Show y 4 1 r I 1 R 1 A I o. o r. r T. T b PI 1 1 r H 1 I r 1 y d i v Stage ll j 1 i I I L ei I r S 4 j si r r I t r a ir s I 3 9 Y rr ft o l 1 m- m r. r I r X fr r. r rc spa ii f 1 ar f r i h r dJ Jj f rS Forget the Footlights for a tri fI f This Moment and Listen to I r rd 9 2 Y y l ll d I r S Conversation Between Two ds 1 r f Y P f I r S o n o T I IM M f t j N 1 r 1 rZ k A 1 J 4 Mothers Who S 5 rr 7 r F C Are e 7 r f h rT rG 4 r P y r 4 Prouder you er o of Their err Babies Y A i is s fi r rr 4 J r 6 Than Anything Else y r G. G A f r y dr dr I J hir the in In World s r. r p r y I J rA r J I r V d V eft rYr y r YA j Vl 4 L F F r tl P f lr v t rr o r 4 II J Jr CP 7 M r k e In 1 N I r tir Sty yC r rK K Y C s f r R r r y r s ff Sy i. i s' s r s y A ro r r C c r rr S 'S v Mabel Taliaferro and Her Two Months' Months Old Son Bill Photographed at Flower L' L t. t New York h fj By Ada Patterson lr S tt FLUFFY red head bent above o a A. smooth smooth- A golden brown one Merry blue eyes looted looked Into eyes eres th that t were blue too but pensive and a little weary It was the tho meeting of or Billie Burl Burke o and and Mabel rabel Taliaferro at Flower Hospital when tho the red red haired star had been a mother for 18 is glorious months and the haired golden one for fora a a week How lIow often orlen have o you ou and I said Eaid of this this occasion or that How low I should have o liked to be bea a mouse and heard what was said I p played I aye d F r mouse on the occasion when these charming young oung SUl stage O stars met In motherhood convention and what I heard ought to interest every e mother Per Per- Perhaps haps hags I may count on an audience audience oven even bigger iy than that L Billie Burke Burle e kissing her You her You darling How x are you Mabel Taliaferro Taliaferro Taliaferro-O O Billie I have been so ill Billie Billie So So was I. I A n But t you soon forget forget for- for get about it v 31 lI r. r T. T Nineteen T.-Nineteen Nineteen and a n half hall hours B. B. B Twenty B. Twenty hours and a quarter holding u up P finger to represent represent the fraction V OJ M. M T. T T.-I T. I want you rou to tec ece the thc baby It wouldn't r be right to wa waken M en him would it not even cven for tho the enchanting Billie BUlie Burke B. B B. B N B.-N Not B.-Not Not t for any enchantress nor liOI enchanter not even his sweet little mother Bless her heart Mutual embrace 4 t- t Th The e C Confession on f r v r M 0 07 7 i 31 M. T. T T.-Do T. Do Do you ou remember er when I first first- told you a about out it c v j B. B B. B B. Yes Yes It was when you motored out to tomy my illY pia place F. F a on the thc Hudson one day in early winter B B. B B. B D.- D. And B.-And And the 1110 woman who saw me playing on the floor with your little Patricia said to me j 4 I Wh Why not Dot follow Callow Burkes Burke's example And when she had gone bone out I told you OU my hopes And you ou were so sweet You YU told me that I 1 must not be afraid You said Mother Nature wo would ld take tako care of or me Inc and that motherhood was tho the most wonderful thing in th the world and anti the most beau beau- B B. B B. B And D.-And And the happiest I could casH easily forget every everything thing else elso in the world and let the days days drift by Just playing on the tho lawn in the sunshine with m my little lilU daughter Were cre you ou glad your our baby was a boy M. M T. T Before T.