Evening journal., 1915-07-07
THE EVENING JOURNAL
SCENARIO CONTEST
COUPON NO. 5

C"Motion Picture Magazine" for july
Motion Picture Magazine.
175 Dufheld Street. Brooklyn, N. Y.
My Dear Miss Clark-As very
great favor, will you write me a let
ter containing therein the story Of
your life? | am in a quandary, as
! am detailed to interview you for a
chat. and a personal talk is impos-
sible. l shall appreciate all the ego
tism and vainglory that you can cram
into your pages.
Thanking you deeply both in be-
half of myself aud an eager public.
believe me,
Very sincerely yours.
GLADYS HALL.
Associate Editor.
My Dear Miss Hall am afraid
this letter will havo to sound like the
letter Of an egotist, but one can hard
ly comply with your request for "The
Story of My Life" without using a
great many rs.
/ was not born, alas! for precedent,
in the theatrical atmosphere, nor did
step from the branches of an estab-
lished professional family-tree was
the first and only one of the fam
lily who started out to seek her for
tune in a profession where success or
failure depends. to very large ex-
tent on your public. but ! have been
fortunate, because my public has been
so very kind to me, and il has made
me very happy.
/ was born IN Avondale, a suburb
of Cincinnati. and | can. at least.
claim birthdays with the Father OF
My Country, for l was born on the
22nd of February. ] lost my father
and mother while I was still needful
OF them, and / have always felt that
our first American father belonged to
me. for my very own, but | suppose l
have lots of rivals in his paternity.
am small: my height is four feet
and weight about ninety-five pounds.
My eyes are brown. also my hair,
and I believe this will be enough 10
describe my looks to those who are
kind enough to be interested in me.
Oh, yes: / am neither married nor
engaged
Now as TO what | have done. After
my father and mother died was
left to the sole care of my sister. and
as father had lost a great deal OF
money before his death. my sister felt
in order to live as we had been ac-
customed to, that We must not use our
little fortune. but must try and add
TO II. Therefore. as we were alone
the last two of the family. she
thought II was best TO prepare me for
career, so in the event Of anything
happening to her | could support my
self.
Since a baby had appeared in anna
teur theatricals and had met with
considerable success. This. of course
suggested tie idea of the stage. 50
we started from home to seek our
fortune. We came east. where ex-
pected to enter a dramatic school. but
my sister was advised by the only
TWO members o. the profession whom
she had ever met to let me go on and
get practical experience at once.
did so, and after a few weeks in mu-
sical comedy and a few months under
the management of Mr.. George Leder-
er, was engaged as ingenue-sou-
brette with DeWolf Hopper and was
featured with him in several musical
productions. Then l went into dra.
matte work.
| played Peter Pan" Merely Mary
Ann" and other plays in summer
stock and was rewarded by the Shu-
bert Brothers giving me a deliehtful
little play called THE Wishing Ring.
in which play they starred me
had never wanted 10 star. and
when Mr.. Shubert offered me a con-
tract to star. after l opened with