31, 1912. 11
TUT. SUXDAT OREGOXIAN. rORITAyP. MARCTI
Kate Douglas Wiggin Brings to
Thousand Hearts Easter Cheer
Many Little Children of the Slams Made Hippy Each Year Through Her
Kindness and Charming Personality.
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KBtCtA OK SIXXYBROOK" FAME,
TOTS HAPPY EACH EAITEK.
THRE 1II"XPRED little waifs of the
street. sad-ryed Hebrews, olive
tinted Neapolitans, merry-faced
Erln-Ites, with eyes as Mue as twin
lakes, here and there a happy little
Topsy, her wool tied with resplendent
scarlet bows In honor of the season,
all these little strangers of the city
stream Into the doors of the Clarke
Neighborhood House In Hlvlngton and
Tannon streets. New York, for their
Easter celebration.
"Don't shoTe. Becky. Keep your
place there In the line, Isadore."
The friendly bluecoat who has mar
shalled so many similar Easter crowds
tries to straighten the eager line.
"dure, you won't get In no quicker
by stiovln. and she won't begin the
Eastern hymns 'till every last one of
ye's gets In."
Smell the greens and Easter line.'
Hear the sweet, high notes of child
voices as the 300 children of this
neighborhood kindergarten join hands
and circle about, marshalled and smiled
upon and Inspired by the radiant,
graceful fizure of Kate Douglas Wlg
irtrv. who finds Easter day at Clarke
House her most pressing engagement
of the year. But we must close the
doors as she bends over the children,
riving each a word of greeting or ap
probation and playing Easter angel as
he distributes the gifts. We will turn
back 2 years to another picture la the
life of this successful author.
Kladergartea Pint laaplratlea.
She Is a girl figure here, the Vlnder
gartner tn the Golden G:ite Kinder
garten. Pan Francisco. The group of
children huddled close about and list
ening to one of her wonderful "once-opon-a-tlme"
stories. Is less In num
ber than the throng that fills our free
kindergartens today, but they are the
tame sort of babies: starving for love,
lacking in wholesome home environ
ment and InnKing with all the power
of their child souls to lore, to be
happy, to create.
From the UoM.-n Gate Kindergarten
that sheltered the original of Timothy,
In "Timothy's Quest." and Fatsy. In
"The ftory of Palsy." grew the move
ment that has given to all waifs of the
street the Joys of the child-garden.
Through IS years of playing with little
children, teliirg them stone, working
with tem and working for them. Kate
Iouglas Wlvin has given us a new
type In fiction, the type revealed In
Carol Hir-I and the grateful llf.l- Kug
gleses In "The Birds' Christmas Carol":
Timothy, the foundling asylum waif
whose search for a home for Lady tiay,
his li-months-old protege. Is Immor
talised In "Timothy's Quest": l'atay,
the plucky little Irish lad. and Ke-
becca, that bravest of all Mrs. Wig
gin's heroines, who conquers prejudice,
and wins for herself a place In her
aunt's "brick house," which she en
tered so unwelcome a guest. These are
all militant characters: the,y weave
dream stuff In the pattern tbat will
enfold us through all the years.
Through them. Kate Douglas Wlggin
has given us romances made of the
homespun threads of everyday life.
This author of published volumes
which reveal upwards of a score of
titles and whose sale list to date Is
over 1.000.000 copies, has, herself, been
a part of the humdrum, everyday hu
man living about which she writes and
whose Incidents she paints, with a pig
ment, the. color of gold.. She was born
In Philadelphia, but spent most of her
life In the quiet little village of Mol
lis. Me. She attended the district
school there, made famous In "Rebecca
of Bunnybrook Farm." and although
she never puts her friends' pictures be
tween the covers of her books. It may
be surmised that the village folk who
fill the pages of this most successful
of her stories, find their prototypes
In the little Maine town.
Drasoa Great Sierees.
It was Inevitable that -Rebecca of
Sunnybrook Farm" should make a place
for Itself on the American stage and
hold that place for hundreds of nights
While the putrid love story, the sordid
society drama and the cheap musical
comedy came and went, Ursula St.
George, the girl actress who takes life
quite as seriously and sweetry as did
Rebecca, transformed footllght into
country sunshine as she romped with
Emma Jane, charmed Mr. Aladdin, and
comforted sad Mrs. Simpson for one of
the longest runs New York has ever
known.
"How were you able to construct so
successful a play?" the dramatic critics
asked Mrs. Wlggin.
"It was an adventure In play-mak-Ing."
she replied.
"I sat down at my desk, prepared to
plan new scenes and write additional
dialogue, but as I took up my pencil
yes, I have written out. myself, every
line tn every one of my books, and
every copy of every line I found that
the work was going to be of a piece
with all the other work that I have
done In my life. There was little room
for difference of opinion between the
author and the stage manager In this
Instance. The play Is very like the
book out of which It grew: It Is of
precisely the samo fabric. I wrote every
line spoken on the stage, because I
felt that the characters were "born and
raised' on my premises, so to speak,
and that nobody would know how to
report their Ideas and convictions ex
cept myself.
