Actorviews (1923)

Arnold Daly’s Darling Daughter 11 Uncle Jack, who is John Drew, and Aunt Bee, who is Uncle Jack’s daughter Louise and mother’s best friend. I’ve been,” she smiled, “surrounded by every influence but the paternal.” “Where do you Dalys get your round, ripe Irish articulation? It’s like Rose Coghlan’s.” “Well, my mother is half French, half Italian, and the other half Scotch and my father is all good Brooklyn Irish.” “Have you got Father’s temperament?” “I hope not. The first story I ever heard of myself was of Aunt Bee coming in and finding me, at the age of five, in my tub, but with all the graces of the perfect hostess. ‘How’s your mother?’ says she. ‘Fine,’ says I. ‘And your father?’ ‘Still fighting with his managers,’ says I ... I hope I haven’t the Daly temperament; if ever I lose my temper people will say, ‘What else could you expect from Arnold Daly’s daughter!’ and if I ever do a clever piece of acting he’ll get the credit for that, too.” “Have another pastry?” “No, thanks; I must think of the waistline.” “How long have you been on the stage?” “Aha ! this is where Miss Daly talks of her career! The question sounds like a real interview and I am terrifically thrilled. This is my first, you know, and I’m dying of excitement. I’ve always been told that being interviewed is like going to confession, or having your fortune told, in that it gives you such an opportunity to talk about yourself — and Self is a subject on which the Dalys are unparalleled. . . . But to answer your fascinating question — I’ve been on the stage two years. I’ve played in fourteen plays in twenty months. Some of my parts had one line, others