Show I II Maxine Elliott Goes does Backstage I Watching Debut of Dream Self i Y y t. t I I J Ii I i a a aye I II I I 4 l lv 2 j v a j J I f k b t y y i i t I f t I v i I 4 s 0 Yesterday tod today y and and tomorrow in the life of Maxine Elliott Left tho bea beautiful star in her own youthful prime lower center centor Miss Elliott today right Jean Robertson Miss Elliotts Elliott's actress niece upon I I whom her hopes are centered I EW YORK FORK April 11 Yesterday Yester Yesterday a it was Maxine was Maxine Elliott great greatest st stages stag beauty beauty of of her day clay I Today It is Is Maxine Maxine Elliott who says say she would meet old age with matronly peace and quiet who I pleads to be erased from the picture I until it be time for for foran an an obituary notice to mark the fall of the final I I curtain but who furtively el tiptoes I back sta stage p. p to play pu puppet pet master mastel to the ambitions and destines of those I she loves I Ithe And tomorrow tomorrow- tomorrow Maxine Maxine Elliott bows herself off stage in the manner manner manner man man- I ner ner of the grand dame and begs beg you OU to meet her niece the beautiful I I Jean Robertson London who makes her stage debut in March I It is s my lay i y hope hop that I shall live e I ag again in in her I is the dramatic admission ad- ad ad admission I ad-I mission of the regal Maxine who would recapture by proxy the curtain curI curtain cur- cur I tain calls of oC yesteryear I Jean Is everything But nut who nm am amI am amI I I. I now now She Sho I is beauty and freshness freshness fresh fresh- ness and brilliance In her little are arc the most wonderful pos pos- She Sho sighs happily as might a girl who has hs long stu studied herself in a af and d found founds the reflection f N beautiful u The story pieced together from Crom theatrical talk and the hesitant remarks re reI remarks re- re marks of the former st star r begins I with Maxine Elliott casually visiting visiting visit visit- ing her own theatre here to see Dancing Mothers The role of the i I young daughter so Interested her that she appealed in person person to Edgar Edgar Ed Ed- i gar Selwyn the producer that her I niece might have hae a chance at the I part part Quietly Quietly- the young YOUg girl irl I daughter of the talented Gertrude I Elliott pupil of ot Maxine was given givena I a rehearsal The reports brought Selwyn himself hurrying to London to direct herI her I I 1 same came to America to rest rest Miss Elliott relates But Jean is ever in my thoughts and when I saw that role I knew it would Just suit herBut her I But please I am out of the pic plc I ture turo I would have quiet the quiet of complete te retirement There is nothing that would me induce again I to enter the limelight N for r me j jit it will wm be rest and nd quiet Now my niece Jean niece J Jean ean- ean t I I There here is dramatic contrast in the stage debuts of Maxine Elliott and the girl in whom she would live again Out of the little sea coast town of I Rockland Me came Jesse Dermot for Cor for such is the family name of ot Maxine Elliott She was was- was the the daughter daugh daugh- I daugh-I ter tel of Tom Dermot seafaring man and captain of a sailing ship that I made its way from New York to San Francisco and Oakland in theold the theold I old days das Often he would visit the orient the South seas and strange e ports and Jessie grew up on the seas But hers was Puritan stock where 1 the theatre was mentioned as utter evil And while theatrical ambitions were growing Jessie was placed Ina in ina ina I a convent But she didn't stay long At about 18 IS she was on Broadway I with ambition beauty and a canny wisdom to aid herShe her She knew she was was- was beautiful beautiful and I that beauty was a stage stag door passport passport passport pass pass- port and she dropped in on the veteran vet vet- Bran eran producer E E. S. S Willard When a clerk lerk asked for her her name she I quickly invented one Maxine El EI- EI liott llott It sounded she El 1 thought and it got her entree J I She got small parts where posing in lovely clothes was about all that I Iwas was needed Then she learned that study and re required 1 if she were to do anything above glorifying glorify ing the American girl She entered a company with Hose Coghlan and trained in the West est with the veteran veteran veteran vet vet- eran Frawley Meanwhile her beauty was attracting international attention She soon was world fa famous famous fa- fa amous a- a both as beauty and actress She is 52 62 now and the and the stage has not seen her for many a l. year She still is beautiful and queenly But she would step into the background background background back back- ground to 10 make room forthe or the young beau of today she would sit back quietly and live Uve again in the the art art artof artof of o one e she loves |