Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-01-26

up my new life. AS yet l have not been
able to count bursts of applause" among
the things l have gained. A girl who ap-
pears only in choruses and marches in a
musical farce has but a small share of the
applause which is bestowed on several as a
body. But even without having known the
pleasurable thrill of being applauded
find that ny new occupation has repaid me
fully for adopting it.
1t Is we'll to learn by actual contact that
there are different kinds of people in the
world from those we have been used to
meeting and different interests from those
which have been absorbing our attention.
One who has innate worth and self respect
cannot be contaminated by association with
extra ladies'" such as those whose con-
versation would have filled the good sisters
with horror" But surely one is benefited
and broadened by learning that there are
such people in the world and that they are
not always as bad within as their external
manners and conversation might Indicate
To meet such people, especially if there is
good within them, as there is in almost ev-
cry case, is to widen ones sympathies and
to give one that tolerance which is so use
full in travelling through this life.
1t is we'll, too, to inure ones self early in
life to being "disgusted,' % for, let ones path
lie where it will, one is bound to be often
disguised and shocked in covering the dis
lance from the cradle to the grave.
1t is an unsettled question as to whether
the petty trials that attend stage life will
''injure the best disposition in the world"
Those trials seem to me to be but fair
test of disposition which can only prove
itself to be the best in the world by remain
ing uninjured by them.
AS for the dreadful little jealousies"
that certainly do not tend to ennobe the
mind, " how is one to know that ones mind
is noble unless it is proved SO by having to
confront these jealousies and by rising su-
perior to them? l found as much petty
jealousy in society-even in Philadelphia
society, to which | belonged-as 1 have
found in The Hustler company. But it
was not as frankly displayed in society as
it is in the theatrical company.
Hotel life is not the most pleasant thing
in the world. But it has its merits, which
need not here enumerate. Certainly the
right sort of woman will love and seek
home life But every pleasure is enhanced
by contrast, and the few months of home
life that an actress may enjoy are made all
the sweeter by her memories of the migra-
tory existence of 1.-The road" The two
kinds of life set each other off. With what
zest does the home loving actress on her
travels look forward to her return to the
beloved place that is all the dearer to her
for being away from it two-thirds of the
yearl
There is decided benefit derived from
just the kind of travelling that an actress
has to do. Seeing the many cities of her
own country and studying their fine differ
ences, she ceases to be provincial or insular.
You never hear an actress making herself
ridiculous by having nothing but praise
for one city and nothing but abuse or con-
tempt for another. She loves New York,
but she sees also the good characteristics of
Chicago and Philadelphia.
There is, too, fascination about scurry-
ing over the country, especially when the
experience is looked back upon. l cannot
very we'll communicate an idea Of this
charm to the reader who has not felt it.
Yes, there Is an indescribable pleasure to
sweeten all the annoyances Of
The hustling and the bustling twice across the
continent.
II one has good nature and sense of hui
NOR, the life Is a source of continual enter
tainment.
Perhaps / was the victim of more than
the usual share of petty jealousy. Every
body in the company knew that l went on
the stage merely for the love of it, being
heiress to something over $500, 000-not
much of a fortune nowadays, but enough
to make girl independent and to attract
the attentions of the male fortune hunter
Yet think this knowledge has been of use
to me, because whenever stage door dude
would cast his glances and his flowers in my
direction would attribute it to designs on
my money, and SO l did not allow my vanity
to be fed.
Once in Milwaukee,, by the way, young
swell heard that there was a 100000 for
tune in 1.-THE Hustler chorus, but he was
wrongly informed as to which girl was the
possessor of it. He made great love to one
of the other girls, who for joke accepted
his offer of marriage When he found out
his mistake, he didn't attempt to conceal
his chagrin. We got even with him by CIV
ing the story away to the newspapers, and
he hasn't "shown up" in Milwaukee since.
AMIE MARYLAND.
uoId prald half an inch wide is set above
black astrakhan binding on costume of
heliotrope cloth, and a dark moss green
gown with deep skirted coat to match is
trimmed with many rows of narrow inch
wide bands of pale yellow buckskin thickly
dotted with jet cabochons.-New York
Post.
The Charm Of Dickens.
Perhaps the dominant charm of Dick
ems novels lies in the secret of his ability
to portray with skill the workings of
an affectionate heart The Cheeryble
brothers send out warm sunny rays of low
ing kindness on every reader of Nicholas
Nickleby." Little Dorrit, God bless her
memory, with her sweet, unselfish devo-
ton to her complacent father and
thoughtless brothers and sister and wit
less Maggie, wins the sympathy of every
one. Dear old Pegotty, redarmed,
genuine lover; honest Ham and his
father; poor little Emily, Agnes and
Dora (the juxtaposition does not harm
them); the pinched face and willing
hands of the Marchioness; Ruth Pinch
and her brother-and hosts of other faces
shine out with genial warmth from the
novelist's pages and become tender
household memories.
Wherever such hearts are found, in
poetry or fiction, in the pages of the now
elist or in the busy streets, their power
Is recognized as unique, benefcent and