Evening star., 1917-11-11
ADJUSTMENTS
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quit college and a soft life. perhaps q
to half in this camp. They've ieit
wives and children behind them. and
some are at an age when they snouio
be enjoying what they have earned,
but they are down here taxing oroeIs
from their postman.
"The man I respect the most Is the
mounted cop that used to be out IN
front Of the Bel1evue-Stratford Hotel
in Philadelphia. I love that man. I'd
do anything for him. He Is our stable
sergeant.
ut is funny the way this business
changes you. l have lost al my per- ,
inconvenienced it doesn't matter. II
somebody who is more important bene-
fits"
Jane Cowl and Play Writinx-When
an actress turns playwright in order
to fit herself with a part it is in
| teresting to learn something about the
processes that went to making the COM
bination a success. "Actor-made" plays
are responsible for the phrase which
up to now has usually been spoken
with a sneer. yet it must be remem-
bered that Shakespeare was an actor.
and some of his plays are still fairly
successful. All this by way OF intro
! ducing Jane Cowl as dramatist for
Lilac Time which was produced sue
cessfully in Manhattan last February.
Jane Cowl, so she declares, turned
playwright in self-defense. After the
tears she shed as Mary Turner in
within the Law" every playwright
wanted to write her melodrama. and
other drama of the he-throat
| variety. followed. and Miss Cowl came
to the conclusion that If she waited for
any one else to write her different
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tire from the stage before it came The
solution of her problem seemed to be
to write her own play.
When Miss Cowl first acted on Broad
| way with David Warheld in The Mu-
sic Master in the cast was another
young actress named Jane Macklem.
The two shared the same dressing room
and became fast friends. and in those
salad days of their careers vowed to
one another that some day they would
do something big. Miss Macklem mar
ried Judge James Orrin Murfin of De-
troit and deserted the stage. but the
former roommates kept up their
friendship and exchanged letters and
visits.
When Miss cowl came to the conclu-
| sion that she must provide herself with
a new type of role or keep on weep
ing melodramatic tears, she and Mrs.
Murfln agreed to collaborate. and dur
! ing the run of Common Clay" at the
| Republic Mrs. Murf1n came on from
| Detroit to help carry out their plan.
Miss Cowl devoted her leisure time to
| the work and at the close of the Re
| public engagement her collaboration
went on tour with her. At the end of
| about four months the two had two
plays to their credit. The first of
| the Selwyns two hours after they re-
| ceived the manuscript: the second play
| is "Daybreak." which the same firm
! produced successfully at the Harris
Theater. New York.
Novel Scenic IlIusion.-One of the
| most effective sets seen on the New
York stage this season is the third act
| of "Mary's Ankle" the farce comedy
| by May Tully. which A. H. Woods will
| present at the Belasco Theater soon.
steamer at it's New York pier. At the
| end of the act the steamer Is supposed
| to leave the pier and steam down the
North river to the bay and out to sea.
OF course. the deck of the steamer re-
mains stationary, but moving the back
drop gives the audience sense of mo-
| ton. AS the skyscrapers of lower New
York are painted on the drop the au-
dience almost feels it Is sailing down
! the river. When the steamer Is sup
posed to reach the ocean wave ma
! chine behind the scenes creates the IL
| lusion of white caps"
| Would Rather Plny-It costs Allyn
King about $500 weekly to appear with
the "Ziegfeld Follies."
| OF course, Miss King has contract with
Mr. Ziegfeld which calls for a handsome
weekly stipend, but in order to live up to
the agreement she forfeits an allowance
of $25.000 annually. which her mother.
Mrs. Evelyn King Of Greensboro. N. c.,
set aside for her. provided she would end
her stage career The ambitious Allyn
refused to sever her connection with the
theatrical world, and her mother recently
withdrew the yearly allowance
Miss King. who is just nineteen years
old. made her stage debut two years ago
with the 'Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic'' in
New York. Last season She Joined the
'ziegfeld Follies." and is now one of the
4, ton. Miss King bears the distinction Of
being the handsomest member Of the or
| sanization.