Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
GAME GIRL
WINS JOB


A FTER having covered dis
n lance of nearly 1000 miles, the
greater part of which was by
foot with only an occasional lift"
by some kind hearted motorist, a
pretty lS-year-old girl who says she
is Fredrica Hawks of Kansas City,
Mo-, is in Los Angeles, having ac-
complshed task she undertook
seven months ago.
Tired and footsore and complete
ly covered by DUST that her
striking features failed to reveal the
fact that she was a girl, attired in
male garb, the young woman pre-
scented herself to Douglas Fairbanks
at his Hollywood studios. She asked
for work and after she had told her
story Of many weary miles of lone
someness and hunger, her gameness
so appealed to the screen star that
she was Immediately given a posi-
ton.
Miss Hawks says she is the
daughter of Mrs. Fredrica McDon-
aid of $40 Elmwood street, Kansas
City. About year ago the girl
had desire to go to Los Angeles
in search of career in motion pic
lures. The lure had been caused
by the many stories she had read in
magazines and other periodicals
and she was fascinated. Without
consulting her mother she decided
to 20 to Southern California. even
if she had to walk. With this de-
termination she STARTED out. Her
personal belongings she packed in
gunnysack and with little money
she had saved, purchased some
boys clothing.
At the end of the second week Of
her journey, Miss Hawks had COW
cred but 80 miles. During that
time she had had only one real
meal and this she bought with her
last money. The beginning of the
third week found her still full of
determination, yet very tired and
homesick. But she did not give up.
Each week found her gradually
nearing her goal.
Near the Kansas state line she
was taken i'll and found shelter
with family Of squatters, Her
journey was interrupted by two
weeks and when she regained her
strength she started out again.
Then she lost all sense of direction
and at last took a berth on the
brakebeams of freight. To her
great surprise, after considerable
rough riding she awakened one
night and found herself in Seattle.
A month was lost here and then
she started south again by foot.
Motorists along the coast helped
her considerably, although several
times she was forced to curl up in
the tire rack if she wanted to ride.
Most of her food was what she
could pick up here and there. but
for the greater part OF the time she
went hungry.
Not long after telling her story
to Mr.. Fairbanks she was snugiy
located at the Hollywood Studio
club, an organization exclusively for
young women. That is now Miss
Hawks home and now she is rest
ing up bit before starting her ac-
tivities in the motion picture studio.
Screen personality is a mysterious
thing which no one seems able to
explain. Some more or less homely
people have screen personality and
hence are successful. Other men
and women, handsome in everyday
life, are homely on the screen and
devoid of magnetism. They may
have personality in everyday life,
possess magnetism, but when on the
silver sheet they are without appeal.
When it is remembered that we
see but shadows it is the more
strange regarding this personality
business. One would not think that
shadow could have personality;
then one would certainly think that
one shadow would be as appealing
as another, all things taken into con-
sideration. Well, you are mistaken.
There is Nazimova, for example.
Not beauty, but with strange
compelling screen personality. Dus-
tin Farnum is no matinee idol, and
yet his personality and winning
smile has won for him \ following
in every civilized country. Flor
ence Reeds magnetic personality
aids her as much on the screen as
does her marvellous acting. Per-
sonality carries Mary Pickford along
year after year.
Explain it as you will, there re-
mains the fact that it is not alto
gether beauty, not altogether a tai
ent for acting. but >-some strange
power that brings-to certain men
and women in the movies stauneh
army of admirers.
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Doris Hardy, remembered for her
appearance at the Orpheum in "The
Cure" is now rehearsing a new play
let for her return to vaudeville. 1t
is entitled, when 1t Strikes Home"
and will be presented by a COM
pany Of seven.