The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-09
Riches and Fame First, Then She'll Get Married

Three dollars a day. was sixteen.
l had gone into the studio where my
older sister was posing, and when she
wasn't looking 1 applied for a 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. l saw
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
1.-THE Birth Of a Nation" knows. Mac
Marsh looked as pensive as any pic
tured Madonna when she spoke of tina
tragic picture.
Il did the three scenes-my fight, my
fall on the rocks and my death scene az
home-in one afternoon" she said
''What an afternoons work that was
went home and went straight to bed
without dinner. couldn't eat. And I
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 dear, nice
chap, but when I looked over my shout
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.. Rockefel-
ler?'' 1 urged.
The California girl who has be-
come so great a favorite in the pic
lures and who, D. 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
! 'I was allowed to come away for Il
month, on salary, too, just as though
were working. Having the salary while
not working, I spent it. had autonlo-
biles and flowers and went about shop
ping and sightseeing. We stayed at
Browns Palace, Denver Mr.. John d.
Rockefeller was staying there. Ny
automobile drew up behind his at the
curb. 1t wasHas fine as his. I ate in
the same dining room as he. One day
l sat at the table next to his"
She drew her face into solemn lines
to make me believe she was profoundly
impressed by her proximity to the null
timillionaire of the mining troubles.
But she was not in the least impressed.
If 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
II began-that is, I was born in
Madrid, New Mexico. My father was
auditor of the Santa Fe Railroad and
we lived In lot of places while 1
was little. Ny earliest recollection is
of sitting on the cabin floor in a Mexi-
can cabin and eating tortillas. Moth
er says I spoke Mexican beautifully,
only no one at home could under
stand me.
81 have a very vivid recollection of
the San Francisco earthquake. I was
at school at the Sacred Heart Convent.
Something heavy came crashing down
upon me. cried: oh, don't! Don't,
sister! I won't do it again l 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.
thought that was lots Of fun. Mother
paid $25 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. 1 saw a man
shot for stealing a drink of water.
HThen we moved to Los Angeles.
My sister went into moving pictures,
} and 1 followed her. That was four
years ago, when l 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
it will be called. / am a mother at
the same age am now, twenty. II
is being taken over again after we
worked on it year. Mr.. Griffith
!, wasn't satisfied with it. He is a most
wonderful man, genius. We players
, call him father. He calls US children
The conversation shifted to faith
T finally to faith in prayer.
Y when have prayed for anything
have always gotten it'-again Ma
: Marsh was seriousness 'provid
ed l was good"