Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1925, Page 87

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—GRAVURE SECTION—MARCH 8, 1925 THE LEADING LADY By W. E. HILL (Copsright, 1925, Chicaga Tribune) The leading lady of the And here we have none other than . % 3 stock company has to be Gladys Goudy, a leading lady of the | ; } ! 2 i She plays what is known in the right on the job every “fllums,” all fixed up for the role 4 4 . s 205 -4 "4 7] (194 profession as the ingenue lead, you hour of the 24. Does of “Lady Dedlock,” in Mr. Dickens’ ‘ : s 5 i i 1t LA PR know, those modern flappers of the “Getting Gertie's Garter” “Bleak House.” Or is it “Little . h R i g1 ! Westchester social set, who are al- one week and “Rebecca of Dorrit”? Maybe Gladys can tell us : 1 4 L q Sunnybrook Farm” the next This 1s known as : part.” and leading will lie, cheat, steal commit murder to ge ways saying “Top hole, old thing,” One of those strong plays and being awfully, awfull lety. it is, about a girl The younger set ingenue makes one showed up all the rotten- wish the vounger set would hurry ness of the good people in and grow up the play: (Lots of cuss- ing, but she gets mar in the end. so it's right) The leading lady of the revue is very dressy. “Boy, you can't get ahead of them! *0, Romeo, wherefore 1 art thou Romeo.” says The operatic leading g { 2 the leading lady of the lady on her way to re- | - r &y Little Art theater group. hearsal is cheery this 5 \ P in their production of morning, and well she may N \ 3 Mr. Shakespeare’s play be. She has thought of a A splendid way to put thé rival soprano off key mn “Walkure.” The not so young leading lady is hanging on bravely. She is par- tial to those plays where- in is depicted a conflict between the younger and the older generation. She { plays the mother, and in - i : [ the third act she fixes up Mcet the unsuccessful H i i | young, smokes and lady playwright, who is 1 ¢ i 4 swears and drinks always suing the leading / i E G ;4 absinthe ~cocktails like lady or her management 3 x 4 j the young ones—but just because they stole her plot SRS § ! 3 T , to show them how silly it all is. Adfter she has stayed out all night with three of her daughter’s suitors, the younger gen- eration promises to re- form. Curtain.