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New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
News and Stage Door Chat for the Playgoer
Queen of a Screen Harem.
Madge Kennedy Is Really
A Domestic Little Wife

It was . heavily yelled interview w
had with Madge Kennedy. We had ex-
pected to run into q frolicsome young
girl bubbling with high spirits and
ready for all sorts of pranks at the
Goldwyn studios. But it's never safe
to go by ones screen conception of q
star. What we really discovered was
a demure Turkish lady Of the harem,
with nothing visible but those marvel
lous brown eyes, that laugh and dance
80 magically, smiling at US over an
edge Of yellow yelling. Swishing ropes
OF beads hung around her neck. In
stead Of dancing vivaciously about, as
we quite expected her to do, she quietly
subsded in chair and proceeded in
measured accents to tell us that she
was just in the middle Of having her
new picture, Trimmed in Red" taken.
1t has to do with Bolshevism in tho
harem.
This happened to be our week for
actresses with happy homes and hus-
bands. One interview after another
had yielded up confessions Of a similar
kind. 1t was enough to force the most
unbiased Of observers to the conclu-
sion that matrimony might have points
after all.
We looked at pictures of Madge
Kennedy's husband, decided that he
was handsome, were told he was a
broker and learned for ourselves that
he is the stars idea Of perfect other
half.
"You know, it's funny thing" con-
fessed Miss Kennedy, "but I've always
had to play the young wife part on the
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
Vaudeville
PALACE-Eva Tanguay will !

PALACE-Eva Tanguay will be the
headliner: Wellington Cross brings
a new tabloid revue in which he Is
assisted by Ted Shapiro, Nancy Bell
Marion Saki and Mary Allen. Roscoe
band and Midgie Miller. FranSlvn
Ardell and company in "The Wife
Saver" Keegan and Edwards in
"Ukelels Ike or Jazzas L." Theodore
Bekefi and company in Russian
dances and numbers from the I'm
perial Russian Ballet, Libonati and
the Juggling Nelson's complete the
bill.
XIV VERS1DE-William Seabury's "Fri.
volics" heads the bill with Seabury
Buddy Cooper and the Hope Sisters,
Elsie La Mont, Rose Stone, Sonia
Marens and Lillian Stone. owen
MMycGiveney, M Emma Haig with Jack
Waldron, Anna Chandler, Claud and
Fannie Usher, Glenn and jenkins.
Olive Cornell and Senor Westonv'
Frank and Milt Britton and Cruzon
Sisters complete the BILL
COLONLAL-Blossom seeley and COM
pany. Victor Moore and comnanv.
Irving and Jack Kaufman and Arthur
Fields are the principal features.
Others will include Loretta McDer.
mott, Eddie Cox and Jazz Band.
harry Hines, Bartram and Saxton,
Delmore and Lee and the Marco
Twins.
L1GHTY:FIRST STREET-Anna Held
}r. Will appear with Emmet Gilfoyle
IN Bits Of Musical Comedy; Kathe-
r1ne Macdonald will appear on the
screen in "The Beauty Market. "
Others on tho bill will include "The
Love Shop" Harriet Mcconnell. Cliff
3ord and Wills, the lie Grohs and
John s. Blondy and brother. q photo
comedy feature.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
Keen Epiggrams for Girls
Supplied by Brilliant
Actress Author Traveller

book. ~An Americans London" she
took b house in London and employed
girls of every type. She sums up the
result Of her investigation in q nut
shell as follows: "The trouble can be
traced right back to the feudal system.
Domestic service Is personal service.
Therefore. It Is exactly the service Of
the slave or vassal. Maids protest
against things as they are. At the
Of 'resenting kindness from their en-
ployers. The remedy has to come from
within, not without. Their minds will
have to be reshaped to suit new con-
ditions."
Mrs. Hale thinks that Beyond tho
Horizon" Is great lesson in the folly
and uselessness Of stubborn pride.
ITO me pride is faded rose leaf,"'
throw 1t away or you can keep 1t In
your pocket. It is usually better to
cast 1t away. In twenty-five years I
have never found that one gained any,
thing by insisting on place or position.
There Is only one kind Of pride that
work and in yourself and you hsve
absolute balance.
"The best sound in my life IL
laughter.
1.-The greatest relief is to leave The
theater after ones frst night In a new
play.
"The most glorious experience Of
my life was the 10th Of July"
Explaining the significance Of the
10th, Mrs. Hale told Of being in Lon
don on the day Of the peace parade
and watching Pershing, Haig and Foch
ride past.
"There was my general, riding
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15

