New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
By Harriette Underhill

Madge Kennedy should have been a
/ Shakesrearian actress.
What We mean is that one would
fancy that she should have been when
first he catches irht Of her As for US,
we are glad that she IS q farceur, be-
cause sic has given Us many moments
Of unalloyed joy, but until you see her
Go it you really cannot believe that she
could DO i:
She IS 50 gentle and SO quiet and so
natural. Why, ire first time we saw
Miss Kennedy we exclaimed, "You do
not use any makeup, do you?" and Miss
Kennedy admitted it, hamefacedly
saying:
"No; I don't, I know | should. but it
seems as though l never can find the
time. look dreadful, suppose"
This is the way she looked if this is
dreadful: A brown cloth frock, just the
color of her hair, and brown suede
shoes just the color Of her frock;
brown velvet hat the color Of her eyes
and Russian sable wrapped all around
the tout ensemble.
She is quite pale and very pretty. and
you could fancy her playing a dear.
tender Desdemona or a sweetly senti-
mental Juliet, or possibly a gently HUI
morous Portia, but farce never, and
yet there is scarcely an actress who
does it so we'll
We asked her almost Immediately
low she came to be an actress and if
she had achieved it or whether she had
it thrust upon her.
II don't know" she said laughing. II
don't really know; for Of course | do
know that my place is on a farm
should love to raise chickens and ducks
and apples and potatoes. New York
life means nothing to ne Why, look
at the hotel I choose Isn't it lively ?"
"The hotel' was one of Fifth Ave
nue's most exclusive, and it made you
feel so lonesome If you laughed out
loud it echoed SO that all the walters
looked at You and the other two guests
frowned. Of course we would choose
that particular moment to knock over
glass and smash it, and it sounded
like the fall Of Babylon.
"You see what a wild life I lead
One reason | love to do picture work
is because I can be at home evenings
All I care about is my hcme and my
work"
you haven't been married very long,
have you, Miss Kennedy?" we said,
specifically.
''No, not very she said dreamily;
mot three years, and you know my
husband, of course.
Yes we did know her husband So,
of course, we knew why Miss Kennedy
did not consider three years a long
time.
II was playing in Twin Beds when I
was married, and we thought it would
: be nice to keep it secret for awhile.
And then one morning I looked at the
paper think it was your paper, too
and saw this: Star of Irwin Beds" be-
NOlucS ii DOlSIcI. ana MIS-. bolster
gave flash of that inimitable some
thing which makes her comedy so de-
lghtful.
my first New York play was Little
Miss Brown and according to the crit
les l should have been in the silent
drama then. They said my Western &C
cent made it preferable for me to be as
silent as the p in pneumonia. SO / set
about correcting it, and now, just at
the time when I am seen but not heard,
| think have mastered that bugbear."
Miss Kennedy became an actress by
accident. She intended to be an artist,
and for that purpose she left California
and came to New York to study at the
Art Students League. She wished to
be an illustrator
1t was during vacation that Harry
Woodruff discovered her doing an
imitation at q charity entertainment