She was most inspired by Hayakawa and hoped to learn to act "inside", as he did. With Sessue Hayakawa she made "Each To His Kind" (1917). Before filming began it was decided that the name Smith was too common to be used by a motion picture star. She changed her professional name to Vola Vale. Vale reflected in the early 1920s about observation, particularly its power in attaining one's acting proficiency. "It is the ability of the actress to see and note of the little things in life and then store them in her subconscious mind where they await her call to use at the psychological moment before the camera that enables her to either register success in her chosen work, or be merely mediocre." She began this process as a youth acting with D.W. Griffith. She observed how the director took notice of everything the actors did. Vola Vale modeled clothes for the Broadway Department Store in "Los Angeles, California". A 1916 photo from the Los Angeles Times shows her in an exclusive "Betty Wales" frock from Broadway. This was a very popular dress among college women of the era. Vola was married for a time to film director and producer Al Russell. They had a son. She was a member of "Our Club", a group of seventeen of Hollywood's "baby" cinema stars. Mary Pickford served as honorary president. Fellow members were Mildred Davis, Helen Ferguson, Patsy Ruth Miller, Clara Horton, Gertrude Olmstead, Laura La Plante, Virginia Fox, Colleen Moore, ZaSu Pitts, Lois Wilson, May McAvoy, Gloria Hope, Virginia Valli, Carmel Myers, Edna Murphy, and Carmelita Geraghty  Vola Vale died in Hawthorne, California in 1970, aged 73, of heart disease. She is interred at the Roosevelt Memorial Park in Los Angeles County, California, USA. James Wilfrid Ryan  James Wilfrid Ryan (October 16, 1858 – February 26, 1907) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. James W. Ryan was born in Norwegian Township, Pennsylvania. He moved to Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, with his parents, where he attended the public schools. He graduated from the high school of Frackville, Pennsylvania. After this he was a school teacher for a short time. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.