Frostburg mining journal., 1883-12-08

WHO, poor IellOW, uOeSn Z 90 mucn.
How can he, when most of the time he
has to look after me? The children
compel us to keep house in the city,
and must have O nurse to look after
the children, L am away so much. Now
you know that in flat with a servant,
husband and two children it is the
easiest thing in the world to get away
with $40 or $50 week.
Even that would be all right and
should have little to complain of if it
were not that at any moment must
hold myself in readiness to be called
away on o travelling tour. Do you
know what that means? Well, we
often travel pretty nearly all day and /
must pay for my own sleeping berths at
night if don't want to sit up. The
manager does not pay for that, only for
the regular fare in the regular car.
Then | must pay my own hotel bill, on
IN average of three or three and half
q day. The fare to and from the depot
counts good deal at the end of the
week and any little luxury is an adj
ditional and important expense. At
any rate this travelling life runs away
very easily with $35 or $40 week and
the home in New York must be kept up
all the time. You see there is not much
left, is there, when the salary comes to
be paid and enough is put in the bank
for the summer vacation?
"Then there is the important item Of
dresses. The manager furnishes none
of the ordinary run of dresses, only
when he wants something extraordinary
to be done does he contribute anything
to tho expense, and then there is always
lot of wrangling about it. Ny stage
dresses cost me $500 easily in season.
am lucky when that is all they come
to. Besides, there are stage boots and
stockings and wigs and gloves and
toilet articles averaging, should say,
about 81 or SO week. An actress
earning 500 per week must keep up
appearances. She must dress becom-
ingly on the stage. On wet nights she
must take carriage home, and occa-
sionally, tired and hungry, she wants
bite of supper somewhere. Occasion
ally she advertises in the dramatic
papers to keep her name before the
managers who are stingiest, not to
tllOSt WuU UdNG bIlG l6dSb UtlGlb, Dub uO
those who are least known.
"In the way of work, there is the
terrible bore of rehearsals. You don't
know what it means to be kept for six
OF seven hours day after day, sometimes
for weeks, sitting around cold, damp,
ill-lighted stage. The indignities one
has to suffer are nameless. Not always,
but often most managers, you know,
are not gentlemen"
"And yet young women want to be
actressesp
Il often wonder whether they have
any idea what is in store for them. If
/ complain that my life is a hard one on
800, what must be the life of those
who are paid $12, $40 and 1902"
Does not the item of husband
make diference?"
mo, except in the right way. When
/ married, my husband was making $15
week in store. was getting S25.
He stayed at SIS, l got up to 500.
What is the use of his fooling his
life out on such salary when /
have enough for both, and he can be
of more value than that to me? He at
tends to all my business affairs, and
does them better than | could. If it
were not for him l should now be get
ting about $50 week. He knows the
newspaper men and gets squibs in the
/, press for me. He is at the theatre to
take me home, to do Thousand things
without which an actress life would
be unbearable. People have all sorts
,,fe Il a fNr
A man prevents them. If didn't have
him should be living alone in an
apology of home, scandalized and
talked about as all unmarried actresses
are who talk to a gentleman more than
once. I've seen so much of it, you
know"
The chances for advancement" ?"
We'll, they are few after n woman
once gets into u leading position. |
suppose with good luck | may go on
increasing in value Us / become more
week. Then if have failed to become
star, and the chances OF that are not
many (there are about six successful
female stars among lS00 actresses in
this country | shall sink back suddenly
10 old women parts. In other words,
shall have lost the power to simulate
youth shall be fat and my rouge
will not conceal my wrinkles. Then
Trey will offer me $40 or $50 u week to
play the Marquise de st. Maurs and the
Mrs. Alalaprop, All the old woman
on our stage were once leading ladies
and can refer back to their triumphs
in the Ophelias, Desdemonas and so
forth Oh, no, the way to take the
stage is rs q serious business, not as an
amusement II is 4 hard, unrelenting
stcp-moher with no softness, no ailec-
ion, no hope but to the young noyices
nd thry meet their disenchantment III
ta~ .irst OF second year upon it,"
SOME or THE SECRET OF TAYi-
DEAMY.
Chicago Herald
What other queer things have you
stutied?" asked the reporter.
Well, list winter I stuffed my wifo's
sitting room lounge"
Il am moi hunting for information
about lounges" hastily put in the visi,
tor. Il want to know what queer ami
mails you have preseryed?"
Among the commonest animals are
mice. They are easy to stuff. Gener-
ally l am asked to preserve some GER
tain attitude. Folks who get mice
stuffed for the little ones to play with,
rs is often the case, want the legs, head
and tail arranged in q certain way. For
instance, not long ago stuffed a dozen
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