stage. Even before I was marr,.a
was always being told that had -,
married anglo on everything and th.sae sae
was especially suited for matr;nns;-,
parts: So you see. I've had plentv ~
practice" S 0i
"Then It couldn't have seem.d g.. =,
strange when you went In for mat; -
mony personality" We questioned
"Not at all. It just came op,t. 80.
urally. Andsl don't think that e,tsss
stage or screen actress does her ih.ss hss.
work until she is married-prov;IJ..aIs I.as
things turn out happily. l can't thinSH hieH
why have been SO fortunate. but ~.
quite blissfully happy. Even INV vo.s I
seems so much wore worth while. Ths,s
is danger when yes are single - -
lowing your work to dominate VIM -
tirely, which, 1 think is always = nIs. a.
take"
Madge Kennedy is one Of thos, r,,.
people who have smooth, fair sailin. al
the time. It was by accident that ~.
landed on the stage Her luck ~.
never left her. She was a prononnssS
success in "Fair and Warmer" srd
Twin Beds" She confesses that .As
was born in Chicago and came to Ne .
York to study art. Meeting som.
students interested in amateur thssA.
ricals she worked with them In putin.
on plays In New England summer az
colony. Henry Woodruff saw her. d..
cidcd that she was type, and soon
after she was engaged as leading
woman in "The Genius" She msds
her New York debut in Little Mis.
Brown" at tho Forty-eighth Street
Theatre under tho management Of
William A. Brady.
II cannot honestly say that I III.
working for the screen better thar
being on the stage, although l Rst ali
kinds of pleasure out Of both. Switch.
ing from one to the other is like ssL-
ing an artist who has always used oiI.
to do pastel work. The power to act
is instructive, however 1t remain.
with one either way. / have almo,t
invariably done comedy. It seems -
me that comedy, to be the right Kind
needs heart interest, q real story ana
touch of melodrama. To use slams
phrase, it must have punch
"Of course, don't think pictur..
have yet been taken seriously enough
We do not half take into consideration
the minds that we control. While II il
perfectly true that they are chiefly FOR
entertainment, at the same time that
S11SSA Se@AAiAiAChIp uOWcVcT upnC and
frothy, should have something con- s
structive about it.
II didn't like pictures at all at first
for 1t seemed as though it was onlyss
case of rehearsing all the time without
having the satisfaction of quick re-.
suits. But now it is different. And
they do give you chance to have soma
lie apart from your work, because Of
the routine hours"
"Were you really a very mischievous
young person in school and in your art
student days?" we asked Miss Kennedy.
for the spontaneity of her work in pic.
lures and on the stage gives one the
impression that she knew how to lead
people dance before she ever reached
the screen.
"oh, not at all" said Madgs, with tn.
meekest air, as she tipped her Turkish
drapings around her.
But the large. brown eyes twinklsd
provocatively.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
Bride Playing Saving Wife
Is Learning to Curb Her
Penchant for Extravaganza

Mr.. Edeson in the most emphatic way
as he. strode out Of the room.
Mary Newcomb looked after him and
heaved a deep sigh Of content
Well, anyway, / am starred in matri-
mony," she remarked enigmatically.
Its a glorious feeling. It's the big
gest thing in life. On the stage I've
been patted on the back so much in Sec
ond lead. Here's where I'm leading
woman"
Miss Newcomb is still more or less
surprised at finding herself on tho
stage again. When she married she de-
ceided she was going to give it up and
be domestic. She was going to darn
Mr.. Blossoms socks, for instance, and
lead nice wifely existence. But she
was soon swept into the whirl again
and now she doesn't know how on earth
she is going to combine matrimony,
the stage and literary work.
Yes, this Is something else We dis
covered about Miss Newcomb. Her
father was once city editor of "The
Post" and she is fond of writing. She
did publicity before she went on the
stage and for three years was cam
paign organizer for Mrs. Gait. She
is positive that matrimony and the
stage 60 we'll together, but is not sure
that literary work can be squeezed
into the combine.
There is something about the theater
that keeps you strung up all the time.
| doubt If one could do much writing
at the same time" she said. "And
then, when you have a husband In the
bargain, you can't shut the door in
his face and tell him you've got to
work whether he likes it or not. But
I never get tired Of experimenting"
she finished whimsically.
You know. we were talking about
Edeson appeared" we reminded Miss
Newcomb.
"Oh yes, Of course. I didn't have
the chance to tell YOU what I thought
about it, either, did /? You know my
line in the play, I think this modern
extravaganza is horrible vice. be-
believe in saving7 Well, it's awfully
good for me to play this part, because
believe in the power Of suggestion
and I'm really-yes, really-inclined to
be extravaagant. Every one wants to
be what they are not, so, Of course, 1
like the saving woman in the play.
I'm talking on principle now. There
are some mental reservations.
But / have one virtue" flashed
Miss Newcomb, who knows how to be
serious and gay at one and tho same
moment. II don't spend money
haven't got, I have some sense Of
responsibility about my husband and
l do think It's outrageous for wives to
spend more than their husbands can
make. They are simply mortgaging
their future"
Miss Newcomb has been on the stage
for only three years. Among other
things, she played In "First Is Last"
The Woman in Room 13" and "Sick
a-Bed." She has been both Chauncey
Olcott's and Blossoms leading woman.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15

