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CHATS WITH THE PLAYERS 135
me. As I brooded over the unkindness of Fate, a motor car came whirling down the street.
"Well, they call Philadelphia a slow town, but that car's going some," I thought.
Then Fate suddenly turned kind, for the car slowed down, stopped, and out stepped a tall, graceful girl. Her hair was blown into a mass of fluttering ringlets, which formed a most attractive golden frame to the face, which was flushed and sparkling from the cold breezes. I knew at once that this was Miss Hotely. I didn't venture to speak to her there, however. I waited exactly fifteen minutes after she entered the house. Then I went in and sent up my card in proper fashion.
My patience and propriety met their reward. Like most of her profession, Miss Hotely reads The Motion Picture Story Magazine, and is enthusiastic about its good points, so she received me very cordially, and in the course of a half hour's talk, told me many interesting things about her life and work.
Born in Paris, of French and English parents, Miss Mae Hotely was educated at the Notre Dame Convent in Paris. She has all the vivacity, the. quickness of wit, the enthusiasm which distinguish her countrywomen. . Character leads in comedy is her favorite line of acting, altho she readily adapts herself to other parts.
"Are you particularly proud of any character you have created?" I asked.
"No," she answered quickly, with a dainty shrug of her shoulders, "because, after I have seen the picture, I always feel that I could have done better."
Thinking of her work as I have seen it upon the screen, I failed to find any reason for her feeling dissatisfied with it. Evidently the lady is her own severest critic.
"I enjoy every bit of my work," she declared. "I do not even dread the rehearsals. I left the 'regular' stage for the Motion Pictures about five years ago, and do not regret it. I consider picture-acting more difficult, because, if one makes a mistake on the regular stage tonight, it can be rectified tomorrow night, but no mistakes must be made before the camera."
Reading and automobiling are Miss Hotely 's chief diversions. Her favorite authors are Shakespeare and Kipling. She is fond of the sea and is an expert swimmer. She has no love for society nor for baseball, but she is an ardent suffragette.
"What are you most interested in?" I asked.
"I am a Christian Scientist," was the reply, "so I am interested in all good. I think the Motion Picture is one of the most potent agencies for good in our modern life. It provides instruction and wholesome, innocent entertainment for the masses of the people. The whole business is in its infancy, and your magazine is helping greatly to elevate the tone of the Photoplay. ' '
DOLORES E. CASSINELLI, OF THE ESSANAY COMPANY
Dolores Cassinelli ! Isn 't it a pretty name ? On my way to her apartment in Chicago I had pictured her somewhat of the stately Castilian ; eyes downcast behind a lace fan and all that, As a matter of fact, the sprightly little miss answered my ring herself.
"Oh, you've come to interview me?" she said. "Why, I've been an actress for only three months ! ' '
"It makes no difference," I replied firmly, seeing how inexperienced she was; "your fame has found you out."
The artless girl, so different from the one I had pictured, ushered me to