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By C. BLYTHE SHERWOOD
straight here to the apartment— and bed.
“Of course, now and then there was a dance, and once in a while a little fun. But I had to get a reasonable amount of rest for my long day’s work ; and somehow, never until now had I realized that ‘rest’ and ‘diversion’ go hand-in-hand. I never had time — or, that is, I never made time, because, as you know.
I took this all upon me— myself — to go to the playhouse, or to see a movie, or to read a jolly book. Even my shopping was done over the telephone, and all my marketing attended to by the maids.
“It all reminds me of George Ade and one of his fables. Something like six years ago (before I had decided to go on the stage and work), I remember reading one of his lovable stories, and then (the flash of Alice Brady dimples) taking this away with me ;
“ ‘Early to bed.
And early to rise.
And you meet very few prominent people.’ ’’
“The celluloid world is hard and heartless,” confesses Miss Brady. “It demands youth first — then beauty. Because of my
silly, irregular features, I have to work a great deal harder. You cannot im
agine how many disappointments my nose has caused me.”
“But you are so young, so vivacious, so normal,” I plaintiffed. “Didn’t you mind it?”
“No,” she replied to my perfectly natural question, “I did not seem to notice it at all. I am strong and healthy, and I love to work. Besides, these are not the times when one can permit oneself to think of living a ‘cushie’ existence.
The issue is fight or work. If I cannot throw handgrenades for the boys, if I cannot suffer cooties with them, if I cannot help them capture a Hun, then the bit and the best I can do is waste no time. Every minute should be occupied. Every minute can be occupied. It is not difficult to get into the habit of doing. Where there’s a will there’s a way.
“In fact, it has only been lately, when Dad begins to scold me, and then plead with me, that I have been considering relaxation. He is begging me to take a month’s vacation. He claims that the least I can do is to compromise my routine for that short while by giving up the picture work and just playing in ‘Forever After.’ But not only do I guess — I know — that lounging around all day, doing nothing, would completely frazzle my nerves.” (A bright smile — and the dimples, of course.) “I forget about time. I bury myself, because I am so interested. And I care for it so very, very much.
“For really those are the things that count — fascination and absorption. It is because school lacked that for me that I left when I was seventeen. I did not like it. It is for that reason, too, that Dad’s hopes for me being in grand opera were crushed. I had studied to be a singer, but I did not care for that field, either. I had always had a desire to go on the stage, and I believe that when a person wants to do something with all his heart and soul nothing on earth can prevent him! It was that way with me. Dad was terribly opposed {Continued on page 70)
(Twenty-five)