Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-02
Bv FRANK VREELAND.

as though they belonged to some one else.
They will be sprawled straight in front of
him, or curled around the rungs Of his
chair like a school boy, and sometimes one
Of them will be quite casually sat upon.
They are never in the same place for two
minutes.
The feet were encased on this occasion
in leather bedroom slippers, and this, with
the neat pin striped suit he wore, gave
him not the least air of being dressed to
receive company. He lounged back in his
chair quite unaffectedly, and there was no
suggestion despite the royal, golden deco,
rations of the suite, that there was king
holding his morning levee.
From the summit of his thirty-two years
and his five feet four inches he was asked
to look back upon his life and say whether
he was satisfied with 1t.
Il never really thought Of that before"
he said slowly, rubbing his head. "Of
course" he went on with his quick smile,
Its hardly time for me to say at 80
whether I'm satisfied with my life. But l
think am. think If l had it to live over
again I'd do 1t as I have-only more 80.
I'd do 1t with less moderation.
Not Satisfied With the World,
Would Change Many Things
"But I'm not satisfied with the world as
I find It, There are many things in It
I'd like to change. Do l mean political
and economic conditions? Well, yes sup
pose do.
But I'm not soft hearted about them.
When l see such misery as that on the
East Side 1t arouses my emotions, but it
doesn't make me sentimental My interest
Is caught-such things stimulate me, I
know that II l found my lot cast there /
shouldn't wait very long before worked
myself out of it.
What Is the purpose of existence? I
don't know. l accept It as 1t Is. After all,
what Is the value Of putting such queries
to ones self? It's enough that we're here,
that all that has gone before has led up to
ourselves. What does 1t matter what comes
tomorrow? So far as we're concerned,
we're the crown of the ages. Each one can
consider himself the perfect fruit toward
which evolution has been working. We're
in this world to live--thats enough"
Despite this interest In himself the
comedian who has passed the recreation
hours for thousands In hilarious enjoy
ment finds 1t very difficult to amuse him
self in his leisure hours.
I'm really very lazy" he explained with
a frank smile. my working hours are
from to 5, and really don't do anything
at all in my spare time. l don't like to
make engagements to meet people or to go
to dinners. The thought of getting ready
for such appointments bothers me.
And yet, when I've finished work
often say. I'D like to see so-and.so now
"'Oh,' they tell me, you had an engage
ment to see him couple of hours ago. but
you broke 1t off,
II don't drive my car about much. In
fact, about the only thing I like to do is
just ramble around. / swim bit, but I'm
not sportsman. Yes, I know there was
a picture Of me in a magazine dressed in
polo costume and standing beside horse,
but that was all Joke I went down to
Coronado to rest up bit, and there was
friend there who had complete outfit
He suggested that I put 1t on just for q
Joke, and then the picture was taken.
Has Dropped the Violin,
But Composed Own Music
81 don't go to concerts and that sort Of
thing. I used to play my violin great
deal up to couple of years ago, but since
then I've hardly touched 1t. l seem to
have lost interest in such things. Yes, I've
composed my own music, I'm ashamed to
confess Were they bright, gay tunes?
Not at all-very sentimental ballads. AL
most weepy. Some time ago I used to
think it would be fine to be the leader Of
an orchestra. The grace as he waved his
baton attracted me, the sense Of command.
felt that way when conducted the Hip
podrome orchestra. But somehow don't
seem to care 80 much about It any more.
Usually, I'm hard put to It till set to
work and amuse myself hate to think
of the effort it would require to go out and
meet people, to go to the theatre. You see,
am lazy. hate to think OF the next pic.
ture I'm going to do right after I've com.
pleted one. I don't like to choose the
idea for the story. put 1t of till the last
moment
81 put off the day start to work-and
I'm going to defer It as much as possible
, in the future. like to remain in state
Of pleasant uncertainty until feel in the
right mood to start. I must feel kind Of
glow, a sort Of white heat or Inspiration
OF course, it's impossible to maintain the
, quality of inspiration all through picture
You can't really act except in few scenes
} After time on each picture 1t becomes
: mechanical and you find yourself going a
. bit stale. Toward the end you feel as
though you would have to fog yourself to
finish it.
so like to save my acting spirit as
) much as possible. Some actors insist on