Arizona republican., 1919-12-01

viewer to picture the regal appearing man before him, wearing the rich er- mine lined robes, hostling bronchos on a transatlantic liner. But the hand that held a golden scepter still bore marks of recent callouses which were accounted for when Macfarlane said that after enlisting in England he served four and one-half years with the army ordnance corps.
 Although I sailed from New York in November. it was January, 1915, be- fore 1 got into the midst of the real military activities in France" After three months at Ypres, Macfarlane was made full sergeant. For more than two years Sgt. Macfarlane remained on active duty in France, helping to bring up ammunition all along the front.
 q believe I would rather have been in the infantry and had an opportunity to do some shooting, than go through the strain of being under fire-having some one sending bullets at you with no chance to return a few. During the time I was assigned to duty in France I was shifted to almost every important point of engagement along the western front, going from Dixmude to Albert"
 | Here the actor-author paused to re- | touch his makeup. The grave digging scene of Hamlet was being enacted on the stage over the dressing room, and l the words of Hamlet were interpolat- ed into the interview:
 'Dost thou think that Alexander | looked to this fashionT'
 November, 1917, Macfarlane was | transferred to Italy, where he served until demobilized in March, 1919. Dur l ing his service of more than four years ! in the army, Macfarlane only had S6 days leave of absence Although never
 wounded he was sent to the hospital
 twice as the result of exposure and l over-strain.
 | With the war over and no more am- munition to be carried to be hurled against the defeated Germans, the lure of Broadway beckoned to the actor
 soldier, and in June of this year he
 was back in New York ready to again take up the work to which he has de-
 voted the greater part of his life.
 But though he left the battle-fields
 of France behind him, Macfarlane found upon his arrival in New York
 that the actors had started a little war l or InelT own. They were up III dTIlls against all managers who refused tc recognize certain rights which were very plainly outlined. Macfarline al. lied himself with the Actors Equity association and results proved he wal again on the victorious side.
 During the season of 1912-13, Mac.
 farlane had been prominent In the sup
 port of John E. Kellerd, and that
 eminent star invited the returned sol. ; dier to join him for the present sea
 son. The offer was satisfactory ant
 accepted, and the transition iron
 khaki to tights was made.
 "The remarkable part about my re turn to Mir Kellerds' company" ex :, plained Macfarlane, twas the fact tha
 even though I had been lost to tn Q environment and atmosphere of tn
 stage for almost five years, I foun v that the classic lines of the immorta Q bard returned to me practically with l out study and I believe that had been called from the battlefields a
 any time during my service to pla
 any of Shakespeare's characters whic
 had already portrayed. could hay
 done so without a rehearsal and prac
 tically without study. I find the won
 derful lines of England's greatest poe
 to be a treasure which I cannot easil
 lose and which no one can take froI lme"