New-York tribune., 1920-01-18

front teeth out and a blouse m,a.
OF potato sacks opened the doos 0e out
Miss Westley had an anno;n.
with US at o'clock" we s;SA''asns sa;S
Yes, and l thought Won
coming, it got so late" weren't
So this was Helen Westlev s.,
makeup on! vain nef
Double, double, toll and trou., .
we answered. at was imr,ss;h,oie ;ThSoie
find the stage door" s'''ie to
New said Miss Westley, as sb.
Penclled her. brow to make her tsas Que
look more sinister. "Do you wan, VS., lace
to talk about myself or the play,s ne
about yourself"
But" she replied, "the plav !, .,
more interesting than l am. So musi ~usa
has been said of this play Of To,.,sSssan Ssn
that it is an evil play, that it sIbsvas sba1a,s
not be produced whereas. it !. ;0uo W.
most wonderful thing he ever has ~, .as
Have a caramel? They are fne 'One
Z" The Power of Darkness mean, a..
power OF sin, but this play will msl.
people hate sin as they never hatas sI. !:
before. Don't put it all in your mor.s y
at once. just take a bite Of it. u.S Arsns
they the best caramels you ever t...sI.
You know the story of The powss :.
Darkness" don't you? Well, | am III.
old woman who thinks it is all richt ~
murder any one if he is not hay;n.
good time in this world. also mnrS.,
baby, but take care to see that \.
is baptized first. Pm a nice nsrsan "'
don't you think? That is the snlenS;S
part of belonging to an orpaniratinr
axe TINS. ! ou can play all sorts ~
people in one season. VI
"The other thing Is deadly and 4,
far as l am concerned, would kin ali
ambition in me. / went on the atsss
because I wanted to play many parts
and found myself in company which
played one season in town and tbsn
they took the show out on the road AND
played couple Of seasons more. r,
this the fascinating life of the stae,r
I asked. Is this the building up o,
character, the portrayal of moods Of
which | have dreamed?'
II found responsive chloride IN ths
bosoms Of many Of my fellow actor.
however. All, seemingly, were content
to go on saying the carriage awaits.
4 love you madly.' as the case might
be, for sixty or seventy or eighty weeks
the longer the better. SO tried II
another season with Rose Stahl befors
she was star and then left the staps
for ten years. When l returned Il
was with the Washington Square
Players"
"And you wore lovely green velvet
coat-suit trimmed with sealskin," We
said, delighted to be on familiar ground
for few seconds. Of course, as Mis-,
Westley said, it isn't art to 90 on play
ing the same part week after. week
and season after season, but it Is such
a comfortable feeling to know that by
no chance can you go up in your lines
and that your pay check Is coming at
the end of the week
THE trouble with the average actor
is that he is money mad. And the
salaries paid now are alluring, but"
and Miss Westley blocked out an
other tooth-"it is fatal; it is too easy
was talking to Doris Keane, who
played Romance for years, and / said,
Find another Romance if you can. but
promise yourself that at the end Of
six weeks you will take it of and put
on another play no matter how great
its success"
"Then, why didn't you do that With
John Ferguson'?" was what we meant
to say, but instead we said, "'John
Ferguson is the most successful play
you have put on, isn't ?" hoping that
Miss Wesley would tell us why they
had not taken John Ferguson Of ct
the end of six weeks and let the pub
lies dollars go hang!
ut was, indeed, and we did not
dream of it. The cast was so good
and yet it was chosen just from our
own members"
Some one called Miss Wesley from
the foot of the stairs and she rose to
go, saying: "There is one nice thing
about this play that l forgot to men
tion. You don't have to brush up for
it. The more untidy you are the better
you look from the front Now, look at
those hands; and can have them thst
way for whole season"
"No, Miss Westley," We corrected,
"for six weeks"