European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes thursday june 30, 1977 actress Mary Martin i would never say i was retiring because everybody comes Back again and again and does by William Glover associated press Peter pan Mary Martin still As Perky As Peteri an and As bouncy As Nellie Forbush Issue of one thing i would never say i was retiring be cause everybody comes Back again and again and again and does will she return to Broadway fur a musical comedy run i m going to have to decide one Way or the comes the cautious reply. I can t keep on saying no or maybe to people All the time because that becomes a bore Martin Busy since recovery from private sorrow travelling far and writing her memoirs recently re turned to new York for a one performance Charity gig in tandem with one of her famous Showbiz friends. Ethel to do that show took a lot of willpower because i had t Sung for four she Means that Back was almost traumatic she says recalling her despondency Over the death of her Hus band manager Richard Halliday. In 1973. They were together 32 was always there and this was my first work moment without him. I thought it was a psychosomatic thing the voice and i be never been that Way. I be always been Able to say i can do it no Matte what but during that Lime i just could t sing not hum. Nothing 1 did t want to. Not even at Home not a sound and finally i said this is just foolishness i be never been afraid. I be hit lots of Walls and Man pits and i be never been afraid. But i was afraid. I be been nervous before never afraid doing a show to Benefit the theater music collection of the museum of the City of new York was suggested last september which turned out to be the psych biologically right moment. "1 Felt Well there s no other Way to conquer it just say yes and that s it i think seriously there s a time for everything and i still have Avery Strong feeling o Richard s guidance and closeness. I can Bear him saying get at it do it " at about the same time. Martin had a polyp re moved from her vocal cords and now everything vibrates again properly with return to the higher vocal Range of performing All those years the voice got lower and lower save the Star who made her first Public appearance on stage at age 5 in Weatherford Tex. She vows to take better care of the pipes hereafter and not Belt the Way i did. That crowing in1 Eler pan is what screwed it reviving that show or Uny 01 her other hits has been ruled out by the Al year old Don t want to do anything that 1 have Ever done. The Only reason i d do something would be that it was a Challenge and stimulating to the mind Martin recently was on a whirlwind tour of eng land in connection with publication there of her Auto biography my heart belongs. It appeared in hard cover last year and is upcoming soon in s interesting How people relate to it she says of the flood of letters that Nave come from Young and old. She in t interested in doing a sequel although her publishers Are willing. Some of the reviews said there was t any de thin the Book about me you Don t get to know me this Well. Well. I think it s awfully hard to write about yourself particularly when you be been living other parts All these years. Maybe someday i might Fin the Way to express what i really am like underneath but i Don t know. I Don t think it s anybody else s s too much of this Baring of one s soul. I Don t Sec any reason for it. It s your problem not bring it up after almost a decade of Globe wandering. Marti has settled Down in Palm Springs. Calif., near her close Friend Janet Gaynor. A huge estate in Brazi just does t seem the same without Halliday. In route Back from the performance in new York and several other duty appearances Martin stopped in Chicago to receive an honorary doctorate her first from Rosary College. I be been asked before but i never thought iwas worthy of the Honor. But this school and the drama teacher. Sister Gregory were very involved in our life. So now i can be called know Richard Mommy and daddy Are having a fit wherever they a great believer in Dost family life Martin gets together often with son Larry Hagman and his two children and with daughter Hellen and her three. When not Oil painting "1 Don t know whether m a primitive but i can Only paint people from the Back her Delight is sunning in her Hammock so far she says of life away from the Bright lights i think i be been in it three
