The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-20
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

as his ambition r. a serious one. and while
hypercriticaI opinion might pick flaws N
one o. the heavy productions 70 wnicn
his talents incline. ore must rnarve1 az
the native ability displayed Another
thing Is that 3fr Fife has given u44eez
So which he mas done most, II not all. OF
the thinking during their preparation
To select costumes. design scenes. arrange
situations and work up cllmaxes for
twenty or thirty people. ard then 70 bear
tas burden Of the actual performance
has operated against tire fine deveicpueu.
% BIS Individual parts. which would come
w!tn the relief afforded by a competent
stage manager 10 direct rehe4Esals.
Fife has no end OF talent and % arb3-
ton. The former lacks professional de-
ye2opment, the latter opportunity for Ifs
exercise. ! would rejoice with many
others % hts sincere friends aud admirers
70 see him 80 situated that he could sur
round himself with a competent company
and brave inevitable adverEes for a couple
OF seasons. Two years in touch with the
people of the United States. playing IN
all sorts OF thsaters and under al sorts
OF conditions. would rtpen bis talents and
make the actor % Mr. Fife that nature
has intended him 70 be. Within a few
weeks there have appeared In certain
Eastern newspapers notices OF Ar. Fife
that lead me TO the belief TRAIT he Il quiet
" calling attention to the fact that The
Pacific coast has produced a trasedsan.
j agree that such is the case, but depi0re
the fact that he har allowed himself 20
be called Colonel" both in Chicago and
New York. II he continues 70 aIiow &,
he viii find II a serious stumbling block
In his road 20 ultimate success.
BENJAMIN Franklin. IN very celebrated
letter that has obtairsed some exclusive
vogue. II credited with the statement that
the marks OF age make themselves con-
spicnous In women first in their faces.
then IL their neeks. then IN shoulders ard
bust and so or down 20 their feet
have never heard the statement denied.
and. as an indifferent student Of anatomy.
am ready 10 accept the sage declaration.
Believing that such Is the case, ! con-
graduate CoTinne on the many years left
20 her IN which 20 delight the Quhiic with
those most expressive legs Of hers An
other thing that Is more impsrishable
than the attractive quality OF her acting
alluded TO Is her diamonds. II an anx-
ions. amusement-iovlng world Is allowed
10 calmly sit back and contemplate the
many seasons 10 come during which the
rounded little woman VII pirouette and
pese FOR AS and ling a challenge from
her shapely supports. how much more
attractive - The outlook when coupled
with the prospect - those gitnting decOra-
lions that cover her bust and CLEAN from
the buckles on her satin shoes. coriune
= clever and 50 are her legs and her
diamonds. They al act well. and their
individual efforts when combined make q
strong performance. She - the central
figure OF her big company and can well
AFFORD 70 be- because the garments that
encase her curves are the best. and the
sun bursts. crescents. birds. daggsrs.
feur-de-ils and stars % diamonds are bet
ter than those Of any woman singing in
grand opera today. As a child she was
cute and clever. As a young woman she
Is dainty and dimpied. and what she lacks
IN other beauty Is more than made 40 by
those dazzling things that are the envy
OF every woman and the despair OF her
imitators Long may Cortnns and her
legs and her diamonds wave.
I bow In humility before the genius o.
Manager ". a Brady, who has tn hand
the destinles 81 many theatrical atirec-
I tiona. frum .'T'riiby'' 10 long distance.
vocai-HEhtinw Jim Corbett. Mr Brady Is
smineufiv successful and ranks among
/ the leading managers of America today.
/ I used 20 See him Try 20 act. Il vas very
bad but he made money. That was be-