The Washington herald., 1916-04-16

older sister was posing, and when she
wasn't looking l applied for job.
They told me to come back and see Mr..
Griffith. / did, and got job. So you
see it isn't true that Mr.. Griffith saw
me playing about the studio and saw
possibilities of an actress in me. / Isaw
him working at the studio and saw my
future possibilities In him"
Then she ceased jesting and became
a serious young person, as she is
well, half the time. That she can be
tremendously serious every one who
has seen the little Southern girl in
NThe Birth Of Nation" knows. Mae
Marsh looked as pensiye as any pic
tured Madonna when she spoke Of that
tragic picture.
II did the three scenes-my tight, my
fall on the rocks and my death scene at
home-in one afternoon" she said
what an afternoons work that was!
| went home and went straight 10 bed
without dinner. l couldn't eat. And |
stayed in bed right round the clock,
twelve hours. TO catch up In the race
with my strength. Walter Long, the
young man who plays the villain, is a
good friend of mine and a dear, nice
chap. but when looked over my shoul-
der and saw him, his face blackened,
rushing toward me I looked down the
big rock and was really ready to jump
from fright"
But about you and Mr.. RockefeI-
lerT' urged. &.
The California girl who has be-
come so great a fayorite in the pic
lures and who, ID. w. Griffith predicts,
will become a still greater one, sat
primly in her chair and tried to look
pompous. 1t was an effort that failed
Her face broke into an eddy of smiles
and dimples.
I'm on a vacation" she said proudly
81 was allowed to come away for q
month, on salary, too, just as though
were working. Having the salary while
not working, spent It. had automo-
biles and flowers and went about shop
ping and sightseeing. We stayed al
Browns Palace, Denver. Mr.. John ID.
Rockefeller was staying there. Ny
automobile drew up behind his at the
curb. 1t was as fine as his. ate ir
the same dining room as he. One day
/ sat at the table next 10 his" D
She drew her face into solemn lines
to make me believe she was profoundly
impressed by her proximity to the mul
timillionaire of the mining troubles
But she was not in the least impressed
II ever a girl belonged to the democ
racy Of those who do it is Mae Marsh
But she overfowed with the spirits OF
twenty, and her vacation was an event
of huge Importance to her, as little
events are when we are not big in
years.
Suppose you tell me something
about Mae Marsh for those who want
to know more about herr
Il began-that is, I was born in
Madrid, New Mexico. My father was
auditor OF the Santa Fe Railroad and
We lived in a lot of places while l
WIS little. Ny earliest recollection is
of sitting on the cabin floor in a Mexi-
can cabin and eating tortiilRs. Moth
er says l spoke Mexican beautifully,
only no one at home could under
stand me.
81 have q very vivid recollection of
the San Francisco earthquake. / was
at school at the Sacred Heart Convent.
Something heavy came crashing down
upon me. cried: oh, don't! Don't.
sister! l won't do it again thought
one Of the sisters was spanking me.
We were taken into the yard, and aft
er an hour and half mother came for
us. She had walked across San Fran
cisco to get us. We lived in a tent. I
thought that was lots of fun. Mother
paid sos the first day for food. The
next we didn't have anything to eat.
We lived out OF doors for three days
in Golden Gate Park. l saw a man
shot for stealing a drink of water.
Then we moved to Los Angeles.
My sister went into moving pictures,
and l followed her. That was four
years ago, when 1 was sixteen. The
first work that won recognition for
me was Applepie Mary in Home,
Sweet Home l am the mother now
in The Mother and the Law or 'Tol-
erance.' 1t is not quite certain what
1t will be called. l am a mother at
the same age 1 am now, twenty. 1t
is being taken over again after we
worked on it a year. Mr. Griffith
wasn't satisfied with it. He is a most
Il
call him father. He calls us children"
The conversation shifted. to faith,
finally to faith in prayer.
when l have prayed for anything /
have always gotten it''-again Mae
Marsh was seriousness itself-"provid
ed was good"