Show An Actress Without Fads r I II I The Case of Becky j i jC T r t C CA- CA AN you ou Imagine an m actress without a 11 fad a hobby or a a. foible Well oll here hore is one who has Jas neither a n fad a n. hobby or a a. foible Frances Francos ran es Starr a dainty bit of or femininity that would never disclose sc the tho colossal storehouse of or mental and temperamental I force toreo sho possesses and which she abe In her hor most exacting dual role in inThe inThe In InThe The Case of ot Deck Becky Miss Starr Is a modest retiring domesticated t little home homo body who loves her home her books and her hor friends with a devotion that almost approaches ap ap- ap idolatry Sho She has no pet parrots dogs or Angora cats does not revel Tavel in any of ot the tantrums tan ton known as the tho eccentricities of or genius and IB ii as amenable to managerial dictates as ns tho the proverbial pro pro- schoolgirl Born norn in Albany Alban N. N Y Frances Grant Starr has bC been n earning her hor own livelihood since sho sue was WS 16 1 and In her few taW years cars since thon then who she bos s made marvelous mar progress in the chosen profession In an nu Interview she said I r have nae no villa in France 1 i 1 own no farm tarm In the or orange orangegrove grove In California as I have havo never nover had enough money to buy one and no ito ono one has ws over ever boon been kind enough to present nb me with one when my theatrical labors arc are over ver I go with m my family mother and sister to a a. modest little summer resort and rent a cottage where I do the housework for tor tho the tam family I l I lovo bye to do this a as a a. medium of or recreation from the conventional hotel life lite I have liao to exist in for nine In the year car I I am a 1 comparatively good ocd cook can ml make nia-ke c a abed abed bed bcd with the alacrity of ot a professional ch chambermaid and md an ax expert with tho sw swooping sweeping broom Yes I have o on one childish habit that haw has remained with me ne since a n. babe I love to lie on the floor and read In fact tact a greater portion of or m my study stud 1 JH done In Inthis Inthis this fashion Ion Whenever Mr lr Belasco submits a new Play pla- plato to me down tIow 1 flop and after reading the lines lincH subconsciously become fascinated with tho the t pattern of the carpet and from the o odd d curves and lines of or which I r formulate my ray ideas of ot de do- do lineation This ma may sound Bound an odd way to stud study but you know the great James Watt att solved tho the power o of steam from his mothers mother's kettle and received Inspiration from tho glow low of ot a n. peat Icat fire tire No r I have no short-haired short lad lady or long haired men friends I J am not an esthetic nor believe In Ir Irrational Irrational irrational Ir- Ir rational methods of or publicity I am mn Just a plain everyday erda woman who gives gives' tho the public the very best that's In mo me o In appreciation oJ of tho honor thc they do mo no by coming to see co me Dou you know I 1 think being an actress la is 19 a great grent thing to prevent you OU getting into bite mischief I know this remark la is diametrically opposite to the general supposition of r a J players player's la rs r's life lite but It Is tho truth It If an actress takes her work seriously and gives her best effort to It she sho does docs so 80 with such an nn expenditure of emotional ener energy she is Js content to 10 live livo a n simple quiet life lito off ott the stage stag I believe that mot most women who get Into mischief and do douch such uch foolish emotional things thinG's mako UIO mistakes because of or tho the superfluous enor energy that tho they h have hc c Their life offers them no outlet for tor their emotions emo emo- Uon and the result is that thet it expresses in some unhappy wa way You havo have no Idea low how much of or a relief relict It Its Is s to havo o to forget forgot yourself for tor a n couple of or hours e every everyday everyday day and Just be someone elso else It relieves coI a strain tr ln that otherwise might prove cr very hard at times Good hard work never killed anybody and anda Is a an anc c excellent panacea for tor what hat Is commonly called among women nerves ner d despite espite the fact tact that Jt It 1 Is 13 supposed to be a a. i. i hood good place to cultivate thorn v |