| Show y Variety ai ty Devotees s R Rejoice jo ce 1 V V. V X S W. W Sarah Pa Padden d de' de Is Returning have been known known tC to to step stepIn PRIESTS In Jn and prevent a girt girl going on the st stage ge but probably never before has a a. staunch staunch Catholic priest ever advocated a girl seeking a a. career before the footlights Thus the theory that It ItIs itIs itis Is better to o have a a. good actress on the stage than to add one one more woman perhaps per haps some day to b become come dissatisfied to the number of those now In the nunnery Father rather Dorney the liberal minded priest of Chicago several several years jears years ago decided the fate tate of Sarah Padden star of the tho sketch Betty Behave soon to be seen at at th the Orpheum Father Dorney ruled against the wishes of Miss 1 Padden's parents and In favor of the girls girl's ambition to become become become be be- come a great actress with the result that those who have s seen en bliss 1 Padden and heard the story of Father Dorney's disposition of the case are re glad the Roman Roman Roman Ro- Ro man Catholic priest was broad enough to tv decide as he did Miss Padden was born In England Englan but Chicago has been her ter home since child child- I hood When In school little Sarah delighted de de- dei i lighted in recitations and always held her teachers and her little schoolmates spellbound with her skill and mastery asa as asa ashe a child L Later she p played In amateur eJ te I Ie theatricals he als and then n came came- the fateful t i moment when she sho o asked s permission o of i j enero ero f is her e parents en to go o on the stage There e I was Instant s opposition and n her parents n having i decided fd that they wished l h lre her to I enter a nunnery nunnery took Sarah with them I Irn for a heart to heart talk with Father rather Dorney rn I IThe I IThe The They priest nest listened to both sides of the story but he knew klew that little- little Sarah Pad I. I den possessed marked ability as an ac ae tress and was satisfied in his own mind that she would be better off If given the I freedom she sought than by tying her I down to a life lite concerning which she Knew nothing Although the decision of th the j priest came as a a. blow Sarah's Saraha parents accepted It and did all in their power to assist the girl She was given a part by Otis Otte Skinner and Instantly made good Then she became associated with Helen Ware In The Third Degree and was Miss Wares Ware's understudy She played Margaret role In Kindling This year will wil be bo Miss Mies Padden's third season In vaudeville She also appeared In The Little Shepherd of Bargain Barnin Row George Sackett manager of the Orpheum In Winnipeg Is Miss Padden's husband This This s season a n Miss Padden padde will present I her most oi ambitious t tl t work r Betty B Behave Behave Be Be- I I have e. e in which she will do o a character a study that has been praised by the critics I wherever she has played I |
