ftJkRtkll "JJ3515H 10 EVENING LEDGER-PHIADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1014. KAX&VW StT HlJI THE ACTRESS AND' HER . WORK-PRACTICAL ARTICLES AND k 3W THE GIRL WHO, WORKS jd&k Jjjjb InHngramWRMK rF s 0 s' " 'V 'apPH-' J rfroKHss I fMBWfjJwawTBtflnnfi i lMinniaalr la-'-JasssaTCJi- si jbw '' HSill I liinmOffgHfg3fell . mwHbIhBIHi 41 flHMRjpKttfri 'lis XvmlWw'iiMv tlmo of "'" 8ald Mlss Dorolny "'esoi' ,wli vi-- Itf&fB HH!MfJJflRy' same, when Christmas tlmo comes nround XvHMV' -:' ' s59H nro 'on ho road' and away from all your Jctk?&:'v -'', : - "I "won't fonrot Inst Chrlstmns and tho " HELEN lAcMAHON The Little "Scarecrow" "The Blri who works can make lots of money on the stage, If sho grinds hard," said' Helen McMahon, the' little Scare crow, who plays such a strenuous part In vaudeville, Dressed In a suit of tat tered rags, her small head tied up In such a manner that It Is quite Impos sible, to distinguish her from a dummy or an Egyptian mummy, one can scarcely Imagine that she is alive. How she man aces to breathe Inside this wonderful gar ment Is a mystery. The whole point in her particular role Is that the" audience Imagines she la In reality the empty bun , dl of old clothes that Blie represents. She Is lifted bodily by her partner on the ' ataso and flung over tho heads of the or- iwfy'chestra Into the first available space mnontr the audience, landing with a heavy thud and In a variety of positions VJhlch convince one that she is a dummy. "Yes, I have had some odd experiences," said she, smiling brightly. She is ex ceeding pretty, by the way, very small ai4 hlnriir!v hllllf. Th nthlr flftv. for Is P y w hittnnffl- wtien T wnji clancinir with mv partner he. Is my husband, as well as IS ft stage partner, you know a large pin was ticking right into me! I am so muftled up in that heavy padded suit that I can not see and cannot speak. Under the suit a. heavy pad Is tied across the whole of ray face, as I am thrown about so much. Every time my husband caught me by the back of the shoulders and swung me over his head the pin went Into his hand and also Into me! He has to catch me Just in that particular place. so we both had to bear the pain of it Mil the performance wus overt I couldn't utter a sound, of course." "Don't you ever have an accident when ho throws you down Into the orchestra?" "Not often. I generally fall In the asms position, and anyhow I have un limited confidence In my husband's skill in throwing! Of course, I am absolutely helpless, tied hand and foot, blind and dumb for tho time being. Today I landed on my funny-bone, and in the middle of the act got a kick on the face, too! But these an only little details, and I enjoy pay work very much. "We have such a. pretty baby, Just a few months old, and very healthy. Here he cornea with his nurse. Isn't he cute?" The baby certainly was very cute, and seemed none the worse for his life of travel. "I wish that I could spend more time with him." said the pretty little mother regretfully, "but my work comes first. When he was 3 months old I went back to this acrobatic dance work. Kiid he and his nurse and his father and I have bten traveling ever slnoe. "I had rather an unpleasant experience once," ehe continued. "I waa on the bill at a theatre when that famous monkey. uV was performing there. JJe- my acts I had to make a quick ge, and. running down a dark pas- Sate! passed a roan who was earning J.MA great nrute in nts arms. ine noma Mera shot out a. great paw at my hair and' tore out a handful! I gave such a wem that they heard cne right through the theatre." "Tour work most have lots of trials and iKJ ilmiu'r "I supposo it has but then If you are keen on your work, you don't mind these thlngav I don't let tny mind dwell' on the gloomy side at All If I lost my IMTnns ;-ram '.tSrXeTVv during the performance X should ,$ time, anyhow, I run risks of broken es but I don t allow myself to think -s that So I get along all right. The (swbe works for her living must expert M,a4 upa asd downs. aa lr sue has fm4 a capacity for hard work, she'll sjwuc an njtHt. id nata to give up ' vtuk. Really, one