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Show Thoro are thousands of Inven-v Inven-v tlons to drlvo Dull Caro away. Wo have the modern novel full of thrills and love cenes to make us forget we are living In a regular world. "We have thcators and chute the chutes and zoos and parks and player pianos and graphophones to make ua glad wo are alive. But Elsie Janls will havo none of : these. Miss Janls la an. actress touring this year with "The Lady of tho Slipper." Between acts and j. while she is waiting for railroad connections and stopping In the hotels ho-tels in one city and then another, time naturally would hang heavy on her hands. In the summer when there Is no acting and time naturally nat-urally would hang heavy again, It seems and the old demon Dull Caro would swoop down on her and force r her away to a summer resort or something of that kind, where sho ! could get ammunition with which to shoo him off. Miss Janls does nothing of the kind. She simply works. When ml Job plays out sho gets another. She Is more versatile than the want ad chaser who starts out on a new lino of work every time a new line offers. Now, of course. Miss Janls doe3 not shun the summer resorts. She !also does not shun play. She Is a champion tennis player and a crack golfer; but sho takes recreation just like the small boy with an old fashioned fash-ioned grandmother takes sulphur x. and molas6e3 In the spring. Sho takes it for modlclne to keop her-f her-f self in condition and the medicine certainly does the work. Miss Janls 1 is in condition without a doubt. To begin with, she did not start working for the purpose of driving I away weariness. She is simply so full of life she has to work. Winning Win-ning her laurels as a stage star at the time In life when other girls are Just beginning to think about matrimony and wondering If the , ! right man will como her way, Miss Janls has proven sho is an unusual woman to start with. Here Is a list of her accomplish ments, diversions, occupations, hob-blcB hob-blcB c-r what you will call them. Sho is an actress, authoress, cook, mu-BlcaT mu-BlcaT composer, playwright, manicurist, mani-curist, poet, tennis player, golfer and swimmer. Miss Janls , was born In Columbus, Ohio, where her mother was leader of the choir In the church whcro President William McKInley and Mrs. McKInley attended, McKInley was then Governor of Ohio. Mrs. McKInley was very fond of the choir director's daughter, and a firm friendship sprang up betweon the two families. That, of course, was In tho days t before Elsie had become an actress, authoress, poet, cook, etc. She was simply Llttlo Elslo Janls, daughter of tho choir director. Thero Is no doubt she would have won her laurels without outside aid. but Just the same tho friendship of tho Mc-Klnleys Mc-Klnleys gave the girl her first peep into the great world on the stage PLAYS WHEN A GIRL FOR DIPLOMATIC CORPS. Mrs. Janls and tho girl were Invited In-vited by Mrs. McKInley to visit In Washington after McKlnloy had gone to tho White House. While they were visiting thoro tho Frcsl- dent and Mrs. McKInley save a dinner din-ner to members of the diplomatic corps. Miss Janls was called upon it to entertain the company with her childish ability. So succcsful was she with her entertainment that tho Russian Ambassador Invited her to his Embassy whero a few nights III I A T- top, from left to right LElsie Janis cooking, composing a song, writing a book and batting a7 tennis ball. Below Doing her own manicure work and serving tea. later he also gave a dinner to other members of the 'diplomatic corps and to principal members of tho President's Cabinet. Miss 'Janls was the principal entertainer. en-tertainer. Her success there was noised abroad. All Washington wanted to hear tho young wonder. The local fame she gained secured her her first professional engagement engage-ment at Chase's theater, Washington, Washing-ton, the week following. The Janls family adventured to "New York-, shortly after that, under a contract for an engagement at the New York Roof Garden. Miss Elsie received, her firet professional TcbufC In the metropolis when the Gerry Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Interfered with her professional profes-sional activities -the night following her first appearance. She was driven driv-en to tho "Provinces" and played the principal cities outside o Now York as a star at the ago of 14 In the "Belle of Now York," In which she succeeded Edna May. Sho has subsequently sub-sequently been seen as a star at tho head of her own company In "The Vanderbllt Cup." 