Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-27
STAGE EGOTIsM.

To us on the outside of things 4
4 would seem that the worst to be sale
ABOUT the stage as q profession Is ths
y tremendous impulse 1t gives to vanity
and egotism. You seldom or nevel
hear actors and actresses speak of the
!. play as q whole only Of what 1 did
u now looked at such and such a mo
msnt my byplay at this point; my
d manner OF delivering this speech, and
g above al my dress and general appear
ance. His part 10 to him the apex Of
O the whole structure hers TO her the
< pivot round which all the rest revolves
Iheir dresses are Of more Importance
than now reform bill or q declaration
:, OF war, ,and change Of parts is an event
IA grave as resolution or battle lost
OF gained.
The very shifting of impersonation
seem to increase this egotism, as by
torce OF reasoning it must, by the mul
8 tiplication OF the ego, the facetting oi
: the individual and neither poets, mol
artist, nor yet literary men-all OF
whom are vain or Jealous and egotisti.
cal enough In their own degree-come
near TO vanity, eg0tism, and jealousy OF
actors and actresses. But We have not
yet touched 30 high an ethical level as
to reject profession because Of the
vanity 1t fosters or the egotism It on.
genders. II we did, which would es
cape?
What should we say to Professor.
ships, where a man tabulates his know
ledge, and q crowd of young minds, In
tho forming epoch of their lives, accept
the range OF his facts as the limits of nm
absolute gospel, fixed and fiLal =? Wha.
should we say of the church itself, here
young fellow Of % is licensed TO lay
down laws on the conduct of life-to
sweep over the whole domain of passion
sorrow, sin-and TO expornd the most
In1f1cult doctrines Of his creed, no man
dariug to oppose ? What kind Of train.
ing for q mans mental humility Ia
this?
In the case of the scientific Professor
the constant discovery Of now truths,
and the perpetual consciousness of an
lllimitable nature, keep his soul low on
this side, for oil that 1t Ia little puffed
upon thar; but the church is o sacred
profession, and its ministers are a
privileged class. In any case, this
vanity, this egotism of the boards has
its analogue elsew here, and We know of
no circumstances nor profession which
excludes 1t.
Platform women are just as proud OF
applause and as vain OF their powers as
l hS oStAoteUoy anu pihbfOIm women
number among them names which
slander itself cannot reach, and which
all men agree TO respect. And what ofl
The prettiest women of her circle?of her
VINO strings hearts as children string
ads. or as tho young woman, fair and
beautiful like the shining sun, strung
her w seal rings in commemorative
token of the best horsewoman at the
cover eide of the strongest pianiste in |
| a musical set ? Of the most successful
artist among the candidates for honors?
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Saturday, April 25th. 1885.
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