Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03

.Stnge n Safety Undertaking is
like going to a party. only better"
said Miss Emily Stevens, star of
Foot Loose" in Il recent interview.
"As means of self-expression
there is nothing like the stage for a
woman. l don't mean that she can
go on the stage and express what
she really feels. which her family
might not permit her to do at home.
hut it is wonderful exercise for the
various phases of a womanS person.
ahty and keeps her true self from
being bored OF course, any art is Il
means of expression. but acting is
better. l believe. than writing or
painting, or even music, Acting is
lectual spree.
''Of course. I mean this for many
women, but not for every woman.
Please don't go applying it to a lot
of young women, making them feel
restless. Enough women already feel
ting and rushing off to the theater
IL too many become actresses the do
lnestie arts might suffer.
Anyway" continued the actress,
may be to live a domestic life in
the country.
The Career of a Magician.-"There is
SO much back of my entering into the
work of a magician that j scarcely
know how or where to begin to tell
the story of my life" confesses
Thurston. But suffice to say that
the first. yearning for excellence in
the practice of magic 1 ever felt was
during a performance of HERNIA mn.
the great, in my home town of Co.
]umbus, Ohio. when l was but a lad
of seven summers. l practiced little
hits of sleight of hand. and added to
what 1 observed by an ingenuity that 1
recognized, but did not appreciate. As
a result of my early experiences l
soon found myself continually called
upon by friends to assume the role of
entertainer
while l was a student at the d.
J.. Moody School at Northfield. Mass,
] gave what was really my first per-
Torrance before a dignified and
serious audience, at a weekly meet
ing. Everything went well until I
relieved Dwight L. Moody of sus-
picious deck of cards, and demon
strated my cleverness in handling
illusions by decapitating one of my
school chums, in the course of which
several of the professors good wives
tainted. Ny magic impulse was
nipped in the bud at the Moody School
on the plea that such seances We're
not fitting for prospective divines."
AAtCi uSNCiOPiH6 LC" tiiShS
and illusions, 1 worked through
vaudeville. through the patronage of
Tony Pastor. From then my efforts
met with pleasing success.
One evening in Denver. few
months later, l was informed that
Hermann occupied a box. After the
performance the old wizard szeompli-.
mented me by saying, 'Thurston you
are the only one who ever mystified
me with cards
From this western tour I went to
England, and played under the title
consecutive weeks at the Palace
Theater. Following this engagement
] made an extended tour of the CONT
nent."
Samuel Shipman Discusses the Play
Factory-Dramatic hits are soon to
be manufactured in play factory.
That is the prediction of Samuel Ship
man. co-author with Victor Victor of
Undesirable Friends "a play is like
a fine gown says Mr.. Shipman. mo
one person should make 1t up alone.
I'VE are going to open play fac
tory. We are going to have a man
sitting at his desk thinking out ideas
for play styles. He will find new
combinations just as the designer
finds new styles. He will make it
his business to Investigate whether
that idea has been used before.
after he has the idea he will con-
slider whether it is practicable-if it
can be made into a drama. Then he
will find out whether it is practical
IS it a style which will get the money.
he will ask.
Then he will have man who will
conceive the plot around the idea
the man who tailors the gown, sewing
it up in dialogue.
I'm dialogue. as in tailoring, there
will be a subdivision of labor. There
will be the basting, stitching and fin
jshing. So We will have a man who
will color the scheme with bright dia-
1ogue-the man who can write the
bright line which gives dialogue snap
and brilliancy.
And we will have a man who can
write only the punch scene. When