Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-18

Actors and Yontk.-To the layman
who comes in casual contact with play
ers one of the remarkable facts of a re-
markable calling is the way in which
the players keep their youth. 1t seems
as though fairy must have stood over
their cribs in babyhood and waved a
wand and wished them eternal youth
They are all Peter Pans who never
grow up.
Il think the reason our people stay
so young is due to the fact that they
live so much in tomorrow" said Mr..
Post when this subject came up. THE
actor, as a rule, is usually ahead of his
times. He lives and dreams and works
in tomorrowland.
And living in tomorrowland he for
gets today, and it is remembering to-
day and yesterday that makes folks
put on age. They say that tomorrow is
a day which never comes. and today is
Il day which always was. Therefore in
living in and by tomorrow the actor
forgets all about today and SO time
ceases to pass for him.
And living so many lives as a play
er does in the creation of round of
parts which goes to the making of a
career, he has little time to think of
just that one part which is himself off
the stage. In that forgetfulness lies
player.
1t is not trouble or pain or hard
work which makes folk. grow old. 1t
is remembering the passing of the years
and marking from day to day that they
are growing farther and farther from
their childhood. Remaining children in
thought all their years, the players
have no time for backward glances.
and in this they forget there is such
i" thing as age.
Louis CaIvcrt.-Louis Calvert. who is
playing in THE Masquerader." is one of
the oldest and ablest players on the
roster of the English and American
theater.
He was born in Manchester and made
his first appearance on the stage at
Durham, Natal. He served in roper
toire company there and then went to
England and played with John Dew
hurst Miss Wallis, Osmond Tearle,
Sarah Thorne and Irving. Like most
English players he served for time
with the Drury Lane company.
His first appearance in America was
with Mrs. Langtry in 1887. and since that
time he has spent many seasons on this
side. After the Langtry engagement he
returned to England and formed his
own company, playing Shakespearean
repertory. Browniag's The Blot on
'Scutcheon" Ibsens ".;osmerSholm,"
Goethes "Clavigo" and The Enemy of
the People"
He was called to America to direct
the productions of the New Theater
company. and al the same time he play
ed there in The Cottage in the Air."
Strife" The School for Scandal"
Don" Twelfth Night" The Merry
Wives of Windsor The Thunderbolt."
"Old Heidelberg" and Vanity Fair"
Last season he did distinguished
service with Grace George and her rep
ertory company, and. late in the spring.
in conjunction with John Corbin. he
made the elaborate production of 1.-The
Tempest" which, under the auspices of
the Peoples Society, had such a long
run at the Century Theater.
The Efficiency Expert. THE latest
recruit in the motion picture business"
says Mack Sennett, lis the efficiency
expert.
This worthy young person is going
to iron all the temperament out of the
actors. From now every picture studio
will resemble the general STAFF OF the
German army. At least that Is what
the efficiency expert believes.
Gloomy days. fear. await him. He