Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-01

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49,, Madame, placed d.. by ot
'Bl'sl y the top Of the llst ,pa o.
~, .,r.s a. ten best plays, and, and us Us
b ye't .sst with Gilda Varesi as
lslai Wis lisa Della Robbia' 1udg-
Dilp' ',itics the best actress,
@ a.asted 'ia last night at the
r' fs,, .aeatre by Miss Gay Mac
naa Miss Miss MacLaren introduced r'ea
iIel' I ond last act and aslde
i that there was a remark-
b. ~ .nsence inst Of her own person
e aD. ,s.m the play. 1t simply
~ ~ t'V there. There seemed no
I'.r,sl I'sn in passing from one char, sianr
''' - another; and ike a llash
i't ,.as ~ Gerald Fitzgerald, Mad
!. 'l, husband, John Fitzgerald,
lssnss ~ SON, Bice, Madame, s
! pid, lI' or Lisa Della RoOOla' Mau-
Ia herself ..no sott,rg Init
! ,rse l-s,' chair and a table ana
', we we're no properties WhateV-
y 'vepnt the handkerchief into
M S1',t Madame wept. But so com
\, .n WAS the illusion that one
M N Gee the telephone and hear
i,g could see the cigarette
I'M Nh Gerald Fitzgerald smoked
n 't tbe coffee pot from which
|riame poured.
Tbe production was not mercy
..ror M reading for the complete
n seemed there and without
|,,inp the eyes the audience
|nsr where each character was
n how they looked. All this is
p's bv some extraordinary pow
!. imitation and Miss MacLar-
|, makes an entire play her own
\ attending it five times. In
n, brief time she knows every
M and every character. There
nothing like her in the United
sstes and she is known as The
nj with the Camera Mind" and
Tbe Girl of a Thousand Voices"
Miss MacLaren attends her
LAYS in the winter and in the
vmmer she goes to her home on
4 coast of Maine to prepare
lem. Her repertoire is astonish-
lily large and while on tour, she
iVes whichever play is request
4 She can with ease give
DulCy," Friendly Enemies"
Bought and Paid For" "Gov-
lnOrs Lady" "Three Wise
sOls' or ENTER Madame" on as
any nights.
7 cannot rehearse my plays in
lew York, so l must go to my
miner home on the coast Of
Iine," said Miss MacLaren,
bile telling Of an amusing Incl
Int in her work. One day while
acticing "Liliom" in her apart
ent at the old Judson hotel in
eW York city, Miss MacLaren
Ine to the part where a mans
lCe and a woman's discuss the
Opriety of stabbing a third per-
N to death. A mans voice said
No, for he'd probably bleed to
'ath," and at this juncture a
'gTO maid listening outside the
lOf ran for the elevator boy. In
5 turn, the elevator boy secur-
the manager and all appeared
the door Of the apartment and
sfe admitted by Miss MacLaren
'Selt' There was no evidence of
ne and the manager remember
what a newspaper article had
I'd Of "The Girl With the Cam
a Mind"
Inc play is a comedy with an
Aaslng situation concerning
;Fald Fitzgerald and his prima
una wife, Madame Lisa Della
'oola, Russian, temperamental,
'fny and lovable. One loves her
ln J the start and so did Gerald,
'lOugh he had begun proceed
y 10 divorce her in favor of a
i0OW' Mrs. Preston, who promis-
:, arm chair and old slipper COM
:" fOr Madame is seldom at
4s' 50 active is her prima DON
u vdfeer' The action takes place
!. ,ue apartment of Gerald in
sun and Madame enters with
+, is'inue Of servants, Bice, her
.a, ,I4, Afchimede, her chef, Miss
.''u' Aer secretary, and the doc
!, ~ lef personal physician.
Asauame, by her wit, wins her
s'lu ~ back and they elope
~ !. pfoteStations from their son.
,,,,. !, iselS responsibility for the
,nls @ OF his parents, who
! 'Sl' a. MIN into the world with
,s. Ll' consent, and for the rep
,,,' u OF the family. Madame