Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-12-05 | Page 11 | Acting Made Him Left-Handed

Acting Made Him Left-Handed Left Clarence Burton who is playing a unique character role in Wallace Reids Reid's s new Paramount starring vehicle adapted from the novel The Daughter of a Magnate tells one on himself It It is strange he recounted how habit will take hold of one The other I day I went home and sat down to eat eaty y dinner n A u at t the table e noticed noticed no no- something et n strange about the way I I went about it It and gave expression to his curiosity What s the matter he be asked Why are you eating with your left hand and letting your right hand hang bang limp by i your side Is it hurt i iI I then noticed for the first time j that I had eaten almost half halt my meal without even making use of a perfectly perfect perfect- ly good right hand In my role perfect in Mr Reids Reid's s picture I play the part of a aI railroad superintendent who has lost i his right hand and wears a wooden I artificial one For several days I had I been working steadily never using my made made up up hand for anything but holding It rigidly in front of me and it was not long until I 1 had reached the point where I learned to do without it altogether Thus when I sat down downto to eat my dinner it never occurred to tome tome tome me to use my right hand