Picture Show (May-Oct 1919)

Hobbies of Screen Stars. By May Herachel Clarke, THERE is, peihapis, no question of greater interest to film-goers than the manner in which their {avourite stars spend the brief ■pella of leisure snatched from the studios — just what particular pursuit or interest enlivens those precious spare moments. Now, as we have often discovered, the hobbies of these screen celebrities do not dii^er greatly— generally speaking — from those of less illustrious folk. The majority, for instance, indulge in outdoor sports and pastimes, having, apart from pleasiue making, a healthy desire to " keep lit," while quite a number, once the magic land of " make believe " is left behind, find their recreation in such simple and everyday pleasures aa reading, singing, gardening, and in some instances, even cooking ! However, there are a few stars who indulge among their hobbies some pursuit that is sufficiently out of the ordinary to make it worthy of special mention. Dorothy Collects Dreams. MANY of us are fond of collecting stamps autographs, old china, etc., but Dorothy Dalton collects — Dreams I or, strictly •peaking, the records of them. She has a dreambook representing the care and attention of years, for it is filled from cover to cover with newspaper clippings and personal letters recounting wonderfxil materialisations of sleep's illusions. Throughout its pages are liundreda of names and addresses of men and women — some of them famous — who have foreseen in nightly visions the coming of events. Miss Dalton is greatly interested in thesa psychic phenomena, and hopes some day, from all tho material she has gathered, to write a book on the subject. The Art of Acquisition. ANOTHER actress who has the " collection craze " is Rubye de Remer, who makes a speciality of kimonos. She hasaremarkoble collection of them — remarkable more from tlie point of view of Cjuality than quantity. Olive Tell also numbers amoiig her hobbies the art of acquisition, and her particular fad takes the form of bead collecting. Two other screen stars who are collectors are Violet Hopson and Clara Kimball Young. The former favours quaint jewels, while the latter's penchant for acquiring rare and beautiful fans is well-known. Sculpture and Aviation. QUITli; a number of film folk indulge in painting and drawing, but not so many in sculpturing. Among the comparative few wlio do, however, may be included Stuart Holmes, Theda Bara, Edna Mayo, and Lou Tellegen. Mr. Tellegen is also very keen on flying • — which is still expensive enough to be uncommon as a hobby ! Creighton Hale is another star one of whose pastimes is aviation. " It's a Myth," says Wanda, WANDA HAWLEYhasan uncommon hobby ill the study of Mythology, about which she confesses she is " crazy." "I di<-ln't learn much about it at school, either," she will tell you, " but like most young people I went through the ' Classic Myths ' and one thing and another. But I learned to love the fabled characters and places through later reading. Bulfinch has been my constant companion along with old Omar, and Murray's • Manual of Mythology ' has an honoured place on my bookshelves. " But what I like to do is to invest these mythical people with real human traits. Which is rather silly, I suppose, for they were not human Vjcings at all." Priscilla's Peculiar Preference. PRISCILLA DEAN'S peculiar fad is California cactus, and on her country estate near I'asadena she has more than a Inmdred different varieties growhig. She has a few of the spineless cactus made famous by Luther Benbank; but most of her treasures have prickly points that are distinctly uncomfortable to como in contact with. " I like raising cacti because it's different," says Miss i'riscilla. " They show that my home i3 truly C'ulifornian." The Pictare Show, Octoh<r 1919. The orphans all loved to watch Judy draw funny pictures of the trustees, but once she was caught— then it wasn't funny for Judy. No matter what happened, Judy was blamed. Sometimes she deserved it, sometimes she didn't. Once Judy got hold of the key of the pantry. You can imagine the Rood time the orphans had.