The Washington times., 1916-01-19
Uncle Sam Is Tender
Of the Stage Door
for Stars Of the
Motion Picture

The fact that Uncle SON is tn"
stage dCurliceper rf the Inotl ~ plC-
ture in n manner nf 81 sT"aktnr. ml&h'
have something to do with tn" TACT
mat there arr very few StaS" door
Johnncs to annoy the photoplaN a.
trcsses. And urthanly accounts fOr
the reversal Of all trHuition u III"
growing mp Of n class Ihm might he
called STAG GooI .Icnui"s. has
much as womDn. young. Ole, Hn'
married womon.- are TIC authors "I
lhc mash notes Whirl' tncl" Sr'T.
rs the doort"nutr "f"i, said. hliIG.
in bundles. baskets, bAgS ulru cart
full t. the actresses Il III" rh"tU-
play.
In the days when IIliu Marl"w"
was PLAYING JLIi,' before hci mar
riaSc to ItobCr. IHLor-w Dmcn con
stitutcd the ma ior IaIi "f inc crowd"
that assoml iCd 1T tn" STAGE duOT t.
see Miss Mur;uW' make lh' "."i'iU
trip from the d"or to her CHrrihC'
But Miss Mar!uNr was tho c>crI'-
tion |; was u!NHllN GROVE Of
yourG mcn vino cnr.''rgnt"h lO0"
the entrance l., wat i"l Ill" pretty
girls Of th" s!I",. hud naga;ln"
story writer's. mu.l,'l, Dicilr" .:C"u-
ario compoHndH& aId ClhcrH "tlNl
i"tu"c rcvcrscS IN" iT,r"s md
makes the women !hc principal
writer's Of mash unt"s.
MargarCt COurtol who IS on" q
the pretty yUunC women 0r n"
screen, and who, bv tnc way. ="
cCived a contract n" star II or IN"
the Gaumont company as n sorl or
christmas Present alter having -
feared for three wears es n iCadin
woman with the kal"n CrnDCn is
authority for the state"ont THAT "t-
tors come t. hCl hv the hun1r"1
from women and Girl7 and N"rE few
from young men.
IT'S curious thing about these
letters" Miss Courtot comments.
They come mostly from older
ucople--you know what mean.
The writer's are not young folks
at all. And they are praCtiCallN. all
from women. Many school girls
write me. Some ask me for clothes.
I do not send them because | have
no way of knowing whether or not
they need them. II | knew thr\
were needy. would be glad 20
send them"
Miss Courtot iS one Of the inter-
csting pcrsonalitic. OF IN" ph"'"-
play.
Il am French, You know, Sh"
told an interviewer. "MN father
was born in France. and mother
came frOn a FrCuch canton In
switzerland. waS born in sum
nit, \. y. in 1877, which makes
me nineteen years old, YOU see.
We lived both abroad and in inns
country when T was a kiddie. Then,
when | was about eight, my father
died. and mother. Jeannelie and
went back to switzerland. ! went
to school over there, such dear
quaint little school at Lausanne,
where ! learned t0 speak French.
and forgot what little English
knew almost entirely.
cater time we came TO New
York, and mother sent me to school.
We were so happy and cont'nted IN
our home. the three of us. that
when friend Of ours suggested that
he believed ! would photograph well.
and that mother take me to thC
studios. We laughed at il, and haid
no attention. | was too Young 10
quit my lessons. and anyway. moi
thcr mother "Or had even drCam-
ed "f nv acting.
"Our friend mS s'rd. however. AVID
at last mOthc" and went over ="
tho kalem studio TIL" mon 'n
charge seemed to ike me-, ana Of
rcrCd mo an inm"diatc position
But we refused if. BY the next sNrllS
7 had hecom" little NOR" intcr"Si"d.
and in response 10 u lCtter from tn"
company mother ana | wont to TN"