Show Is Is' Beauty a H Handicap or s sAn An Aid To the Actress Laura Nelson Nelson Hall leading woman In Henry B. B Harris Harris' production of Children of Destiny recently on being Interviewed as to whether she considered beauty a handicap or an aid to the actress who aspires to be recognized as an artist through her dramatic ability among other things said Of course course good looks help an actress in hi securing an engagement and also make her in interesting to the public but the stage beauty who really possesses talent as an actress suffers by reason of her beauty When she does good work worl and displays talent of no mean order many at attribute tribute her success to her good loo s. s Tho The actress who Is best endowed by n ni- ni turo turp is the one who has mobile and strong features Take a woman with strong features and coupled with the art of f makeup she can present a beautiful ap ap- ap p arance If IT an actress has strong dramatic dra dra- mat matic I power and given give a part that af- af hf her opportunities to display her ge genius ge- ge the public loses sight of her beauty while engrossed in her work A A. part that thal affords a chance to display a w wide de deIa Ia range lange ng of emotions will hold an mm audience a spellbound whilst on the other hand a aPO PO pour part palt played by a beautiful woman UPS PM-UPS only transitory attention Fo For eleven n months Henry B. B Harris had the manuscript of Children of or Destiny seeking in the meanwhile for an actress to play pla the leading role a part which demanded a woman of wonderful beauty coupled with dramatic ability of or the tile very vory highest order For five five- months he sought in vain for the woman and one night happening to o stroll Into the New Nw NewYork York theatre where where The The Tho Sins of Society was playing he saw a Miss Hall 1 In n t part patt p and walked a e out of tile the theatre ter er de determined tie tie- l to engage her for fr his play She Shewa was wa under contract to Joseph Brooks to star this same season and only because her tour was postponed until next year ear was he hI able ti tp place Miss lIss Hall under contract con- con t to originate the p rt of Rosamond in his production of Mr R Rosenfeld's play |