. "The greatest of these--";. sition not solely on account of his actingability, but because he is a necessary force outsidethe theatre. Sir Henry Irving accepted a knight-hood not for personal glorification but to add a new 19 20 THE GREATEST OP THESE dignity to his beloved profession. For the samereason it is a great joy to realise that we are en-rolled under the Red Cross banner. And to playbefore the President as a part of his effort to carrythis war to a successful finish, makes us all feel nec-essary and, therefore, naturally, le President! Hints on how to become
. "The greatest of these--";. sition not solely on account of his actingability, but because he is a necessary force outsidethe theatre. Sir Henry Irving accepted a knight-hood not for personal glorification but to add a new 19 20 THE GREATEST OP THESE dignity to his beloved profession. For the samereason it is a great joy to realise that we are en-rolled under the Red Cross banner. And to playbefore the President as a part of his effort to carrythis war to a successful finish, makes us all feel nec-essary and, therefore, naturally, le President! Hints on how to become President was invited for eight oclock. Hearrived at eight oclockl Baltimore^ May IB, 1918. 12:30 Baltimore must be ninety per cent. American—it is absolutely one hundred per cent, for the RedCross! Our receipts to-night totalled $28,652—ten thou-sand more than its sister-city, Washington! It was a thrilling and proud moment to facesuddenly the electric sign over the Academy ofMusic and to see its space filled so—. To realise how worthily filled in this particularinstance! Poor old sign, that has held so many names, good,bad and indifferent! Good old band of stars whosubmerged their personalities into one whole repre-sented by that Red Cross announcing our appear- 21 33 THE GREATEST OF THESE ance! Where are the moods and tenses by whicha star is supposed to be exclusively controlled?Have they disappeared because of the quaUty ofthis particular lot? Is it because people who arebig enough to put up with the expense and discom-fort—particularly the discomfort—of three weeksof one-night stands, are big even in the little thingssuch as courtesy and consideration for others? We are all so determined not to be stars thatfunny things have happened. After the first actwe take a company call—Harry Warner, JimmiePowers, Helen Ware, George Arliss, Beryl Mercerand I. We all gathered by the door and—darn it!—we left the centre of the stage naked. Poor oldcentre! It seem
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