Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-18

est OF al the arts, and that is precisely
what it ia. Anybody who possesses the
average amount OF cerebral gray matter
and wbo has money enough to diess
deceLtlY can Gct-I will not say well, bur
acceptably, Anybody can /. arm words By
rote and acquire certain grace Of diction
and bearing thxt will pass muster with
The most critical and long-suffering audi
| ence that ever sst through an amateur
performance. II does not take much
practice to learn he trick Of clear, well
moduIated voice, and all these things
taken together form the constituent parts
Of the modern society actress. No par.
| iiculsr training IL educstion is necessary
in order to act. Anybody can do it, Just
as anybody who chooses can learn the
alphabet. Bat show me the man or wo-
man who can write q fairly good hand or
paint 8 respectable picture Mess fitted
| for II by nature, and then they are not
only able to succeed moderately after
| months and cf;en years OF toll and perse-
versnce? Therefore, 81 Mr.. Moore re-
uarks, acting may be set down very pro-
baby az the lowest OF the arts.
There are quite q number OF society
| actresses IN PaEis, ladies Of the highest
position, who being fully swsrs OF the
fact shat the French capital is the chief
i.drlmatic, center OF the world, study long
spd carefully uRtil their method becomes
& fsint Re fiction Of that belonging 20 the
artists OF the: Coincide Frsncsise. In
London there STE likewise society women
who set for their own amusement sad
pro 1sblY for the amusement Of those from
whom politspess or necessity compels
attention, and In Nav York there are
some half dczsn amateur ACTRESSES who
OF late years have appeared constantly
before the public. A. to their respective
merits tor demsrita l will refrain from
passing % opinion, but nevertheless
will remark en- PEASANT TIA: when Mrs.
Potter, the most bIillisnt star in tho con.
steustion, decided to adopt the stage IS
9 profession she found she knew but little
or nothing concerning the Requirement S
Of her art. Her accomplishments had for
long time been good enough for society
which spent its feeble energies in bursts
Of rEpturous applause, but when 1t came
TO exhibiting the same talents to our
dramatic cIitics-sllons done!
II Is curious and interesting spectacle
to see people open their oocketbo oks with
esger alacrity and pay IS tor the privilege
OF seeirg Miss Elsie de Wolfe, yet when
Bernhard or Hsding visits New Y nrk and
the scale OF prices Is raised from 81 80 to
50 so, these same persons grumbie sbou!
tee wholly uuwsrrant1ble eXtravagsnce
forced upon them and call the various
arrangements 9 Sc: Of impairment i'm
posters. This Ia subject for you, o
philosophers CT the nineteenth century,
and leave you to speculate and deploce
while l draw some brief sketches OF our
most prominent society actresses. Per-
sonslly, assure you, they ere all Charm
ing women.
Miss de Wolfe, who may justly be re.
gsrded es entltl ID to be named FIST on
the list, has devoted her time snd her
Efforts almost exclusively 10 theatricsls
ever since she first entered society as
rosebud Of a girl. Sac Is handsome
girl sad possesses Whist the French call
Gu CHEN. Her eyes and hair are dsEk,
her hgure slight and grictiul and her
smile brilliant. could not.presend to
snumeIate all the plays Miss de Wolfe