'The Hoyden." Hoy-den." "Tho Fair Co-Ed," "The Slim Princess," and now with Montgomery Montgom-ery and Stone In "The Lady of the Slipper." This little American girl will temporarily end her association with her co-stars in "The Lady of the Slipper" to fulfill a worthy ambition. am-bition. Sho will go to . London to open an engagement at the Palace Theater during tho Easter holidays. She will return to America next season for another "star" appear-anco appear-anco In New York at tho head of her own company at Mr. Dillingham's Dilling-ham's Globe Theater, and under his direction. Miss Janls Is as yet unmarried and her own declaration is that she is going to qualify to accept Mmc Bernhardt's promise of a matinee appearance at the Theater Sarah Bernhardt In Paris, appearing in the tltlo role of "Phedrc." with tho "support "sup-port of tho great tragedienne's own French company. Then, maybe, marriage. It tho right man comes along. COOKING MAKES HER DELIGHT OF FRIENDS. Famous as Miss Janls is on tho stage, her ability In other lines Is bringing her fame In tho land and her ability as a cook ought to win a husband If sho ever get3 to thinking think-ing about one. Her cooking Is tho delight of her friends, and Is- her own delight as well. She loves to cook. She can mako anything and cook It well. Other actresses and actors sigh and moan for the cooking of their mothers. Miss Janls sets her electric toaster and electric cooker to work- and solves the prpblem of home cooking In her own suite, If sho wishes. Thero she entortalns her many friends when she happens to be playing in a town where she has friends. She prepares her own meals on such occasions. As an amateur authoress, Miss Janls has won enough laurels to show eho has great ability and proves without a doubt sho win" win additional laurels in the field of authorship before she la much older. She has won considerable success In her four-act melodrama, "A Star for a Night." She has published two books. One Is a book of verso and the other is In eplstolatory stylo, en titled "Lovo Letters of an Actress." Miss Janls has written tvo vaudeville vaude-ville sketches which havo had successful suc-cessful runs in the East. Asy a composer, sho has shown merit In several popular songs. Ono of these, "Fo' do Lawd's Sake Play a Waltz," has brought her surprisingly surpris-ingly remunerative royalties. When she writes a song she sits at her piano and hums or sings tho tunc, aiding her voice by picking at the piano. She finally hums the pleco Into a dlctophono and then tries It ono the piano and modifies It. Whon In New York Miss Janls and her mother llvo In a large housekeeping house-keeping apartment overlooking Central Cen-tral Park. Thero sho concocts real dishes on a real range. Her mother nays hor daughter takes as much pleasure In concocting dishes as in writing songs or anything else of that kind. Jny kind of work Is a pleasure to her. Sho never has a dull moment, her friends say. Tho atory of Miss Janls athletic prowess at tennis, golf, swimming and other sports is common talk In the news of sport. Sho has won nedals In competition at Naragan-ett Naragan-ett Pier and at Newport for swlmr mlng and for other linos of sportl 4 jr.). , r This- modern Cinderella Is a successful suc-cessful driver of an automobile. She owns a Chlhuahuan and a Chow dog, which she takes with her on her auto tours. N KNOWS HOW TO TRAVEL WITH EASE Miss Janls Is a good travoler. When she goes out on the road with her company she takes the comforts of life along. One of these. comforts Is her mother. When she stops in a city for a woek she makes hereelf at home there. Here Is her advice to travelers: "Traveling Is a fine art, and tho woman who achieves a long Journey -(. and arrives at her destination afresh and smart and good tempered Is an artist. ' "One of tho most amusing features fea-tures of a trip Is watching one's fellow travelers and dividing them Into two classes wlso and foolish. Tho wise traveler is ono who takes plenty of time ovor her packing, so she is not hurried and distracted when sho starts. And she Is able to think ahead and plan what she needs on tho Journey. The rug, the luncheon basket, the light literature and possibly a pillow In case she wishes to doze comfortably. "Also the wlso traveler docs not Indulge In too much hand luggage so that her belongings take-up more . than her share of space In the carriage, car-riage, and If shecan she selects a seat by the window in order that she may control the supply of fresh air." Many actresses have won fame for versatility. ,but perhaps none . havo won more .famo at her age than Miss Janis, Recently an actress ac-tress In Massachusetts aided In the , making of laws, which Is an unusual un-usual thing for an actress to do. Mlee Lucy Daly, known off the stage as Mrs. Hap Ward. wa8 called Into help- the Legislature In making laws regarding the modern dances. She aided the Social Welfare Committee. Com-mittee. Ono of the Important bills this commllttee had to pass on was that Introduced by Representative Louis R. Sullivan of Dorchester, which provides for either the modification or the complete prohibition of tango dancing In this State. Investigation developed that tho tango was as unfamiliar as the In- dlan war dance to several of tho I staid legislators on the committee. i Accordingly Representative SullI- . i van conceived tho 'Idea of assuring I both tho friends and opponents of J his bill a fair deal by having the li , ? committee see an example of tango jpMl dancing by one of the recognized itfll exponents of the art. f lIB He accordingly Invited the full IB committee to go as- his guest to the National Theater and see what-they HI thought oC the tango as danced there nm by Lucy Daly and her partner, Paul Jones Chute. While traveling on a steamboat, a notorious card-sharper, who wished to get into the good graces of a clergyman who was on board, said to tho reverend gentleman: "I should very much like to hear one of your sermons; sir." "Well," replied the clergyman. "you could have heard me last Sun-day Sun-day if you had been where you jH should' have been." 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