t far bauBlef fatrttlDg occupation than IdHusf away MM' tjnw as so many women do." Spilt Ink Ink MU on x deal labia ean be removed aJitly if rubbed the way of tb JfwUt) wKh much Mlt. Plot ttt Ink flrst a&d 0wi apply '- 4003 THAT YOU GET HERE IS s nnuM axb cAFeir tif ittfg toot, - tstmritti aini mmrii9f9r w re into. tve i Swan nua i?ii.ac: uw w -i"iifc r., -ivJIvidu! af-viaar. BnrjlWti ti ArtMn JiJ MM tpmHaf uutta "The girl who works really hns tho best tlmo of it," said Miss Dorothy lllcgel. who takes the part of the telephone girl In a cuto Htlo vaudeville- sketch, " but nil tho same, when Christmas tlmo comes nround you do feel a little bit homesick if you are 'on tho road' and away from all your friends! "I won't forget last Christmas and tho way wo xpent Itl Wo were playing out In Syracuse and the weather was appalling. Thcro was n real snowstorm, and although that sounds Just Ilka what Christmas should be, it was very miserable and cold In reality. I felt so horribly bluo in the hotel whero wo all were staying that I decided to go straight to bed at 7 In the evening. Just .then a little soubrette in tho compnay she was very young and a Hungarian rushed In nnd said that she had asked the management to glvo us a party, and they had consented to do so. "Our sitting room tlicrrf were about 12 of us together was being gaily dec orated with cedar and wreaths of ever greens, and n little Christmas tree was lugged In, candles tied to It, and then wo sent one of the men in tho company out to buy- mistletoe. When he returned we Jit tho candles and started in to bo festive. Dut guesa what happened? Suddenly I fait so blue that In spite of everything tho manage ment wns doing for us. I burst out crying, and all the others followed suit. Tes, in deed, we all cried together, men and girls. You never did hear such a sobbing and a sighing. I can laugh at it now, but we were all as melancholy ns possible then. However, after about 10 minutes the atmosphere cleared, and the sun fig uratively como out for good. Wo all cheered up, and ended by getting quite festive over tho feast." "Don't you find It rather hard to be away from your homo so much?" "I do mlss my home and husband a bit, I must confess. Yes, I am married and very happy I'm like a sailor, you know when I get back to my home It's n new honeymoon every time. It doesn't do for the girl who works to" have her husband working along, with ,her In the same company. Lots of my friends do that, but. oh dear Whenever the couple has a little scrap as will happen with tho best regulated couples why, their work is affected. No. I don't want to tour around with n husband, for you can't combine domestlo life and stage lifo sat isfactorily." , "What do you think of the stage as a profession for the girl who works?" "Why, it's excellent, but sho must work most awfully hard if she's to get any where at nil! To get your personality across the footlights Is the great thing. Actual good looks ore not nearly so Im portant na personal magnetism. You've Just got to make your audience feel that they like you. Good looks alone won't achieve this, but magnetism will. No, you can't define it, and you can't ac quire It; It's Just bom in you or it Isn't." "Are you going home for Christmas this year?" "Indeed I am! No more Chrlstmases away from home for me, thanks I I'm going to have a real little Christmas tree and a real party In my own home in LNew York for once. Christmas ought to be spent at home, among your own peo ple. You do feel blue among strangers at that time, don't you think so? Fpr you keep thinking of all the old Chrlst mases past and gone till you long Just to fly home right away. So I'm going this time, and I hope everybody will have as merry a Christmas as I Intend to havet" I Lots of Pretty Gifts f that cost -little, look much 'and lastslong;. Ladies' Neckwear s 25c to $38. .Handkerchiefs 15erto $Q: Lingerie Pillow Cases $1.35 to $100 Waists and Blouses $2.00 to $30 Linens Table Seta, Madeira li tres. Nankins. esc cwbrofaered Furniture Odd bkd Ul Colpnial ad "French fttrtar E$Mjy Novelties EVA TANGUAY A Cyclonic Comedienne