Arizona republican., 1891-02-25
AN ACTRESS HARD HOT.
SHE HAS TO WORK HARDER THAN
 MOST PEOPLE DREAM oF.

With from Seven to Nine Perforinanses
 Week, Travelling aud Daily R.'hears.
 als. she Has Little Time Lslft 10,
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 Seems to me it must be lots of fun to be an actress. should 80 like to he one. You have such nice times trsvelng around, and then you sec so muck of the world" It was sweet little biL of in. genuosity with large brown eyes v1ho made this remark. Her vis-a-vis, whose name is well known to the thsiatrical world, looked at her moment nluch as fond parent listens to tho sometimes startling chatter of child and l,epised, half sadly, "You have much tu learn, my dear" s.... I
 Then, after closing her exqrisively curved lips over succulent Blua Point, she pushed her plate from her and, added; But don't try to learn the truth or ials. ity of your belief by experience. Put full confidence in me, little one, vVhan tell you that this time you are very wrong. There is very little fun in the life of an actress--none that shp might not have in some other vocation-'-and as for seeing the world, by which you doubtless mean taking in the sights of the different cities in which sh,s plays, well, listen to me moment.
 EMBARRASSING.
 "A week ago Sunday night In New York, after rehearsing for three hours in the afternoon play which we lad been producing nightly since the beginning of the season, we took the train for Boston. We got there Monday morning, snd after breakfast rehearsed at the Globe theatre till half-past 1. Then we lunched and took the o'clock train for Worcester, where we arrived just in time to get to the theatre and dress for the play. It over, we repacked and took trafa the next morning at 9:30, for Albany, where we arrived at 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
 We rehearsed till o'clock, gut supper and rushed back to the theatre to dress. My cue comes few moments after the curtain goes up, and that night, ewing to delay in getting my trunk, 1 was late in getting dressed and kept the stage waiting not quite fifteen seconds, for which I was fined B. We rehela sed two hours the next morning, and the after noon was spent listening to the manager read new play and give his directions as to how he wanted the different cEar- acters interpreted.
 That night after the play we took the 1 :S5 a, III. train for Rochester, where we arrived in time for breakfast. Then we rehearsed the new play till noon, and in the afternoon we rehearsed the old one. The hotel westopped at was poor one, and the meals were worse. My dressing room at the theatre was 70 cold that l got n sore throat. We took the 2:20 a. no. for Buffalo, afttr almost freezing to death at the hotIsl, and in order not to mar tho even tenor of our way there was no fire in the car.
 We all counted, however, on being able to get some rest at our hotel in Buffalo. But immediately we had break fast we were ordered to report at the theatre for rehearsal. We rebiear,ed till o'clock, and were told to be back at 8 to rehearse an act of the old play. l lay down for moment after dinner and did not awake till supper time of course missed the rehearsal, and of cturse ! was fined 8. f T
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 "The next day being Saturday the manager was good enough to lea'e us to ourselves in the morning. But, my love, you may be sure that if any one spent the time taking in the sights tf the city it was in his dreams, for no one got up till dinner time, and after dinher we had all to go to the theatre for ths matinee. After the evening performance. which was cut at every possible point, we packed as quickly as possible to catch the Chicago train at 1l80. had an upper berth over some old man who snored so l couldn't sleep. and when we reached Chicago Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock Twas worn out. But managed to snatch an hours sleep at the hotel; then had to rush to the theatre, for in Chicago. you know, we play Sunday nights, No, we don't play in many other cities on Sunday, only In New Or. leans and St. Louis, but i'll. tEe after noon we must always have long re- hearsal, which Is about as hird. 4 f<I
 "Well, because the play went a little badly in one or two places Sunday night (and it was no wonder, considerng that most all of us were nearly dead for want of sleep) we had to rehearse 1t twice on Monday, once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Tuesday vie rshearsed the new piece twice, and on Wednesday morning we rehearsed it again. In the afternoon we had matinee. This morn ing we had to rehearse, and we had an- other matinee this afternooii--and when we have finished our supper, little one, I must hurry back to the theatre to play. |.
 "Is this the way always +woik1 Yes. And too, as expect to have tt, work go long as remain on the stage, and as most all whom you see before the foot lights with smiling faces and who, you think, must have such lots, of fun and see so much of the world, have to work. Now, do you like to be an a,trfss?" The little one stunned for the mtment by ths death of her ideal life, looked mourn fully into the face of tho actress, then slowly shook her head. Chicago Herald.
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