Evening journal., 1920-01-06
DUNCAN SISTERS
GET XMAS TOYS
Yung Women Dancing
Stars, However, Deny
I They Are kids"
FATHER WANTED ONE
TO BE A TEACHER

"People who see us on the stage often
mix we are small children in reality"
laughed the Duncan Sisters. removing
stRe makeup after the performance OF
Isl ie's A Good Fellow" at the Play
hOase last night and at The same time
answering questions Of The Evening
Journal interviewer. Christmas we
wee sent toys. and just look al this"
Hae was exhibited dlminutive hand
kerhief printed with Mother Goose
,hracters.
fhe interviewer looked at the blonde
etls and rosy, young faces left after
~ makeup was of, and ventured:
JYou are not so very aged in reality,
fe you?"
mo" smiled danclng-eyed Rozetta.
lo'nt'ng to the dimpled Vivian. ashes
seventeen. and ] am eighteen. We
haven't been wearing our hair up for
very long"
These charming young women are Just
as piquant and captivating or the stage
os on It. VIII 'ch is saying a good deal.
Although their journey from a Cali
f0rnia home TO instant success in New
York reads like a fairy-tale, they have
not been in the least spoiled by the con-
slant succession Of app'aud.ng and en-
coring audiences. It is this ratural, I'M
affected grace. and Joy OF living which
they carry into their slage-wOrld, and
which makes them popular wiki the
atregOers tired Df artificial mannerisms.
"Our father wanted Vivian to be q
teacher: he is a school teacher" said
Rozetla. "Vivisn was a good scholar.
never wanted % 90 to school
That's true agreed Vivian hozetta
used 20 run gvay TO see a show when
she was sent 10 school,
Rozetta wanted all her life, to go on
the stage. Nhen she was sixteen she
sought a slige career In Chicago, with
i5-veer-old Vivian as chaperOne. They
did moi star in Chicago. but went on TO
New York arriving with 81 in their
rockets. Happily for the young ac-
iresses. tley were at once engaged for
Tie Wintr Garden Although without
stag cxjereince, their youthful charm
and taleit for comedy made them an IN
slant success.
OnlvIa three-year contract with
C3arlel Dillingham; prevented their
being Ma,ted to- Paris by a French
lheatgcal producer.
I'M Misses Duncan have an older
sisteL Evelyn, who won stage success
I'm Ne "Melring Of Molly" Their Sis
icrharried and is Just now engaged in
administering to the demands OF the
hgE ruler Of her household but eX-
dts to return TO the stage in the iu-
tte. ,u
There are two very level heads on the
Settv shoulders Of the Duncan sisters.
hev are ambitious to do bigger things
"a the future and put in their spare
+.ne studying Italian, French, dancing
|otd so on. They have shut their eyes
fo othe fascinations Of Broadway and
~aoluiely gone home and to sleep aiter
~ show was over in New York.
From Doing our Bit" the Winter
drdan show the Duncan girls went
ifo The vaudeville on The Keith cir
hit winning fresh triumphs there.
ht 'bevhave made their greatest hit as
he bo-rding school "imps,' with song
lDecialties in shes a Good Fellow.
| This success is a good answer to
hheir fathers objections to their un-
dertaking a theatrical career
When the Delaware College freshmen
cans were returned, Vivian put pic
lure Of the sisters with a note, Hope
YOU liked the show" into hers for
some lucky Freshly to get
The Duncans like Wilmington. ap-
ureciate the applause given them last
night especially the college yells given
in their honor. and think the Hotel
dupont the lovellest OF the many hotels
in which they have stayed.
They enjoy being with shes
Good Fellow" speaking Of the home
Ike atmosphere and friendly spirit OF
the company, making their travels
cOngenal.
Just to tell stage secret-the big
red apple shown by chester each
performance, very properly finds iis
way 20 the room Of the Duncan kids
after the show It is going to take an
awful lots of apples TO see that play
through the season.
No. kind reader, we don't know what
becomes Of the chewing gum parked /