Salt Lake Telegram | 1910-12-28 | Page 10 | Stage is "Safe" If Girl is All Right

Is Is the stage tage a a. a safe place for a aHas girl Has she any harder barder battle batte to behind the footlights than in the ordinary walks of life These questions were asked by Miss iss Hazel Kirke prima pria donna of the I A A Stubborn Cinderella company yes yesterday Jes afternoon at her hotel hotel Two dimples showed in in her cheeks and she smilingly answered them the first in inthe the affirmative and the latter in the thene ne negative It I all depends on the girl she said The general public has gr an erroneous er idea of the sta stage e I am afraid There is a mystery about i it but the people are gradually learning that the theatrical profession is not unlike many others in morals and that the best of o-f people are found in its ranks people I I have been on the road two seasons sea sons and I never got nicer treatment at home bome than with wih the companies I have been in A u traveling show sho is a I sort of family affair and all aU eyes are on every member of the tho company And the cirl eul who goes oes on the stage and behaves behaves be be- haves as she would in her homo bomo will wi be betrea trea treated ted as if she were in her home Miss Kirke who is a charming charmin little woman has the of becom ing a prima donna the second season a on the road She studied vocal music in Kansas City under one of the best instructors instructor there and Manager er Woodard Wood Wood- ard of the famous W Woodard dard stock company company com com- pany had her sing in stock shows that that afforded such opportunities Then she studied studied dramatic art att under Miss Brown of Kan City and aud last season was understudy under Grace Van ford At the beginning of the present season Charles A. A Goettler Goetter who bought the production of U A A Stubborn Cinderella Cin Cm- derella put MisS Kirke in the leadin leadin lead lead- in in- in role and she made mado good from the start