Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-15

whore the Jews live as IN city Of their
own, every child knows her.
The old Bowery Theater saw her
great triumphs in the very parts that
Duse and Sarah Bernhard were inter-
preting at the same time for audiences
Of the great outer world.
Her discovery came soon. Broad
way greeted her with the enthusiasm OF
her Bowery admirers. Her Norma
Wanna, her role in 1.-THE Kreutzer Son
ata," in sardou's Fedora" her Rachel.
all were hailed as great creations.
vaudeville. Many actresses have signed
vaudeville contracts and at once chang.
ed their art and their personalities Of
the legitimate stage to entertain WITH
some 'stunt'' which they thought APP
propriate for the occasion.
Bertha Kalich still remained the ira
gedienne on the vaudeville stage. 1t was
harder to convince the managers that
the public would stand for snatch OF
tragedy or emotional. serious acting IN
a vaudeville program. Her vaudevlne
tour in 1.-THE Light of the Holy Agnes
is still in vivid memory.
The screen drama has had Its lure Tor
her. It was a new experience with new
audiences. Here, too, she still insisted
upon and maintained her standard:
Little is known Of her private lie:
II am a woman as many thousands Of
others" she said 81 am wife and a
mother My life in my home has moth
ing whatever in common with my stage
life.
'Do I live separate edstences? Per-
haps; but I have never played a par.
that I could not actually live in each
performance. Really live. My tears
are as genuine as my laughter; my sor-
row and my grief cause mo heart PAIN
In each appearance and my JOY exalts
every nerve OF my being.
PlaywriEhtanE Under Dimculty-
Students Of human nature say 1t Is as
natural for the average man or woman
to want to write as it is to want to
breathe.
fers to shine as an expert horseWoman.
q wonderful motorist Or something out
does not require the expenditure Of brain
power or real work. Time was-and
may be still-when Jewels were tho fad.
The time always will be when gowns,
costlier. handsomer or unique, VIII Do
Jane Cowl, after achieving measure
of stage success, resolved to align her
self with the natural instinct, ana 30
| took up playwriting.
Years ago. when she was struggling
for recognition before the footlights,
she achieved some notice and inciden-
tally an addition to her slender in
come as a writer Of short stories Tor
| the magazines. In the company with
bher was Jane Macklem. who had had
experience on the newspapers. They
became fast friends and eoatinued so
even after Miss Macklem married q
/ Detroit lawyer and became Jane Muir
I'm.
Then the other Jane began to revert
to the writing habit.
"Jane Murfin wrote me occasionally,
and when she visited New York we
always saw each other" Miss Cowl
says. 81 cannot just say where the
idea of jointly writing a play with her
began.
and the next thing we knew We had
mapped out between US what seemed
| to be q very good idea for a play.
That idea became. after a while. Lilac
| Time"
"Seiwyn & Co.. produced It. and I
played it for two years. until last
juno. when I had to suspend because
Of q motion picture contract
Meanwhile we were both At work
! oA another play. Separated by hum