Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-03-14
climb ea the stage and played with the
I ,ctor ffor; four rounds, greatly to the do.

climbed the stage and played with the
actor for four POUNDS, greatly to the de-
LIGHT of the specta
Pending the disp osition of the matter
bv the New Jersey courts, the actors in
this city have become considerably
worked nl,, and it lis not unlikely that
some action Will be taken with reference
to securing the conviction Of the auda-
ciious husband.
This subject Of stage kissing" said
Mr.; ] ames Collier, when questioned by
Journal reporter lis one Of which &C.
tors are only competent to Judge.
There are occasions when the character
OF the scene demands q great deal of it,
and il II were not done pnople would 90
away discontinued and say they had
been robbed.
DO the actors enjoy it?" asked the
reporter:
deeply \ s I can't say that I ever uqes-
toned them upon the subject. Speak
ing for myself, however, I am not
ashamed to say that ! always took my
medicine without complaining"
Have actresses ever complained to
their husbands that you kissed them
too much ?"
II should say nott Of course new
er went to extremes in the matter, and
can form no idea of what the consequent
ces might have been if [ had; but I will
say this much, I never yet heard Of any
grumbling in so far as was concerned,
save one, and, if / remember Alright, it
was because T underdid it,
"Isn't there a good deal of pretended
kissing on the stage"
/ t'.Oh, yes. When an actor anu act
ress are enemies for instance, and
their parts require them to kiss, they
generally lay their heads over each
others shoulders and smack their lips.
It would be better, perhaps, if this were
made the rule, but after ali, you know
human nature is human nature and
actors are like other people"
"My dear boy-my dear boy-nay
dear, dear. dear, dear, boy!" exclaimed
Mr.. John Dorcas Mathews, II know
you won't believe me, but the truth is I
know very little about the matter. I
am generally cast as william or ali old
gentleman, you know, and I've enjoyed
very little Of the luxuries Of the pro-
fession.'
"Was it always thus?"
"Not always, thank heaven. There
was a time
And Mr.. Mathews gazed mentally
into the past and sighed.
"Is kissing, then, one of the luxuries
of the profession q"
my dear boy" replied Mr.. Mathews.
its the only perquisite the poor devils
have Business is no longer what it
was, and if the boys and girls could no
longer kiss each other-in q friendly
way, you know; nothing but friendship,
my boy; pure, unadulterated friend
ship-Lord help them! l don't know
what they would do"
"What is the general feeling with re
spect to the Hoboken assault?'
"Sympathetic, sir, purely sympathet-
ic. Husbands who are not actors
should not be allowed on the stage.
They are no good, sir,
no good; positively and emphatically,
n. g. Why, sir, if I had part, and
was called upon to kiss pretty girl,
sir, [ would
Mr.. Mathews sighed again and then
began long story about man in Kali
amazoo who tried to kiss a balky horse
and had his nose bit off.
"Ihave given the matter no con sidera-
ticn, " said Mr.. Henry Rergh 1T is
not q subject in which am interested.