El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-11


carr, then also an actor, appeared on
{ the scene and introduced the aspiring
young woman 10 another character
/ who. customarily hides in the wings"
quits the Stage.
Scarcely had the rice ceased falling
from her bridaT veil when Mrs. Carr
received the uHimatum from her hus-
band that "a wifs's place was in tha
home, not on the stage"
Mary Carr quit the stage, and, 20
quote her, went 20 raising babies"
As the family grew Mrs Carr did not
forget her firsc love, and even in the
miast OF household duties she found
zine 10 return 10 the stage II only for
1rler engagements Meanwhile the
husband had turned his attention to
the motion picture business, in which
he eventually became q studio direc-
tor.
The family had Increased by seven
little Cars. but death had claimed
one. The others, in various stages OF
infancy and childhood. were oft-times
used in pictures BY the diFector-
father, the mother accompanying
later as an interested spectator. Her
repeated visits 20 motiol-picture
studies again awakened the old
yearumg, 50 Il was not long until
Nary Carr was again acting-this
time before me camera
Her earlier motion picture expert
euces include appearances IN such
screen productions as The Flames Of
Johannes, The Light OF Dusk The
Barrier" "Calibre S., The Lion and
the Mouse" and Mrs. Wigs OF the
Cabbage Patch"
A Success After 50.
Meanwhile, the fiftieth milestone
had come and gones the age had been
reached when the world talks in the
paEr tense regarding the prime OF life
~ tea =
great chance the opportunity to hand
70 postertty through the medium OF
The motion picture screen and the
wonderful Fox picture q faithful pic
turizat don Of mother.
To Mrs. Carr the task appeared q
simple one. L was little more than
the transfer Of daily household duties
from the home 70 the studio. Such
duties as routing SIX lively, sleep-Iow-
ing children from Their beds Of morn
ings. getting them dressed. break
tasted and off IN time for school: the
baking Of bread, ironing, sewing.
sweeping cleaning - but W0maufs
work IS never done"
mo that remarkable picture there
came also four lactle Carrs-sons aud
daughters Of AIra- Carr in zeal life.
sons ard daughters Of The ma BEN
ton IN the picture. As Mrs. Carr has
50 often remarked since the making
Of ne picture:
'srhe rols Of Ma Benton was sim
ply being naturai- An in all It was
just a ease Of being the mother all |
over again"
Altar all. age that grsys or even re- I
moves che hetr has its congensations. I
L1ls ccHa1ortfZlg ueflectiop CsErae with I
W hen We Are Young" at the Broad I
hurst theater, when youth had It's I
fAnE At Broadway, the movie YAM ]
PiEe, the barefootsd dancer, cham I
pagme-its still hubhHug-and then I
again and again the shsp girl who is /
an imaginative princess IN blue serge I
and as pure as the snow to which she I
drives her appreciatiYe here.
Yes, this play was written BY q 4
woman, Kate L. McLaurin. and its 1
symbol, Il yen like, IS the snow 4
shovel. It Is too slight z ntaV % carry
the Weight Of is three ss-esiled $50. |
Henry HUG, Alma Tell and 6sorge I
Marion II IS 0nly natural for youmg I
people t. delight IN seeing their .
names in big type WIKI Mr.. NarisH /
IL sho9ldn't matter. for he IS a good /
old aetor Who has the training and I
the art that enable him easily @ rise |
dboTe the efforts Of youngsters. As 4
an aged negro servant, no suggests ]
me danger OF changing "Whep We .
ARR Young" into When We Are Old" /
The hero Is a psor Kettle rich hey, /
IiFlng IN a New York re9miug house, i
YET, n you please. having his personal \
servant, no end Of whisky. and a gen I
orally COED time. His room IS lined /
Win books, but he never says any /
thing to make you believe he has I
read them. Il is the shopgir1 who |
eats EN- up" She IS quite remark /
able, pausing as she does on a step I
ladder 20 catch her favorite fiction. /
Luckily, she strikes upon The Three I
instead Of Three /
" eeks." A shift or the step-Iadder !
might have changed the course Of her ]
lie But she seems TO mistake the |
young mans rooms for a pubic IL I
brary- I doubt II there's a rooming I
house in New York Offering 50 free /
a library as Mrs. Tanners house. By /
this time the books would have been I
stolen or forgotten Anyway, the /
shopgirl steps the young spendthrift /
from shooting himself, and urges him 4
on to the snoW-shovel- he might bet I
ter have taken the job offered him by /
his uncle at SIS a week in a lawyers .
0ffice. but he takes a smash at the 4
snow in Wellcut cordurDys and then \
takes the girl OF romance into his /
arms-curtainl It's all as simple as
a movie
In his humble role. Mr.. Marion
proved himself the best OF the three
stars" Henry Hull was engaging at ]