The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-01-24
CONFESSIONS or AN ACTRESS.
H.,w - Chicago Girl Made Hes Esr~f Ar
p<ayxuee Oa the F<xt.fsr Ssa.s

peaFxnes on the Eex,,isr stage.
You may talk of tho pride and iay
of the war horse when he ''si1,clleth
the battle from afar." Tell you Lis
ieeiings are tame compared to tyiy
emotions when signed ti,.t CONTRACT
1t was my first engagement That Is
TO say. my first real gssi' engage
ment | had gone GA and said. NY
lord. the carriage waits, and. "a gen.
t.cnan to see you. my lady" before.
but had never had O change Ia play
a good part, and now had not only
one. but half q dozen. good parts, for.
you must know. we wer going To
play repertoire. At last | could
lc, out my pent up feelings in an emo
tioial part.
My friends had never shown that
enthusiastic admiration for my iaienls
which felt was my due Now !
would show them that was not what
they were pleased to call IA stAge
struck idiot" but q. heaven born
g-niusr When | applied for my first
engagement ! was deeply incensed
wien | found Nhat my part was |
mean the m y lorrfsthetassiags gaitss'
part. but | reelected thnt all geniiises
were sure 10 be snubbed. | would be
patient would bide my time
Wien ! saw Miss c.. the leading
lady, rehearse Has sHrp she could
not play the part So laid my pia,ls.
True, only had two lines TO speak,
but would deliver them with such
telling fnrep as TO astonisl, every ONE.
In the n.eaqtime wsnla learn she
leading part by listening 70 reheale4ls..
Ii would he apparent TO every one this
tina night that the leading woman
was Eiiscast. They would want
change | would play the part. make
hit, and then my fortune would be
made. felt sorry for the leading
wo,nag, fer she was always pleasant,
but reflected thai sing WAS % years
old und' If She Was eyer going TO make
an actress she ought 70 90 pne bE this
time. So the s99ner she found oat
she could not act the better for Res,
! The first night came. was at the
theatre at 6 o'clock making up. ] was
oil dressed by Z. ! walked up and
down the dressing room, thinking
what ! would say TO the manager when
he iss, asstsf rs s;r M sss ssaHf "a sa %, A. A.
on until the third net, but I vent hD
on the Stage and watched the play;
To my surprise the leiding "eriaH got
great deal of applause Al tho end
OF the second act she was called before
t,.e curtain she must have a great
many iniudicious friends in front. "
thought I. Wsep the third act went
on | wasiat MY NJ y'Ibfa>eee. {yhen nv cue
pr.eleed. With i stately tread Thdd'
vaneed to tho eefltep ~ tiia sttAgesr .My
lord, the carriage Wnits." said |, Ia MY
best Dclsarte voice. Tie leading maii.
10 whom | addressed my remark,
gazed at ne in dumb amazcment. The
fcadi.g woman turned scarlet under
all her make up "Aila." thought
|. she sees II rivalr' When ! went OH
The stage what was my chagrin TO sec
tier in spasn,s OF laughter. The leading
man seemed angry about something.
thought he was indignant because
Ebe laughed What's the matterf'
said 20 1,.m nMatisr How dare yol'
come OH hi,d 'Tnin' my pest sesDti
Whoever put you uptd that viii bh.
swer 10 me for il. It was that s,oufi'
drcl Jones that did it. Just because
he knew | would make hit in the
part I'll teach him!"
What on earth did he meant ] was
perpiesed, unspmfsstabls. What hppd
doie1 Was this Il plGt agflilst mef ]
hed heard Of such things. bliss a.--~.'
called me to her: Come here, my
dear" sl,o said; "iont feel bad; hell
get over it; lie is quick tempered, but
he's k;sd hearted. You meant all
right, bill Where OH sasih did You get
that walk and that tragic v6icei'
She nearly burst out laughing again
but her cue came. She gave me 3
kindly lit.lo pat an the eb,esk, With I / hei g
fan aud wont on. Qear, klna hearaeG
fun loving Annie c.. How many
times since we have laughed over that
, night. | went down stairs in dazc
, Where were all my plans, my dreams
Vanished. rs many poor girls have
vanished on the hrst night of ae~
, piece.
! learned afterward that the stag
the part. bnf Ma MIS- ti Tsa interfered s en} s
be2gcd item TO lei me me keep the tW5
lines and she would coach me in thsn1i
! She did, iaa ana tiien pessa the i9nt
list of farors have 10 thank her fol
put, goodness how ! have. wandere.
from my subject ! was going TO tel
| You of my first good part, but this let
} ter llas grown SO long am afraid L
write more, so I'll leave that until an
other time. --Columbine in Chicag'
Tribune.