The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-04
II Is the Only Sort, Says an Actress.
That Is Really Ar
tistic. I
Happily II IL Ia Vogue Only on
the Stage, Paid for
Weekly.
Players and Their Oscuiatury Eccsntrici-
tiss-Womsn Kiss Eaoh Othsr More
Raptursusly but Loss Neatly.

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Harriet Nartineau says, "A kiss Of the
mouth often toncheth not the heart" A
definition that fits tho whole category Of
stage kisses. Every play has ita kisses and
every player his idea Of bestowirR them,
modified in many instances to suit tho
actress or songstress. Kissing, like the
rest of the stage business, is carefully re-
hsarsed, and great artists have no hest
tancy in telling = leading man, or q tenor.
whore and how they wish to be kisseds
Alnost any actor can kiss The heroine to
whom he 10 making love, but II takes an
artist to put the rsverent affection in the
kiss imprinted on the brow and cheek Of
the lady playing the role Of mother or ais.
ter.
There 10 not 4 more. kisaabls woman ON
the American stage than Miss Selma Fetter,
says the New York World. She has . very
pretty mouth. nncommonly fne teeth and
the beauty and charm OF health and refine
ment. Her share of stage kisses A. we'll a.
her good taste enables her to speak intslli-
gently on the subject.
IA kiss to be artistic must be impersonal,"
abe says, otherwise it is apt to be quite as
disgusting to the audience as . company
kiss to q third party. There WAS consider
able kissing in she Henrietta during ito
long run, but il would have been impossible
to make il more delicate. played the
part of the widow and when l tainted in
the brokers' arms he kissed me, but 80
lightly that the touch of his lips was scarcely
p%erceptible. Mr.. Crane 10 too good an
artist to do an inartistio thing.
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kissed Agnes he charmed his audience. He
told her he was going to kiss her; she hung
her head, blushed and yielded. Then he
pecksd at her pretty face. first at her fore
head, then her cheek and again at her lips.
They were in perfect keeping with the char.
acter and. while the audience always roared
with amusement, the sentiment was there
and It was appreciated. All winter ! played
in Don Caesar Mr.. Alexander Salvini
made love to me and kissed me at every
performance: He used makeup to strength.
en- his mustache and, as y result, imprinted
Il small circle or larRe-sized period in the
center of my cheek. In Friends Mr.. Lewis
Henderson and / are cast for lovers. One
scene calls for a very strong portrayal and
very Delicate work. 1t ia the actor who be-
slows the first kiss upon the lips of his
sweetheart, and it is the actress who is in
f1uenced by the passion that swsetens it,
but neither ths man nor the woman has
my feeling in the matter. II they had the
audience would be placed in an ombarrass-
Mr.. j. Glendenning played leading parts
with Mrs. Kendall on the other side. He had
nice thinRs to say Of her and her de-
votion to art.
IT remember the first time 7 played with
her in The White Lie she wanted q good
was a little timid about making the advance
the part called for. She saw at once my
difidence and %graciously came to my res
cue. Now, Mr.. Glendsuning,' she said. I
want you to feel as unoonstrained towards
me as you do towards your wife. You are
to how me just as much affectionate atten,
ton. Don't hesitate in the least to smooth
my hair or caress me- This at once put me
ut my ease and I kissed her face and her
hair and her fingers. and when my kisses
were not definite enough she told me 20 M
! modified them. This is what every true
feeling in the matter han there il in Offer
ing the leading lady q chair or returning
her fam"
When Miss Emma Vaders played with
Mr.. Booth she always began to get uncom-
Portable about kissing him and to face
Mr.. Booth depended on
Egyptian black for his whiskers. and a part
his comedy was to lenve a mustachs on
the shrew's face wherever he happened to
kiss her.
Jean de Reszke had a tender way Of tax
ing the sopranos face between his hands,
bending down and kissing the part in her
blonde wig that was very effective. MIR.
Bell. Maud Harrison's husband, 10 always
the chivalrous, high-minded lover and de-
posits his caresses on the soubrette's front
hair. In his whole stage career he has
never been known to get any nearer to her
lips thar her bang. Mr.. Edwin Royle, on
fha nfhAr hand ha1iavaa in iaco1 rno1ior,
He has kissed the leading lady on her pom
padour roll. but never without Protest.
Dlxey has always been recognized as a
kiSser; n night he will kiss the lead
lady with vigor and finish and the next
omit it altogether. De Wolfe Hopper's
kisses are among his funniest attractions;
when Mme. Cotrelly was in the company he
hand and pressing it to her rosy lips; Lily
Post frequently submitted her beautiful
arm to be kissed from wrist to shoulder bv
the comedian. Digby Bell is too dyspeptio
to give much attention to the practice.
Henry Hallam. the tenor, never could kiss
E. j. Henley'a 'Gloriana" kisses are any
thing but 10y, and sparks have also been a
feature Of Mr.. Robert billiards.. kisses. 1t
Mr.. Harry billiards explosive kisses
In tho opera "Polly" when Miss Russell was
Riry fairy Lillian. that made kindling of the
mantel over the domestic hearth.
Teddy Solomon stopped in the middle of
orchestra.
In the Pearl of Pekin' Mr.. Joseph He T.
bert laviehed his kisses on the Pearls arm.
HIS makeup was laid on with a brush and
knife, and contact was anything but agree
able, Miss Delia Thorne. being the recipient,
mas mad a positive aversion to all sorts and
conditions of kisses ever since.
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