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Show A Confession Copyr ff 19 b The M Newspaper S nd ca e Ln e ed a 8 at one s Hat Lo do s h ese ed ud ng g a of ana a on P b a Ion of his ft cle o n a Tn e s ed ex ep by Teela a range en t e M e Nowm ape a e .,T T OW bra e yo mu t be do g I I v n a v haznHo a fea s fo I I the movies o pi entd son e slrair rs ola ou rosily tale son e pav Iih dou t yo t T adm tted wo often fit ed t at ons wh h ailed lor a ron a 1 a bra e heart but not o ot e ll p II hoi e e 1 here are n any tr 1 s of photogrsjh vhich I shall v. e al abo t later T ha e hai a fow hairbr adtl c apes a d stood qu to tren b ngl the e lge ot so ue n ental (re pee but here in o fesion I an not a sol i er at heart Several g rls ha e written me from the war zone where they are nurses ar ng for the wounded soldiers To m that such a noble thing for a g rl to do give up her 1 fe to the care of others but I could ne er ha e the co rage to face the harrowing sight of suffer ng and death ln fact 1 have seen onl stage deaths, and the made such an impression upon me I could never be a witness to the real passing awav of anvone That is only part of ray confession I am the most weak kneed girl in the world when an accident occurs I remember re-member once we ran over a duck and I was the lo dest mourner that ever howled at the funeral al a feathered martyr And when my pet canary drooped his little head crumpled up his toes and fell to the bottom of the cage I almost fainted with terror and an guish. But it was a different story on the stage. Deaths were my favorite Eastime, even as a child.when I played iittle Eva in Uncle Tom a Cabin I cloned in them for the better I died the louder the applause and I used to peek ont under ray lashes to see l)0w msny sympathetic ladies had their hand kerchiefs ont. Sometimes the house was particularly cold and the passing of Little Eva did not twang upon their romantic heartstrings Then I wonld stretch a pout and so pitiful would I make her I refused to die until I aaw real or crocodile tears trickling down from their eyes I have heard actresses say in the case of an accident they always study the faces of the injured to be able to nor tray physical suffering on the stage more realistically When I remembered how wretched I was over the crushed little dnck I know that no art could ever make me face the agony of others to analyze it for future use upon the stage At Last I Frighten Some One Before I left the B ograph we went to Cuba to take The Fisher Maid I cannot forget how lonely I was for the companionship of a white girl We wpre there three months and lived most of the time in the interior among the nat ves I was pla ng the role of a I Cuban girl and with the ombination of ir ate pa t and rco ch ng s n I as bake 1 to a n e pic 1 ro n Oh lear I ghed to tl e e In the con pan o 1 was the g if I 0 Id" o 1 ear the vol e of an Cngl sh speak u, on a I vo Id t be ha r so lo enome see and o shall ft d at scd Mr r ffith B t ou look so 1 like a 1 ttlo nat o (, rl 1 o t think o r ou o nt jwo c o Id o og n rn vo I Hugh il at hin but he was right That aft rnoon I leai ed to m teet as T o erheard two lo 1 won e s o es and almost gratef II t real ed hey w re not speak ng I stacat el sia sh It nas h,ngl 1 0 the laf shell as t were Oue woman ad po nt ng a me 8ure now, and vhst nat onal t do yo th k she s af tl er being! One co 1 In t sa , bless ne soul and the other won an looked at me crit kail II th nk si o s one a them alf crazed d rty g t es Wot do vou think labo t 1 t av 1 re t s the ha r that s q are for a g i sv a n t it nowl The little cocknev woman looked at me quite alar ned for a n n te then she tugged at the other woman a sk rts warning her in a lo d stage whisper T e earl as 'ow they re dangerous them g paies A n t we better urry on our wa) M ss Be 11) I Tis me been afther thinking the same thing said Misa Reilly And away they ran leaving me quite dazed by the nexpected t rn in my affairs T started to catch np with them anxious to expla n b t when they saw me hurrv ng after them they screamed at the top of the r o ces Then I had to laugh it really was s ch fun to frighten someone else espec al ly two sncb Amazons as they were For if the had turufd around and aid Boo to me I would have fled to the hills |