New-York tribune., 1921-11-13
Helen Hayes
Lives and Plays
In Golden Days
Good Fairies Gave Her
Beauty, Charm and Wit;
Could One Ask for More
BY Harriette Underhill

We oceu WouucTtu& 1Ox ye2T& WueH
you were going to get round to me.
read everything you write and love It."
OF course you know right then and
there that when any one agrees with
you as perfectly on that score you are
going to get along famously. And. as
= matter of fact, we did learn later on
that Helen Hayes, for it was indeed she
agreed with us on all important sub
jects like "L.iliom." 'tThe Sheik," "Ham-
let" movies. marriage and mayors.
It was Election Night that We chose
tc go and view Golden Days." and IL
was happy choice, for it is caicu-
lated to make you forget your trou-
bles, our trouble being that We had
voted for Curran. Every woman had
done the same thing and we really be-
Iieve that the men who think that
woman's place Is in the home elected
Mayor Hylan to discourage the weaker
sex from casting its vote next season--
to make them feel, as 1t we're, they had
been casting their pearls before swine
Everybody Loves
A Cinderella
Golden Days" is dfverting chiefly
because Miss Hayes is seen in one Of
those nice Cinderella roles and you
are persuaded that the meek really in
herit the earth. Why, they do it right
there before your eyesl Which only
proves that the hand is quicker than
the brain, for when you think it over
you know it isn't true. The reason
every one likes that sort Of play is be-
cause in resl life the meek haven't
ghost of chance, and we all know it.
They can sit back in tho ashes while
their wicked, bejeweled sisters marry
the princes. OF course, the meek may
have inherited some portions Of the
earth at one time, but not any of
greater New York.
ssHuh!" said Miss Hayes with spirit
which proved that che was not meek.
"I'd like to see any one influence my
vote or anything elsel" OF course,
Miss Hayes is not old enough to vote.
but she is ,old enough to know whom
she would vote for if she could vote.
She Is old enough. also, to realize that
husband is not always wise thing
to have around the theater. "Why,"
she declared, with her eyes twice as
big as usual, "just boy that know
not anybody in particular-came to see
my performance in Golden Days and
told me that it surely did not demand
that / look such fright in the first
act. 4 was ashamed of you,' he said,
because some of my friends were
there, and l had told them that you
were pretty, and then you come out
looking like that!' But l explained
carefully, I've got to look like that in
the first act or there won't be any sur
prise in the second act. I'm not such
beauty that can look pretty in the
first act and whole lot prettier in the
second act WELL he answered real
sulky, If | had anything 20 say about
IL shouldn't have it, But you haven't,
I said cheerily. And now, what would
happen If had a husband who talked
like that? He would make me change
II or bother the life out of me. Oh,
lots of husbands have spoiled actresses
careers; SO I'm never going to have
any"
Miss Hayes Amends
Her Statement
"Any career?" said pointedly.
''No, any husband" said Miss Hayes s
mamma, decidedly "Oh, of course,
amended Miss Hayes. "we can't all
marry Charlie Chaplin, but oh, isn't
he splendid! My favorite actor-and
. so handsome of the SCREEN"
i $50 you are in love with Charlie
Zoo? Well, you are the fourth actress
md the tenth woman who has con-
essed that to me-"
"Helen is just hero worshipper."
ooh, but mamma, wasn't ne splen-
i'd that day on Fifth Avenue?
early DIVhc iuAuiuid ACSh QIdSS ing
er down off the top Of bus the day
Ge caught sight of him ut Forty
fourth Street. But it was worth it
vasn't it, mamma? We walked behint
Inn for two blocks!"
"Do you like actors?" l asked.
"Oh, yes; when they are handsome
knd I love to go to plays and pictures
The two weeks mamma and were II
london we weIt every night"
= Now, could anything be more charm
ing than that? A young girl who ha.
4 achieved stardom on the stage and who
still is enthusiastically fond ol
matinees and matinee idols! How
splendid tc find some one without any
Of those blamed inhibitions which are
fashionable among the younger set al
'kresent Miss Hays is just sweet
title girl. And to prove to you that
he Is different from other stars
hall tell you what she said about 8
svw play.
II refuse, absolutely refuse, to be
In another new play in New York until
have been out on the road for al
east 9 year. Why, shouldn't blame
people at all If they said: That Helen
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