Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1896-05-05

GENERALLY THE SPECTATORS TEAM
THEIR HOST TO PIECES

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TIE soulrsfie cams oiineiaE % tho
arm q the villain She was glorious IN
yellow silk waist and he was gloriona
IN o high hat and patent leather shoes
Thus nrmcd tligy felt quite sure Of con.
qasFing the w0rId. which noans that
they expected 10 star togcther some
day.
Nine out CT ten poraone IN every audi-
eioe which consists eniireiy of piayors
hafo like expectations, and right hero
les. the structural weakness Of the act
urs' matinee Your future star beRins
critioising tho porformanco as som as
The curtain Is lifted for the FIRST aot. In
every movement Of tho Star, in every
word spoken by the star. be sees how
much better be conld have done The
part II ne had had the chance As ft is
not half satisfying 70 have half Of the
house whispering when ono Is Ia tho
midst Of his loltiost flight ia the third
oct. tho stars first nctors' matinee il
usually his Last
There are three reasons Tor giving q
professional matinee. said an old man.
ager. First. for the self qualification
of the actor. who wants Ms colleagues
70 know what fino work he Is doing;
second, out ~ courtesy 70 tie profession,
and third, 10 get ktflo qdvorfising
The second IS The mogt common. The
manager Of ovory prodncfiun which has
long KUN goia many requests from act,
ON who say they want rsEy much to sec
it, bat can't, beoauea theyr 10 engaged.
Tho dEgt thing menaEcF does When
be determines upon q professional NATL
nee is 70 ask tho different managers Of
attractions playing IN town how many
seats they can uso Usually every per-
SON Ia every company wants two or
khreo seata Their extra eoals ara gencr-
ally occupied BY some stannh admiror
Of theirs who win believe that every
criticism they utter upon the perform
ance Is true. This person % called thu
sympathetic ear.
Ticket sellers complain about I'm
ichy people, who always insist upon
such and such Q seat But an actor,
when the seats arc given 10 him. viii
come and raiso q torribse hulinbaloo I'M
less they arc 10 n certain. exact spot in
the house Two even known manager
70 send bnck dozen seats becanse he
couldn't get thalnes six instead Of twelve
rows back. There's line Of would 30
actors waiting outside your door oil day
long. who want anywhere from ono to
twenty seats apiece. and you don't get
q moment's peace until the thing over.
You don't get much penco oven then. "
After all Of their trouble 70 get seats
20 please them. snany ol the actors who
have engaged seatn do not como II
they arc merely onomies of tho actor
who gives tho matinee they proscnt the
tickets to q boarding house keeper; II
they hold nn actual grndgo. they give
them 10 q hootblacl Consequently the
well dressed leading man doezn { always
find the persons at his elbows exactly
the sort Of company he would choose.
The most important figure af the pro
fessional matinee is by All odds the mid
die aged lady who ia q relative Of q
soubretto. Themore distant the relation
the more important she Ia. II she is an
eighth cousin she expects the great doors
10 swing open when rhe "a within q
block of the theater' and eight ushere
come out 70 meet her She IS fat and
comfortable looking, and she always
has a temper.
Tho old time actor. who has barn
stormed il Ia the legitimate as long "a
he could, comes TO sec how low the
stage has fallen. Maylls one OF these fat
and comfortable boarding house keepers
Is his sympathetic car Ho tells her that
things were FAR diIerent when he and
Booth were starring ~; these young
actors don't know much. and the stago
has gone to the bowwpws.
Between the aotHthocoTTia ~ Fworm
Acquaintance noet, aud +, en- th0y bo-
gin to talk "a this way
How did g happcu3''
= Don { ask me. deaF bog. Dullhoad
luckl"
"And. do Jon know. DO really thinks
he can act.
HYea suppose that 40 thought he
was going to aatonish tho natives dad
Did you notice that entrncoS''
Horrible Conception Is al wrong
Eou. n I'-
And II I''-
But they break right thors--cach b.
ing Immediately c0nginctd that iho
other does not know nuvthinr about it