the name, she says-her father, his
brother and a man in Washington
Georgia's family in Ohio planned
musical career for her, but she upset
their hopes. She went to Oberlin Col
lege, and during her summer vacations
played in stock companies. After
graduation from college, in 1905. she
tried vaudeville for a short time
and then went to San Francisco,
where she played in a musical stock
company in 1908 and 1909 with Barney
Bernard and other actors and actresses
who have appeared with SUCCESS on
Broadway.
Seven Days." which was produced
IN New York in 1912, was Miss
O'Ramey's first Broadway appearances
in musical comedy, and she has played
here almost continuously in seven Of
the eight years which have followed.
Two of the plays in which she appeared
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15

There are certain disadvantages
about being the wife Of an actor Of
the older school; that is to say, If
you happen to be on the stage your
self. Mary Newcomb, who plays the
part Of the parsimonious wife in "My
Lady Friends" finds this so. She is mar
red to Robert Edeson, the high hand
ed doctor in "Mamma's Affairs" The
trouble is he thinks that girls on the
stage to-day are paid too much money,
don't work hard enough and get too
many sugar coated bon bons, actual
and figurative. Rather than let his
young actress wife suffer from cod
ding of this kind, he sits in stern
judgment on her work, is her most
severe critic and to quote herself
thinks it's more than she deserves If
she makes five cents"
to talk this way about each other
especially If they are rather newly
married. Miss Newcomb persists that
she was married ever since she was
born, but records go to show that it
was only last June. Anyway, 1t can't
be very long, because she hasn't got
beyond the domestic stage yet, and we
found her hanging curtains in her
apartment In the Hotel des Artistes
one day last week. We started to talk
about stingy wives. She was owning
up to extravagant tendencies person
ally when Robert Edeson suddenly
made his appearance on the scene. He
didn't mean to be interviewed He
just got into the picture by accident
when his wife turned to him impetu-
ously with:
Bob, dear, do you love me as am
or would you prefer me If | were like
the stingy wife In the play?"
"Oh, / say, I wouldn't want that kind
Of wife," retorted Bob. II want some
one who will 60 out and spend with me;
some one just like you--a good little
pa.."
"But If 1 were careful with money I'd
be regular wife, wouldn't II" per-
sisted the bobbed-hair girl.
"You are regular wife" retorted
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
Simple and Direct Story
OF NThe Lily in Yiddish
By an Innocuous Reporter

claims the fact that she is his "wtfe,
If not in name, before God"
Now, all this time Marta, the elder
sister, has been in the background. AS
portrayed by Jenny VALERIE, she is a
pale woman of thirty-five, with every
vestige of her beauty gone and her
rather luxuriant gray hair brushed
back in severe fashion. Her clothes
are monotonously plain and her voice
musically modulated. Somewhat retir-
ing, she has had little to do in the ac-
intense love for her younger sister.
The baron, ordinarily a domineering
person. has taken advantage, as bullies
do, of her very great mildness by con-
stantly nagging her. In short, the I'M
preston she conveys very ably for two
and half acts is that sho is unim-
portant.
But at this point in the play, when
the baron stamps about in q furious
rage and finally goes to strike Flora,
she springs forward protectingly, and
for fifteen minutes holds the house
awed by a remarkable exhibition of
acting. What she says is not very i'm
portant; it is even stickily sentimen ntal,
but her soliloquy is spoken With much
admirable passion and heat. 1t is the
climax of the play, and as she tells
how her father throttled her romance
and how she is now forever denied the
love of a man and children, sobs are
heard througout the theater, and the
blowing Of noses Is quite general.
And, Of course, the baron is dunn
founded, and finally admits his wrong
and Flora promises to wait for Victor
and all is we'll.
should like to add another word
about Jewish audiences, who are really
far more interesting than those on
Broadway. When the play was done
and the fate Of Flora settled they did
not go right home but stood grouped
in the lobby "argufying" as to the
relative merits of the characters and
the Social significance" Of the play.
Now, what Broadway audience would
waste time doing that?
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
Vaudeville Twice as Hard
AS the 'Leggitimate'' Stage,
Insists Georgia O'Ramey

