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~~ The Evening World’s Daily Magazine, | Saturee?. 907. eoeenaee pPBLDPEPEHLPLOGLMPLODHE @ "RLGBOF @DHDVDODDHOPODOHDOOD LOODSOSHPHROSHOROSE BRE® ‘ALLA NAZIMOVA, an Actress of Inspiration. ; sy Charles Darnton. | rked Mme. N n cigarettes, “I am loyal.” r loyalty to Russin extend beyond the end gnrette?” I asked, t ng one oi the long, slen m the box she held. 1ck m tiny match and watched the eputter- ac she answered: “You Lave an expression |!ng for the unattainable, There is,eo.much to understand tn bey I despair of ever understanding ber, After « performance : Gabler’ I am tired out, exhausted. With ‘A ‘Dolt"e House’ tt nt ait Any one can understand Nora. She is clear, open, frank—nothing hidden. When I am through-with her, I am done. There is nothing! think about, That, I belleve, is why ‘A Doll's House’ is so mgd N “The mora, offering Becay and the Mouse!” by he Red Mill!" by almost any old thing that here, would she dare to say it? No, she wouldn't. “No, It Isn't that,” she sald. “New York audiences, In common audiences everywhere, Mke best what they understand best, It is ti natural that they should, Nora fs easy to unde ind—Hedda is mot : That's the difference. I am satisfied: that I could have played ‘A Dell's try—burning one's bricgea beh.nd one— Hou Into June. But the Bijou contract called for a new play, t nnewers the question, I have burned my bridges behind me,” and when the theatre manager saw a few vacant seats one Mi The match went out in the breeze of a final gesture and wasput away it t he erfed ‘Ibsent* I don’t believe ft was Thsen. I think it was only” ee ne light Monday night that, {s to be expected occastonally, All the man= } with Russia ’ da chowel Gl ietor [neers are against Ibsen, or at least most of them are, And yet ‘Hedda “I have f a new home"—the words followed a thin, Gabier’. or through nine weeks of matinee performances at the Princess, Re Rid all stay.” She leaned back in her chair with her |'A Do! aol was given at the Bijou for four weeks tn the evening, _ : i eae cree Ne Het | then came three weeks at the Herald Square, This, it seems to me, spenl » hands b st Fai : ; be an American, and a a €' “hy very well for Ibsen and the serious apprecfation of New ‘rork audiences. T elght w n TI den ve 1 become an American with me. er know of no other city where Ibsen's plays have: been so successful.” 4 mother is to bring her from Russia ina short time, and I shall keep her { “You have goné to the theatres here? : 8 with me. One must have son € in one’s life.” | ot i fare ike Ncdlenvec are itmervation ‘hike taught aaa Hicleea an q ae purpose hi t obse ion has taug' : } She seomr » have much more In itd eae Mais I paket see ne are peculiarly sensitive to the slightest false note in a perm her a s a hat then—a hat she was to wea |formance. ‘The moment @ play, or the acting, fall One thing that has struck to ring true, they lose eg_odd is that americans, though t nervous nation in the world, betray very little nervousness tn the rhey are very quick to appreciate the good points of a’ perform-: encourage the actors at every step, yet they make very little 2, The French are very enthusiastic, but they are superficial hey are all on the surface. “One doesnot feel that about the ley are more genuine. Sometimes they keep what they feélto at the that nieht—{n a room on the noisy, crowded, | {f Interesting, grind for her in those Now her hands were idle, She rt" hands, with the magic touch n @ fashionable hotel. The Third etreet The town was binging her Orlorous east © days. It wore clothes of “fashion"- 3 eames dway N : pape Nod ae na,’ Bometiines Broadway is bind ps an hen the curtain falls the hou: 1s jutet. I prefer that to = ’ Praises an . her nam: & 0 7 kind. | in some x8, especially in ‘Hedda Gabler It shows that the P Sometimes ws a thing or two. J ; has made an impression. Silence sometimes speaks louder than eu “I do: ven Grea of becoming an American ‘ ss | jt calls, But audiences differ, of course : : Shader ee oe me a ‘Have you noticed that your audiences differ from those at other 3 country?” ar” "Th sho m ed, with her graceful head drooping forward, | think mine fs a special audience. More intelligent? No, I should » “but,” loc up with a laugh, “never one so wild as that. No, I thought | say i c ee { mee haps. ited and bee Ke urse, the wrong ree ij a AARC a fi re by mistak usually discover {t by hea the wrotg note in q should es re oad aveniy ji fae oe cage ras gugh—ec 8 the lau {s all wrong. A short time ago a friend told ore Was no 1 FO ck redics, | e of a young man an who sat just in ntof her, She learned {find that I could do nothing. I