The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-01

,,,,,tias of an actress, 10 look with joy
md certain envy at her beautiful frocks,
- ,,onder how in the world she could keep
-,,ob a perfect figure and dream of happy
d., ,,ben she would DC like unto her
nd deservedly received the applause of
,,iIlions. for there is a time when every
conan vearns to go on the stage. There
,s time when every pretty young girl
creams of how well she would play Juliet
- q white satin gown and a distracted
,ook The more intellectual girl dallies her
hours away thinking of her success as
DIV Macbeth with her Hair down her
,scls hut while the average girl still
dreams of becoming an actress some bliss
fd day che average woman no longer
4,d<ereat charm in gazing at thei lead
mo ladv. Her heart goes out to the lead
mo man. and the hard earnings of another
van are generously spent that she may
eriov the easy manner of John Drew, the
ron,anticism of Faversham, the big mag
nifcence of Haclxett, the delicious villainy
If CourlIeigh, the gentle emotion of Nor
can or the perfection of art as shown in
tho matinee idol, young Sothern. You
n Low he will be called young Sothern If he
& leases a world of women by living until
4 ne is 80.
4 There is nothing quite as interesting as
arriving al one of the theaters, say the
a Tvceum. before the ticket taker is on
q blnd. while little Miss Brightness from up
fovn is waiting to join her chum, Bessie
Reautv. and every other woman is either
Mixing with her intimate friend or Won
Jsring if there has been blockade of the
cable cars.
Then each woman is discussing the man
nj the stage The woman nearest me
clasps her hands in an ecstatic way and
cows in a htlshed sort of manner, as II she
we're in some temple: you see he Is
50 intensely manly looking, so big and
with such a voice. Oh, l would IKE 10
have been preach my funeral sermon!'
Then somebody laughs and wonders who
Is meant. and she losses her head, while
4 every separate flower on her new spring
hat shakes in unison as she replies, only
one man answers to that description
racket of coursew The other woman
looks at her with surprise and says: MY
dear girl, / thought you could appreciate
quite. clever, cultivated style OF actlng.
Then bieness isn't everything. Now, look
at Courtleigh. He iss exactly like one oil
those dear. delicious villains that Oulda
writes about You could love him for his
very crimes. and my only wonder is that
the heroine doesn't run away with MN IN
the first act instead of meanderlng through
four before she really decides TO spend her
davs with him under Venetian skies. DID
Won notice his mouth? He has the most
absolutely sensitive mouth, and he wears
his gloves-well, he wears his gloves the
way a gentleman ought to wear his gloves,
as if they grew on his hands and not as
if they were picked up, according to some
snecial size at a so-called gents furnish
ing shop The very name is expressive
Courtleigh! But, in addition to this, ne IS
a good actor Somebody said that he had
had real experience; that he had not Deen
trained at some school for turning out
ready-made Romeos and semi-htting HAM
lets. but that he had gone through the
hard school of Transforming. There never
was an actor worth anything from Henry
Irving down who didn't have to have ex-
perience of. that kind to make him sue
cess"
BY this time the two women were enc
mics, and all through the first act of the
play the admirer of Hackett never looked
al the advocate of Courtleigh. Between
the acts girlish voice is heard saying:
We'll, you can think what you please,
but I will never change my opinion And
another thing-you don't know what good
acting is when you see it. 1t is a waste
of money TO buy matinee tickets for you.
] tell you the best acting ever saw was
when that young Morgan played the
southern boy in The Heart of Maryland.
To have looked like him and have talked
like him I'd have been a spy, traitor
or anything else that was necessary. LOOK
how beautifully he puts his hands on Mrs.
Whiffen! Dear old lady! Some men when
they are being filal behave as if they
we're in the midst of prize fight Mr.
Morgan would know better than that. Or
course, he is married. All of the nice ac
tors are married That is where they show
their sense. They appreciate women, ana
1t is your duty as well as mine to learn
to appreciate the right man in the right
place."
When there is a wait, an admirer of the
Babe" is jubilant, and this is what she
announces: "Of course, a handsome, good
looking man like Mr.. Faversham hates be-
ing so abominable in the first act, but
always rather like the fellow who is a
bit Of a scoundrel, for it gives him an OPP
portunity to repent, and he is so fascinar-
ing when he Is full of remorse and has
fallen in love with the girl. Somebody
said he was essentially a romantic actor
and somebody else said he was melo-dra-
matte. AS if that isn't what an actor
ought 10 be- For, after all, the stage ~
merely like life itself, and we must have
SO much music, and so much passion, and
So much sorrow, and SO much joy Give
me romance and the romantic actor!
Then her cousin from Boston, who has
listened to her with her nose tip tilted
and her glasses swung in her hand, said
Dorothy l get perfectly weary listening
10 you The real actor who shows dig
nifty and quietness and a thorough under
standing of the proprieties of life is John
Drew You can talk about your enthusi-
"stic men and your romantic men and all
mat sort of thing, but John Drew is es-
'entially good form. He never makes mis-
taxes, and when he is in Boston you can
see by the manner Of an audience, its per
iect quietness. its subdued applause its
apprecative stiffness that it understands
mat Mr.. Drew would be offended at such
WHO enthusiasm as New. York girls show
their stage favorites. believe that he
calls for an admiration that is more of
Tie brain and less of the heart"
The New York girl laughed, and a Bal
lmore girl sitting on the other side of her
inquired: Why DO you two girls quar-
Tel? New York is a nice place 10 visit.
and SO is Boston. but only the South
worth living in, and it is only in the South