The Washington times., 1916-04-08
TIMES SERIAL STORY
FILM IS COMPLETED
Edna Mayo, Who Plays Mary
Page, viii Be Given Short
Vacation.

Edna Mayo. Eessnay iSad,ng woman,
Ia planning o trip East to philadelphia.
her home city, for rcst after her la
hors In Ess.lnay's fifteen EPISODE photo
play adaptation Of The Times serial
story, "The Strange Case OF Mary
Page" Miss MRyc also VIII make n
bilef visit to New YORK.
Although not all the episodes have
been released yet. the production of
fifteen weeks 0! the hardest kind OF
erllling work for all the actors con-
cerned and especially for Miss Maye
and Henry Il. wslthnll who appeared
in reariy all the scenes,
Il thore,iEhly enjoyed the work whiie
II was going cIi." said Miss Mayo, "and
] did not feel the fatigue, although we
were working day aud night as was
work When We finished, however. I
began to feel the strain OF the weeks
of my conftant work
II need q few days OF rest to get the
taking another PLAY. Wher one plays
the sarne character so long onr gets to
feel and think as does that character.
and as Mary Page was under constant
stress, felt the tragedy of the pert"
Harry o. Huyt. chief scenario writer
on the Metro stan, Is a golfer. and re-
Gently won honor: In the club cham
pionship contest of indoor golf held at
the Yale Club. where he Is member.
Harold Lockwood, the Metro stor,
soon to be seen IN THE Comeback
with May Allison. is fond of horses and
especially ,rcttlng horses. His father
Harold was a boy, and Harold spent his
vacations then breaking colts. He has
driven many noted trotters and PAGERS,
including Joe Patchen, the famous trot-
ter.
Grace Valentine. who is starred with
Lionel Barrymore in "Dorian's d.
vorce," a Forthcoming Rolfe play, Is the
Los Angeles Press Club. city where
she won great popularity playing Load
ing roles In stock.
James Cruise began his professional
career with an Indian medicine COM
pany. in which he played fifty-seven
different characters during the two
years he remained with the company.
He was then only fourteen years old.
Dorothy Green has fad of buying
new shoes, and has more than one hum
dred pairs of shoes and slippers In her
apartment.
Gretchen Hartman won a lady's cham.
pionship swimming match at Coronado
Beach, California, defeating big field
of Los Angeles best women swimmers
over half mile course. and was award
ed handsome trophy commemorating
her victory.
Bryant Washburn worked five hours
In a steel mill at Gary. Ind, to obtain
color for the Spiders Web" Washburn
actually labored, and once at least. his
strength was tested against a bona-fide
worker in which the Essanay actor came
out winner.
Jack Pickford served as the first aero
plane passenger ever carried aloft by
Caleb Bragg. formerly the automobile
race driver They attained a height OF
more than 1000 feet above Los Angeles
and remained aloft for more than two
hours.
Patsy De Forrest for the sake OF Civ
ing touch of real winter to a scene
stood with bare feet In the snow until
her "tootsies" were frostbitten. Now
Miss Patsy is seeking remedy for
Chilblains.
Flora Finch. the eccentric laugh
maker who appeared for so long a
time with John Bunny, has returned to
New York from Jacksonville, Fla,
where she appeared in n comedy for
the Mirror Films, Inc. Keeping up her
reputation for eccentricty, Miss Finch
brought a pet baby alligator back with