The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-07
ACTORS AND CORSETS.
OUR PRETTY Bah SAYS A FEW
THINGS ABOUT BOTH.


Rudeness of New York Audiences
Richard Mansfield's New Playa
Word in His Favor by a Woman
The Firing OF Actors-Fanny Daven-
pert and Mrs. Kendal-A, Chapter
on Corsets-A Girl Who Wrote
Against Them "Just to ses"-How q
Woman Should Buy ana Wear a
Corset-But for That Little aft"
NEW York, June 6-I think without
any exception, the New York audience is
the rudest in the world. People who buy
tickets for the theater buy them to see and
hear the play. They do not buy them to
form conversation cliques, to talk out very
loud, nor is it supposed that the sheriff is
after every man and woman at the theater,
aud for that reason it is necessary
Tor them to rush out out before the curtain
is fully down. There is no exception to this
last custom. Yes, there is; there's one. You
20 to the extreme east or west side, and you
Will find that the audience remains in their
eats until the very last word is said, and
are prepared to cheer the hero and hiss the
villain, as every well meaning person
'hould do. But the 400 and the 1900
attached to them and all the rest of the
people who go to the other theatres have
about as much sense as to what
DECENT BEHAVIOR TO AN ACTOR
means as gentleman cat has of the
beauties of the moon.
ms sounds as if were very indignant,
ana am. The other night Richard Mans
h al -
~ wonderful piece Of actiJg was done by
55hr Mansfield III the last act, and every
Doly who admired the combination of in
uustry and genius wanted to applaud hum
and make him understand how good they
thought it was. And they eventually did,
eut before that a troop of idiots made it
almost impossible for half the audience to
near tie last few lines, because they were
% eager to get into their belongings and
out. feel much better now that have
renewed myself on this subject, and / want
you TO rsmember that am not trying it on
anything; I'm just saying what have to
with ne.
RIHARD MANsFIELD's NEW PLAY.
Is Don Juan" good9 Richard Mans
neld d1es nothing badly. The play is full
VI goo lines, the scenery is beautiful, and
u Up last act Mr.. Mansfield does a most
Perfet piece of acting. 1t isn't the don
QUAR- you knew; it isn't the don Juan"
We fought it would be, out it is original
embarrassing. Did you ever get tired of
heafag fault found with peoplea Didn't
tefr dawn on you that the complainers
"a nis world are very many, and usually
g!aeOeople who talk the most about being
ny treated deserve its This is apropos
OF n. Mansfield. / have read stories about
nistern laws. have heard how he even
SoI women they weren't acting well. 1t has
9ea SAID to me that he objected to people
q3siihlng to come to rehearsal, and all this
" oeen accompanied by wall as if Mr..
4nSheld had not perfect right to do all
ls. Inc mystery to me is that the actor
phsger doesn't take half the people who
cne In by their Threats and fire them out.
ABOUT THE HIRING OF ACTORS.
I ne hiring of actors OF either sex ought
De business affair. The manager pays
much for certain services-he demands
iat the services shall be good. He also de-
lahos certain number of rehearsals and
emptiness at these rehearsals. If the actor
oesn't like these laws he can throw up the
ugagement, but just as long as she or he
chains In the company it is right and
: oper that the laws of that company should
IL strictly adhered to. It is just as easy to
" I'VE minutes before the rehearsal as it is