Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Aug 1919)

,SSIC Florence the Oriental — t C ontinued from page 21) at the most we have (jnly a halfto do out' work in. But tomorrow afternoon they are ig to take some .scenes in which I do appear, so in all probability I shall home about five or shortly after. It happened very fortunately, as 1 am bcularly anxious to get home in time but the finishing touches on my hus|d’.s birthday dinner, as we are having pw friends to dine, to celebrate the bt. But that will not take very long, !have made all the preparations well dvance. .So I would sugge.st that een five and six would be perhaps best time to see me, if it is all the |e to you.” y\nd so it was settled, i star of the stage and a star of the len all rolled up into one is a pretty I combination. But if you happen to t a friend of Miss Reed’s you will find out that .she shines just as htly in the domestic sphere, ow when you go to Miss Reed’s you It not be surprised if, as you stand Pide the door, you overhear what [iids to you a most extraordinary conlation, something like this; bJoffee !” it may begin, in clear, sweet rk “My sweet coffee ! What is there I Ido for you ? Have you been lonely day long? Have you missed as apt as not to be interrupted by antrophe to muffins! “Oh, muffins, you are,” the same voice continues, kiting here so patiently. Have you p lonely, too? Angie, isn’t it strange NI coffee is so black and that muffins is P"ys so white?” p, does all sound very strange until |i| hear another voice answer, “Miss ji those dogs were both washed this filing, and look at the difference betn them.” ie mystery is solved, and as the door s you see that “Coffee” and “Mufare two white poodles, whose bright (ences have been shadowed by one -)w, the departure of “Tea,” their ler, to the land where all good little h SO Biss Reed, not being at all an ordisort of person, has not at all an nary sort of a home. Her drawingli, for instance, which is her great 'jind pride, resembles more some spot ne Orient than any drawing-room ijhave ever seen in any home in New It is a Chinese room. Bpu feel instinctively as soon as you t" it that it is a room upon which 11 care has been lavished. It is the >jice of beauty and at the same time ii the acme of comfort. You dont ^as you go into it that you are in ^ sort of an antique .shop where signs Jjiung at regular intervals bearing the ting, “Please do not handle.” ^iss Reed has furnished this room ■isly herself. She has delved about (jiaint old shops until she has found ill exactly the furnishing she had in iij. When she couldn’t find what she wanted in New York, she waited until she could get to San Francisco, where the Chinese shops have all sorts of rarities to offer. It took many, many months to complete this room. The lamps alone represent many hours of patient searching. After you have talked to Miss Reed for a short time you discover that she is entirely different from any star you have ever met. She does not indulge in commonplaces. She does not tell, with conviction ringing in her voice, that the technique of the screen and the stage are two entirely different arts, nor that while the motion picture industry is in its infancy, she has unbounded faith in its future, nor does she make the hundred-and-one stereotyped statements that burst forth periodically from the mouths of stars who feel that these remarkable discoveries should be published broadcast to a bewildered but admiring public. Miss Reed is too genuine and too sincere to resort to platitudes for her conversation. After an hour’s talk with her you get some glimpses of the real Florence Reed, and you will discover : That she has a brilliant, vivacious personality ; That she has a lively appreciation of anything that is genuinely good ; That good books, good plays, good music form an important part of her daily life; That she knows music backward, having once studied the piano with the idea of using it professionally, but that she abandoned it for a career on the stage ; That she considers Charlie Chaplin is a genius, and that she fully expects that one day he will be not only a great comedian, but one of the foremost actors in America ; That she has a huge capacity for enjoyment ; That she has a delightful sense of humor ; That she is as lavish with her praise of those members of her profession who are accomplishing things as she is withering in her scorn for those who fail to take their work seriously ; That this season, for the first time in many moons, she does not appear as a “vampire” or a “bad woman” of any kind, and that she is heartily glad of hav I ing the opportunity of turning over a new leaf ; That nothing gives her so much pleasure as to hear good music, and that she is a frequent visitor to Carnegie and .i^lolian halls ; That she didn’t know that she had the reputation of being one of the best i dressed women on the stage, but that she thinks that any actress who neglects to make a study of the science of clothes is making a grave mistake ; I That if you want to arouse her ire these days, all you have to do is to ask i her what she is doing with her spare > time. 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