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
EDITED IT LCOXB CASS BAER.
UNDER a four column portrait of
a very stulle-y and pert appear
ing young person, the New
York Morning Telegraph prints In
large type, under a Chicago dateline.
March IT:
"Tou are a dear brave girl. Fay
U inter. Yes! Yes!"
Then there Is a lot of "heads." each
growing smaller in si me. but all equal
ly emphatic, and following close Is a
thrilling tale et how srtra death was
thwarted by the charming little Port
land Ingenue. Here It Is. word for
word:
"The miniature tide which Annette
Kellermann had Just been creating
while disporting as a porpoise la the
artltlrtal tank before the audience at
The Rose of Panama' In the American
Music Hall last night proved to be
the tide of fortune for Fay Bainter.
who took It at Its flood, leaped Into
the foaming water to save Stella Tra
rers. of tn, chorus, and leaped out
again to find herself a famous person.
-Mis Rainter wasn't any more dis
turbed by her unpremeditated plunge
:nto the water, though she took the
dtp In her street clothes, than she was
rhen she found the curtain down tM
no one out trie memoers or tne com
pany there to applaud, tfhe didn't care
for either the bath or the publicity,
hut when she found that she had to
accept the latter as a consequence of
:he former she smiled, Dluehed ami
.-a the red in all the compliments la
light. , .
Just how Miss Travers succeeded
'n falling overboard no one seemed
-si know. But when she found herself
out of her element she announced
-h fact to tie rest of the company.
who were flocking out the stage door
nfter the' show. In the same sweet
voice that1 baa floated over the foot
lights every evening for some time
pat.
"Nobody envied Miss Travers the
splajh she had made. It wasn't of the
right kind. And nobody cared to get
wet. So they gathered around the tank
and screamed energetically for Miss
Kellermann.
"Miss Ktllermunn didn't appear just
then. 8he may have mistaken tne up
i roar for another one of those dread
I ful encores, which are the bane of an
actress' existence. Some one had to
be a heroine In a hurry. One young
laxly removed a garter and tried to
pass It to Miss Travers, who was keep
ing her head above the water at least
half the time, but both owner and gar
ter nearly fell In.
"Suddenly the crowd parted and Fay
Bainter came to the front. She would
have been there sooner, but she had
experienced some trouble in getting
the hatpins out of her hat. She didn't
wait for any lecturer to announce a
forward standing dive; she simply
plunged Into the tank, grabbed Miss
Travers by some of her real hair and
lifted her out upon the stage before
the grateful young woman could have
a chance to get a half-nelson on her
rescuer's throat, as drowning people
love to do.
"While the two amateur mermaids
were shaking themselves like water
spaniels. Mies Kellermann came out of
her dressing room and found that an
understudy had been playing her part.
To prove that she wasn't enough of
an actress to be afflicted with temper
ament, she rushed back, dug up one
of her finest medals and Insisted npon
pinning It upon Miss Bainter before
the whole company.
"Then Miss Bainter told the story of
her life. She said she had been brought
up In California and had played In the
surf at all the beaches of the Pactflo
Coast. Then, deciding she could never
be an Annette Kellermann, she had
studied to be a dancer.
"By this time she found herself get
ting Into deep water, figuratively
speaking, and a motion that rescuer
and rescued get Into dry clothing aa
soon as possible was unanimously car
ried." Herbert Ashton, a former Portland
man. and for many years Identified
with local stock organisations, will re
turn on Thursday In his capacity as
stage director for "Madame X" which
opens on that night at the Helllg. Mr.
Ashton'a wife, Lillian Branscombe, re
membered as a player of soubretto
roles. Is acting with th Edison film
company.
Florence Roberts In a sketch called
"In the Revolution." has been booked
for a trial in vaudeville next week at
Yonkers. N. Y. As her chief support.
Miss .Roberts has Richard Buehler.
La Petite Adelaide, tho dancer, nas
been divorced by her husband. Wil
liam A. Lloyd, of Boston, who publishes
a weekly paper listing the various cur
rent amusementa The grounds were
desertion. Mary Adelaide having run
away to Paris three years ago. Since
then, however, she has returned, and in
vaudeville's route visited the Pacific
Coast.
Given a title and an audience and
Edwin Milton Royal will be supremely
happy. Those are the only Ingredients
lacking In his purpose to present before
the public his latest play.
The piece !s written, Llebler A Co.
have accepted It. and Hugh Ford, the
general stage director, la fairly Itching
to begin rehearsals. Also the presses of
a lithograph company yawn for copy.
