The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-01

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try to imagine that some one has paid
you dollar borrowed a month ago"
They tried again. and succeeded better.
No one laughed. because it il against the
rules. Bad and good marks are given,
and pupils are expelled after the fourth
Offense.
In another room there were a number
of young women, aud they were very
much absorbed. On one side gentle
man was teaching them to make up"
There were some young men among the
crowd, but they didn't seem 50 much in.
terested. The instructor had a model in
front of him which he painted and
blackened and roughed to an unlimited
extent. Then he operated on himself.
With few touches of the pencil on his
forehead he had the appearance of being
frightened to death; few more strokes
made him look very old, and then he
made himself younger than he really
was. He explained to blondes and
brunettes what each should do to en-.
nance her beauty. and when the girls
understood how to put the paint on, he
showed them the best way to get it off
and how to avoid running their COM
plexions. All TIE young ladies, the pro-
lessor said, took naturally to his course
of instructions.
On the other side of the room lady
was instructing the girls, anG showing
them how to stand, and walk, and hold
themselves gracefully. Ii surprised all
of the girls to find how incapable they
were OF standing on one leg, and keeping
the other in graceful Hazel Kirke-like
position. As to throwing themselves
into a lovers arms not one had the re-
hottest idea how it should be done, and
that surprised them, too. They weren't
nearly as limp as they were expected to
be, and they couldn't hang over bis
shoulder in the proper willOwy way.
Then they had to bend their backs
clear over, and say, Back, villainp
They kneeled at their old fathers feet to
be patted on the head, and did their best
to shudder and appear convinced that all
was lost. Then they had rest for alittle
while, and the teacher told something
about the pupils.
They're nearly all good" she said,
land some of them are very good. But
you can't Judge of the average amateur
from that. Those in the school are the
best of great many who apply for sd-
mission. We examine them at first, and
if We find that they are hopelessly awk-
ward, or not smart enough, or in any
other way unfit for the profession, We
will tell them so as kindly as We can, and
generally persuade them to give up the
idea of going on the stage. Nearly all
who apply, however, are we'll educated,
and that is great help. Sometimes the
least little thing units them; we find
that they cannot lift their arms above
their head, or their organ of speech is i'm
perfect. There was one sad instance of
the kind. A young girl, very enthusiast
tic, came here and went to work. She
studied hard, and showed talent. Sud-
denly something happened to her throat.
She was unable to pronounce one Of the
consoDants, and had to give up her
career"
"What class of young men go upon
the stagew
"Well, all kinds. Plenty of news
paper men, among others Then some
actors, and have made up their minds
10 it since they were boys. Others go
into it because they think they are hand
some, and have shapes to which they
think Justice will never be done until
they come out in tights. They always
choose pretty names for themselves, like
AlgernOn or Ricardo, and you can see
crowds of them out of work on Union
square.
"The girls are very particular about
the names they select, also. Most of
them like some extremely distinguished
name; but the smart ones are those who
take some simple name, like Lolita, that
folks like and can remember. Atten-
ton, ladiesl will show you how to
faint"