Evening star., 1918-04-14

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The vaudeville press agents well
known devotion to fact Is being soreiy
serained in these days of difficult
travelling and the draft. One by one
fAe young familiar faces Of those who
have entertained with the lighter oner-
fngs Of song and sketch are disappear
sng into the ranks across the sea-
while those who are Left behind are
lsft behind In a double sense by train
afdiculttes and the uncertainty OF tenn
norary lodgings. Those who fall to
make connections one week are, OF
course, suddenly taken ill and as SUD
6anly recover the week that follows.
Fron Ranch to stage-When Bruce
MeRae was In his teens he was ranch
lnnd IN New Zealand, and. subsequent
b, 4 government surveyor in Australia
On his arrival in this country he turned
cowboy on a ranch in wyoming. but
Dsesently his heritage as descendant OF
. long line of actors asserted itself. and
Ae went to New York. to endeavor to
make an opening for himself on the
e1age. ..
His first appearance as an actor was
- sThermidor," under the management
IL
SHINING his ability was sufficiently OBJ
yfouS to bring him to the fore, and in
m unusually short space of time he be-
came leading man for Ethel Barrymore.
with whom he continued to appear for
several seasona
Besides hts many personal triunnphs
- Miss Barrymore's companies. Mr.. Nc
fas has supported Henry Miller. Julia
Bates. Olga Nethersole. Mrs. Fiske, Mar
Earet Ellington and Grace George. Mr..
NcRae was born in London and edu-
eAted in India and France. He is a
greater part of his life has been spent
4n this country and his home is In New
York
HsUese FaircAnd-An old player,
md one distinguished in his calling. has
0is to say Of Imosene Fairchiid.
There il. it appears. but one golden
ovenue to the stage-and that is
through the stage door To see plays
oeted does not teach one to act To
barn to act one must act, and the
! earlier one learns the rudiments the
bseter. William de Morgan wrote
great novel after he was sixty, but no.
Body ever heard Of any one becoming
great player who began so late in life.
The case Of Imogene Fafrchild is
0se IN point. Miss Fairchild, other
wise Imogene Taylor. was practically
WaS chrfstened on the stage of the the
efer that for fifty years upheld the
A9ghest traditions of the stage-Mc-
vfckers Chicago. where. by the way,
Der father. l. Stoddard Taylor, was
treasurer at the time
She began in Shakespeare at eleven,
ind. except for period at school. has
made the theater her playhouse, her
YUad to romance.
When you come to think of it, how
Ike the careers of other players now
Famous. all. as they say. caught early
take Julia Marlowe, Mrs. Fiske, Viola
Allen and many others accomplished in
0eir profession They all passed along
me same road. They all lived in and
about the playhouse as children who
could have predicted for Julia Marlowe
when she played walk on parts as a
ehNd at the old Grand Opera House,
Cincinnati. that she would ever become
cur greatest actress? She was getting
yAe training that counts the same sort
u training that Imogene Fairchild is
H4ettinE, the same training that. Viola
allen and Mrs Ffske enjoyed when
young girls
-. Singular, too. that Miss Fairchild
Hhould get her first part in a New York
yheater. that of Mile. ROLAND in Mne
!, Sand with Mrs. Fiske. who, like her,
had passed through the same expert
ences in her youth. Singular, too, that
Julia Marlowe, whose performance of
Smogene In 'cymbeline' was RESPONSE
thle for Miss Fairchfld's given name,
mould be one of the arst to congratu-
late her on her New York debut
What a list of really capable pIay-
Afs. both men and women. one might
muster from among the children Of the
tage who got somewhere in the pro-
What seems easy to do is one Of
the arts that require years and years
% learn When a part on the stage is
not played acceptably we often hear
psople say. could have done better
myself 1t might be well If some of
these people were given an opportunity
% prove how badly they would do it,
% show how dificult acting really is
Imogene Fairchild is on the right
road. She Is going to go steadily for
yard, because she is solidly grounded
m her art She has acquired the at
mosphere OF the playhouse. some
thing which can only be gained in
youth and in association. In America
Erancais. SO the young Of the stage of
to-day must acquire a knowledge Of the
art they are to follow as best they can.
0ut Miss Fairchild gained this knowl-
lowe and Maud Adams gained it
slowly. securely. in the theater. This
nay appear haphazard way of mas
tsring difficult art, but 1t Is never
ssA~AS0o ZIG SiiJ SURE way open TO the
4oung player.
Il expect this young girl. knowing
Aer adaptability. her enthusiasm, her
8 willingness to work. to achieve a very
considerable fame"
Liberty Lean Drive.-The third Hb-
1Fty loan drives at Keith's day and nish,
ere proving interesting. judging from the
esyed-up interest excited last wednes-
oAy night
Col. R M. Harper said his client va,
Ysady to buy $1B.o in bonds II any othe,
ysrson present would duplicate It. Their
followed a small deluge. Mr.. Patterson
president Of the National Cash Register
Company. cams back at him with sl5, ,o0t
Werth; William P. Emo followed with the
9ame amoug&. the Cosmos Theater chime6
~ with $15.100 the license reports divisioE
= tie fQod administration reported Z
4hecripfen Of 316.eoo. and finally Col
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