When next Georgia O'Ramey attends
vaudeville show as a spectator She
will applaud even the dullest act. She
has made her debut in the two-a-day
and knows now that vaudeville actors
are serious, hard working members of
the theatrical "profession."
Georgia, of musical comedy fame. has
just finished playing her first week In
New York vaudeville at the Colonial.
repeating some of her characterizations
IN Leave 1t to Jane" and "The Velvet
Lady" 'e''e'
i used to 60 to q vaudeville show
ana watch the acts, but would never
connect the actors with the show bust
ness as | knew it. But now 1 realize
that have come into a new world. so
strange that I am learning th}ne,
about 1t every day.
j., only. yesterday a man said some-
thing about the N. V. A. to me. I
looked blank. He looked surnris.d
me N. V. A.! the N. V. Alp he re-
Peated. But what is it, my good man p
appealed. In despair, he said: .Whv
the National Vaudeville Association,
didn't know there was such thing "
MISS O'Ramey thinks vaudeville work
IS twice as hard as the theatrical work
TO which she has been accustomed and
lC
as hard ''A'7 '''ies
MANY of them do not have clever
aau.horS 10 provide them with lines,
1ut 60 on and with their own clowning,
dancing, patter and natural abilitv
and make the audience laugh. It's an
entirely new phase of the show hns;.
ness for me and serious one. too. In
the legitimate you have lines and ma
te1la! from the brain of an author, and
an the actor or actress has to do is
TO devote time to the development ~
characte rization and delivery.h
>, MISS O'Ramey is natural come
Creme, and is just as funny, or even
iunnler, off the stage than she is in
front OF the footlights. Clarence
SIENNA, who plays the piano for her act
came into the dressing room and helped
hlmself to some of the cigarettes which
were lying about. '''~''
,lsdeduct 80 cents a week from his
sal lary," she said, "for the cigarettes he he
own" - A'S
When Miss O'Ramey talks in the
vernacular Of the two-a-day, which she
has acquired in her short time in f.
she is at her best. Even her Beleian
maid, Julia, who has only slioht
working knowledge Of English, is prov.
Ing an apt pupil A few evenings aoo
. friend Of Miss O'Ramey's telepboned
to her hotel: Julia answered the phone
",How's Miss O'Ramey doing at the
Colonial 7" was asked
Shes a riot" was Julia's promnt
reply, with but slight knowledge Of the
meaning of the remark
Every day am adding to my vaude-
VILE. vocabulary" Miss O'Ramey said
"and when 60 back to the legitimate
am afraid my friends who have neve,
been In vaudeville will not understand
me. ~''0
"'Go out and take your bends .we
paralyzed them we knocked them
fat we followed the monkey act and
many others startle and amuse me
It Miss O'Ramey could put into he,
next musical show some Of the imits.
lions she showed in her dressing room
40 she demonstrated her knowledge Of
vaudeville talk she might create the
pest part Of her career.
Her real name, she insists. 4,
O'Ramey. There are only three otbs, ~
psrsons in the United States who bes,
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
Famous, Young and Handsome,
Robert Harron Turns Out
To Be Modesty Personified

We knew we weren't taking any
chances in arranging to meet Robert
Harron in the lobby Of the Claridge.
There Is no forgetting any one you
weep over and our tears had flowed
freely when he died in "The Birth Of
q Nation" Moreover, as the good
young man in "True Heart Susie, he
was the most human sort of minister
We ever saw on the screen. 1t must
be confessed that we prefer him In q
tough part such as he had in "Intoler-
ance," but his finest piece of work was
undoubtedly the hero role in Hearts
Of the World"
When he walked blithely through
the revolving door at the Claridge we
knew him at once, although his
mustache was missing. He looked
very young and broad shouldered.
What have you done with it, your
mustache. you know" we inquired.
ooh. that. Well, it's shaved off ut
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
Stage Proves Enough
Education for a Girl.
s'Boots" Wooster Saw,

