The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-18

Anniston, July 17.-tSpecial )-Among the many Alabamians making notable records in the east is Miss Melanie Cor don, a former popular Anniston girl, whose friends have watched with interest her very successful career in Washing ton and New York.
 Miss Gordon is now making good on the stage. last week the New York Trimune contained an attractive picture of MsT Gordon and the following comments re- garding the part she is playing in An Innocent Idea:
 ''Melanie Gordon feared she wouldnt qualify for the role of Philomena Rose, the girl reporter, in Martin Browns An Innocent Idea at the Fulton theatre. It wasn't because she had never been i- side a newspaper office, and had never written so much as a paragraph for a newspaper That sort of experience isn't necessary on the stage No, it wash t that
 ''Melanie thought she was not good looking enough to be a reporter. When a good many of the women reporters in the profession read this th>y will, no doubt, turn to a convenient mirror and discover traces of beauty which they had never noted before. Such is Miss Cor dons conception of the woman in news paper work. All of the reporters that she has met, and she has met many, she says. have been attractive looking as well as capable. But Melanie underestimated herself on this score. If city editors chose their staff on the basis of physical beauty instead of ability to gather and write news. Melanie would have little trouble in finding employment.
 "In her dressing room, waiting for her cue to go on and prove Henry Bird. played by Robert Emmett Keane. the most immoral man in Michigan and to gain evidence of the escapades of Ernest Geer her aspiring fiance, played by Russell Fillmore, Melanie sought tech- nical information to aid her in her stage calling. She wanted to know about note taking how to cover murder assignments, who killed Elwell, how to approach the city editor and how to turn in copy. on. as far as the instinct of curiosity is con- cerned. Melanie would qualify as re- porter on the staff of any newspaper
 These are my shorthand notes she explained, thrusting forward a sheet or CODY paper covered with curious look- ing bieroglyphics Luckily I do not have to transcribe them she added, and all agreed that she was indeed fortunate
 "'If I were on a newspaper l should love to write about murder mysteries, said the young actress. T think that the are the most interesting things reporter has to write about
 Miss Gordon started on the stage as dancer, and her present role is her hrst real opportunity to speak lines on a Broadway stage From Alabama she came northward to Washington, where she taught classic dancing until she went 10 Connecticut to play in stock.
 You should have seen me in musical comedy. told them in New Haven that I could sing and I received singing and dancing part After two days they took away my songs but they allowed me to keep on dancing In vaudeville Miss Gordon danced with Mime. Lubovska's company, and before coming to the Full ton theatre she was in the chorus of Mau- rice Browns production of 'Medea,' at the Garrick theatre"
 The New York World told recently of Miss Gordon's experience while serving in the chorus of 'Medea" A few hours before "Medea" was to be presented one evening, the leading lady became quite