-Before Before h he came I tried to think that that it didn't matter mattel I told myself i if it were a bo boy I should be glad slad and if it wore were a girl g she would bo be welcome But when he came I was so b glad he was a boy that I knew I had hod been bluffing myself all an the time that I had tried to be bo a philosopher but that what I really wanted with all heart my was a bo boy boy- boyI I wouldn't even e talk of what m my baby's game namo might be because I didn't wish to be dis appointed Would It Be Bo Boy or Girt Girl s sI I- I 5 B. B B. B B. l I was figs afraid even cVen to DU guy ouy many baby J i r clothes lest I be courting courtin a disappointment Pt oin Its It's i. i r no use choosing a name 1 c I had made J up my mind that if my little one was a girl I 1 would name her Pamela after friend a of mine whom I admired in England Or Gloria because that was the thc name of the character I had played In Glorias GlorIas S. S Romance But 1 did neither When I saw her it came to me without without an any reason that I knew the tho name Patricia And I thought if she had been a boy I 1 would have haye named her Florenz after arter her father B Being a girl I concluded that she should still be named after him as nearly as ns could be bo i t. t done b by her 1 calling Florence Florence- When I sug suggested b est ested v to it he was so pleased that his look settled it it M. M MT T Names ames do sort of at come after you youve you've ou s ve been Introduced to your oUr bab baby When I II saw mine I thought Bill B B. B B. B hopefully Why hopefully Why Bill k i j M. M T. T Not T.-Not Not after you jOU dear Bill Billy is a nice nicer r name for fOl girl But for fora i r- r a a bo boy S its it's effeminate Ill I'll 4 xv 7 O v shoot the first person perSall who calf call him DIll Billy V f. i D B B- B. B i 13 In B. IM I'M 11 do Jo my best to remember But tell ten me wh why Bill t V MT Its M. M T. T Its It's such a line fine strong maul manly name Ill I'll v COI confess Cess that sometimes when we are alone I aa ad LI N t 5 y t.- t. k i S' S 4 ff Dl r G. G l ii i A i j l r 1 A. A Ln L j L l e 1 I N jc ri l' l I 1 Y 1 d t Sy I aI 7 r A f. f i 4 ck 1 u JJ JJr r l i 11 rr I p r jr t- t t 6 u rye G s 1 i 44 r g 11 a r gaws gaw's F o fir k kI I I I t s sa a I t f ff s f 5 r E fir firk L k Ord P t f A r M Fk y G Another Stage Mother Not in the Story but Typical of the Same Ethel Devotion Devotion Ethel n-Ethel Ethel Barrymore Mrs Russel Colt Russel-Colt Colt and Her Children dress him as Sweet William But only only- in mothers mother's moth moth- mothers mother's ers er's mush mushy moments B. B B B. B B.- B. Mothers have many mushy mush moments heaven Looking around Where are his bottles and things M 1 M. M T. T proudly trying to lift her head from tho the pillow but dropping it It-He It He doesn't need a bottle tIo B B. B You B.-You B B. You dont don't mean M. M T. T still more moro proudly proudly Yes Yes I doB do B B B- B. B B. That That was vas my one grief nil But t the doctor told me that I was one of at the majority Ho He said the highly organized American woman of ot today t i has little chance of the fullest joy of mother mother- heo hood I Ic I-Ic Ic said taid wo we are so high strung and nervous M M. T T. T patting her arm arm Never Never mind Patricia's a tIne flue healthy chil child And you may mar h have vo better Detter luck next time there if-there is a next time B B. B B D with re resolution There resolution There will be My mother had five children My grandmother had eight 1 like to have ha a dozen M. M M 1 T T. gr gracious 1 I I 1 shall devote de do- vote my life liCe to Ill my on one son B. B B. B Youve You've Youve You've all sorts of dreams about his future e aI cr i Service 1018 j r g l' l I 4 i Billie Burke and Her Daughter Florence Patrici Patricia J M. M T. T Not T. Not dreams determinations Im I'm going goin to bring him up a big strapping fellow Dont Don't look 1001 cynically al at me mc D B B. B B. B But Dut But dear dar child youre you're not a giantess you know M. M L T T. spiritedly spiritedlY spiritedlY-No No But Dut I know Bill is going gain to be tall and shouldered broad and correctly wedge shaped like his father I know because when he lie was horn born he ho weighed six gix pounds but he hc was twenty and and a half inches tall Walt Wait till you OU OUse se see his long I legs s.D. s. s B. B B I D.