The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-08
VIOLET BARNEY, .lNTERVlE WED AND
 AN INTERVIEWER
Charming Actress of Cal burn Stock Players Asks Many Questions About Bridgeport and Incident ally Drops a Few Facts About Herself.
tBy Emily Ernnet-)

CBy Emily Emmet-) 1 CIote Miss Barney says that she interviewed the interviewer quite as much as the interviewer interviewed her and it must be said that her ques- tions concerning Bridgeport, its peo- pie, it's industries, the circus winter quarters and it's proximity to the Wal l ter which she loves were many and 1 interestingly
 .srhe only other thing which I have ever thought I should like to be be- sides an actress was the matron of an 1 orphan asylum where I could have about 400 little children to look after, said Miss Violet Barney as we sought a sitting room in the Hotel Stratdeld where we could have our interview un- disturbed.
 '@There seems to be a natural bond of friendship between me and all the children and all the stray dogs and cats of the netghborhood." continued this very popular member of the Cai- burn Stock company. Even on train, no matter how dirty or sticky l their hands are, I always have the i children climbing all over ne.'' l Personally Miss Barney is delightful She has a broad sense of humor which clothes practically everything that she says with original little expressions. l Her who1esomeness which is so appar- lent in her acting is paramount off stage.
 I A Ministers Daughter.
 She is the daughter of a Baptist I minister who has a large parish in Oklahoma City. The early years of her life were spent in Mobile, Ala l banna, where she lived on a stock farm and loved the great out of doors, and all that goes with it. Her favorite di- versions still are fishing and horseback riding.
 Fishing is so quiet, so still" she Isays. sT almost believe one ceases to l think when sitting there in the boat and waiting for the fish to bite.'' I That vast distance from the portals of the convent to the worldly life Of the stage. this clever young woman I with her spirited personality cleared I in one bound. Although her father Il was a Protestant minister, he believed in the convent training for his daugh- I ter and so her education was com p1eted at the Ursu1ine Convent at Mid d1etown, N. Y. She was graduated in June, nursing quite Q determined idea s to become a nun In September her uncle, James H. WaIlack, a well known
 manager, took her with 8 big show that he wos producing ito see the world a bit.
 Well, found that I liked the world and remained in 5t,'' she said.
 Going on the stage seemed but a 2 natural thing for me to do,'' continued Miss Barney. "I had been on with lily u11Cl6 WlSu was only. TWO ana a half years old. so never knew what it was to be stage struck.
 Presented Torpedo Boat.
 Miss Barney is a. great-granddaugh- ter of Commodore Josiah Barney of the U. S. Navy and because of that fact is always accorded a great wei come at Annapolis whenever she goes there. She was given the privilege of being the first woman to go up in a hydroaeroplane at the famous naval A-raT- 1z@T L fnapolis was named for her great grandfather and when it was decided to discard it, they wanted to present it to her.
 HBut what in the world would ever : do with a torpedo? ?'' laughed the ac- tress. '.Violet Barney with nine trunks and a torpedo boat would sound all right for advertising but it wouldn't do in practice.''' Just before coming to Bridgeport Miss Barney was playing with sfThe
 House of Bondage,'' which was pre- vented from showing in Pittsburgh and
 broke up just outside that city.
 Instead of preventing it from play Ing, think that play ought to be
 shown in every city and town in the
 United States. It ought particularly
 to play in the small towns for it has
 a lesson for the small town girls which
 city girls usually do not require,'s said
 Miss Barney.
 
 slave plays" I asked.
 s'I certainly do approve of them all, , lshe answered, because I think they have a lesson for every gir1'
 Loves Stock and MaeterIink.
 Miss Barney has played stock in many parts of the country.
 stI love stocIx,'t she said, and I love the constant change of parts. By Sat urday night am forgettfng the parts lof the play I'm in because I'm SC . wrapped up in the of the nex1 z 2 week. haven't stopped playing stock since left school and don'1
 intend to for some time.''
 How about the studying?" asked 2 Don't you find that burdensome. p T very seldom study replied Miss z Barney. 'tI almost never take a par 2 out of the theatre. just absorb it l' you know"
 . Outside of her regular work Mis-, "A Barney says that she spends most O her time reading Maeterlink and hel < favorite of all his essays is the one or ' ''The Value of SiIence.'' ? Although she has been in Bridgepor 2 for several weeks now she hasn' . found time to go beyond the centre O
 limited to what she sees between tn ! hotel and the theatre. : But I love the people of Bridgepor anyway even if don't know anytfinl
 of the city, she said. '-They hav 2 Iibeen so generous with their applaus q to us and so kind in every way. P seems like playing to one big famil.
 and I always feel as though I kneV
 them all and not as though they wer
 strangers
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