Telegram-herald., 1889-04-17

W. s..'a. - s.s.'i''s Z. !. 5.3. :.
likely - 20 hunt
Ell ~ aspirants FOR stellar honors While
Ihsss ambitious persons are o. ~ found Ia 10th
sexes and GA every side they are mostly
women aud may be roughly divided into
three Glasses. the society debutante. the ex-
ssrlcncei actIczs, and tie nov go wh0 has
been on the stage only season or two There
5 little money 70 DC made out Of a male star,
unle1s hs be a really hne actor " DO has been DO,
fore The public for many years Even then his
success vii largely depend on the taking
qualities of the new play IL which be must TO
presented IL Is impossible FOR women stars
u draw IN woll worn repertoire, but the
man who has not the same attraction Of per
sonallty must endeavOr 70 replace II by nov
city OF dramatic material How true this is
may be seen even ia the cases II established
fav0r.tes Despite the wonderful popularity
OF RIP Van Wukle. jefferson found II al
yisabe 10 lay it aside for tlme and Flor
ence, Crane and Robson. Goodwin. ManteA,
and the numerous Interpreters Of Irish com
edy Try a new play nearly every season.
According 70 The New York Tribune the
society debu;ante has become Of late the
fayOrite with the manager ~ no wants 10 add
10 tho theatrical constellation Two reasons
urge him To this choice: first that more
preliminary paragraphing can DO obtained
about such woman, and second, that she or
her friends can generally find a part Of the
money necessary for the preliminary boom
ing" II is not certain that the word boom"
originated in dramatic circles but it has been
made more Use Of there than anywhere,
has also it companion word hustle" Every
enterprising manager and agent Is now de-
scribed as hustler, and t Is the hustler"
who works up "booms" II the debutante is
supplied with an attachment in the shape of
a scandal, so much the better for the ''hus-
ter for he cOntrives 10 get good deal OF
FREQ advertising about the unsavory fact
"Nctoriety at any cost" might be taken as
the motto OF the hustler" II the scandal
does not exist, he adroitly hints at one TO
newspaper men foolish enough TO be caught
By his chaif, and an untrue story printed one
day is triumph, for be can always secure a
denial Of il on the next The devices Of star
producers are numerous, but, as a rule, rather
threadbare, and undoubted reward awaits
the discoverer Of new way of making q
sensation. We have had stars whose matri-
monial difficulties have been disgustingly en-
larged upon, stars who have sought to claim
aticaIly, or even less securely, united TO Euro
pean princes, or who have boasted of the as
sertion that they were illegitimate daughters
of English dukes; stars who are prosecuted
by the attention of strange admirers, crazy
or otherwise; stars who are robbed of dia-
monds, thrown periodically from carriages
or horses, aud are followed by wicked men,
who occasionally cut or the back hair, which
/ grows long enough to DO cut again with ex-
traordinary, almost incredible, rapidity.
The fencing, rowing and other athletic
amusements of stars are paraded, and we
! havo even been told at length how some play
at being farmers and dairy maids in their
J summer vacations. Nothing is too trivial,
/ too personal, or too scandalous for tho ''hus-
/ tier who can get into print whether il be
| details of the flirnsiest costume or a substan-
/ tial accusation against the character or good
taste Of his star The hustler, either by his
own hand or through the medium of some
/ hired scribbler who can put together para
/ graph in more or less decent English, delugeS
the dramatic editors Of city and country
papers with notices. In the largo cities he
! gets little attention, but In places where mat
/ ter is scarce and news is not forthcoming
/ his inventions often secure a certain amount
! Of publicity
The second class Of would be stars, com
posed Of actresses who. having fought theiI
way 10 the front rank of stock and cOmbina
+ tioa companies. seek more fame and money
docs rot supply many stars as 1t should
/ Talent and good looks arc not wanting, but
tie speculative manager j. apt 20 crave a new
sensation of the first class, and 10 think that
wha; the public h.ls seen for from fiye TO ter
T wears must be more or lcss stale. IL is a sac
bit unquestionabie truth that ~ late year;
( "sen-ati1ua.isn' has grown To b. more ifn
portals than talent In dramatic matters
Everything is ''circuscd. - and were it not for
the devoted and oft illrequited efforts of the
managers OF few first class stock companies
things would b far worse than they are.
The third class Of aspirants. composed o.
4 novices. usually has "A taste for that Yecul
iarly American form Of comedy which Lotta,
Minnie Palmer and Annie Pixlev have popu
larlzei. These GsIdrants are often graduates
from tho variety boards vhose principal re-
lance Is banjo playing. singing aud dancing
I They are generally supplied with that mys
tsrious individual termed a hacker" who
I furnishes the funds foT a dash at ''stariom.
AID the star hires a manager Instead Of beng
hired bJ ons
But 70 whatever class ths debusants NAV
+ bolon-. the expense n looming" ter +
abous the same and for one week at Neu
YORK theatre of good reputation vii aInc AIT
- nearly 5000 TINS seems a large sum
but few items VIII show rs Approximate
correctness Managers O. New York thea
tros vii only rent 70 unknown attractions
aad The weekly rental VIII vary according &
he season and house from s. 80 to g 40
Getting up printing VII cost nearly so. ard
fairly literal neSspaTer advertising the same
amount TIE salaries o. the company. W 10
~ course. get q higher rate than usual foi
ore week which recessitafes two weeks a
rcaoaTsals vii not - "a short of . 90 an
tho balance is quicsiv absorbed In dresses
aid incldenfaiS Should the s-aT ard piece
on which after. Z a new one. a paTu1eri'
tss ~ he uade. prove successful 'tine" car
% booked for a tcur llrin- tie f1lIoei-
season. rIr the maHaErr vlI nesi a c7rs-a
cl f1HU or Stu0 II tae star ar3 r.r-
sta fsl tae $500 -sl .r larr.-zr and
lra.elevaltT lost It SD D. seem taere,srs
taat tee introducing ~ ue- s1rs IS an *
rc1aVe and risky venture a--. rer--r'rlss
srssrr-s st their Introduction 70 rot gr1T
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