New-York tribune., 1918-10-27


though they be stars who don't wish
20 be interviewed, or those who say
that they do not, but in the presence
Of extreme youth we always stand
abashcd.
There is something in it that induces
retrospoct,on. You feel like turning
hack the pages and rubbing out the
tloss and everything; and you think
Of "the moving finger writes" and re-
moulding 1t nearer to our hearts de-
SIRE" and you feel an envy that is not
untinged with awe.
Therefore, when we went to inter
view Fairc Binney, late OF "Sportinr
Life and now the leading woman" in
the Maurice Tourneur production of
that name, we wondered what on earth
we should talk about
We couldn't remember much of our
Elsie Dnsmore, and if VIC read un on
the immortal Elsie probably Miss Bin
ney would turn out TO be one Of those
hghbrow youngsters who know al
about logarithms and Shakespeare. 50
we just let it go and went to meet
Miss Blnney without an den as to the
proper form OF opening for an inter
view with lAtle girl Of sixteen who
looks like nice. ripe peach, wearing
a brown beaver Tam O. Shantor.
And then we received the surprise
Of our life. Miss Binncy might have
been the original babe referred to
in the Bible in the passage which
starts: "Out of the mouths Off
She is 4 young lady and she knows
everything. and instead of saying
"Now, dear, tell nc how you happened
10 so In motion pictures" we found
cursolf discussing economic indepen-
Gence and equal industrial opportuni-
ties, and the single standard and uni
form divorce laws, and the advsability
Ct early marriages, and the influence
of the man on things sartorial, and
the theatres and dancing, and then
We suddenly remembered that Miss
Einney was q dancer and we rushed
q; the subject.
DO tell US. Miss Binncy." we said,
treathlcssly. "how it feels to dance on
YOUR toes Isn't it wonderful sensa-
tlon?"
well, you sec,' said the nice, ripe
peach in the brown beaver Tam o.
Shanter, II don't dance much any more.
and really haven't done any toe dane
Ns in about ten years" Ten years!
Fancy That would make Miss Binnev
SIX years old when she used to emulate
ierpsichore on the tips of her toes.
Yes, OF course, | could dance long
before | was six, and so could my
sister Constance; but she went on with
hers and l dropped mine.
Dancing on your toes is the easiest
thing in the world. Any one can learn
that part of it in three months it is
nothing. 1t is what goes with it that
is difficult.
You know Mr. Tourneur says that
The best training for the screen is
oancing, better even than stage ex-
perience, and when he engaged me and
~Oitoed lOl sporting LIE HtAlNSF
Of US had ever been on the screen be-
fore, and never had played part on
the stage
You haven't asked me how got my
start on the screen, and everybody asks
that the first thing. 1t seems to be the
ambition of every one these days. and
he more see Of the hundreds of peo-
pic who seek but never find the more |
realize that | was singularly lucky
Mr.. Lasky saw Constance when she
was dancing in Oh, Lady. Lady, and
not long after that the Paramount sent
for her to go over to the studio. She
gust happened to take me along, and
when We got there they asked me if
dldn't want to have test made, too.
Of course said yes, and | didn't think
we ever would hear of it again. But
along came Maurice Tourneur one day,
and he was looking for two girls 10
play sisters in Sporting Life
when he saw our test picture he
liked us, and when he found out that
we were dancers he was delighted at
'east nc said he was-and so we went
to play in Sporting Life
And Pm crazy over pictures. ]
haven't worked now for four weeks on
account Of this influenza thing, and