The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-11-08
THE AcroRs or TO-DAY
l-New Yexk Gn.phic.

n1ass~sAA n1 Coupo3x10o, p0f t0e TneG-
 pan artiss noehing but the remembrsncs
 q his name This of coaxse re<ezs to the
 leading nights of the aaee-she smalles
 vorkezs are buried in sbtviou. At the
 same tune 10 ciass of men enjoy 70 much
 q -the sweess of popularify,S wAiIe he
 hve1 as the ac.of. Hundreds nightly
 liseen to him, not only in the words q
 the aufhor--as he lerseEs them-bus his
 interpretation of the isnguage, his look
 and every movement-he $ in evay
 sense of the word . popular puhlic !
 chaxacsa. There is . nasurzI aessre
 vith the sverage newspaper reader to
 know sonezhing about the people vho
 york behind the curtain,n and the
 nevspapers grafify that desire by chroui-
 cling tAeir dolngs before it.n Thus the
 scsor and his hte become public property,
 and n any of his os her actions can only
 be scasored vifh mixture of scandal.
 even cy hints and nnuendos,s vhy the
 reading is ali the more palasable. Acsoss
 arc more habie than any other body of people b ges mixed up in some social
 mishap." As rule they are good cnn-
 veTsztscnalisfs-the immense amoant of
 lanKuage bearing upon every concesvahie
 subject passing through their mndx
 YeaEs and years naturally make them. consequently they are much Euzhs after in general society, and their tempexa- meus Inclines them towards any gather
 ing where there is .'the feass of reason
 and the dov ci soul"
 Cnfortunately a great many persons have an idea that the members of the tAeasrici profession are Of a siissipased ciass-a gay, reckless ses of libertines.
 with come-day-go-dayr idea of hu-
 man dufies and existence Never vas
 theze greater error. We have read q
 great deal about certain acscs whc have
 under the influence Of "tAe do~ins
 bowl given grand histrionic imperson-
 ations- So we have of other folks in
 different walks of tfe-as authors, artists
 and even scientific men-but they are aftes all exceptional instances, for t
 sands to reason that 10 man could possibly for years play his pan or 70 through his durss upoc a platform. sur rounded with gssre and ghttes, before thousands of people, if his mind and
 orAin were not clear As to the duties of the three hour task before him. t is noted fact that ac.ors as . class live 10 good old age. Wallack, Booth, Gilbert. Fisher. Proctor, lr1ng, Davidse, Chip penoaie. Anderson recently deceased al seventy-hve). Pafselie, Couldock, Warren lot Bosson), and a good list of others migst be made uo, ali of whom are long past the prime of manhood, and still . on the boards.
 The general actcr in his manner and speech is Bohemian. foo have only to be ses moments in his sociesy to detect this, but he is intellectually the master of thousAnds Of others uho profess ia n any things 10 Se Sir oracies.- The S,r Oracle h private c,;,en; but the 1hes- plan IS a public one, and should be commit any faux pas 1t is 2: once publicly known, while Sir Orzcie's mistakes are only learned of in his immediate drcle One is the observed Of ali ohservers.' 7 the other, as fas H the pubic is con- cerned, is myth The combination T system Of late yearx, which fsith the ex- cepsiou ofa few theztres) has dessrcyed the stage as an ari, and which has been the means of forming many companies where there vas ooly good sterling ma seriai for one. which has been ias,ru- mental in ppShing before the public a mass of rubbish tha, voaid have dis graeed the penny gafTs of days gone by; combination plan, which generally eonsasss cf one or two competent acsssx esecnve scenery, huge ornamental pla- cards and total disregard of genuine acting in the proper sense of the much mistaken word scheme which fsvoes adventurous speculztors who know nosh- ing of theatres but the box-ofiice. and authors vho may be over l" "orissnal pro- ducoou, but which are in the main other peoples work perhaps long since dead-au this has sent the member of the profession wandering ovex the country. ID hnd of strolIng players style . on a superior seale," till out of 6fy actors only flve have any home. It is this nev order Of things-fog it is not of many yeay durafoa-that has upses the socisi condition of the average actor. His position is uncertain; he doesnt hos when he starts ~ on the road any week .heEe hen be os "how hen be: for there are men to-day in this city vhe are handling 70 many coMpanies that is would take the brain of Napo,eon to manruvre them all with sucoess and in case of 1T treat" or a collapse the actor IS always Nieftr upon the ield in the ma- jority of instances defeose3ess. It is be- heved in theauical circles that the days of -ssock companies' mus soon rssrn, when pieces vill receive, as far as assiss acting is ooocerned, . proper share of as- ! ten6ou, by which the ptayers vill reap the benefit and the members of ehese com panies seeking to make themselves avor- ties with their respective audiences vili 1 be able b knov someshing more of ''hcmea comforts and social pleasures now so hmensabiy vasting vish mogs of l them. We are no advocsees. Sus s4she old | school' and its dreasv mesAods; the praent needs of amussnenf soehers re- quire b1ghser and mose spirited order | of P.sasure, fos Pecpae live, shink and act | quicker tAan thsy 6d, ard tAsr secrea- non mus be in keeping vitA t; bue skas | large clas4 nsabezing sone tkou.ands. l who represest the ssAee-oee q or nostl |