Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-02-28

acclaimed "To be or not to be-" ant
gave the blood. curdling scene between
Hubert and Arthur-'sHeat me thes,
irons hot" the prodigy roars, and -
but you have all listened to perform
ances of this kind, and the less sale
about them the better.
If child has specially
e sssE SINGING OF OF e sansa1s made
for her accordingly. A child
when she is able ito speak her lines
receives from $15 to $50 week. Child
rem in groups, who come running on
the stage and capering around little
are remunerated to the extent of 81
bill at the end of the week. For what
is called ''small speaking part" about
$lS a week is considered fair equiva.
lent.
Whats in a name" is everything to
the young aspirants for fame behind
the foot-lights; they usually eschew
everything in the everyday line and
soar to high sounding and melli1uous
appellation. Even the girls in the cho-
rus, wac are only designated by mum.
bers, choose very high-fown names,
which they are constantly changing
until they settle upon one which suits
them.
Child actors as rule are very loyal
to each other and very clannish. II
one is ever ill, half dozen others vol
unteer their services in order to keep
the place for their companion. At Da-
ly's one of the children, who occasion.
ally appears in secondary parts, has a
brother who is cripple, and it is
fnnphInn n frtf Hphi
brought for her to take home to him
pie, others perhaps bit of candy or
two or three nuts. 1t is all good fell
lowship and an earnest desire on the
part of all to do what they can for one
another.
Two little girls who are being edu-
Gated as professionals are children of
daughter of United States senator.
career for her daughter seems unac-
countable. In this case it is apparent
ly the ambition of the mother to have
her daughter become star" and she
is being educated accordingly. l think
Mr.. Gerry's society with the long name
should interfere, for here there is no
reason-beyond satisfying a foolish
ambitlon-for bringing up the child to
life which is conceded by all to be a
hard and toilsome one-none more so
in fact.
But to the playwright the field seems
rich one and already plays written
expressly for the child, who is so Won
derful, so intelligent and so charming"
have been offered to the father by the
hundreds.
Fanny the Newsgirl, was the touch
ing title of one play submitted; $1,000
the price demanded.
But, by the time you had paid the
printers bills and your company's sal
aries, and for the bills posting and a
score rso of other bill, and starring
the child from New York to San Fran
cisco and back again, you could easily
have spent $50, 900 and matchmaking
For the child has no name as yet; she
will not draw"
This was the remark of friend who
was consulted in the matter, and Fan
ME the Newsgirl," and various other
p avs with titles, grace, gay and pa
thetic, have been declined with thanks
by the senator. Doubtless in time he
will succumb to the opportunities of
the playwright, his wife and his daugh-
ter, and. cease to assist in guiding his
country and proceed to star his daugh-
ter.
Edith Widmer, a child about years
of age, possesses great dramatic ability.
At an entertainment lately given she
took the part of Hernia in "Midsum-
mer Nights Dream" her acting did not
compare unfavorably with Miss Vir-
ginia Dreher's in the same part. Lit
tie again? Nothing but low and littleY
Why will you suffer her to flout me
thus" In rendering these and similar
lines she showed to advantage the
tragic ability she possesses.
She will probably develop into q
purely emotional actress. She has
been on the stage about four years, and
made her first appearance in Rose
dale" She receives salary of from
S25 to $50 week
Carrie Nebber, a daughter of Harry
Nebber, the cOmmedian, receives sal
airy of $25 week. Her first part was
Eva in Uncle Toms Cabin"
Fannie Case and Dottie Drawbridge
are two very clever little amateurs.
Little Gertie Bosnell, Mr. Alexander
Brown, the theatrical agent tells me,
is one of the most talented children
now on the stage. When only two and
half years old she took the part of
Willie in "Pique." She next acted in
Shadows of Great City," thepashe
took the child's part-Nepe Latoi in
''Gwynne's Oath, and the child's part
in Mankind" She is now in Phila-
delphia with Seaman, acting in "Myles
Aroon."