-I 1 keep keen Patricia out ont of doors all the thc time she Elle is awake awak winter and summer ummer I hate hat the thc city 1 I never ne liked it il My 1 father Cather and mother kept m min me mein in the soft sort beautiful count country in France and Eng Eng- land lanel Patricia i is growing rowing up the same wa way at atH H on the f Judson The The Forming For Forming ing of Character lf M. M T. T T.-Do T. Do you Ou think thin much nb about ut forming your daughters daughter's character B B. B B. B Nearly B.-Nearly Nearly all of or the time lime Do 00 you ou about your our sons son's M M. M T. T solemnly solemn All All the time timo There are three things Im I'm absolutely sure store about B B. B. B keenly interested What Interested What are arc they M. M T. T First r First he h. must be truthful Im I'm going gain to tell him tories stories true ones to show sho that nearl nearly an all all th the trouble In iii the world stul starts ts by some one not being truthful Ho must learn the value of or mone money Ive I've planned a course of lessons in economy for him hint I wont won't want him ever e to bo stingy sting But Dut ButI 1 I shall shaH teach him to save one half of whatever he ho has I 1 will let him film spend half haH of oC it it I want heto life he to be j joyous and beautiful to him and one must spend some some money oner to attain that thaU If H his b grand grand- to give him a dollar I would let Itt him a were palm nana spend 50 cents of it for Cor whatever he wished But ButI the other half I 1 would teach him to save sa twice ice B D. Nods Notts M M 1 MT T- T T-I T I made Bill Dill a present birthday irth a gift girt ora of or thousand dollars Its It's in th the lJ bank In his name at a Edith buys burs a dollars dollar's worth of thrift aunt sta stamps for him hint every day clay Sh She says sars she will ill dot do that t until he is twenty The rhe baby who has a dollar dol lar tar a 3 day from the cIa day clay he 1 is s born will trill m have a tidy lies he's twenty 1111 UtIle mile le sum wh when n B D. D B You D.-You Iou You are a thoughtful little mother What's a the third point M. M 1 rp You T.-You ou would have o been a cha charming interviewer interviewer inter inter- viewer if U you ou hadn't been an actress You Yon keep the thread of the interview The Thc third point is that ih he will be taught to revere womanhood If It HI I ever eer hear bear him tell loll or catch him listening 5 to an ans' ans story stor I will punish him severely s' s Proper j.-Proper roper Looking Lookin Like M MeB Me B B. B. B Do D-Do Do you rou think you can ever urt ig your your- yourself our self elfo to punish him j M 1 t. t T. T T.-If T. It its it's f for lr his good goed be bc sure I will B B. B. B B. B I have heard he looks 5 JU like e you OU Are you glad lad i M. M T. T T.-I T. I dont don't believe hellove I 1 am How can he grow brow to be a 3 manly looking man if he looks lU like e me B B. B B True I 1 never wanted Patricia to tool look title like me nee but ut she's done it it led zed head and all I 1 hadit had hadit it quite arranged that she was to look like A it gentle gen tie tle beautiful friend of mine aline in England the Pamela Pa Pa- mela I mentioned But Dut im babies ics have ha a aay way ay of or looking look look- looking ing as they please e. e We Ve waste a good deal of at thought deciding their s six sex X and their futures before t they are air born bom I I. I wanted m my bay baby If he lie were a aboy aboy boy to become a doctor whit which wa was what hi his father had intended to be te I should want m my son sonto sonto sonto to tie bo bo the best type of American which I think Isa is isa isa a doctor or lawyer Iyer M M. M T. T You 11 You wouldn't want him to 10 be e an actor or a Neither should I I. I I hope Bill wille will willbe willbe be e a man mail of or letters letter Literature for hl his vocation and music for tor hi his avocation I r had his horoscope read and that Is what shat is promised for him I J dont don't want him hint to be a money worshipper Jer nor a money grub grubber cI I want Avant him to have enough to enable him to live II a life of refinement and I want him to toI I Ht 1 1 r have enough talent and energy to be useful to humanity hu bu manit manity B. B B. B I D.