| Show WH Il n 11 re N 4 t 1 o Ir John Drew Drew Actor Actor r I. I U L By Jane Dixon nat at it is they call t the trie e Forty I believe It seems to me 1 om n of forty wh who has be been n forte for for- te enough to retain her physical and who has in addition background of a full men men- ill development i is is morn more interesting Jat at any time during her life r DREW IDREW erica's ricas admirable and rt presenta- presenta scion of ot the st stage stage ge Mr JohnS John S can speak more authoritatively C ei e subject of ot womanly interest t than that excellent tt gentleman from the theland C. C f C land of ot romance C 1 which JIe 3 just bee beI beyond be be- e I yond the proscenium rosce- rosce Av light tl C Masque and wig wigand ra C C and green room room e C J How Bow the Very I it 4 i mention of them W t stirs the avid Ime im imagination Im- Im e j i of fair f femininity T The h e ewell i well rounded figa fig fig- figures lg a a ures of bt speech th the th nd x heroes of ot large larga and chivalric action the pla play b h fresh from the pages of 01 lii nd fiction unfold unfolding ng there thele before es as we would have them unfold haal life what lire what wonder the stage the emotional chords in the ive soul of a woman as s a must must- V weeps the strings of amany a aa many a season now Mr lr Drew ott among his following the thee e lIi t types pes of ot American wo- wo Whenever there is a Drew limousines disgorge ge ge their W thed occupants liberally before nto and the pretty little nr whose slender pay el envelope can- can her admiration for a heat uses her Saturday after- after ff to see John Drew M nuch for what the women think 1 Drew Now then what does i trew V fre rew think of them OM THEM EM ALWAYS If M I N NG 1 I er er r er-r I find tind them always always' Ig ing was the initial verdict ein spoke the diplomatist were in the Algonquin hotel the Drews Drew make their winter that when in New York City The actor had just come ouie In lr this C o his club where only men folk are arc to foregather and the quesne ques- ques him staggered ne cai surely I insisted a woman re charming at some times than Lh rs S SC C Drew pondered the interrogation e I suspect he feared he was ben be- be n cd into some sort of ot a trap b he lie might be ned with- with At length however he hethe the ht better of threatened danger I on lI ched into the subject with allm all m umen of ot a student o of humanity tICuman uman nature L my deepest interest is for oman who does things worth worth- both in her home and in the liman PC he decided the woman who wha 1 I submerges herself hersel in her homeI home I herself herselt In her work but sees II hat that each adds beauty and bril- bril n tto the other H lOre ere re are arc any number of ot women I Li this feat of ot feminine th If It I may be pardoned for my own kinfolk I r can think d 4 more admirable example of the type than Miss Ethel Barry- Barry t 1 fC R ssell Colt is as successful a mother as ever ever graced a home e s three beautiful healthy happy ras en She is in as close touch with litO C hildren ildren as any stay at home j St k could possibly be She per- per I superintends their education a ey y he manages to take charge of ot I kit hut I C S. S I I 1 I II I i Mr R RS John S CC Drew S rew 4 j 5 rS V i Dean of c S SS American Actors and One of the Most 1 Distinguished 5 S Stars of the 1 Contemporary Stage Staffe I I ii ii'S I S 'S 1 I 1 such a minor detail as the selection of of- their wardrobes She is absolutely and completely devoted to o her home HER ART GROWING RICHER Miss Ethel B Barrymore is as talented and convincing an actress as everI ever I added luster to the American stage Each season her art grows richer more mellow v more subtle in flavor more I colorful rf more compelling Each season season season sea sea- son she adds another play-person play to her already gene generous O r repertoire pert ire and ad the last is always better man its S Mrs Russell Rissell Colt and Miss Ethel Barrymore are one are one and the same per per- son She is possessed of the spirit of youth this actress mother Time has not touched her beauty It has added resiliency and depth to her mental attractions and to her art When Isee I 1 Isee x s see e her in her home I Say say t to m myself self Here is her her groove of at greatest accomplishments I see her hero heron herou o on ou- ou the stage and I 1 say I was wrong It is here before the footlights she I strikes the pinnacle of her woman