Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-14
PEARL WHITE HAS
HER HOME after
MUCH WANDERING

! TINE ,ods Chen Pearl White kneio
! the oract distance from Schenectady
to Troy and the "ddrn long icolk"
Nom there TO the gay Rialto.
Fact is she kneW eUery stone IN thc
eco UuIk at Hardnd, and could tell
you the number Of foiccr beds in front
of the Buenos Aires race track, or the
color of Painted Post, or the size Of
Medicine Hot.
For there ,ods d long time ohen Miss
5 White-nop one of tho best -knoicn
screen players in the corid--,cds a
transforming actress and fitted IN and
out nearly every purple port on the
secen purple seas.
Thdt ,cos the time she had no home
at all. she ,ods more homeless than a
back dlley tenor, a jack rabbit, or a sea.
going admiral.
But noiD things are diferent-ves
siy, very much so. She is noto no more
homeless than the piutocrdts OF FUh
avenue. For the star has an apartment
in Upper Park dperue, a lodge in the
Adirondacks and beautiful estate at
Bapside, L. l., and this last is her
rsdt home.
From an itinerant houper 10 one Of
the most talked Of motion. picture
actresses in tho porld is far CRY. A
great deal of hard ,oork, application and
brains lie betpeen.
"It is good thing to hare been
homeless" says Miss White ichon she
taWs of her rnstorming days. But
Il is NOT good thing to be homeless. II
Has its attractions. SO has scenic
rett,odu. But nobody rould rdnt to be
on q scenic rdilroGv all the time.
ALL the delights of seashore and
"A country. with easy access to Broad .
way, are open to Pearl White. at tSr
beautiful estate overlooking Little Neck
Bay, L. !.
The roomy house was formerly the
homestead of the Nicoll family. anu
later ives owned by Clay Green. tn'
playwright. 1t is three stories ~
height and has a cupola from which !
afforded an interesting view OF Little
Neck Bay and the towns dotting It's
shores. ,.,. =, sors
Mas white. us for rest. don't mind
hard work. In fact. enjoyed it even
in the old days with the circus and
Uncle Toms Cabin. But then L
had no home. Boarding houses: Yes,
but no home. Today | work almost as
hard, but when ] am done can rest.
You may imagine, then, If you ike,
a house full of Oriental divans and
Jacobean four posters, garden full OF
hummocks and 750-foot strip Of beach
with gentle valleys showing where the
stars sleeping form has rested. In fact,
you may Imagine anything you choose,
but don't 90 to dictionary for def
inition of rest" Miss White has her
own definition of that word.
One day last summer when reporter
went down to interview Miss White and
look over her famous estate, he was
sitting on the broad veranda when she
alighted from limousine. acknowledged
the greeting of one Of her dogs
CHEEKY Hello" She had gotten away
from the studio early that day.
Thank heaven l am home. she ex-
claimed. Now III put on some COM
Portable togs and rest.
IXTITH that she disappeared into the
w house. Five minutes after she
emerged in full 'restingP kit. 1t COM
prtsed a pair of sea boots. q so'wester
and a long fork Of the kind commonly
used for digging potatoes.
Rest" she explained. 'is recrea
ton" She leaned on the fork which
dug three neat holes In the gravel path.
Recreation is a change of occupation,
I've been in the studio all the morning,
now I'll dig a few clans
She whistled and around the corner
of the house came dashing billie" and
"Buddie." her two little nephews, also
with forks to take their clams-Little
Necks-out of the mud.
The visitor watched her digging into
the mud and piling the blvalves into a
tin bucket. and little later he strolled
down to her truck garden as she laid
aside hoe and brushed back a straying
tress. She smiled as she stopped to
gather the potatoes into a basket. And
she had reason to smile, for the high
cost of living holds no terrors for her.
You would never suspect this was
Pauline of many perils, or Elaine who
did so much exploiting when she first
began to attract attention on the screen
when you come upon her in overalls,
and perhaps on her knees making a
selection of radishesN or onions or let
tuce. Nor when you come across her
In gingham dress like Sally wears
out on the old homestead, pushing
through a berry patch with a bucket on
her arm. Or in her barnyard looking
after her chickens and ducks and geese.
Yet these are among the regular
stunts of Miss Whites daily program
while she is resting between pictures
and awaiting call from the Fox studio.
What Is Her Name?