The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-02
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pAulA's MANAGER TELLS
HER he WILL MAKE a
STAR OF Her

This was perhaps the most In
tereHting period OF my experience
continued Paula. Everything was
so new. so strange. that looking
back upon H.. ! am sure II had
moro 10 do In shaping my charac'
ter and after.lfe than any OF my
other experiences.
Il believe my schooling as an
actress taught me to spell toler'
ance with big + learned alb
solutcly that Il was not only fool.
lsh but impairment 20 question the
honesty OF opinion or the motive
OF any ones act
Because In the STRETCHES Of my
imagination there was no ability
to compass certain flights OF fancy
was no reason why I should deem
tho fortunate soul who could float
about In these beautiful dreams o'
less stamina than myself
Because could not by any
means see myself doing certain
things did not make those acts
wrong when done by some other
person.
when | was ~ school was abb
solutely positive Just what ! would
do In all circumstances. and be-
fore | had been on the stage a
month ! Was only certain OF one
thing. and that Was that could no;
be quite sure how | would act IN
any case
II IL "A most peculiar world In
which the actor lives. Margie--aH
entirely different from the ordinary
one In which the average person
exists az life on Mars would be
from ours
The theatrical manager Is abso.
lutte ear of all sectors. and about
him has been built wall OF ira
dltlons rs ridiculous as q IL insur
mountable You can reach the
manager lnly thru the little wicket
OF his favor and that depends en-
tirely on bis within or his pocket.
book.
In all my stage experience. |
have known only one manager who
had any sense Of order. and he was
failure. Every person. from the
greatest star down to the newes; !
chorus girl. must obey the slight |
est within OF the manager Its I
word l. Law. his viii omnipotent
Many an actress has found she .
has been made star over night
because the manager has decided (
over one OF hts theatres IN neccs.
sary 90 further his plans.
Before began 20 rehearse
Eliza. the manager came 10 me
and said. DO YOU know. little girl.
there hasn't been star made in
five ycarH7 I'll make you one al
soon as you get a little more ne |
customcd TO the technique OF the
stage You have the face and tho
personality and I'll back YOU TO =
finish
1T seemed my success was just
within reach and | took my part
home and studied Il very CAREFUL;
I thought IL all out. particularly /
that great scene where told ms
love TO Earnest In youthful. chid.
ish way.
ivN' has uiauf flkA Nnulalls
said TO myself. and loyalty. deyot.
eddy. courageously she WI tell her
lover this There will he no co.
quettishness. for when woman IL
coqusttish she IL acting.
ilui when ] attempted e play /
II that way Was s'opr,d ny a
voice like that OF the bull Of
Easian
Here. Miss Newton. pui some
acting into that. Move your arms.
and look the part Remember you
arc innocently wooing your lover
Il could not tell him no woman.
however Young. voos innocentlf.
using the word In the sense ~ be-
Ing ignorant OF what she IL doing.
for by telling am this I would tear
down one OF mans most cherished
IDEALS OF woman
And 40 like every other woman
sine, tho world began. i decided
to sct-not "a woman would act
In love. but as a man thinks she
should act. and 1t was my greatest
success on the stage"
10 be eontlnued)
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