The sun., 1916-11-05
HOW TO BE A BABY VAMPIRE.
.Jsiiette Day Tells the secret ~ =
Theds Bsrs IN Arms.

Theda nara IN Arms.
This baby vampire thing the boss
said TO me the other day. II want you
to go up to the Cort Theatre. where
Upstairs and Down is playing, and
find out IL it is anything like infsntile
paralysis. | want TO know if 1t is
catching. how it affects the victim, all
those things. you know"
Yes, sir" I said. AWAY. say
sir TO the head of the works.
81 do not like tn expose q reporter
needlesslI.' he continued. but We
must know IL this thing is dangerous.
and you are the only man available"
And as a touching farewell he handed
me "A pair Of green goggles. Wear
these he said; 'it you feel yourself
slipping they may he Of some help"
II was with mingled feelings OF hero
ism and anxiety that ! went up to the
theatre. I was told that I might see
the baby vampire after the matinee.
A. the appointed hour my guide
knocked at the door of a dressing
room ~backstaSe.
You will have to Wal, n minute"
aid a sweet little voice with 2 lisp.
terrifying abou; that"
Presently We were permitted Ia en-
ter and ! Was told that 7 might have
a seat on the trunk. \ big motherly
sort OF maid Was fussing over some
body seated at a dressing table.
When Juliette DAY turned around I
he held q young person who looked as
II she ought 10 he home with mother
instead OF on the stage. She looked
small and soft. and round and help
less, with long dark eyelasheS and
pretty pouting lips. and there was an
| appealing look in those soft brown
eyes when she gazed At me.
7 reached for those green Goggles
with which a wise and far seeing su-
perior had provided me, for | felt my
self skidding on the curves.
She was nothing at all like kil'llu-s
rag. a bone and a hank of hair. sic
was not smoking a cigarette. and III
fact there was hardly anything the
dabarish about her.
where's the vampire:"I asked.
I'm it," she said.
II she was a baby vampire I knew
II was catching--nay even captivat-
ing. I would say. and 7 was about
to be the next victim. ! felt lnfan-
tile all right and my vocal chords
were paralyzed.
Just then the telephone rans and
while she answered | escaped.
We'll, what did you ind out the
boss asked me when | got back To the
office.
Take i from me, said. / baby
vainpi,e business i dangerous All
right. escaped. but ! Mould advise
no man between the ages OF ~ and so
10 take the chance | did. II >ou want
10 know anything about baby Nam-
pires you had better get II second
hand
The res, OF this information dhoit
Ju.iettc Day | cleaned from "Whcsue.
ImaG.n. my shock If YOU can when |
discovered that h used TO play Hod-
rSty IN "Everyuoman' From Mod
c,ty to \ baby vampire part Is more
than a Jump. 1t = a hop. SKIP and n
Jump. Her first appearance on the
stage WIS IN The Rluebird." Then
she pla>ed piuW blossom in The Vel
low Jacket II the title 'ole N
'"Snowuhite.' From such innoccI : Ill
tie juvenile roles She went to Marry
ing Money and Chin Chin and then
che Jumped into Twin Beds From
Twin Beds" 10 upstairs and Down
was easy. jus, like sliding down the
banistcrs. But from Nodcsfp. Pinm-
blossom and SnowuhifC Ia II Vampire
p~art-it's a long. long way.
Further study Of baby Vampires
from a good safe ~distanco--by consult
ing tho leading authorities on the sub
iect. reveals the tact tina they do not
belong 10 the rcgullr vampire species,
: and IN fact arc not even related, "N-
cent that they have in common the
same sinister motive 90 cnsnare mon.
Baby vampires do NOT gr"w up I" L."
vampires. ON the contrary, They no.
ON quito harmless when matirc
Broadway is familiar witt the
honest to goodness vampire the kind