Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-10-13

Over a package of cough drops
Irene Fenwiek and 1 exchanged
symptoms and suggested remedies
for colds yesterday afternoon in her
dressing room at the Shubert Thea
Ter. while Miss Tenwick's maid, at
hve-n1inute intervals, reminded the
leading lady of the Song of Songs
that she mustn't talk too much, or
her throat would be too badly strained
TO go on at the evening performance.
The amount of vivacity which Miss
Fenwicl1 had been able to infuse into
her part during the performance, in
the face of her very evident indispo-
sition, had so impressed me that /
asked her how she managed If.
IAN epidemic of influenza has no
terrors for me- declared Miss Fen
wick, because I have enough con-
tidence in my own constitution to
know that I am not going to sue
cun1b, and while / am on the stage
quite forget that | am Irene Fen
wick, suffering from sore throat and
heavy cold; | am Lily Kardos, strug-
Cling against fate.
You see" Miss Fenwick expanded.
"a part like Lily is a chance. in
lifetime for woman of my fragile
looking women get a chance TO do
heavy emotional roles, and all the
time that I am playing the part I am
so proud and happy, and so anxious
to nrove my gratitude to Mr., Shell
don, the author. and Mr.. Woods, my
manager, that ] simply cant think
about my off-stage self at all,
To those of Miss Fenwicl<'s ad-
mirers who had known her only in
such plays as Hawthorne, of the u.
S. A." and Along Came Ruth" the
emotional depth which she displays
in her portrayal of the heroine OF
Suderman's novel, reveals new per
sonality. Tragedy of the most hope
less type is required in certain
phases of Lily Kardoss career, while
the hour of anguish in which her
idyl with the young poet is ended,
registers the poignant suffering OF
soul that looks upon its own doom.
Miss Fenwick spoke adVisedly when
she said that the opportunity was one
OF q lifetime. and most abundantly
has she proved her fitness for II.
DO you think the poetic signiii-
canoe of Lily's story, as applying TO
life generally, Is appreciated by the
majority among the audiences? was
the eager question of the leading
lady, when she turned her thoughts
upon her Newark public.
''Oh, / am so glad" she exclaimed,
in relief upon being assured that such
was the case $50 many people have
said that the story is all an enigma
TO Them, and that they cannot make
out lust what it is that Lily is striv-
ing for.
"Do YOU know" she conlided, Il am
positively hurt. sometimes, by the
public's utter failure to grasp the
tragedy that underlies the hilarity IN
the fourth act. The audience ap-
plauds the jokes and laughs at Lily's
hight. They do not understand that
with every line of nonsense she ut
ters her head bows lower in shame,
and her chances for happiness grows
less.
sSuch scene. converted into
screen production, would really bring
out these undercurrents of feeling
and motive more sharply Miss Fen
wick continued zone of the most
valuable teachings of my experience
in moving pictures was not to trust
TOO much to my voice. In the pic
lures YOU must express the full
gamut of emotion solely by means of
vour mouth and eyes. And there
must bo no grimacing. Tragedy calls
for eve play. The joyouS emotions
are the only ones permitted to be
expressed by the lips. You show your
teeth to express Joy. Tragedy OK
pressed with the mouth open would