Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1914 — INTERVIEWING AN ACTRESS. [ARTICLE]

INTERVIEWING AN ACTRESS.

Its Depressing Effect Upon a Newsu paper Woman. - “Unleaa you have great moral courage,” said she newspaper woman, “don’t ever visit a young, pretty, popular actress in her dressing room. There she sits, looking as brilliant as —oh, well—as sun and sea and flowers and sky and Jewels and rainbows end every other brilliant thing- you eaa think of, and there you . Bit,'looking tired and dilapidated. .She is ypung and, round and smooth, and you have ceased to remember your birthdays. Her burnished hair Is carelessly tossed into the latest effects, while gtahWlnd,-hag. whipped your dust colored locks lnto ragged ends thps. look like wisps of 'hay—and feel about the aa*ne.'; Her dressing table ; gleams with silver and crystal, and your shopping bag is so old it has tamed gray on all the edges. Her embroidered silk kimono scarcely conceals fluffy masses of finest town and lace and dainty. Parisian Ungerte. Your old cr&venette cost -carcely > amwie your, dusty old serge skirt Her tiny toes are thrust carelessly into satin mules; your big, Mumping, wide soled pumps feel far top fun of feet and are covered 'with the dust of the' street

"Her makeup, appalling as it Is at dose range, nevertheless produces an effect of fresh brilliancy, and marvelous youth. You poise on the edge of her satin, covered divan, and her mirror heartlessly portrays your commonplace features, revealing ghastly shades of pptunla and wistaria that you never dreamed you possessed in your complexion. You try to smile bravely at the redaction, but by the aide of the bewitching, footlights smile of la belle yours Is, a mere facial contortion. You give It up, stare gloomily, forget all the questions you came to ask her and finally take your departure, ehasened and subdued. "Oh, yes, maybe it’s good for you. but don't-ever do It unless you are brave. You’ll have to do a great many fine, heroic deeds afterward before you can feel that you have a right to be above theeod."—New York Press.