Motion Picture Magazine, July 1914 (1914)

Mao^y .Fdjulek ■ . -v ■■" ' It was a small green volume of limp leather, gilt-edged. On the front was a dancing elf and a spray of jasmine. It looked as if it might contain poems of spring spirit. And it did. How it came into our pos- session is not for publication. In self-defense, however, let it be stated that it was not stolen, and that the extracts made therefrom can do the great Edison leading woman no harm. In fact, those who read the following excerpts cannot fail to think more highly of the person who thus uncon- sciously unfolded the inner workings of her mind, because they reveal a mind of unusual intelligence and an insight into things that would do credit to a philosopher of riper years. The following extracts are copied verbatim, all names being omitted: March 15th. —Saw -'a picture in a paper today; cut it out and put it in my locket. He is undoubtedly the dra- matic treat of this year, tho the play was not a success and the actress star miscast, lie is superb—my idea of a fine actor and fascinating personality. What wonderful impressions his performance gave me, and what symphonies I could compose in his praise! I am glad the papers lauded him. March 10th. —My music and my thea- ters! The golden silence! My beautiful New York! I want to snuggle down in it all like a happy bug in a rug. Billy phoned me today. He said he was mov- ing out to Newark and would come in on the train every morning! I said. "Why dont you commute from Philadelphia—it's farther?" which "got his goat." I believe it is my sense of. humor which has been responsible for 'my ; adventures and scrapes. 80. March 17th. —I have so many^photo- plays written and lying in my trunk, with no chance of producing them. I wonder if I will ever have an opportunity to put on all the things I visualize in my day- dreams. To pioneer with one's original ideas must be very soul-satisfying. I also wish I could fall into the habit of going to bed early. March ISth. —Tho spring is here. I de- cided to hang up some New Year's resolu- tions, so I jotted down six. Three of them are here; the others are too personal to set down: 1. Do the best you can, and after that dont worry. 2. Seek and ac- cept only the best, the highest; shun all else. 3. Make keen, select judgments and stick to them. March 19th. —Received another letter from the little girl in Boston today. She recalled the Boston trip to my mind. I remember it was on February 16th—we worked all day and all night up to 8 o'clock Tuesday morning on "A Princess of the Desert." (I dont know what it will look like, having been taken in twenty- four consecutive hours, and how I will look in it after a session like that.) Well, after stopping work at 8 a. xt. that Tues- day morning, I went home, bathed, breakfasted, packed my bag, and our party left for Boston on the Knicker- bocker Limited to attend the Exhibitors' Ball that night. We arrived late, dined, dressed and departed in taxis for the ball, which I was to lead with the president of the Exhibitors' League. Tho I had had no sleep since Sunday night, I was as lively as a cricket, and the applauding crowd intoxicated me. All of the photo- players were introduced singly on the stage and loudly acclaimed. Supper in an anteroom and flashlight photos for the morning papers, and then I escaped still" alive and very much awake. The rest of. the week we took scenes in Boston streets - for a picture, and I visited all the thea- ters and supped at the Touraine. Our, party left on Saturday, after a very de- lightful stay. . ,i *