The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-03

pianist who played with great success in HE
own opinion. and confessed that In spite Of
his nerve. Then she Sdisconcefted the artist
by agreeing with him emphatically that he
amssipg sketch ~ oF Pt 4 NsbopN siri I sossipins WITH
the girl next TO her, aud reaenttng the efforts
OF customers To- buy the articles they wanted.
the life. Another student was as successful
In n bit oS conversation in which n negro wo.
the devotion Of men as beSux and husbands. =.
LhTso OF the men gave a sketch or a deaf
and naturally, but IL was not so effective as
q. scene In "A Chinese restaurant which four
OF them represented. The squeaks and gurgle,
OF the Cinnamon rs they ate, laughed. and
chartered were worry natural and comic One
OF the men took an incident from his duties as
and depicted an old.school actor Of, the pelmy
days; who had been reduced TO tho rank q
man was drunk, and was certain he could act
better than ANYBODY else concerned In the play.
to Lf Biac TSSf n MT ISLAND rsSfsS Sn1 t2"k re ns fl@ Of 9 tSiT
was the exhibition Of two types taken from
the incurablc ward. One was a m ple.mlndel
OF these the young women Who essaycd them
succeeded In making very truthful and strik.
Gus studies of the lesson That day, and they in;
aicated that the young woman who DEPICTED
ator of the characters she undertook.
MY theory of teaching pupils TO act IL that,
Iiko the ariist, thGy must go 70 nature" Mr..
-, - $3.50. 'htN i''.'.s 49,. 49,
they ,ahould go to that model. Like the paint
err ~, thG actor does not create; he rcpraduces;
imagination. The painter acquires phys Ical
cultivation by teaching his brain to follow his
hnnd without conscious effort. and the same Is
true of the actors control Of his body to express
ms meaning. Imagination Is the result OF mul.
tiiplied observation, and through observation
the artist creates in, his own brain a store.
house from which to draw. The senses are the
So9rs TO out the ne t great s,oIShOuse; vb and not nothing nog
been put into Il; Only when the observation
with this material can he have any source to
draw from. Acting Is the endoavor Of one in
dividusiit TO o onS fb an IN, imp PRESS wh 9r "h Z teach IN 10
our students in the school is the same as that
which the painter follows.
lea, means OF his art. we teach tue students
their, technical requirements as actors. In
stead of the pencil and the brush we have
every muscle OF the body. The analogy Is the
same throughout all their preparation. In the
place of straight-li line dra wing for the control
or the hand. we begin by recording, all OBJ
gard to their meaning, then OF the whole hand.
the arm. the shoulder. the head. the feet, and
the body. Al of these must be
this training the student is allowed to add
words, and present finished sketches Of char
curing afteen or twenty minutes to exhibit.
The students nre not told what TO study after
their first weeks, The method in its essence
and ears wherever they may be. and so become
abnormal observers of life. They have note
books. and record their observations.
pertinent in the school the results have proved
most valuable. | know Of no way so quickly
t., break away the outer shell of. ditIidence
The students, Observe life in their homes. in
snd %s ,6sy tat ie i Tie G ana nature a ! the he n nIi tssss
places as their models"