The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-11-03

" OTkSnOB L 2NAt4sN - "a. ''''NTs
The first thin, :, T.. { % with the young
lady-but by he NAY .ufI2s paid Tor her
first course she - $40 .uAeer a y Dung 4aoy,
she is an ~Asp.rant'-la - Z her cIoEhes 70
hang. They never DO III real ne In rea4
life women dress In profess onal NE they
drama 4 Ialy hsS p.;iits and things An
.,-rass has folds If she embarked on
the sea of high come y She might as well oe-
gin bv getting her sheets III TIE wind one
must look like Juliet be:vr- she can talk IKE
her
Here she is. learning sweep pose, re-
nose and limos l.,r first lines are IN
her skirts She has to ct these before she
oats shakespeare : ali r lessons are
taken in costume She haS 10 manage nef
train while tn teacher manages the train
inr. She may be said to be hanging on the
the skirt Of the drama Dress brst, address
afterN ards Tragedy bsginS with the monu-
mental and enus with the sentimental
After the aspirant has learned how to have
things hang right she must learn 10 nave
them move right She Al : got 10 loosen our
her Joints, and it Is p.oN that every
social Young lady who Eas not become an
asDirant uses her arms from the elbow and
her elbow from the wrist ana her wrist from
the fuger-tius SEE cannot strike out nor
stride She is a charming combination OF
sidIe slope and stump size melt from one
action to anoth in snow ie Ike fashion
without muscular purpose. she has &C.
gightfuI inclination To glide when she oughI
to step out aggress1Vely
HOW To STAND, GlOf AND SPEAK
So sbe has the foIs put in,O her hands to
loosen her up and astOulsh some OF the glrI
muscles that have been lying dormant. For
this exercise she ,iispe-ses with her sKlrts
AID dons pair of -ort trousers ana oIouse
Jacket She looks very lefty III IL she
has a trim figure, ana 1t Is interesting 70
note how rapidly her supple Dody aoaP1s
itself to the rules OF the ART AT Hrs1 sHe
is a little timid sine is afraid or having
~. a1,as mt ont and wins with her head
s,verted and reminds you of girl on
wsshstand killing mus uitoeS But as soon
as she finds out that she has EeXors there Ia
! fine vital grace gets into ner hmos, ana
| fine glow comes into her cheekS-tWo shaues
/ excitement and one shade muscular exercise
! of late, boxing lessons have become 4ulOe
! fashionable at the dramatic schools most OF
! the astirants pre.eIrtng the gloves TO the
! foils though as a rule they do not take 10
| them so we'll. and certainly do not appear
| to the same picturesque advantage as Win
the duellist's weapons.
! Having learned how to stand and how to
move, the next thing is to learn now 10
speak Here comes in the whole elocutloh-
! arv business Most of the theatrical coaches
nave cnt the old recitation nonsense. Aux
TtaIjens" and the Maniac" have no place IN
their text books They puG the splran1
! into an acting role at once and make her
| 90 through it with al the stage business, as
| if she we're before an audience. The pro-
lessor always let's her do 1T her own way
| first. and endeavors to make her THINK IL
ont with her own intelligence, thus preserV-
ing, if possible, her individuality ana OF
iginality.
1t is a very pretty sight to watch some or
these girls developing into stage pi lures
from neophytes to nymphs A natul al
nymDh is OF no account, 1t seems, LOT Tue
stage. She has to be reconstructed, nave
her feet turned out, her knees strengthened
her toes pointed, her arms bent into curves
But it all cores about by degrees one
gets structural ease and pCise after awhile;
6nds ont that she has legs instead Of limbs
and begins to have a pictorial sense OF
things And it is the Movement or these
technical graces that marks the aplomb OF
the professional actress
TRAINING FOR PICTURESQUE WIFEHooD.
This human WORKSHOP deals with two
kinds of material Of late a new order OF
'spirant has crowded into the field. She Is
the social declamer the amateur-proIes'
sional who doesn't want to go on the stage
only TO make a sensation III the salon with
E. ,(lstIer Joe" and similar sentiment But
she wants 10 do it with the air OF an actress
who knows all about it. This order OF
'spirant is distinct from the girls who mean
lI.iness But it is interesting to know thai
j,,. g ms with the same methods and puts
Loves before she puts Oh the sock anG
} buslin.
. ould drop in some morning on thu
~, ,o, would Sc uiieJ in all stages Of
construction. Kate ethereal, volubIe, qulV
ering with intelligence, would have climbed
past the bal, ony and arrived at the "potior
scene" Ruth trim and graceful as a spray
of golden rod, would be hanging at Romeo
bread basket" and Cora would be mar
} arguing the nurse OF asking the wallpaper
wherefore art thou" liter which sh'
} would throw herself into cushioned chan
{ and present to US the picture Oh elegant rs
} pose out of which stuck little IooI ina
had more eIocution in it than you can nn'
| in some peoples whole bodies
= DOUBTLESS there is an enormous advantage II
these lessons. even if the 'spirants neve
reach the Parnassus of the stage door, AM
| only fall bv the way into some matTimonls
nitfal They become at least picturesqu
r wives, and it is generally understood tina
, that is what men want. There is certain
8 charm in having wire who can receive Xix
: Nedea and entertain Ii 3 Lady Macbeth, wn
, can play the piano if she were play In
4 Ircrezia Borgia and read the morning
S naner as if she were reading Dante's In
ferno~ To be able to make soup with
: "Vbat ho!" and order tue milk with
=, aPrithee come up" and discharge the rec
i headed cook with a grand ME thinks thi
|, is too much" and wave away the gas ma
" with an arm-sweep superb, are attainment
r that do not come by nature New or
. World