People wonder Just what is happen
ing to the education Of the many
young girls now active on the stage
They ask such questions as, Do they
grow up to be iRnoramuses7 Are they
sacrificing their girlhood? In fact. lust
what is the reaction Of youth to the
stage? wv
Boots" Wooster, the sixteen-year.
stein in "The Purple Ma Mask" "0 nav. y,'t}ua' +hat
SO Tar az she is concerned, the stage
has been an excellent and all-around
school. AS she expressed it, "Beinr on
the stage is great experience: it pre-.
pares you for womanhood. It make,
your outlook broader and your feeling
toward people more sympathetic.
On the stage one is constantly IN
touch with clever people, and this. of
course, makes one mentally alert. And
II Is certainly best that a girl during
her impressionable years be associated
Win thinking. people; real people, who
are working for their living and who
by the very nature of their work, must
have intelligence above the average.
What about actual studies? I am
often asked. Also, if I think girls on
sne stage are neglecting things they
ought to know. My answer is Indeed
1S no!. On the contrary, we are learning
snlngs they could not teach us in the
average az college preparatory school,
ror example, the stage demands per
1ect English. If one wants to be sue
cessIul actress one must have a full
vocabulary and good diction. It il
a!so necessary to read the best PLAYS
ana to know literature. French and
os"eF Languages are always creeping in.
so an ambitious actress will try her
oess TO be q linguist. And, on the
os osnet hand. studies like algebra and
pnysies y .r. can be mastered by the aid Of
. susor few hours each dav.s
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15

through tho streets Of London" she
said. II thought to myself as I
watched these Londoners: If you
cheer my general will cheer yours
And how they cheercdl l was filled
with q mad excitement. I felt that
something had to be done that was
different from anything had ever
done before. So what do you think
I did?
II stayed right there at my vantage
point watching the parade. I did not
go to the theater for the matinee.
did not even let them know l was not
going. In twenty-five years l had
never missed performance. So there
wasn't anything else I could do that
more completely made the 10th day
Of July. 1919, red letter day In my
life"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15

preaeut.. I'm afraid II wouldn't make
much Of an impression. anyway, for
it's blond, although my hair is dark"
This was rather a shock, but scre,
stars always do have some surprises
IN store for you when you meet them
IN the flesh.
Everything else about Robert Harr IN
was quite according to schedule. Ho
ie young-add together fourteen years
~ soyhosd and then twelve years Of
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
THE Jest" Got Half a Million

IN the 257 performances Of John
barrymore in "The JEST" which closes
at the Plymouth Theater next Satur-
day night to give the star . weeks
freedom before his opening in "Rich-
ara ILL.," Arthur Hopkins. tho produs.
ing manager, says, moro than $60o,0os
mas como In through the box-ofass
window.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15

as q comedienne were "Around tho
Map" and Miss Springtime."
her stay In vaudeville, Miss
o'Ramey says, will not be a long one.
as she IS to start rehearsals very soon
Tor musical comedy which will BE-
produced here.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-10-25
NeW President is
Elected as Chief
of Pioneer Club

Succeeding Mrs. Chas. Newman,
who has moved to Chickasha, Mrs.
w. M. White has been elected presi-
dent of the Pioneer Home Demon
stration club, according to Mrs. Net
tie r. Coryell, county home demon
tration agent.
Mrs White was elected to this po-
stion at a recent meeting Of the
club Mrs. Coryell and Mrs. r. M.
Ikard, president of the county feder-
alton of farm wmoen's Clubs, were
present at the meeting.
Time at this meeting was spent
in canning wseet potatoes and
pumpkins, the steam pressure cook
ers owned by the club and Mrs. Cor
yell being used. Thirty-six quarts Of
these products were canned. Dinner
was served to the visitors.
oklahoma Laws Affecting Wom-
en-" is the subject to be studied by
the club this month.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-10-25

Twenty families were helped to
rebuild their houses. Cultiyators
and other farm implements were
bought for some. Wagons were re-
paired In, some instances stock was
replaced. Whatever was necessary
to set the people Of the community
on their feet and make them SELF
supporting again was done.
In all $4,000 was expended under
the direction Of the Red Cross.
Every cent OF it went to relief and
service as all overhead expense was
cared for by the Red Cross division
headquarters at st. Louis.
Obligations which the Red Cross
incurred at Pegs have not been
completed yet. The Red Cross for
instance provided one little girl with
an artificial arm and now is send
ing her to school. Seven sets OF or
phans were provided for by the Red
Cross through pension fund. They
were given clothing and shelter and
now are being sent to school by the
Red Cross.
What happened at Peggs last May
might happen to any Oklahoma
town. But any Oklahoma town can
find comfort in what happened in
the wake OF the Peggs storm and
know that wherever disaster strikes
-he Red Cross will be there.
The best insurance that any com
nunity can have Of properly or
ganized and properly administered
relicf work is a live Red Cross chap /
er An opportunity for a renewal
If Red Cross memberships will be
offered to very chapter member No /
yember 11-25, the Fourth Annual
Roll Call of "The Greatest Mother i,
n the World