New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-12
n.pRrrrTE UNDERHILL

,I0NTAGu 1--we
NJ ul.r young leading man in the
.. many other things besides
'' s,'. actor. He is a warrior, news
D. man and legitimate actor. also
papa r,,.,r..Or, and he promised to
- men and ink sketch Of himself
!. =, ..eompsny this narrative; If we
" s.r.,d 10 60 to press without The
y. ~ va shall still admit that he is
.', rod actor. but not a man OF his
.crd. h.,,.,.
var. that Mr.. Love is untruthful,
!. !. readily admitted that he did
.,,oy working in the pictures, and
HI not even ask US TO keep his
49,, iny,olate. Our question was de-
80 at an inopportune moment
.,.srh. for we learned later that the
- company had worked until .
[lo,k IN the morning 20 finish an i'm
,,t scene, so no wonder Mr.. Love
IA not feel particularly enthusiastic
..ua NJ. after more or less inter
.,,,.d sleep in his dressing room for
four hours
NJ. Of our reasons for paying Mr..
80. visit was to ask him not TO
,l,v character parts, but We found him
',iurste. He likes to don boards and
,,,,grly black wigs and muddy boots
"a play Arabs and Russians, or even
p,rs,ians. so long as it is art. We
,,.s al Of our Establishments and told
.jr how really few young leading mon
-, wear a dress suit so that it looks
:, though they had had it for more
han a day, and how few can enter a
drawing room properly or make love
!. , convincing manner. But he shook
-, head in that determined way which
T,rli,hmen have, and said: Don't tell
NJ Brady that. He is letting me do
,l,rseter parts, and want to con-
tim, playing them" So evidently it
ia matter Of little moment to Mr..
lave whether or not the screen needs
BEAUTIFUL young leading men who can
tt
M Loves mail was delivered while
=, we're at the studio, and it looked
more than interesting. Letters from
Porto Rico and Australia and points
east, and the majority Of them were
vr,tsn in green ink. One Of them he
rad out loud. It said; Dear Mon
nsu Love, love you as an actor, but
should love you better as a soldier.
Why are you letting US fight your war
for you? For it was your war first,
you know"
Mr.. Love took card from his pocket,
umarking, "The young lady would
hardly say that if she could see this
and the card proved to be certificate
which stated that Montagu Love had
made his application and had been
uipssd on account of a wound re-
,,iysd in the Boer War. This sounded
Interesting. and as we had five minutes
EFT We made Mr.. Love tell US some
thing about himself. He seemed rather
los,h to do this, which surprised us
no. little. for as a rule actors are
as prone to reminisce as the sparks to
~ upward.
Nr Loves autobiography was not a
nonolOgue, however; it was inter
sysrsed with leading remarks from the
party Of the second part, otherwise he
never would have been able to set
from India to London, back to Africa
and finally to America in those allot-
led FIVE minutes.
We'll" began Mr.. Love, 81 was born
il India and was destined for the
Chureh. but fate interviewed, for when
the Boer War broke out enlisted aal
vas badly wounded" 1t is difficult TO
nlyine Mr.. Love being incapacitated
By bullet or she'll, for he looks quite
Vulnerable; also, by the way, he IS
sad 10 be. even if the little card does
say Exemption, owing to the condl-
ton Of the heart
After the war" continued the party
Of the first part, 81 became an arts;
q soldier life on The London Daily
Mirror owned by Lord Northcliffe.
This vas my vocation for seven years,
iad one Of my assignments took me to
yInehuria TO portray the Russo-Japan-
csc war. Here my health failed, and
Wien ! was sufficiently recovered l
ss,ock myself 20 the stage. | played
IN London at the Palace, Court and