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Show Maxioe Elliott a Busy Womao "When you want .anything done well," says Miss Maxlne Elliott, "do it yourself!" your-self!" Tho start practices what she preaches, and as a consequence her leisure hours aro few. Tier Interests of lato have become be-come so many and varied that It has been necessary for her to prepare a dally schedule of duties, which she religiously re-ligiously observes, iu order that nothing noth-ing of importance may be overlooked or forgotten. "Why ha.vo a manager?" queried Miss IfiUIotl. four yearn ago. "What, can a manager do for mo that I can't do for myself?" And thereupon she launched upon tho stormy sea of theatrical management. Sho selects her own plays, engages her supporting company, personally superintends super-intends the production of plays and rehearsals, re-hearsals, and books her own engagements. engage-ments. And that her efforts havo been well directed Is proven by the fact that America's only actress-manager Is a very wealthy woman. Sho owns a beautiful town house In New York. much valuable suburban property, a town house. In Park Lane, London, a country place in Kent, where vast Improvements will take place next summer under her own eyes, and last but by no means least, she is tho first woman to own and control a theater In Now York since the days of Laura Kceue. |