The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-23
MISS NESB|7T
HAS UNIQUE
DISTINCTION
ePopular Edison Star Has Al
ways Played in Leading
Roles.

OF all the stars whom the screen has
{ drawn from the stage there is prob
ably not another player who could
say that he or she, in the first appear
y ance on the professional stage, played
z O lead in broadway productions as
did Miriam Nesbitt, Edison, and had
ever since continued to play leading
i,roles with such marked success. For
1t was at performance Of play
! given by the dramatic school which
! she was attending that the Frohmans,
with quick and experienced eye, picked
$ Miss Nesbitt to play opposite James
K. aHckett. To say that she not only
qualified for this trying role, opposite
= one Of the best romantic actors Of the
stage, but prepared for the then going
production in five days speaks in IL
Illuminating action and deed much Of
the woman whose intellectual and ar
tistic impersonations on the screen
= have placed her easily among the fore
most of finished photoplay players.
!, AS no uncommon success can be
made without an unusual personality
so Is explained much of the charm Of
Miss Nesbitts transformations. New
or trying to keep in the forefront,
Miriam Nesbitt's personality, at the
: expense of artistry, she is ever will
ing to sink or blend her own individ-
ualism that the actuating nature and
motive the character she depicts may
live with convincing reality.
Eager to Learn.
- A natural student and ever eager to
learn from whatever source, she rel
ished greatly the opportunity she re-
Gently had, at a dinner given in her
honor, to question Mrs. Katherine B.
Davis who has made such an enviable
record as the first woman to hotd the
position OF commission OF correction
in New York City and who had had
years of experience with erring wom-
EN-. Miss Nesbltt sought this to give
correct but sympathetic Interpretation
TO the woman of the underworld which
5she has recently been interpreting in
.plays written especially for her by
Mary Rider, the well known writer,
such as KILLED against Orders" and
"a Woman's Revenge
s Miss Nesbitt is as versatile as she
: is Industrious Always a hard work.
er in rehearsals, she Is rarely idle
when in retirement" in her dressing
groom. One finds here there buslly en-
sgaged in conversation or being inter-
Viewed while she sits on trunks
ledge. writing her !nmost thoughts and
convictions on every conceivable sub
eject that only an ardent fan" and
Eadmirer can think up; or it will be
trimming one Of her jaunty hats or
putting the finishing touches on one
rof her gowns When thus not idlins
cher time away, she is taking down
s;notes in shorthand on what she will
Say in her next article when she gets
ehome to quiet and her typewriter.
Gives Daily Teas.
s Miss Nesbitt's frankness on her
Eideas, on her aims and weaknesses
smade more engaging by her delightful
ssense of humor and appreciation of a
Joke even on herself-makes her daily
safternoon teas in her dressing room
ian occasion to Loeb forward to. II
There Is an actress on the screen who
lis devoid OF 81 the vanities which pop
S,llar tradition would have players pos
st;css, then Miss Nesbitt is onlv Ole