woman- hood Then when I 1 am away by myself myself myself my my- self the real truth comes galloping in into into into to wipe out both decisions Miss Barrymore Barrymore Barrymore Bar Bar- is at her best in both situa situa- She has divided herself by two and the results are mutually bene bene- S SI I r studied Mr Drew What is there thereabout thereabout thereabout about this man that has made him the idol of ot the public He Ho is quiet retiring almost to the point of reticence Away from t the e theatre the I i limelight Is abhorrent to him He e dodges the interviewer much as the I I ordinary mortal does a flu germ He might be a successful broker or or r banker I anything but the popular conception I j I of ot an actor S Here too time has dealt gently The Theman's j i iman's j mans man's figure is erect His ills face is free I of ot lines He lie is faultlessly groomed as I i faultlessly garbed as when first the metropolitan appearance of John Drew i established the styles In mens men's apparel for the the season HI His hair has lost none of ot its brown darkness He is dignified in speech and manner and he be is the quintessence of thoughtful courtesy and consideration YOUTH NOT MATTER OF YEARS Are these the things that have struck the public pulse Who knows Maybe and again m maybe it is that most elusive elusive elus elus- ive lye of ot all human dowries just dowries just person person- S I bethought me of the late Mrs Drew The The- romance of Josephine Baker and John Drew brought to fruition fruition fruition fru fru- on the stage they both trod was of of U th the kind which lasts through the years the kind which does docs not end even at the far milestone where life lite drops the final curtain of ot our earth- earth lo love loye e. e Mrs 1 Drew was vas essentially a t home type lp of woman was she not I asked gently ho he seemed inclined to make herself the background of her family I I On the contrary came the eager reply she was v very ry much the fore fore- ground of her family The entire family fam fam- ily n revolved around her Yet she found time to Interest herself herselt actively in the aff affairs of her community of her countr country She went to th the polls and voted not as a pastime nor yet as a a duty but as a privilege So does our daughter Louise Drew Devereaux My 1 womenfolk are independent in politics poll poll- tics They vote voto for the man not Corthe for Cor forthe forthe the party The talk turned to age and its bearing bear bear- ing InEL ingon on n the attractiveness veness of ot wo woman a There was a time when youth held helCl sway said Mr Drew Youth Is no longer a matter of ot years but of dis dis- dis- dis position ion A man n nver ver attempts to guess a womans woman's age nowadays He knows the futility of ot it She may be 24 and then again she may be De 42 The woman of say of-say say 40 has 40 has reached the fullness of ot her bloom providing of cour course eshe she has suffered no physical illness to impair her beauty and has not allowed herself herse t to become mentally slipshod Forty has been called the dangerous age for woman I 1 have no idea why unless It is because she has fulfilled her obligations to her family famil per her children children children chil chil- dren have reached the point where they can more or less look to themselves themselves themselves them them- selves and she is free to flit tilt about the world in search of adventure FORTY THE DANGEROUS AGE The charge may be correct Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps 40 is the dangerous age But whether dangerous or otherwise It is interesting And I have haye a strange suspicion suspicion sus- sus that the woman who comes comes out ut and is branded dangerous at 40 has been dangerous alt all along only the weight of ot years ears of ot discretion make her and and affections so unseemly that the world stops to ridicule My ly favorite character among the play women I 1 have played opposite Let me see I should say Katherine in The Taming of ot the Shrew She was the I aggressive domineering type Love LoveI I leashed her tongue made her over Into a gentle adorable woman Yes I 1 like Katherine She certainly does not al allow allow al- al low Iowa a mans man's interest to wander But But as as I said in the beginning beginning- er they er-they they are all charming The two-toned two woman who shines with equal brilliancy cy at home ome and andI abroad The full blown woman of 40 I Mr Drew has chosen wisely and well |