Twenty-flvo hundred dollars a week! Yes, It certainly docs seem n tremen dously largo salary for a vaudeville aa tress. And Eva Tanguay Is the wealthiest actress on the vaudeville stage at pres ent. Tho average girl who works if statis tics bo taken does not make 100th part til Buch a salary. Moreover, tho average girl would appear to work about 100 times harder for tho earning of less than that 100th part! Both on the Btage and off the stage. Eva Tanguay Is one of the most eccentrio of attrcsses. Sho has discarded her old title of "Tho Madcap Genius" for that of "The Cyclonic Comedienne," and she lives up to the appellation. Two years ago she formed her own company, but recently, owing to business conditions, has re turned to the vaudeville stage once more. In private life she is a great art lover, having a wonderful collection of pictures, statuary nnd antiques at her magnificent home on IUverslde Drive, New York. If all reports be true and reports ore many she has some very peculiar specimens there, Including a pet alligator and other things not usually found in art collec tions. A Christmas Wish "Not being a 'Qlrl Who Works, but only a 'Man Who Tries to Work,' can't I please say something, too?' said Bert Fltzgib bon, the well known comedian. "I can at least write a. Christmas poem for theEvENINOLKDOER If you'll allow me, can't I? I love writ ing serious poetry. All comedians are very serious at heart a sort of reaction, you know. To look at me you'd never suspect me of ooetry, now would you? Listen to' this, while I Improvise: "ChrUtmaa comes but one a yar. And when It corned lt'M vrv riur. And the Hftw Year sUrts mild and plain To brlnr old Oirutmai her train. We only live a little while So let us smile. Don't try to eta.ll my Muie's art, I have a would.be poet'0 heart. To Fhltadelphlane bit and small T)ila Christmas now God bleas you all." r o Ktn3tUV Cjuubt MlSWilnuiSL. 'tei. Towel. 6 fte, 55.W. '. . T.-.X& Modes of. the Hour There Is nothing ' more feminine than the fan. , It lias a, poetle quality and a rcmnnlle, and, wielded skilfully. It may be migtitlfir" than either the pen or the swoni. It Is said that fans are coming Into their own again this season. The re vival of the .ostrich feather fan Is cer tainty sufllclent of Itself to bring the fan Into fashion once more. The uncurled ostrich feather fan, with sticks of tortoise shell, has the high tide of popularity, and when tho feathers are while instead' of black, there are lovely moiheivof'pearl sticks to replace the tortoise shell. Pans of carved Ivory are In a promU ne.nt place Just nAw, and so are tho fans of fragrant sandalwood. There are little game affairs, simple and dainty and quite inexpensive, nnd hand-painted fans that cost anything that one cares to pay. Spangled, beaded and embroidered fans take their places In the list, and handles and frames nnd sticks of ebony and amber and painted wood are designed to please every taste. Among the gloves of fashion the short wristcd one Is back again In a conspicu ous place, ns It accompanies naturally the long-sleeved frock. This Is fortunate1, as gloves are likely to Increase in price as the neastfn pro gresses. It Is even posalblo that the labrlc gt.ove may have to replaco tho kid glove, for American manufacturers Import their kids, nnd It Is rumored that the end of the supplies dt hand Is already in tight. Mannish gloves are extremely fashion able this season, with the white glove In tho. lead, but with shades of 'brown, tan, tnupe and gray seen on the occa. slons where white would be Inappropriate. Gloves with black stitching and a scal loped top bound in black are extremely crfcctlvfl. The glove with fur at the wrists can be used for Its especial detail, and the one or two-clasp hand-sewn glove looks very appropriate with the trotteur stilt. The glove with the long wrist and a white buckle or clatp In lieu dt the open ing takes' asood place In fashion's favor. The sucd3 glove has' always Its devotees, arid while It may not bo particularly smart, It has a certain elegance that is -. r -'Sends a Personal Message, Written ' ::v and Signed by