interior sets at another, you
would see the puppy walking into the
house the size of miniature white
spaniel and once inside. he had grown
almost to a swagger SPITE! If the
picture hadn't finished in time l am
sure he would have measured up with
Russian wolf hound. After this at
our studio no growing puppies need
apply!
Answers to Correspondents.
G. NJ. Med, Portland. Ore.,-Dont
you think you are little unkind to