But the play is as yet unnamed.
The tentative title Is "The Snare."
The story concerns a woman for whom
a snare has been laid and who promptly
proceeds to fall Into It- Amelia Gard
ner has been engaged for tho role, but
the management and the author have as
yet been unable to agree upon a title.
Miss Gardner was one of the first
leading women In early Portland
theatricala
Occasionally iJeorge 'Bernard Shaw,
tiring of taking flings at other people
and things, takes the trouble or Is It a
pleasure, to i. B. S. to talk about him
self?) to tell the truth about himself.
In a communication sent to the Players'
Club, of London. Mr. fcihaw says:
"I shall most certainly do nothing to
encourage the playgoers to move Into
new and comfortable premises. The
theaters depend on uncomfortable clubs
and unhappy homes, and my Income
depends on the theaters. No sane man
would spend an evening In a theater
If he could find anywhere else to spend
It without being bored or henpecked.
"Women drag men to theaters be
cause they get so tired of housekeep
ing that, no matter how delightful they
make the home, they desire nothing
more than to escape from it. as a cook
desires to escape from the smell of
roast fowl. But modern clubs provide
a refuge from home life for both men
and wonen and the more comfortable
a club Is the sooner members will cease
to be playgoers.
"I know, of course, that the members
of your club have long ago settled
down and that to meet one of them in
theaters is almost as startling as to
meet an actor In the Garrlck Club, but
still there are a few left, and as I don't
want those few to be lured away from
the box office, I must decline to give
my countenance to your Inauguration
lunch."
The engagement has just been an
nounced of Antoinette Legault. of the
Llndsey-Morrlson Stock Company, of
Lynn. Mass, to William P. Connery.
Jr, who appeared In Portland a few
weeks ago as the young reporter In
r-uir.hrnir.v . W ulllnsrford." Mr.
Connery's father is the Mayor of Lynn.
Gertrude Hoffman, exponent of the
great undraped sisterhood of dancers,
has closed her season with the Impe
rial Russian ballet. After a brief rest
she Is contemplating going Into vau
deville, many alluring offers having
been made for her td appear In the two
per diem. One of these offers, accord
ing to her publicity agent, is almost a
record-breaker in the matter of sal
ary. $4000 weekly being the temptation
held out.
Coast actor and producer of other days.
Is with tienry . oavage in .lupun.
According to letters to the papers In
their home town. New York, they are
having the time of their lives, gather
ing material for the production of the
Japanese musical comedy, "The Mous
mee." which Mr. Savage will produce
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o'clock. Tbea I work as long as the
daylight Is good. We have four lead
ing women here, and our director en
deavors to work ach of us a week
and give us a rest of two or three
weeks.
"Th irnrk in no interesting. I can
John Mason will next season be a
star under direction or t-nanes r run-i me worn is bo inicicsuut.
man having been specially engaged , not say that I have any favorite pieces,
for the nroduction of Henri Bernstein's ; j am given emotional parts almost al-
TtlaY "The AttaCK, wnicn win uc I luseuiw, emu. vt o
sented In September. In this play Mr. j rlety of plays. Today We are working
Mason will have the part of Alexander on a French romance here at tne
Merltat a role In which Lucien Oultry studio. Yesterday we were engaged
has achieved ono of the biggest sue- j on a modern drama out at tho beach,
cesses of his career. It is one of the and perhaps tomorrow we shall bo
I loneest ever written ror a moaern piay. i taKen ior a spin into me muu.ii- .
T. Daniel Frawley. the well-known The story or tne p -' ' ' """":"r
. . i stt h a. Hop I nn-er Tor narm WICIUCU "7 " ""K - uun cinciiM v
the way of goodby. ' "It Is to me the
most adorable city in the world. No,
I was not born there. I am a native
of South Africa born in Cape Colony
but I came to Portland with my par
ents when I was very small and shall
never forget the kindness of the Port-
land people. O, yes, tell them also that
papa they'll remember him, William
Bernard, you know, is running the
Garrick with a stock company at Salt
Lake City."
Xaw Zealand ha e4.O00,W0 sherpr
power for harm wielded by newspapers
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In uneartnmg scauuui
i-,r this new arrangement the list . You know the public
. . . . . i .. t ...In. nnnthpr -fH aiic -n
or cinuoeri mum", r.
addition. Mr. Mason is perhaps the
most accomplished actor now appear
ing under their direction.
DETAILS ARE FEATURE
OF PICTURE SHOW WORK
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"Dot" Bernard, Clever Little Actress Formerly of Portland, Explains How
She Does It.
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LOsJ ANGELES. March SO. (Spe
clal.) The essential difference be
tween acting professionally before
a moving-picture. Instrument and act
ing before a real audience In the flesh,
relate largely to precision In dtall,
according to Miss Dorothy Bernard,
leading lady with the Blograph com
pany here, known as Miss "Dot"
Bernard to playgoers in Portland,
where she played Juvenile and ingenue
parts at tho Baker, beginning at a
Urn when she. was only J' old.