-I I agree thoroughly with you I 1 want m my daughter to have a career But I hope it wont won't be e on the stage stag While I J believe e in marriage and andin andin andin in the homo and tho the family Camily I also believe in a woman havin having a means of earn earning hiS her own living livin and finding a n wholesome outlet for her energies energies' No health healthy womans woman's energies are consumed b by het her f home and family nowadays Those duties have been simplified and a woman has a margin marin left lert for doing some of oC tho the worlds world's work besides home work M. M 1 T. T T. Ivo Ive I've been thinking a great deal about Bills Bill's education while I have lain here Because I want him to be a 3 manly man I wont won't send him to fo a private at school I want him to stand nd up and aUll fight and lick or be licked ed It will be good for tor toroth both oth if he lie whips tho the bo boy that tries to push him into the gutter When he gets through high school which should be bc when he is 16 I shall want him to travel for two years During that time he need not study Y only receive c an and assimilate the thousands thousands thou thou- 1 sands of impressions that crowd upon one who travels with open eyes and mind When hen ho comes back ho he wont won't want to go to college but he will go so lIe He will derive far more from his college course than he would if he had never wandered about the world Scientific Mothers B B. B B. B I B.-I i suppose youre you're going to be a scientific c moth Yes MT Yes indeed No m mauling of or my son on B. B B. B t No No one was allowed to handle Patricia until the gloves worn orl on the street were removed tier Her father Cather is not allowed to take tal her up until he has scrubbed his Ills hands I dont don't want wait Patricia to tobe tobe tobe be kissed M. M 1 T. T T. Not Not even the lot tor- of C her little head B. B 13 B. No I have the Japanese idea Kissing is not h hygienic lenic Enter Nurse carrying bundle wearing lon lone Ions white t dress pale blue blanket and a small gauze g veil M. M T T. T T. T rapturously rapturously Bill B. B B. B b bonding bending over OYer It bur gurgles les delightedly but unintelligibly M. M T. T I T.-I I wish you could see set his eyes eres He has blue eyes n B. B B. B ecstatically He ecstatically He does look like you ou ouI M. M I. I T. T stretching out her arms Ive I've Ive I've even thought of If the tho time when he will present me with a daughter in law His horoscope says he lie will marry riches And my mr imagination ha has traveled to th the point when looking at me in a r strong out out door of door light some day dar he ho will say Mother U will wm you much ranch mind being a grandmother grandmother grand grand- mother B. B B. B And B.-And And will trill you Ol 31 M. T. T I T-I I shall love it ft B. B B. B You B.-You You angel I kissing her I J must go M. M 1 T. T T.-Don't T. Dont Don't B. B B. B I B-I I have leave stayed stared quite quito as long as I should be permitted to No o perambulator until h hes he's s 's 6 or 7 1 months old k 1 And Then Perambulators M. M T. T T- T Tot Not Not ot until lies hes 1 years old Prams displace displace dis place the internal organs imd md weaken the spine They may cau cause e curvature of the spine But I pave gave nYC him an automobile We Ve will vill drive in that every fair da day B. B B. B D.- D. Youve You've Youve You've been studying your our Dr Holt Bolt on Care and Feeding of lla Babies ics o 31 Mr T. T 1 nod nodding and find looking adoringly at the blue luc an and l white bundle and making mysterious rearrangement re reo rearrangement arrangement nt of or her invalids invalid's My ly My Bible B. B IX Keep LL-Keep Keep him in the tho country Ive I've tak taken house th the Sound M. M T. T Ive I've n a on 13 B. Arent Aren't Aren't Arent babies |