Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-23
ROSE ETYINaE'S REFLECTIONS,

So much is said everywhere, by evAry
body. about sctocs Of both sexes, what they
do-how they look-whaS they wear
where they hye-wkat mousy they get tos
their ~ork-what they do With itafter they
nave yot il. and sometimes WhsF they do
when ;hey haven't got it-that II seems
odd that nobody has ever thought of saYins
something as to what the actors themselves
nav think Of thei- multitudinous critics.
One would think thst in this age.
when the Voice Of the amateur is heard in
the land, and that so loud and so numer.
Gus as often to silence the simon pare actor,
there would longer be any mystery upon
tee6e gu hjscts.
But Indeed there are many occasions
Mhen the actor is forced into criticism OF
folks criticism keener than comPII'
mentsry.
Az. for instance, when o thsatricG! com.
pany arrives in town on q bright, sunny
Sunday morning after an all,night ride GU
ths railroad. The ladies reach the hotel
where thoy propose to stop during their stay
in the town Just about the time thAs gooi
Christian folks, ! 2, the folks who, having
got their new spring suits, have been 70
church, aud Just returned from moraing
service
The ladies Of the theatrical company,
weary, tr~ayaLstained, sleepy, hungrI, bar.
dened With travelling bags, wraps, n ali
the necceaaary "etceteras' OF continuous
travelling, ere ahown into the parlor, whsrs,
drawn up in battle srrsy, is goodly CON
psny Of ladies who are at home; aud spot
less in their Sunday attic, aud @ho, Ding
extremely well-drasfed aud neat themselves
feel corrsSpondiugly ~virtuous and respsct
sble. and are filed with wonder, nos IN
mingled with horror, at the fac that oct
resses will travel Sundsys.'
Or, when an actress goes for an hocr &c
a picture gallery to refresh slIks her Phy'I
cal and mental nature With the qniet, cool
~regoseful atmosphere she hopes to hnc
there.
She is wandering quietly among thu pie
lures. drinking in great drafts from IN
glorious and glowing formation OF art a.
cnlv man or woman Of artistic tempara
ment can do, when suddenly a whisper
reaches her.
"Niss Smithers Of the Hyperion II
an instant ell eyes are fastened n0on her
Her enjoyment vsnishas. Her brlei
holiday is ended. No matter if msnY o
the glances lsveled her are full OF adm,ra
ton. homage. almost affection. None tn
less do they hurt and distress her.
They have robbed her OF herself.
She has ceased to be a ous ssekini
m hours rest aud recreation. She ID al
| object OF curiosity. =,
These things occur quite as feeqnenti,
ana q. painfully in large cities as IN snai
| towns and in the latter there is often a vel
! of simplicity in the incident that roos It o
| OF much Of its sting. -,
Indeed, when il is taken into colsidera
| ton the annoyance ofa theatrical comPan
| sometimes gives The hest OF a primihV
hotel in a small town during a few hour
! aoinurn with him, it is scarcely to be VOL
dered nj that their advent is more a matte
! of curiosity than pleasure. -.
A short time ago the advance agent
| Of nv company arrived in a quaint Lttt
town in Michigan where We proposed I
make a onenisht stand. He applied q
The only hotel for accommodations. In
landlord, an elderly man, patrisrchial Ii
he simplicity of his appearance, ru6oe
his chin and scratched his head with o he'
hating manner aud said:
wall dunno Bsthey togeY actors!
The agent quite in the dark as to HI
meaning begged for az explanation.
81 mean, be they togey scsors2 Cos
hey be Id ruthsr not have 'sm. The IA
'ot ss we're here Vas tosey actors and the
nix all the sheets over 10 the 'cademy tn
t~ogsvs, and clean turgot to bring 81
back"