"It Is when someone brings It to
mind that I really know bow deeply at
tached I ara to my work with the Blo
graph." Miss Bernard said to The Ore
onlan correspondent, who was com
pelled to pass muster with the local
Blograph director to get an Interview
with her. It is a rule with the com
pany not to permit Interviews with its
stars, and Its players below the stellar
circle must remain unknown o the
public An xoeptlon Is made In the
case of Miss Bernard on occasion, for
she belongs to the Blograph stars of
first magnitude, but eh observes the
admonition to exercise discrimination
In her interviews.
"It is delightful, this work of mine
before, the camera," she said, "and the
Blograph people are splendid to be
with. Just think of it, no night work,
no worry Incident to traveling, catch
ing trains, long waits at stations, find
ing accommodations at all hours and
putting up with everything that comes;
and the pay is almost anything I ask.
In fact they practically allow me to fix
my own salary.
aulrements of the piece.
You can hare no xuea wnai a va
riety of charming experiences we meet.
the PUD11C IS BO-
with our work now, particularly
. around Los Angeles, that we are per-
I mitted to go and come as we please.
I People are glaJ to give us the use of
their homes and their beautiful
grounds. Only recently we were per
mitted to use the handsome estate of
Mr. Huntington, at Pasadena, and not
long ago we had the use of the charm
ing home of a countess in Pasadena for
one of our reels.
"Our runners are out constantly look
ing for scenic effects. One day we may
be sent to Santa Monica. We start
early, in automobiles, and find every
thing arranged for us when we get
there even to a place for luncheon
l and siesta. Perhaps before we return
we may take a run 20 miles rartner
down the beach. In our machines It Is
delicious, and we get back home in
time for our dinners."
Off the stage Miss Bernard's name is
Mrs. A. IL Van Buren. Her husband
is In the theatrical business In New
York. Wilmington, Delaware, and
Washington, D. C.
"I wonder if my Portland friends
have heard of my wonderful baby," this
exquisite little woraun went on, medi-
i tatlvely. "sshe is a year and a half
old, and the dearest, sweetest thing In
the world," and for a few minutes the
glory of motherhood cast 'ts gleam
itimnffh thA fxtnen tnakfun. "It is
chiefly on her account that I am so
) irlad to be at this work." she chatted
u 1 .in (r AntVtMx!9Mtifnllv- "Yon nee. I
J can be with her and what Jolly Umea
we nave.
"Mr. Van Buren and I were glad of
the chance to get her out on the mag
nlflcent Pacific for the Winter, .for she
Is so well and happy here. I brought
m niir tm1 wa have a cozv apartment
i that is a perfect dream.' My husband's
. business would not permit him to come
I with us. but the warmer weather is
I soon coming In the East and baby and
I exoect to Join him in May. Then I
hall take a rest for the Summer."
Miss Bernard has been with the
Biograph people more than three years.
Most of her work for the company has
been done In Eastern cities and it was
not until the beginning of the past
Winter that she was sent to the Coast.
- She pointed out the advantages moving-picture
actors and actresses have
In the time and opportunities afforded
for study and recuperation. "We must
be at our very best all the time," she
said, "but our work and manner of liv
ing ar altogether conducive to good
health and active minds. We must
have our parts letter-perfect, and what
Is more Important, each gesture, movement-
and posture must be correct, for
you know we must express ourselves
by our acting, so that the film will tell
the full story of the play when spread
on the canvas.
"No. our acting Is not pantomime, by
any means. We must speak our lines.
Just aa we would on any stage. That
- Wrk Is Exactla.
"It Is particular work. People per
haps do not think of this, but the
camera Is much more critical man an jusi wo " j
. r. . . .isn tt hrinv ntli trie lull GX'
audience or human Deings. ine camera is -. " " " i7 ,i..r
. . i . i . I I I n a nnJ malTA ttA IT) PHT1 1 fl CT Clear
iriQNtiuu .
on the Him. X COUia penmim
J n 1. 1 n a. ,n., bnn Tar .(id li tlf.a that
a m uiMviuiia BMW.., - - . -
cold-blooded, mechanical way of reg
istering defects and mistakes. Where
theee appear In a film that- film must
be destroyed and a new one made.
Sometimes we go through a scene 13
tiroes to get a suitable film. It must
be perfect to pass Inspection.
"My hours T I come down to the
studio about 9 o'clock In the morning,
and am usually called at about 11
an affirmative or a negnux "j
inclination or a shake of the head, but
that Is not enough. We must strive
to put our full emotions In our acting
and that can only be done with the
spoken word In conjunction with the
"Don't forget to say how much I still
love dear, old Portland," she said. In
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