The sun., 1916-09-17
Close Up Views Of
the Youngest Stars
Who Help to Sup.
ply What the d.
rectors of the ST..
lent Drama Call
Heart Stuff"

tens Heicneft. u charming brown eyed
child with a sturdy little body and soft.
playful manners. and Miriam Battis,a.
q newcomer In child %screenland. ara
the "heart stunr' In many dramas in
which Theda Bara. Virginia Pearson
and Robert Mantell appear Tho
deeper meaning Of the dramas passes
over their heads. rs conversation with
them proves. There Is a great deal Of
romping around In the big studio ami
games Of tag and ring around the rosy
when the director does not need them.
II was largely to anticipate the de-.
mand for special programmes of mo-
ton pictures for children. now fos,ercd
BY the General Federation OF women's
Clubs. that Lule warrenton, an able
actress Of many years experience. was
put In charge OF the Juvenile company
at Universal City. Miss warrento.
is producing q series Of Juvenile pic
lures with her young company. At
the same time the children will con-
tinue to supply many OF the effective
scenes for the dramas FOR grownups
with Mary Fuller. J.. Warren KERR
gan. Violet Mersereau and other adult
stars. Zoe Du Rae. the most widely
known Of these children. has been 10.
fore tho camera five yeaie-and She is
only 8 years old now. She can weep
c~opiously at will. No boracic acid
the truth behind most OF the grown
Zoe. when the director orders "weers."
II ask for a mirror when | have to
cry" explains Zoe. AN then | look
just as sad as l can. and then when |
think how sad the little girl in tho
mirror feels ! cry for her"
Lena Baskette is the dancer Of the
child company. Lois Alexander Is tho
girl who insists on playing boys'plr,s
and plays them better thar the boys
do. Then there Is Ella Hall. Harry
Depp. Antrim Short and numerous
other children who play smaller parts
Miss Virginia Richdale Kerr.aan.
niece Of J. Warren Kerrigan. now TX
months old. Is called upon on very sir.
c.al occasions. Lena Baske,te las no
distinction Of having danced before
Pavlowa at the special request o; he
Russian artist on the occasion of =
Western visit.
Virginia Myers. daughter OF Jerome
and Ethel Myers. New York artist ?
note. has appeared IN the p!c'9f,,
Virginia is a dancer Of unusual al. o.!
The technique of her dancing as
astonished the critics. But thai lua-
Germs the graceful little girl FAY l,sl
than the Angora kittens wh!ch !uss,
on pulling her thick brown cur.a. !I,r
training. being the daughter of re- =
nized artists, might naturally 10 c>
pectcd 10 be interestingly unus eel,
h has never been 10 school. hot ~
a day. Her education has been ~
the colorful life Of the Studio, vhcr.
she watches heS father ut work on ,i,
etchings and paintings, Virginia was
starred In a special dancing picture T.
which she appeared alone and W.
paid At he rate Of $500 for scY'.
minutes. In tho near future she 81
be featured in similar films.
There are other ch.,dren-cQsa'
talented. interesting and amhit. ls
There IL young Billy Jacobs, ~ =.
o maintains his own automob.c. =
roundish. chubby motor car which so,'
very we'll with Billy Jacons's r.4l,
chubby self. And there is SERIOUS O., .
Peggie George. playing an iiup.rtai
role In "The Heart Of Nora lt.ruu
There Is quaint Betty Mars. IN, / b,
or Mae Marsh, the faNuritc Of
Birth OF a Nation" who Is ga, .t
money to buy IA really truly buns ,.
out in sunny California. even Il
does lisp.
There IL Thclma Saltcr. featured 'a
many or the picture companies So
western studios, Geors" Siuir " ,
prefers to play ncwshoy parts a. e.
pears with Norma Tnlmndgc. Y
and Dorothy Gish ana other j.....
screen players: there are Ju~oi. a.. .
Janethel Monahan. brother ami -.-'
VINO nave a company Of their A. s .
TAKE part mostly IN comedies ,u,I
iesques on growuup drnmt- 60
nothing OF Rags" the Tr.llg',