The evening world. Newspaper, March 17, 1922, Page 25

Leila Taylor and Gertrude Purcell Call It “Voltaire” and Say Hero Is a “Funny Character’—Piece Is Al- ready in Rehearsal—Au- thors Are Snappy College Girls. By Ruth Snyder. Not all New York gira are frivol- ous flappers— For— ‘ Up on 103d Strect there are two ° girls, young and pretty, born and bred, right here in this metropolis, who have just finished « play, “Voltaire,” written in the space of six weeks—w play acceptod by Arthur Hopkins for oroduction in the very near future And— One of these girls has bobbed hair Nght, brown and flutty, and great big mischievous eyes, Her name is Leila Taylor, co While The other girl is just as 1 albeit without the bo! be eyes are large, soft and brown Wee bit more yus than Her name is Gertrude Pures While I waited for the two proml: ing playwrights to tnake their appear ance, I was entertained by Pom Leila’s playfellow and a mighty frisky dog, who has a trick of snapping at the back of heels. Then the co-authoresses breezed in Yes, breesed. For they’ are peppy, alert, vivacious and ambitious. Leila settled herself comfortably on the divan with her feet curled up under her. Gertrude settled herself i: nearby chair. “How in the world did you two girls cone to write a play? T question: or it is sual for two you girls to play in six we time, have it read iu one night by a critic like Arthur Hopkins and, to cay ‘ ail, have thelr contracts si m very next day following, with Arnold Daly in the stellar role typed dh, we've been eriting things on and off for quite a while. But this is the first play we have written to- Mfeved Leila, running her this very room is the many i play," put ‘n Ger- had a Nttle company of our own and we used to act out our you remember and the girls laughed as they reminisced over the time they were acting “Romeo and Juliet” and part of Tybalt dead. But it s a very uncomtc rude, playing the fallen to the floor ms Gertrude fell into able position, The ying on her and lyin. on the iron h two rooms—and s9 she st her position and hroke up the a “But ‘Voltaire’,"" T suggest ing back to the tmmediate p “Phat scems rather a © young girls to write on it's id. Lt isn't serfous, Not the way We wrote about it, You know Voltaire is really a very funny char- acter, And we had lots of tun writing about him, Jt seems rather peculiar to say we enjoyed ourselves, but we tly did’? enthusiastically de- Leila How in the world did you hit on hat particular ject?” [ persisted, still with unabated curiosity. © sitting right heve In this Gertride was sitting right are now,” Leila continued over the memory, “We vather discouraged be- cause nothing we had ever written had been much of 4 success." “Leila is very modest. She won't tell about herself,’ interrupted Ger- rude. ‘But she studied for two years Mit Harvard under Prof. King, and onc of her plays, which she submitted, was accepted as the play of the year.” ertrude has written quite a few stories which have run in the maga- zines,"’ put in Leila, not to be outdone she v4] in generosity. — “But—'Voltaire’?” 1 interposed yently “Oh, yes.” Gertrude took up the narrative. ‘How did you come to think of ‘Voltaire’?"" turning to Leila to whom she gave due eredit for the original idea. “1 don't know," Leila réflected, wrinkling her nose. (Pardon my sniffs," she apologized. “I left: my hanky upstairs.) We didn't know a thing about Voltnire at the time. We ran to the cneyelopaedia and began to look up about his life, ‘Then we started to read lis letters. They fairly seintillate with bright and witty sayings. We have taken these sayings and woven them into a play, We have been told that we have taken el the bright things that Voltaire ever said." “And how did you manage to write together,” TI questioned, curious on this point “Well, we worked hard over the scenario and got that into shape," Gertrude t up the story, “And joned the characters e picked out a good nan for (mentioning oi. of their Inaracters). He has just got to be handsome, And you know we have MRS. FRANK K. STURGIS DIES SUDDENLY HERE Mrs. Florence Vrank K, Sturg day in her home, No. 17 East § Street. Mrs. Sturgis suffered a stroke me months ago. She belonged to a mily identified with the soctal life of thie ety fo ations. Her father, Philip Teydig, died in ‘1872 in this city. Mr. Bturgia is a prominent banker nd for years has been a member of the Nn- tional Horsa Snow Association. > children were born to the marriage of Mr. and Mre, Bturgis. Relatives surviving are her aslster, Mrs, John J. Staple; her nieces, Mra, Brady Harriman and Mra. Brady - 8; @ nephew, Capt. Philip M, Lyd nda niece, Mra. Henry Reese Hoyt ydig Sturgis, wife of died suddenly yexter- ' ™ 1 allowed to see one of our re-) have vindicated ‘Miss 192: We went down the other] Purcell is a gradt not be hea right out again.’ but we Oh, w some man for that po to be good looking." “After we had us,"" her characters IT took mine ied writing together, hen we got together and read what each had written and corrected the were very few]{| BERMUDA— ur pe nd wrote their pa wrote them. W copy. ) changes.” the athe) Then while Leile typed mine. In that way hoped to find other had made, we 1 guess you had to make more changes in mine than J gid in you finished, turning ugh her bobbed locks. 180) ah. 1 was too verbose,’ Ger- trudi rtrude can tell you the all the actre: ‘This set of five fix- tures, consisting of one @light, on light (not shown in illustration), one #8 Dining Room and { one I-light bracket Do not miss this Phenome nal Manufacturers of Lighting Fixtures Since 1893 HARRISON FIXTURE WORKS, 59 Harrison Ave., Bklyn Friday and Saturday SPECIALS EASY TO REACH Two N. Y. Girls Write Play in Six Weeks, ° Proving They Aren’t Frivolous Flappers parts they are tuking, ‘Then they can both tell you how they figured out the setting. “We knew we would get more at- tention if we economized and had but one setting. We had a lot of fun fig- uring thut out too." 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Livingston St. BROOKLYN One Block from Borough Hall Subway Station OPEN EVENINGS “THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, MAROH 17, 1928. fe ‘i yi BROOKLYN -— NEW YORK Saturday ; , Bucivess Hours, 9 to 5:30 $300,000 in Rugs, Linoleums and Carpets A Great Spring Sale — At Astonishingly Low Prices INCLUDING 2,500 Rugs in 23 Different Sizes OYAL Wiltons, Chenilles, Body Brussels, Aximinsters, Velvets, Tapes Brussels; in famous makes-—Bigelow-Hartford, Sanford & Sons, Smith & Sons. Fulton Street Bond Street Livingston St. Elm Place Thousands of Yards of Fine Carpetings Both imported and American weaves in magnificent choice. ‘ Inlaid and Printed Linoleums The celebrated Wild, Nairn and Armstrong makes, in a wonderful array of patterns—every price away below the regular level. It has been many years since market conditions permitted of such purchases as this offering represents and, in consequence, made possible such prices. 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Loowirte—Main } $1.75 and $2 Silk Stockings, $1.45 ECENTLY we secured imilar offering of this Silk Hosiery and the entire quantity was exhausted very quich! fomorrow we shall have more, and women who want to buy sup plies of quality ilk Hosiery for Easter and Spring at a very low price should be prompt very evident in the heavy pierced mountings of 14-kt Black, cordovan, polo aod silver full fashioned thread sk Stockings with double mercerized green gold and in the pure white eut diamonds with which tops and soles hoegerinAikta da they are set. ‘Two styles, as pictured 1,000 New Silk Petticoats $2.26 fo BEBO Slovesill 8 Handsome Models, Sale at $3.98 Third Floor in white, white with black, black, black with white, tan, brown, gray and beaver, point backs. 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