The Washington times., 1915-06-19
THE BEST ."'''
Photopldy Department in
WASHINGTON
Wild Riding Cozveirl
Is Native Of the
District Of
Columbia.

As daughters Of the great out
doors. riders of fiery chargers. etc,
the girls of the effete East are be-
ginning to outdo the Wild Western
cowgirl type-in motion pictures
and In fact When one sees a wild,
harum, scarum miss In divided skirt
dashing across the screen on a gal
looping broncho one Is usually lost
in admiration OF the Western girl.
One should not get lost SO easily.
1t might be an Eastern girl. Fur
thsr than that. If one happens to
be q washingtonlan. it might be
Elsie woodward. home product
who. even II she did grow up in
Fairfax county. Virginia.
Marie Roy. who is writing a lot Of
interesting things and has recently
gone In rather strong for motion
pictures, discovered Miss Woodward
In the Lubin studio the other day
while making q call and was SO as
tonished to find out that this expert
horsewoman. former star OF Buffalo
Bills show and all that sort Of
thing. was q fellow Washingtonian,
that she wrote the Photoplay Editor
Of The Times about II. Here Is
what she wrote:
although born in Virginia, Elsie
Woodward hos spent the most of
her life. wl."u cot on the road, in
Washington, whe.s many OF her
a versatile little actres" as was
shown by the clever manner in
which she played the part of Mrs.
Dopy Smith In the big Drug Ter
ror' picture, which was recently re-
leased. This was certainly going
from one extreme to the other. be-
cause riding lickety-split on any sort
Woodward's very best stunt. On
these occasions her mount Is usually
Mr.. Lubin's big black Arabian horse,
Prince.
"'How did you learn to ride SO
we'll. Miss Woodward / asked
her.
and my grandfather before him. We
lived on a farm In Virginia when l
was quite young, and we children
had about six miles to go to school.
with the alternative OF catching a
horse and riding there, or walking
the six miles-naturally / acquired
the habit of catching a horse. The
used on the farm. SO the only ones
! was able to have were usually un-
broken. and pretty wild animals-and
then. YOU know, / was with Buffalo
Bill in his Wild West show"
Miss Woodward spoke OF being
with Buffalo Bills Wild West Show
as most girls would speak OF going
into Huyler's after a soda. but a ner-
feet Hood OF interest Immediately
surrounded her. 1t had been the
dream of my ljfo to know a woman
who mad Travelled with circus, ia
study the bont of the mind, and 10
find out. " possible. how such things
happen. :,
as the Wild West Show
oh; my. no! Sometimes ] gel
perfectly wild for the breadth of the
prairie. On euch days l usually pu,
on a pair Of khaki riding trousers
and a slouch hat and ride like mad
] live out at Betzwood all the time
but / frequently ride ten miles tc
Valley Forge. Last summer | goi
so hungry for the open. I lived in q
tent six weeks. 1t Is queer thougt
what difference dress makes ir
riding.
When / have to dress up in Eng
lish togs. as in the Sporting Duchess
/ never get the same enjoyment out
OF my ride. and I always feel like
apologizing to my horse: but when
can put on Khaki trousers and G
sweater or rough coat-then
whisper something In my horses cal
that he understands. and we have 6
perfectly delightful time together.
love thu country. That is why lik,
Washington so well. You know yot
can get out into the country from
Washington in fifteen minutes.