The Washington times., 1916-04-15
Portrayer of Judy In
"Daddy-Long-Legs' Not
Content With Single Type
of Roles, To Play In New
Comedy Next Year.
And Despite All of Her Sue
cess This Twenty-three-
Year-Old Star Is BY No
Means Stuck On Her
self, She's Unspoiled and
Sensible.
By FLORENCE E. YODER.

Above all things do not want to be
one. part actress" Ruth Chatterton
might have been saying. please pass
the salt" for all OF the zip she put IN
the statement. which was sandwlched
into most gossipy interview.
Yet by that same lack of intenseness
which often Is noticeable in small re-
quests. she put an additional ounce OF
conviction In her words.
Just because she happened to be voic-
ing the sentiment and wish OF her car
eer wasn't any excu.e, In Ruth Chatter
tons opinion. to waste a lot OF energy
and 60 aeroplaning OF the subject Into
And that is Just why some OF those
who believe nightly In her future think
that sho will succeed immeasureably.
Because Ruth Chatterton. alias Judy.
this week at the National Theater. does
not pose and act of the stage before
audieT ces OF one. two, or three.
She saves her ideas and her abilities
for the stage. and employs the precious
time given her to see outsiders In study
may teach hSr. She didn't say all OF
that, OF even hint II. but IL every one
who has admired her could just know
her personally they could understand
what is meant.
Not "Stuck on Herself"
Ruth Chatterton, twenty-three. of Ave
years' stage experience. now a star. and
the most promising bit OF dramatic ma
terial OF her age today. has every just
cause to be quite. speaking plainly
stuck on herself" But she is not
Neither is she, despite the affirmation oi
hundreds Of thousands OF people
sweet"
She's nothing so insipid as sweet
And she knows that she wouldn't &C
very far II she were. That would bs
nearing the ''one part" boyle OF roles
wherein adorable young damsels al
ways save the day and incidentally tho
/ plav with their nobility OF character.
so. she's not sweet.
/ On the other hand, she's poised. and
| calm. and sensible. and intelliRen
athat Is different. remember. from beinl
merely bright ;. or clever) and ever,
once In so often, a little bit funny. Also
| when the occasion demands. which thu
| interview did not, we regret to say
Miss Cbatterton can he very firm
stamp her foot and otherwise qualif!
as being ineligible to that rather doubt
/ full adjective. sweet"
| As a matter of fact. she voiced
deer regret that she was not able 4
run up on the stage and annoy Ger
tain sweet person she once saw int
gnttinu really downright mad ant
showing b little spunk!
Talks, Listens and Smiles.
In case any OF the little girls VIII
saw Daddy -Long-Legs" read thi
story because OF a deep interest In tn
young woman who played the part o
Judy" we attach the following re
| minder'
Miss Chatterton, when she talked I
| her audience of two in her dressing
room, neither wiggled nor glggled. no
| jcrked, nor swung her foot. nor bit he
lips, nor twiddled her fingers. She di
not touch her hair. nor smooth dow
her hips, but shose an easy attitude u
an easy chair and SAT STILL.
In this, II must be confessed. sh
/ exceeded anv one we have ever see
before, In the standpoint of repose. Sh
] talked and she listened, and when tn
time came to smile she smiled.
l. When the call came for her to dres
In the little black velvet suit which sh
| wears when she finally identifie
Daddy Long Legs" himself in the las
act. she proceeded methodically hurry
ing without seeming to hurry. 1t wa