The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-19
"oDDs AND ENDS

Friday and Saturday.
"oDDs AND ENDS"
Venus lives again in Miss Liliian
Goldsmith. Want to be another
Venus de Milo, standard of feminine
beauty, whose measurements never
gets out of fashion? Here Is the recipe
OF a modern American douole OF
Venus: Miss Goldsmith, who taxes
q prominent role In Jack Northwortn
new musical revue "Odds and Ends OF
1913" playing an engagement at the
Academy tomorrow night.
Get a statue of Venus. Look at 1t
intently every day. with the the de-
termination to resemble it, Become
q mermaid. swim, then swim some
more. Breathe. breathe. breathe and
deeply. Diet wisely. Eat for the
body's sake and not for the paiate's.
What goes into the mind. what goes
into the, lungs. what goes into the
stomach, there are the ingredients OF
the human Individual. according to
Miss Goldsmith's handbook. Her
resemblance to the Venus de Milo II
. curious tribute to the power OF mind
over matter. The Venus statue was
given to her when she was very
young girl. Miss Goldsmith decided
when she grew UP she would duplicate
ut her mind on making her measure
nents conform. Her present ideal
proportions are in no small DEGREE the
result Of the power Of thought to mold
the human shell, the thought inhahits,
tust ~ q man makes a house to his
own architectural conception. In her
daily comparison to herself with the
statue, Miss Goldsmith soon discover
"a she must use some system to
he
swimming. 1t turned the trick.
THE AUCTIONEER."
What are the sensations OF an
A0tor who plays one part so many
times" Is one of the most frequent
queries put to David Warfeld, who
comes to the Academy Tuesday and
Wednesday nights, in his revival OF
'The Auctioneer." Does he get tired
afresh each evening the emotions he
displays before his audience?"
Such questions quite often occur TO
spectators on the other side Of the
footlights, who give any thought to
the subject They frequently imagine
that the continual iteration and reiter-
alton of words, whatever their signi-
ficance and meanings to the audience.
must In the end merge into a tumble
ION this subject" declares Mr..
Warfieid. temperament radically dit
faFs I say temperament for believe
that no other word describes the pre-
else function that has to do with this
problem. 1t isn't wholly a matter of
mind, OF wili-power or Of volition. but
the conditions which for the moment,
strike your feelings like a zephyr
passing over the strings Of an Aeolian
harp.
I'm regard To my work as Simon
Levi in The Auctioneer. I never give
so satisfactory performance of the
part, TO myself AT least. as on even
ings or matinee days when can alto
gether lose myself in the spirit OF
the role. This. however. depends upon
circumstances, Much OF our work
must necessarily tn the long run be-
come mechanical like the exits and
,en4rances. and the. regular business
I'll the play Title safnn itanta OF sss slra
and tears liz not difficult for trained
actor of emotional qualities. and /
can threw the vibrant accent of tears
into my voice without necessarily shar
ing the feeling that produces them.
Hut whenever do so. from whatever
cause---physical indisposttion. mental
apathy or spirit of unavoidable
weariness--l say to myself that have
not acted in good faith.
~ have been told that the audience
notices no difference. but I myself
know 1t, and that is enough to spur
me on with renewed energy to merge
myself as completely as possible into
the personality OF the role. Such ef-
fort keys up tho imagination and en-
ables you to thrill an audience with