The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-02

ager is in her employ, she promotes her
husband without asking the consent Of
that captious magnate. Then there is a
howl both from the men in the company
and their wives, If they are married.
They have all the talent and the stars
husband none. It's outrageous, unbear-
able. It could never have occurred in
Booths time or Forests day and what
not. The husband may be a budding
genius, but they will never concede it.
They simply continue to howl and make
everybody miserable.
The husband, however, who makes
life a desert waste is the gentleman who
is unconnected with the profession and
whose wife is a pretty actress star or
otherwise. Usually he is poor in spirit
as we'll as in purse, for were he rich in
either he would not permit his wife to
remain in the glare of the fOotlghts.
This man stands sentinel at the stage
door, haunts the wings if he has influ-
ence enough to get there, gets in the
way of the stage manager and the COM
pany generally, and is, to sum up in a
word, bore. Every member of the
, company thoroughly detests him but
his poor little wife, and for her sake
they refrain from telling him so. He is
always afraid that some fine looking
actor or giddy chappie is trying to win
his wife from him.
Even when most things are equal
talent, industry and ambition-profes-
sional as well as other people should
study each other before they wed. Atm
ity, of course, they should have. That
goes without saying. There should also
be compatibility of temperament, and
above all absolute confidence. A man
and his wife, for instance, are frequent
ly by force of circumstances compelled
to enter separate companies. They tour
the country. Neither sees the other for
several weeks or perhaps months. The
strain of separation is bad enough, but
If both have not the qualities of which
I speak, if either one or the other is tai
ented and fair to look upon, is praised
by the press or public, and the slightest
misgivings aroused in the breast of
either, life then loses its charm. There
is not the same serene happiness in the
heart of either as before. The arrow Of
jealousy always leaves q poignant sting.
If a woman marries a man uncon-
nected with the dramatic profession in
any way, she should leave the stage in
medaately. The same rule will apply to
a man in the profession, especially if he
be handsome or magnetic, who weds =
woman outside of it. They should give
their talents and every endearing quail
ty they possess to home and helpmeet
and not to the public. This rule apply,
as the lawyers say, as a general propo-
gition 1 know that there are times
when it cannot be enforced. Circum-
stances sometimes get the better Of all
IF rs Rent f71el and food are at times
considerations which require immediate
treatment and prevent for the time be-
ing the fulfllment of the proposition
advanced.
To prove its general efficacy, however,
I will, as that dear little mite of a couE-
selor Abe Hummel would say, cite
point or two. There is a dear, sweet lit
tie soul on the stage today, one Of the
most popular in the profession, who
married some years ago one Of the brain
lest and most influential senators Of the
state of New York He was fairly rich
then and handsome. He was proud, to-