The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-19

ger notifies the actors that they must
be trough perfect" by the next time. The
actors respond by knowing about one line
out OF five. They walk around, holding
the books behind them, like bad boys at
school. When the stage managers back
IS turned they take a peep In this man
ner they get through the ordeal Some
times the stage manager discovers the de-
cepuon. He is wrothy, but the actors take
the matter good-naturedly. When the ac-
tor is playing at the same time that a
new part Is to be learned, rehearsed and
costumed he has little time to spare
Learning part Is harder for a woman
IMAM Tor a man. The actress returns
from the theater about midnight. She sits
up late, studying the lines and I'm tina
morning she goes to rehearsal. In the
early stages of preparation of a play the
rehearsals last from about IL O'clock in
the morning until 4 or in the afternoon
Inc remainder of the day Is devoted ia
the costumer. When the hours of rehear-
sal have been reduced the afternoons are
spent fitting on dresses and in the selee-
ton of bonnets and the various articles Of
an actress attire. These matters occupv
the afternoon usually and allow time only
Tor nasty dinner before the actress must
hurry off to the theater. Added TO the
physical strain Is the mental one. The ac-
tress Is lin a state as she expresses N
Just prior to a production. The role Is
disappointing; the dresses do not At. "tha
bonnet Is fright and the stage manager
is insolent."
Sadie Martinez has found time in .ho
midst of the rehearsaIs of "a Stranger q,
New York" TO apply at Washington for a
patent on theater seat hat box. ssTha
principal reasons" remarks the at pres
ent crimson-haired Sadie, why women AZ
the theater dislike intensely to remove
ic hot
them TO put their bonnets. unless 1t be in
their lap. The men can easily put their
headgear in the steel rims beneath the
seat, but should woman do likewise she
would almost invariably bedraggle her hat
trimmings on the floor My device is to
nave a folding hat box of wicker work
htted to all the orchestra chairs / think
that l ought to make a fortune out of mis-
invention, and I'm sure that If it works
as Wen as l think, / will have a statue
erected TO my memory"
Mary Anderson's youthful beauty was
unique. and now she is said to have a
counterpart A New York writer saws the
lapse of a generation has served to re-
produce the type almost in duplicate.
Maud Jenries, young woman now play-
ing tragic roles in Wilson Barrett's COM
pahy, could not resemble Mary Anderson
more closely were she her own daugh-
NSi' - recent photograph OF the Young
actress shows startling similarity TO the
likeness of Mary Anderson at the begin-
ming of her career
A New York newspaper gives column
with wondering headlines to the subject
OF "A Stage Woman as a Cook" 1t haD-
pens that this particular stage woman ia
very popular as a stage woman; but there
are many other stage women who are also
good cooks, and the up-t o-date newspaper.
II 1t should pay as much attention to the
domestic arts of the woman of the stage
as 1t does to the other arts of that wo-
man, would reveal parsonage whose cp-
titudes and virtues quite equal those of
any of her sex in any walk of life.
II have contracted already to produce
next season In America seventeen new
plays" says Charles Frohman. Il shall
send to London within the next three
months about hundred actors. who VIII
thus be getting employment in summer
time instead Of being idle. / am augment
| ing my interests in England so that / NAV
be said to be opening up large avenues
across the Atlantic for American theatre
cal employment. And 1 shan make sew
erai more productions in New York cisy
before SPRING"