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Kipling saw a picture, painted by Burne-Jones and shocked the world of women's colleges by writing the "Vanipire". And then Theda Bara played it in the movies and shocked the rest of the world by saying, "Kiss me, my fool" to one of the funniest looking specimens ever decorated with the early editions of Form Fit Sartorial subtleties. But Kipling never reached the heights in that verse which he attained in "The Ladies". I fancy he never reached such heights anywhere else, and I've read all the verse he ever wrote, read it and re-read...
Take Theda Bara, for example, " When she came out on the stage," writes Helen M. Foster in Movie Weekly, "I said to my friend that surely could not be Theda." The friend said nothing, apparently?he knew his place. But it was Theda after all?the rogue! "She asked how many wanted her to keep on playing the Vampire role. [Tremendous applause.] She then asked how many wanted her to play the good girl part. [The same applause again.] "Confusing for Theda," we should say. But Miss Foster has a more definite opinion. " I do hope she keeps...
...Theda Bara, another woman who is about to tell what women never tell...
...Theda Bara: " I am in Los Angeles writing a book. What Women Never Tell, partly biographical, partly philosophical. My husband says I am not going back into the movies...
West Entry.-"A. A. Feld," rooms 1, 2: J. A. Albright, F. T. Fisher, R. B. Jenkins, A. F. Tribble. "Asitophenones," rooms 3,4: W. P. Selz, R. G. Sloane, H. H. R. Thompson. "Edal," room 5: E. Billings, A. H. Bright. "Theda Bara," room 6: H. J. Hamerslag, L. J. Workum. "George Black," room 8; R. Kittenplan, J. H. Wolfson...