Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Aug 1919)

By FRITZI REMONT [cheon in ths big room, with an exnge of gifts all around, lourt Flight is a funny institution, a little cable line boasting of two which balance each other and pre(t accidents to those who ascend the ;:p hill from Broadway and the Hall Records to the upper part of Court et. The finest view in the city, they this little ascension, and, arriving at top, you’ll get a splendid eyeful of ^ Los Angeles courthouse. Close to (ven as this is, you’ll f’ closer still once :’ve interviewed ije Daniels. >h, yes, we were aking of spiders, ■len’t we ? Well, le was biting off a i of silk thread — just 1 th-at! — when in crawled r of her Muffety admirers and landed {it in the work-basket ! this were only a phonograph instead fi magazine, we’d give you a fine imiim of doing the scale, for Miss h'.iels shrieked and waved wildly, tie a flying leap for a straight chair n forgot promptly that this was to be lat, not a scene. fter brave Marie Mosquini, the offiIf spider-remover of the trio, had t’jht the creature in a bit of newspaper, life’s heart stopped palping and she rl)rously crept back to her task of nng lace on — — 0, you, dont! Some of this story is ti'tly private — just me’n Bebe style, jljnyway, we got quite well acquainted, n if a spider removed formality. I tella is making a beautiful robin’sriblue sweater for Miss Daniels’ bii'thy Bebe says it must be done on time I^Tid her word always goes. Marie Lquini said, laughingly, “You wouldn’t ilk Bebe could be afraid of anything, Rjld you? I’ve seen her get up at ten iiijtes’ notice and make a speech be0 thousands of people and get away it in great shape. Oh, Bebe, do you eimiber.the time you had to speak on ^ bition’ at Pa.sadena, at the Red Cross ^i;fit?’’ iss Daniels joined in the three-cor« d laugh of the initiated. “That was ii'iy,” she said, reminiscently. “When 'IS asked late one afternoon to come 0 ’asadena that night, I told them I Old come for forty minutes, but had an t^iigement to dance at a Red Cross ff r in Los Angeles for the same even They said that would be all right, and 'irked in the studio till the last molet, hurried to dress and have a little irer, and mother and I were whisked V' to the entertainment niuy pronto. “I took my seat at the front of tht hall, mother remaining in the rear. Not a thing happened, and I got very •nervous wondering if I could get to Los Angeles by 9 p. m. Finally, I told an usher I would either have, to speak right then or not at all. I had been so fussed by all the rushing about that I’d never even thought much about the speech, but had outlined a little of it driving to Pasadena. Marie and Stella were to be there, and what do you think? Later they told me that Marie got so nervous for me, Bebe is going to devote her time to Art knowing I’d not written down a thing on ‘Ambition,’ that she had to leave the hall when I started talking. So she needn’t brag about being so courageous about spiders ; she’s got a weakness, too. “When I got up to talk, I promptly forgot all about my outlined talklet, and started right in boldly, tho I must admit that I never can control my heart-beats when I have to talk. Let me dance, sing, act, do stunts before the camera or anything like that, and' I’m cool as Alaska in winter, but talking makes me terribly afraid !’’ “But what did you talk about, Miss Daniels?’’ we queried, stupidly, while we watched a sudden change from dainty frock to Turkish harem outfit, which requii'ed stockingless feet slipped into gold-cloth slippers, much beading of already heavy dark eyelashes and an extra dash of rouge on Cupid-bovy lips. “Ambition!” said Bebe, roguishly and with decided emphasis. “Oh, yes, to be sure, but what did you tell them about it ? About your own experiences ?” “Yes — er — and things like that. But I told them that will power was a great thing — that one must get will power first of all. If. I had a child. I’d want it to have a temper and a strong will. Yoii {Continued on page 74) I't/'orty-three)