The New York herald., 1922-09-03

he is active all the time. Mr.. Whites
adventures IN racing are generally
said to have been less. considerably
less. fortunate.
More or Less Vague.
IT Ia probable that Mrs. Fiske. when
she returns to the stage this autumn.
will be seen In an adaptation Of 4 novel
made by Harrison Grey Fiske. She Is
now In the Adirondacks.
W. Somerset Maugham's latest play.
East Of suez.' which A. RI. woods
recently produced in Atlantic City. deals
with the question OF the EurastAf.
which interests all visitors to the 0ri-
ent. who afterward write about 1t. An
Eurasian girl, which Is one with a
native mother and English or Ameri-
can father. also plays an important
part in ''lSiniono."
Miss Thompson by Maushsm.
which was first published In the Smart
Set and later reprinted I'm book form
by John Cotton this fall. I. Is the story
Of a very spiritual Clergyman WHO falls
In love with an eutcast.
A star at VIII.
III I'm net star" said the youns
actress to her comrades at lunch. I'm
as good as one. J. Woods Hopkins told
NE he'd make a star OF me any day
brought him the play that he thought
was worth producing"
The artistic pride of the young lady
was much swollen BY the honor. But
IL happened that every one OF the four
young actresses at the table had re-
ceived the same Kind Of an offer. They
- A~lsx a. eli
eclipse because there was no play for
them.
1T would have to be a pretty
desperate Case" q manager said TO the
reporter for THE New YoRK HERALD,
who could not get q manager 10 make
her the star Of any play IN which he
had great confidence. OF course. IL
she had d glass eye or a wooden leg,
he might hesitate. other thinss being
equal. however. the value OF a good
play IL 30 much In the opinion OF any
manager that he would never hesitate
TO accept II even with such a string to
Il as the necessity Of putting n COM
pnratively unknown actress into an Inn
portant role. he knows that the right
kind Of a play cannot be killed even
by such treatment.
80, astonishing a. II may seem, that
girl was telling the truth when she said
her manager vas willing to make her
a star IL she only brought him the right
sort OF play.
III is just this chance which makes n
so wise for the young playwright TO
try TO fit some actor when he sets TO
work. The easiest way IN the world
TO get q play by an unknown before the
public 10 10 write q piece that appeals
10 the vanity Of some star or scsne
actor. who Is approaching the irfi-
portance OF that position. II IL just In
that way that most young dramatists
got their first nearing"
They Acted Together.
It Is singular circumstance that
Edwin Cleary ana Genevieve Ward
time OF one another. When Miss Ward
won ths litigation over Forget Ne
Not and compelled Lester wallsek To
discontinue the performances Of the play
with his company Headed BY Rose
coghian, sha came here 70 act gfethdm<s
at Booths and the Union Square the
aters. Mfr Cieafy came along a. her
manager and 10 act Sir Horace Wsibu
In the same performances which estab-
lished her popularity In this country.
Both were Americans who parsed more
of their professional lives abroad.
Living Ycur role.
n walter James does not entertain
nm especially Sunny view Of life 3,ist
at present II may be what the sociolo-
gists call 'occu ti6nal" influence. Mr.
James acts the dumb servitor who has
lost his speech along with his tongue
In The Monster at the Thirty.ninth
Street fheater AZ night ana BY way
OF spending iis days IN A more cheer
full way acts the stranger In the film
version Of Eugene sues tine Mysteries
Of Paris" whitf ID soon 10 be released.
Yet life was not eyer thua
The actor. Aim and stage. ala noe