Herself, To the Women of America Through The Indies ' Home Journal Thet. first time that the Queen of a reigning sovereign has ever chosen an American magazine to send a message to all American worjwhoocL j-Ier Majesty spqaks as Mw mothers of Belgium" to the, mothers of America as one woman to another. In the Jajiuary '; LADIES' HO WrJOURNAL For 'Sale Ev$rywhere16 CmU FASHIONABLE GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS more desirable than anything to which the word smart can be applied. Embroidery In a fcaturo of many ; of the long-wrlsted and consequently high priced gloves. It Is an attractivo featuro In the kid glove and shows up. more effec tively than on tho silk glove, whero wo are accustomed to seo it. Tho mocha and tho castor glove and the dogskin glova do not belong to tho ultra class, nor could they bo featured as novelties, but rather as standards of what Is always good taste, and, conse quently, good style. E QUEEN OF THE ' BELGIANS . " ' FASHIONABLE FANCIES Household Hints Stale bread can be made fresh if wrap ped In a damp cloth for a few minutes and then placed In tho oven till warmed through. When cooking vegetables, remember Hint all vegetables which grow above ground should bo put Into boiling water, nnd all which grow underground Into cold water with tho exception of new potatoes. A Man's Xmas Present "What shall I give the boys for Christ mas?" asked Peggy aa she chewed thoughtfully on tho end of her pencil. "Why give them anything, my dear," said her grandmother. "When 1 was a girl I thought my company was a suffi cient present for any man. Your grand father never gave trio anything tat Christ mas until wo were engaged." "Goodness! Why,'' it I had to be en-( gaged to every man wfio sent mo a Christ' mas gift I'd be a Mormon 1 "Well, I suppose times change. In fact, I'm sure of It. Girls In iny time never had the lists of Bobs and Billys and Tome and tuch that they have now. We knew ono or two men, at the most three, and that was all. However, about your Christmas gifts, are you really going to give anything to the boys?" "That's exactly what I want you to answer. Bob has shown me sueh a good tlmo this year, and Billy's been bucIi a dear about taking mo placea and calling for mo every time I went to a. hen party that I really think I ought to give them some small, remembrance." "Well, go' ahead, It you feel that way about It. Why don't you crochet them a couple of nice tics? They arc so ex pensive to buy and men usually like them. You ate, it tickles their vanity to think you put all that time on their gift." "Well, I guess their vanity is safe, be cnuso I'm going to buy something. It's too much troublo to crochet a tie. Toll mo something appropriate and Inexpen sive. "It would be easier to tell you what not to give. 'In the first place, never give a man' jewelry unless you're engaged to htm. No tie pins, no tie clasps, cufflinks, dress studs or such things. A grcatjnany girls think a stickpin IS allowable, but It is In very bad form. And ,d.on't give' him articles of wearing apparel unless you are engaged. A silk muffler, gloves, or handkerchiefs are about tho only ex ceptions I know of, But never give him tics (unless crocheted by hand), shirts, fancy pleated shirts, or anything Ilka mat." "Welt, dear?" what shall I rive, granny! "Why, there are a thousand things, use ful, too. A, ntoa fountain pen. a box of 100 cigarettes (they ore made In special Christmas boxes, you know), a pretty key ring, fine linen handkerchiefs, plain military brushes, a nice calendar and en gagement book combined for his desk, a, silver penknife or pencil or a self-lighting matches. Thank you bo much. I'm sure I'll know plenty of things to give now." ( , ' ' ' ,.'' HH j 1 3 m-Xm ;mum wb. no taiiii ' S0r iM,mwimtEmssrm- wf$ JIHrfclHf 6 COMP4HSf. IND8!BKJEaSCI SQflAgl', l(ii. LtlLt lr MASKS ft -' P. P . Maugwg-u mmij Sfe-r w j-tJfcSifttti&fcftj. VCI WffiiSI --iMtojjB-w-.ieva-rs A.s 3aS '&ffjS sei-5s- 1HMADBI.1-Hli I $om mmm ctrwt Klrf VI$WeSl "J-r feEiy6'8 -rm-y-n- iWlii i nun ii i 1 1 'ill i i i ' ,au. 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