The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-02-23
ACTRESS LIFE.
Nine. Janauschek's Interesting
Comments General Stage
Notes.

said that the stage, more than any other
calling or profession, places woman on
business equality with man. When she
possesses equal reputation and popu-
larity, and can draw an equal number OF
people and dollars. she is as well paid as
her male competitor for the same service,
though ON entering any other door TO hon
est employment her sex initiates heavily
| against her in the matter OF compensa-
ton This fact has caused many Thought
| full women TO look longingly towards the
stage Not OILY does the actress enjoy
/ over women of other occupations the ad=
vantage of more equitable remuneration
but her calling is also less labofious.
| What comparison, in that respect be-
tween the life of an actress, who labors
two or three hours in every twenty-four,
| and that of the shopWOmau or sales
lady on duty and on her feet--for she Is
seldom permitted to sit down = from
eight a. IN. TO six O'Clock p. M; OF the
| household domestic. whose work is never
done, or the female stenographer or book
keeper, or. indeed, the woman in any
other vocation open to women
Constant travelling from city to city
is the hardest feature OF an actress life
Fifteen years ago, when every theatre
had settled stock company, she escaped
all that, unless she had the misfortune to
be a star But the present combination
system has deprived her OF settled home
and reduced her to the level OF strollIng
player. -
Actresses are usually long lived The
percentage of longevity is greater among
t them than among women of any other
rank or walk or life, fact tnat speaks
: volumes for the healthfulness OF the
! stage. Reasonable activity of mind and
| body benefit our sex. and, under fair con-
Il; 10 N a
actress to impair her health. How rare
illness is among actresses is shown by
their seldom failing to appear.
Actresses keep better hours than so
ciety women, and the latter deserve more
4 sympathy in the matter OF scant dressing.
In London. where all ladies' wear full
evening dress at the theatre, l used 70
pity the poor creatures shlverlng In JhelI
{ decollete toilets. for English theatres are
not warmed like ours. while we ladies on
the stage, being actively employed, were
: perfectly comfortable, though dressed IN
. a similar way.
"An actress possessing the requisite
| qualifications may hope to win an 1nde
: pendent position on the stage. some &c
not desire it, and are, perhaps, all tht
: happier. Occasionally, in the matrlmonla
| lottery, they draw non-profeSslonal nus
. band, and retire to the domestic hearth
= Then their professional sisters left behinc
must repress a pang OF envy, as they con
u slider the many opportunities OF those Tor
!. tunate ones for peaceful happiness
After all, let the triumphs OF the act
ress be ever so brilliant, it is in the home
I. circle that woman appears to the creates
!, advantage, and it is there that her high
u est honors are to be won.'
II "OId Lavender"
Commencing tomorrow night Mr.. I'D
# ward Harrigan makes his first appearance
Of q weeks engagement at the Academ.
q OF Music in "Old Lavender"
'Old Lavender" abounds in jolly musI
and quaint PHI rases, in the catching ful
| and the lively passages, which have done
SO much for the success of Mr.. Harrigan's
local PLAYS. 1t has pathOs as well, ant
the picture which the author-actor give:
us of the warm hearted, whole-soulet
boon companion brought by the wrong
doings of others TO the clutch of seyeres
9 / poverty and distress, touches the source
:, of tears, though the CHEEKY manner Il
which he bears misfortune, and the gro
n tesque way he has of putting his mora
y izing. go to the springs Of laughter. Fey
g men on the stage could play such par
2 as Edward Harrigan plays this, with
y finish, a sympathy. delicacy that al
admirable
70 Jacobs Hobolxen Theatre.
ly The successful engagement of IN
g Partner comes to close with the tw
"a performances today
y Commencing tomorrow. Monday an
es during the entire week, Pete Bake
in will be seen in his two splendid singin
I'd comedies, 'sFhe Emigrant' and Chr
st and Lena t.Pete' Baker though /
d has had u career and experience rh,
when told, must be the envy of som
ve more pretentious comedians, is just no
id in the bloom and strength OF his powe
a. He prsnces about the stage with alacril
in and sings his popular songs in excellel
m Voice and with detachable ease His su
rs mort is all that could be expected.
Comes--Thc Grand Duchess.
On next Tuesday evening THE Graz
Of Duchess will make her first appearan'
= at me Casino Although she has bee
RI saen several times in this country. y
fa fhis visit ought to prove interesting,
- Mr. Aronson has dressed her up so thl
~. She might even seem to be new child
IS her father, Jacques Ohenbach. All Il
II mnsic OF the German score has been 7
Nv tanned for this production, and the a
~ sence OF the usual topical song wi
Is be relief.
M Rudolph Aronson has prepared
eumptuous frame for the opera Yhel
he ara three acts and four scenes. The FIRST
h an eucampment in winter, and everythin
er IL covered with snow: the second q
u acane ii 3 white and amber salon; q
. firsr scene Of the last act is q corridor
II the castle. and the last seems OF all Is
id exact duplicate Of the hrst act scsnes y