believe I told you that before. There was rom the young man’s rem at he ran an elevator at a hotel. His no interest theatre, The people were concerned with moro ¥ one comment on the performance was "Gea!" hasn't sho a long neck!" oa : galt ; ' self on the edgo of her chair, tilted her chin as you Gen things. They themselves were piny!ng the grent drama of life, The the , z y , and kept the pose until it was broken by a ripple of no longer tae mou s] @ for then ece of the people. They were. speaking selves, I looked on nt the tragedy until my nerves a; oo," “my very good friend tells me Were gone—until I could stand {t no longer. There was nothing for me what I have done, I ney I do on the stage. It is time to do, so I came back. But I told. you all this before, dia 1 not?” possible for me to be mecha m a creature of ine «| : ation, and for that reason I need watch aI do the right 7 “Throw thing—and it {s left in imes I.do the wrong thing—and ft ts eut out. “Yes, and t : interview, I Dut I must be told; I ember. I did not kno example, that fechas’ a eg my Weeiobooks x send door hands in ‘A Doll's ¥ I had caressed start men when Nord’ to leave her husband the first time, unt!l one or two of the critles it In their reviews. At the moment {t seemed the only ‘ay to suy good-by, I might never have done It again, however, had {t not been noticed by the critics. The Bnuglish critic, Mr. William Archer, who ts com= ing to see me at 4 o'clock, also opened my eyes to the value of a little thing in ‘Hedda Gabler,’ that was purely a matter of accident. I had always hid: den Lovborg’s manuseript under a eofa pillow, but at this performance Mr. ame in sooner than I had expected and I could not reach the pillow — ie. Bo I thrust the manuscript under my wrapper and held it against my breast. But when Mra. Elvsted said to Lovborg: ‘I shall, think of ft to my dying day es though you had killed a little child,’ the thought of elasp- ing a dead child filled me with such horror that my hands shrank from ‘the touch of the manuscript and it fell to the floor, Luckily, I was able to the Bowery t you rememb W ald thi 1 spoke of ha see & melodrama, ‘Why r? And in the Interview you had I did eny was that {t amused me. | of a woman who played Ibsen and Leave Home!” Oh | merriment 1 brought her hands to deal of the girl in this/ mgenuous as o ke before saying: | nglish, there {s no need of gether with as ere is @ gr dark, 8) child. 1 waite 5 By era ta RIL ee | ; to cover it with my wrapper, and the scene was saved. I thought-no mone , sda haired: Pie | . ‘{t unt!l Mr. Archer spoke of {t as the greatest moment in the play. I quite easy, alth led he Wirme. Alla Instantly made {ft part of the play.” who sp tongue-br 7 “Will you give other Ibsen plays next season?” ni} yi ; : ; zimovea. “Yes, | expect to open the season in ‘Little Myolf.” After that Ishall find ¥ keverd as a mode of dramatic expreasion ?"’ thee ee ete , ; Na appear fn an American plmy called ‘Madstone.’ It is by Ridgely Torrence, i logon cats teak I ; ie —_ 1 \t has a poetic quality that reminds me of Hauptmann. I shall gee was } Your question surprises me. i ‘the role of an Oblo girl who has lived in France. 80, you eee, I shall be atic expression. It ts especially sulted | " aaliggeienics os more American than ever next year. When it was fret proposed that 1 —T opinion, than any other language. I ee yw become an American actress, I laughed at the idea. It seemed abeurd. But ‘ ma - ‘5 ;now—well now, I am very happy.” ¢ t osity Grove me on to ask which | na Hedda does that. |before. ; 5 me Vs When 1am!) A nelghboring clock struck 4. Tt was time to go, Out of the elevator r” she rept for which I was waiting stepped Mr. Wiliam Archer, tall, blond, mus I riy-| tached and “‘side-burned'--as serious and correct as an Thsen preface. T HE MOUSE Othen I guessed | well as the fathers, or, as a last 3 he could you Dave [arnt ule” entire “tanilly’ out’ of the | Slam Phares’ oft” one thing ett BA LION ha 7) Novellzed from CHARLES|'? think for you, or te choose for you, | «piracy, And I'm going to,meke it my Bip cngaret Hulbarddyer | “°* ie to marry tor you business to find out w plotters f you only knew him counte = KLEIN'S Great Play, | threw {Seni I came to ask you t me or, had fewa ned ominand of | The dnor opened and Me ani Ss aos a Reyter, im chalks F ; in th win you?" ny ‘5 een 8 an, , Shyelque ang | wrsevee ein} THE M AG NE TIC BATH. ,\Pany and took that | Ryder, or. rose, tie hands © * r contraated OeNe 20, Pash Person es MNMRaR, 1 to ‘the bath tn the) By Arthur Hornblow at you were rest dangerously, He imade a movement a cate, ultrn-faab-| ORR. "Sclatmed the finaneten, | : , pent ins t ‘ nets, #0 