Show HOW HO MARY PICKFORD GOT FIRST JOB JOBIN IN MOVIES What hat is your our name little girl was the question that was asked of s mere child some 7 years ago in th the same bluntness that is to be found in inthe inthe inthe the manner in which the majority o of theatrical managers put questions Mary Pickford sir came the reply with a certain amount of timidity And what do you want I want to be a motion picture actress act- act ross ress The Time manager leaned back in hl his hili chair took in the situation at a a. glance and to say the time least he Ime was not quite quit satisfied Have you yon ever had any ex experience experience ex- ex he asked Yes for about six years yearl I have been playing childrens children's roles on the time stage came the answer some of which were big shows too with Chauncey Olcott and the last time In The Warrens of Virginia That was enough The TIme manager had seen the last named play and he said I Come back tomorrow Thus it was that Mary got gotI gother gother her first opportunity She of Paramount Paramount Para lara I mount Picture fame had climbed many stairs that day in hopes that there would be something about her that would appeal to the managers she had planned to call upon Fate has an inexplicable way of shaping the fortunes of the favored ones Thus it was that seven years ago this present queen of ot the movies movie then a girl in short skirts and locks of golden brown dangling down her back walked walled dejectedly along the gay whiteway whiteway white whits way of New Kew York City that avenue of many promises and hopes in the hearts of theatrical aspirants she seeking her Imer first motion picture po po- po- po Her steps led from one office offic to another and being comparatively unknown she alme met with one gruff re refusal refusal refusal re- re after another But this last manager manager manager man man- ager who said Come back tomorrow was the Joy of her young life She came back started her career on the screen and through the medium of the Famous Players productions on the tha Paramount program has become the most popular motion picture actress of oC the age |