, 1870-04-24
BEHIND THE SCENES,
Actors and Recommendations nntl
P1llntinE.

Actors and .ictrcssca-Padd1n md
Painting.
Miss Olive Logan llAs written book which
Inns just Lten published, and contains some si1
hundred pages on the subject of the etsge-bc-
fore the tootiGhts and behind the scenes. Al
so1ne Of our readers may be interested to know
bow the salaries Of 4ctora compare With those
OF persons in other yocations, we give Miss
Logan e4timate. 6he states that it is not
cary to &c, at the pretise figures. niuce not
oply Is the iu1e luestiun nevct asked in the
rIsfession, What do you gat \ week but
i, is = point Of etiquette among actors to re-
man in ignorance Of the pay of their fellow
leading actor or actress ranges from $40 to 7G0
pet week. Eut know one lea,liug s,tfess in
New York uho gets loo a week, and two who
get S75 each. These however. are peculiar
tive ter youth. beauty and talent. Walking
gentleman or lady Hil get from go to SS5
week old men OF old woman, from =225 to 40 !:
while othez players ot lower g1ads Of talent
thau thase will get all tha way from s25
down to $40 week. should say there would
be no lowet salary thAn S10 = week il i theatre
for my one Who appears on tho stage. eFeu
for members Of the ballet or suPens. though
il IL true that soncsi.ues extra zueu are engaged
from tue street for some special purpose, who
receive no more tim 50 or Il / week Tie
pay OF FLATS Is q vesy different matter.
Cusually these ladies md gentleman play for
share in the Ttcelpts ht the door : and when
they do this, Of couzse tEeir pay il regulated
almoss wholly by their drawing power. Some
times, however, the most celebrated AetoJs and
actresses in the land h.yo engaged themaelraa
for fixed salary per Neek or per night. In the
times al.noat fahulousls large. The largest
SALARY that has eyer been paid to star in this
country is that which WIS paid to Joaaph
Jefferson, 1t Booths Theatre, in August and
september, 1868, namely, $500 per night
Even 1t this price he proved immensely pruits-
BILE star drawing an average Of q. 200 every
night throughout the seaeou-"
Concerning the delicate questions Of pad-
ding the legs and painting the fAce. Miss Lo-
gan enters into Soma curious detsils. - The
weuaan,' she sass, or the man either, who
ranpot exhibit : shapclr figure On the stage,
l,as certainly not Ieatuad the Esy to the shop
Of The pad ,1sker. There zre quite 4 number
Of these professors Of symmetry in this
country, bur they are most numerous IN
Philadelphia They advertise quits freely IN
| theatrical iournxls- and no one need be in
ignorance Of their vhereoouss. They do not
Boldly ad.ersiee the word padding, Of course
the popnlar term Tor padding il symuet5i.
cal sooda.' Much need not hers be said OF the
mohu operaul Of the pad maker: The
science lns in weaving aSe1nSs Of lights IA
Euch WAY that they aha4 increase the thick.
mesa Of the calf, tie thigh, dc: aud putting
| woven silk o. cottop in the place vhera deaf
| u wanted. and thus eonceAling l4nenesa q Dc
foEmii5. Thus txagedisu With lower limbs
Ike pipe stems ca1 pnIt on his uThts and stane
betofe IN adnairing sudiance with the st11rd.
legs of N 4thleta-
| - To 1naka up the face is one Of the aubtlesi
x1ts Of the actor. Who has Witnessed the &C,
ting OF Islstorl in Queen Elizabeth. Int WI
| remember how, from act TO Act abs Eislbl!
grew older before our eyes Not only b.
Toice and manner, aud gait, wAs this change
effected but her face, bright and joyous u
the beginning at tho play, became gradual.
! wrinlled, pale, aud cafesorn; her hair gre.
! g1ayer and Erayer, until, 1t last, II che lay or
The couch representing the dyiag Quecn, aha
| seemed reduced to skeleton. and lind ~ 4
cu1pss. Ills WAS brought shout solely by he
perfect knowledge Of how to make mp the face
| vss behind tho scenes OF tho French Theatre
IN SeN Iosk, one night, when fdstosi was pa!
ing Elizabeth and when c1me TO lool
closely 1t her faca it seemed : meaningless
| InAss Of white And hl2ek marks, with deep dash
ca Of red under her eyes ; but oae step OF the
eject ~as wonderful II il eAsier 70 make Up
! the face to look old than to look young never
less, careful mingaing Of pink for The ;neeks'
| white for the fufehcad, black for tbs oso3s,
And carmine for tho lips, Will 60 great way
toward making N old md honely ~oaan AoeS
| like young and handsome oce-"