The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-02-09
sHE LIKgs peATH sceNes.
Viola Allen. ths Actress. says They Ar
y Fascination 20 Her.

Fascination 20 Her.
Miss Viola Allen has probably
died ~ many times as any other
woman ON the stage that is to say.
Of course. dramatic death.
There j. something fascinating To
me. she said. in death scene. II
the actress has tp fall 90 the ground
In n death agony. she must Dc care
fui tha shs does mot perform the
feat rs though she were q clasp knife
folded up Then. again. she must
cultivate breathing. -n that She may
seem not tu d. breathing az All.
Nothing Is more ridiculous than the
spectacle presented hy supposed
corpse Whose chr-t H. hcaving vin-
leutiy iu consequence ct the rmH-
tiOu attendant uIou falling.
4 r,U Ter u 'Nirgiuius' / wls
stabbed ami fcll backward Co the
ground The blow malc mc gasp
Gradually my limbs h,ra-lc rigid.
ami I fcll at Tho mr no the us
Of life eNya- supposed to have lcfg my
body. 4 u-ot % remain motiuule~s
with my mouth amt eyes open. Ny
authority Tor such action and -ufi-c-
qu"nt pose Is the strongest. l.as
tho witness of just such i Tragedy in
real life The only 1-in 7 cxI-r-
rieuced IN that >truc was tho cu-
forced holding of My breath. The
length of the actual death eccnr IS
about five minute
When played I'm 'Othcllo' with
. TOmaso Stlviui. WAS always n-rv-
Uus during the smoihoring ~ccuc,
( because the Italian trlgcilian usasl
7 to get extremely excited. / would
I turn my face sideways and hold q
small srnce open under thc farther
side of the pillow. So chat 1 could
breathe Int even that breathing
hole wuyli frt tIucntly get clu>.tl un-
. der Salyim' furcclul energy.
Then. ,.ucn ho h1l found that
lac had killed d. ir1onu without
cause. in his rennr~. hc would
throw himself heavily upon the
body. fused Geo wait for this p.ecc
of huSiuc-s ae oue would wait fur q
locomotive about tu project itself
upon the wai>tband.
As IUEct / have died many
times. Eeucn. You know. drinks
the poison aul subsequently throw,
the vial away as Juliet approaches
him; then. seeing linn die. stalls
herself ami falls over him. At uus
thcaler the prnl rty man. thinking
poison should le rcwu Hn.ll hy
some black liquid niiei tl. vial
with irl- - Romeo mai. merely
slight .nti.u of drinking ths
liquid he ..i NIT motto. jh- nature
uf the hu.l Eut when Le threw
tho iottl from him Sc struck .ouc-
where nc.u Juliet. and thc iul, Gcv
all ever nr tr.' ANIL tic ln i-
white gown Ivw. Ou thlt u..-i.
sion. yoG i..y ls sa-- tle lf. ul
@rliet was rdri vi.' t.. lt.s.ti.o
. -iHl. dclJs
'-In 'fa tharimH.er.' tle h.r. .uc
dies -iow death i- poison In
) ;hi~ c.,-s / tool. Ir.irl calr % Gul
, out I'll" right poison thlf should o.
mentioned in thr liae' as the anu
that would cause SLOWS lumlin-
uf the senses
Death by starvation is he ra
mcaus jolly. As Jr-s in Ilrvd.
man. have hai to make brl.evc i
would ,,iv" my li-c fur dlu-iuut
IA This play my death occurred
while I was reclining o1 my si1c.
wcll down the ~tl.r toward the
footlights This was quit. often au
awkward situation, l.cuu.r oi Jh,
different curtains at tho V5si.u.
theatcr~. Now and then tl avoid
my being Suucl, hy thc curtain. IN,
hero would De- obliged Go draw my
body back, aud ouc.. though a mau
put oUt his hauj tp krpthc curtiiu
. from touching mr th- heavy Ius~-
actually grazel uy nose. Boston