The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-03-05

tolTo company IN llIlnOl6. anu my nr6C part
was Esther Eccles in Caste It was not easy
work. but the experience was invaluable.
Later I met with a stock company In Bal
timore and played a different part every
week. And such ambitious efforts they were
everything from Lady GAY Spanker to Iphioenia.
/ wouldn't dare to attempt them now. 1t was
q case OF fools rush In where angels fear to
tread But 1t wasan excellent training school.
Practical experimental study is positively es-
sential In this profession. The lack OF oppor-
tunity for this sort Of drill Is one OF the dis
couraging conditions to beginners now: but.
on the other hand. more society parts are
written requiring only refined. ladylike inter-
probation. A girl can't be trained by rehearsal
to be a lady. 1t is easy enough for a lady to
assume tho character OF a common woman,
but a common woman can't. somehow. become
a lady to order. 1t needs the good breeding.
And 80 a different element is coming into tho
profession. More well-educated. refined wo-
men are found among actresses. and it creates
q different atmosphere.
And after tho baltimore experience Mr..
Boucicault offered me the part OF Arts U'Neii
In The Shaughraun.' and later still l played
the dual part in 'Hoodman Blind representing
two sisters. one an, English peasant girl. the
other a woman OF the streets. 1t was then and
Is stu one Of my fayorite parts and second in
ii;;sit Tshind Me- i am particularly ty' fond Sni' Of
strong woman. and | am almost tired OF Weep
Ing parts. You Know they say that tho minute
cinisr Armstrong amnsntpToph comes on the stage the in
satisfied until every. one in the theatre is sob.
bling. But that is quite foreign to my real self.
the blues in my life. aud | would like TO be n
little bit happy on the stage.
Ian it has always been my ambition to be the
and i inIiii it lust as delightful s as i hsI 19d renm.
ed it. i was a fight and a pull to get here. |
night stands. the burning Of midnight oil over
learning n now part q week. the wretclied
e eIais tI.st the I" i mace IS t,e p ptaIef fab but stu
men. The hardest thing about 1t is 10 live IN
to your own successes. ion make n hit in one
play. or You are accused OF retr"sradinw' One
o!ths sad things Is that you. must fight your
H G%ve e Gsisnder !. "G %ith the he for Sss, an ;n actress to
may harm her more than her m "''
r,Ihs g,sstrst Disadvantage; and It is
home influence: think that is Why TIT lave %.
always been SO hapnv u my work. because /
have always taken ny home with mo. Imeyer
travelled without my sister. She used to niav
small paris. too. when We first began. Now /
take her and my maid too: When am in New
i h9Fs d hsi' | 'I nsI . al i,a T't and m We ali hi iI2ss ny ,oy
gethor. You see. when ! leave the theatre I
come back into the homo atmosphere and for
And do you not believe that the drama is
IHtroGIrs e nI and the new school less artistic
NO. indeed. On THO contrary. I think that
Is the true STANDARD A few years ago New
WORK Duse is doing here. Tney try
to comrar. her with B~ernhardt. but there Is
any n" 'G %.thoIs., ' sns sdiaa s90% G.lo DSss - hasn't sn
school. She doesn't act at ali. She~ T. adhhss
character she Iresents. The great thing
Tho old dramas were In some WAYS
% ser to present for the actress Of good ability
th n mon.En 'r I'm OF eours. you had
il YOU we're original AND, possessed OF tie d Pa.
n princess who lived hundreds of Years MOO.
and no one but the critics would know how +"
DISPUTE nxs y9 nad J New, every woman in the house
the faintest anachronism. You can't
pose and throw Yourself about in stained glass
very Schoolgirls Know that ISN'T the w Ioy tho tRhS
modern woman does We live In a painfully
xitS j asf' a a6s f aiMss to present ta : that direstness
i attractive colofs it. with interest. as Yet
does not strike false notes.is quite. a study.
Behind Me- There are the typical soldiers
daughters brave ana accustomed to danger.
s ssnt Riroaifn. d fae E'ah " al fa ens Morse sEan O. S. sSR.
An ignorant and weak woman would moan and
all through that scene. frightened to
do that. to tear about the stage. and the audi
en:S would have applauded the trick,
sils silence d09 T5 R Rsis a ao 5is sr Taass bI noM; but . for
still for a second is a greater triumph than
cheers from the gallery gods.
1t is the suppression in action that Is hard
70 get rehearsed that prayer till l thought
I'd have .housemaid's knee yet IL seems like
\ simple thing to repeat the, words while the
The Indians try 1t. And. while It is harder to
get z start now than in the old days OF. the
stock companies. once you do get a foothold
.he climb To- more rapid. Theatres multiply.
The demand for capable actresses. not slWsys