The Washington times., 1915-12-27
PHOTOPLAYS AND.
PHOTOPLA YERS
Ru GARDNER MACK
Jimmy Cruces Merry
Christmas Cost Him
The Sum of Thirty
Dollars.
BY GARDNER MACK.

Motion pictures being one. Of the
developments of modern ecience. it is
but natural that the people who are
connected with the motion picture
industry should make use Of all the
most modern scientific appliances
and discoveries when 1T is to, their
pleasure or profit to do so.
However. Marguerite Snow received
a bit of a Christmas present Satur-
day In New York that Is still causing
her to have a dizzy feeling. Wash
ington has about as close an interest
in Miss Shows career as in that OF
any other motion picture star, for
the reason that she went from the
post of leading woman of a stock
company at the Belasco Theater. in
this city. to become a motion picture
sta And she was very popular
leading woman here, too.
Likewise. Washington takes some
thing of an interest in James Cruze,
another motion picture star, princi-
pally because he Is the husband of
Miss Snow. but also because he has
many other Nkeable qualities. Cruze
is at present tNattached to the l4asky
Miss Snow is with the Metro COM
pany's New York acting force. These
two facts must be kept in mind To
get the point Of the story.
Saturday morning Miss Snow was
awakened rather late by the violent
ringing of the phone in her apart
ment. She was told she was wanted
by long distance telephone. When
she asked who wanted her the oper-
ator told her her husband wished to
speak to her. Miss Snow laughed
and thought someone was playing a
mistakable tones Of Jimmy Cruces
voice came over the wire. Miss
Snow was startled. She asked him
where he was talking from. He told
her from the studio in Los Angeles!
And he said he wanted to wish her
and the baby the merriest Christmas
OF their lives and exchange q few
words with her even II they were
three thousand miles apart! That
was all the conversation that gas
exchanged between them, but Miss
Snow ascertained from the telephone
company that her message was ac-
tually from Los Angeles and that
the two-minute talk had cost her
husband just $50.
Bessie Barriscale's holiday has been
largely taken up in entertaining her
friends. There has been open house.
and Miss Bessie says she never. had
so many old-time professional callers
before in her life. In the course of
her speaking stage career she made
numerous friends. and there are so
many of them in pictures now. How
ard Hickman says their home is more
like green room than anything else,
They both like 1t, however.
Edna Maison has worked under more
directors than any other leading lady.
She was recently playing with
Henry Otto's direction. but he has
taken a holiday. Her services are
always in demand. and whenever she
Is available there are half a dozen OF
the other directors bidding for her
Her dressing room is like a dress.
makers these days. for with the heir
of her sister and one or two other girls
she is dressing a number of dolls fol
her little artist friends for Xmas.
Grace Cunard has had to put on ar
extra girl to help her get caught VI
with her correspondence and send of
photographs. She has been behind
hama ever since she dared to take g
holiday. Miss Cunard really has al
enormous mail to cope with. and II Il
quite a problem at times. Moreover
it entails much expense as we'll a;
work, for she never neElects anyone
who writes to her.