I gave you {f about to advance on his #on, but . Egan pia ofp, | POR Sink ts tae mers noms Be t t os ss as e rt thon But I know so muoh than youl, gupreme eff he controlled ht R tie vg | hils visitor to “and what do rou, think was the t : Jersiond tha arn been taken w est for you. Believe me 1 upon my word, ) sat down gingert: erving won for pr % you bur ubjeck. leather-upholatere airs. His manner Was nervou awkward, as if intinidated in the pres ence of the Anancier re the Reput ‘7 ae: manted Sir Tye he morning bath Ib tehome cir dren. Sta ing a deep py ony fion't be obstinate. This 40 Means A great deal to my tn te—40 your interests. Kate's father im the Senate He'll his Gwappointment, Hang girl onee, and | ne you: you wo nud be glad; on my soul, 1 « down once more, “Jefferson, sive that your object is not to find out th her unknown to me it gt the author, no dow! tee tin] & little timid about launching it a ~ impose 3 Rosanore wo bis or her real name. At lent my theory, a! ~ Ryder. “hen added 1) the more anxtoui nd retired, ta I would willin, lilen eo at i He opened @ ox of cleans that stanag Wrote ‘hoever it is rs a I nee now, I have noth: all, you } made ure tha He sonped suddenty, premsion on his face lose your head, Give me y pen him. eon it." roing an of 5 1 Jeffarso: “Why have taken away The only y I ghould atay well over, lad. Marry Kate mat I want daa, the hands, begin: © practising deep well ‘sal know Tmyselt.” We mat id heid it owt to th Y aotas It m great d Hosemore gir, we ftT" | Jefterwon reiuctantly held out his - ‘ ihe sleuth, nan nous tanta { i n macahanrer te take Blom and Hie face grow dark and | hand. oe cigar,” he ead semeBly. | | amen a fab off'eome of the m should be 4 the han¢e is Jaw clicked as he sald between hie! ure 1 ¢hought you would marry that which Sie. Ryder | ‘inaldope °) ahs MThece "lent, be one way te ‘There is n cannot be duplicated by a eloth teeth: “I told you some time age how | go uaknown to me I'd have Rossmore Knew Tian” to Ree eb | the euithor, but It will or towel 8 rabl sly ft will reepor fn glow and a TT¥ait about her. If I thought that # | 000) out of the country and the wor t's thet? Geret. Bilieon? otha who "thle Be = & event oe bog feeling r exp after the ordinar was Roesmpro'e daughter! You know | ter risien, boy. ‘This man ts my ithe’ Teco Tite to her bata we, t's going to happen to tém, don’t telephone down, Ryder | the enemy, and I show no mercy to my |g i 7A" | hont “often get & chance f They $ mile Te | CHAPTER IX. veut” \ enemies, There are more reasons than | 8 2 te Boor ee a, |e caat to be _ | gertainiy, forward | ‘ee, letter ’ Superfluous |Chamomile Tea. jose Thus appealed to, Jeffersea thought |one why you eannot marry M | aerate te Baten | aver aie 38 now wh ies aah x ‘ J.—This ™ brown hair : ‘ . t ne | , iy a ‘our le « in pcp hale a? , Ferree Father and Son. fais wes Che ENE PYVERNNTS SUNN asin. aie ine ene of chem 6 *| ar, and 1) 1 card Sud oP eisai Ree | Setpecund Uf, on the ‘coat complex ‘ p tuntty he would have to redesn his | would not marry you’ tater Jotineson lett |taled a pr has no fear of you, and fo 18 face wes pale with anew, his promise to Ghtriey. So, Httle anticipe:-| "wnat reason?” demanded Jefterwon | « joroked” fim It was Ss Bigeh Pop. she will anawer ie dee ampooed end H Jot-black eyes finshed, and his|ing the teropest he was about to un-| ‘The principal’ one,” sald Ryder, | bap a, Geek ana) money wit) peseiie iY of t ait the tea, get @ ema white hatr seemed to briste with | chain, he answered! sowty end deliberetely,” and ering his | y owed Taed tn] ease down to ewe. . po, 7 aig gd tn _ Ho paced the floor for « few! 7 am famillar with the charges that|son keenly as if to Judge of ti 7} the Paw ivy is WO a pave you. been rie ae flowers In @ covered| Tots ana then mg to Jefter|eney have trumped up against him.|of bie words, ‘he principal one is| af ag, hls | etry the ae fave nfced the selebony and raver its qu Sot nee who had nm moved eald more.| Needless to aay, I consider him entirely thet it = coreuah my ad i, i, he ave Te cane ie a oom . i : vasa “ul “dl ly |tnnocent. What's more, I firmly belleve|the demand was made for her fr peg a eee +4 Dae sea A vith: See d re | "Don't be @ fool, Jef 1 Gone i sal ia the victim of a contemptible con ieapenchenent,"’ | 4 to bigeken the girl's character as neiel ‘The secret hes been well kept (To be " ontinued.) Bill Husile, of Harlem—What Makes Him n Hurry” So? 69 62 G3 ¢3 WO MORE SPEED Th cont } THAT exons ess! 3 —_——— Lower, . peat, . (Toon me 17 sf WERE HALF — ped sant \ \GeT DOWN Town! al i Hove? BREAKFAST ee | neem | SUBWA SY . , Sy, finn) Ona}

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