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CLARA WILLIAMS, OF THE LUBIN COMPANY
It is hard to astonish the professional interviewer, who meets the unexpected at every turn, but when Mr. D'Arcy, of the Lubin Company, said: "This is Miss Clara Williams," I caught my breath in a surprised gasp that was genuine. I had heard of her as a favorite in vaudeville in New York ; I had seen her many times on the screen as the leading lady in Mr. Grandon's Western company — and still I was quite unprepared for the girl who rose to meet me as Mr. D'Arcy spoke. For this girl, who was looking at me frankly out of clear, dark eyes, has the fresh, unspoiled look and manner of some schoolgirl who came from the West but yesterday. Nothing about her suggests the lights and glare of the cities where she has won her triumphs. The dark hair beneath her broad panama hat seemed to have been tossed into curls by the winds of the prairies, and surely that lovely, rich coloring came from the Western sun. Her eyes, which are very large and dark, seemed filled with the spirit of youth and gladness — the eager, halfwondering look of a child who gazes upon a new world and finds it full of interest. Success seems to have showered its blessings upon this girl without exacting any of its usual tolls.
When Mr. Lubin came to New York to engage a new leading lady for his Western company, he was looking for a type. "I want a girl who looks the part," he declared, and he surely found her. Not only does she look the part, but her acting is superb. She is an enthusiastic, conscientious worker, putting all her life and personality into the part she is playing. Of course she is an expert swimmer and a perfect rider. The Indian pinto pony that she rides was bought specially for her, and no one else ever rides "Appelueia." who is a wonderfully intelligent pony, loving Miss Williams devotedly, and responding instantly to her slightest suggestion.
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