Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-06-16

who has met her choice for life, knows il
intultlyely, thinks nothing more, but nat
nrally feels she belongs to her sweetheart.
Ihere Is no passion, no throwing ones self
away; nothing of the sort, and the kiss is
just little seal upon the agreement.
1T seems TO me a most natural thing
for young lovers to kiss each other; it's A
custom, and my stage kiss is a simple evil
dence, recognition, display, or whatever
! you may term it, of the feelings of the
character I'm assuming toward the char
acter assumed by the one kissed-the
character, mind. not the person. | can be
| thankful that | have always had GENTLE
men OF good breeding and good manners
and habits to assume the role of my low
ers, and whose personality was not repul-
sive to refinement. That is all l know
about kissing on the stage personally"
FANNY RICE THROWS LIGHT ON THE
sUBJECT.
1Stage kissing" said Nadiy, His like the
other things on the stage which appear so
nice from the audience-a hollow mock
cry. Very little actual kissing takes
place on the stage, although it is made to
appear to the audience as though it did
Nothing is easier to counterfeit on the
stage than kiss. You can do it in such
way that nineteen out of every twenty
people in the audience would be willing
to make affidavit that they beheld the
players lips glued together in brief span
OF bliss, when as matter of fact, their
lips never meet.
All depends upon the stage position of
the people concerned. l see nothing more
Objectionable in a stage kiss than a stage
embrace, or any other of the pantomime
rhapsodies which stage lovers go through,
and if there is no help for it, and the kiss
cannot be successfully simulated the best
way to do so is to come right out and kiss
honestly and openly. There is absolutely
no intent on the part of the people kissing,
and no more feeling enters into it than in
kissing a dummy. The one thing in the
head of the players is to do it gracefully
and naturally, so that it will have its full
effect on the audience.
" \ fayorite device with players to en-
phasize a stage kiss and deceive the audi
ence, is to take the head of the person who
Is to be kissed between the hands, and
slowly turning the persons head away
from the audience, kiss your own hand
with a smack that resounds all over the
house
T." | have not the slightest objection to
being kissed on the stage, and l do not
think any sensible woman who acts for Il
living has. | have never refused to be
kissed in this manner, nor do | recollect
any one who has. The only time person
aity entered into my stage kiss was at my
first rehearsal in 'Nanon' with w. T. Carle-
ton. | had never seen Carleton before,
either of or on the stage and when re-
hearsal began, in one of my scenes | had
to rush into his arms and kiss him. Carle-
ton is great big, impressive-looking man,
and L became somewhat embarrassed and
slipped while going toward him. To hide
my confusion | hurriedly sought to en-
brace him, and succeeded in bringing my
two hands about his ears with such
thump that it could be heard all over the
stage. Not so violently, Miss Rice said
Mr.. Carleton, who evidently did not relish
having his ears boxed. Please try it over
again
" | tried again, and in my confusion re-
peated the former experiment, with the
addition of kissing him on the tip of the
nose. We did not rehearse any more that
day, but it was some time before could
rush into Mr.. Carleton's arms and kiss him
without giving him the impression that l
was taking boxing lessons"