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Show Beauty Alone Is Not Enough Olrts, If you were aspiring to a portion por-tion where beautv counted more than I anything etae, what would you do if a I cruel he:trted boss of the works should you backed? '" ir" Mary A Men. the most beloved screen mother In the country fodsy, hsd this happen tn her once snd she Instated that it was the cornerstone on which all her 1 fortunes hsve been founded. Mas Alden 1 la "motherlra" H (chard Harthelmess In bis latest starring vehicle. 'The liond Hoy." which la adapted from Oeorge Washington Ogden's famous story of the, same name. ' The Bond Boy" Is one of j the features of th photoplay bill which clotws today at the American theatre. I "IV W. Urlffith was the men who j HllarhfaM m ti.,r.Aa tt helneT S lefta.fi InS woman." Miss Alden begins her tale. "It maa back In the days of the Bingrsph stock companv of which I was a member. mem-ber. I was having Important parts on the screen snd like every nctress who Is I willing to work. 1 set for myself tW goal of stardom. Hmnh went my dreams one dsy when lr. Urlfflth aa:d to me, U-menttnglv: U-menttnglv: ' " 'If you were only beautiful, you would become a star In short order.' "Needless to say, I at once sought out a mirror and bcaought It to tell me the truth. I bad to sdmlt ha was right. Then I as I sat down snd took stock of my ss- , sets and liabilities and decided that In-aamuch In-aamuch aa I could act (and Mr. (Jrlfflth .admitted it), I would specialise In character char-acter parts. I studiM the art of makeup with a vengeance, refusing to allow even the smallest detail to escsp me. My 'mother' parts came as a geeuU of thla, snd I csn truthfully say that I hsve mothered mors people n the screen than any other actress up to date.' |