Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-02

All he said was:o''ehnw me ma ana IA. !"
The upshot OF sttstwaa that the very next
sunday. at meeting. N and pa astonished
In fact, fhe fatte1Dd auEtor kept that family
IN species OF clover all summer, for II is
well known that whenshis reputedly cratic
fancy leads him, shis generosity knows no
bounds
His favorite stGy hst winter was how
ne met a Maine boy In the highway, and
the four great Richards of history were
named. Last summer5,When he returned to
Maine, he resumed 1ts walks. There had
evidently been an astonishing increase In
the population dmingzhis absence, for on
his first going forth, o he encountered six
mothers with bahies in arms, and each or e
n naa hopefully sven ! her precious ones
name as Richard Mansfield" The actors
only remark. when hereturned home, was:
ingenious or ingenuous."
Ramsay Morrie says that while prepara-
tions were going forward in New York for
An Irish Gentleman rehearsals began
promptly at O'Clock every morning at the
Garrick Theatcr. but Andrew Mack HIM
SELF never put in an appearance before
1880, and then he always looked tagged
out, warm and covered with cobwebs. This
Esort OF thing had been going on for fort
night, and the stage manager had never
once reproved Mack for being late. The
curiosity Of some of the actors became
aroused, and they determined to discover
now and where Andy acquired SO many
coowebs In the early morning. One morn
Ing he set out bright and early from his
hotel at z o'clock. Two actors followed
him. Mack pointed toward the west, and
finally entered a barn. Climbing a ladder
that led to the hay loft, he disappeared.
The two amateur detectives afraid to fol-
low him further, listened attentivefy.
There was silence for some time: then
Macks voice was heard exclaiming,
thoritatively:
Come on. now. you sons of guns, get to
work" After this there came from the
loIt gentle "Coo-oo, coo-oo. coo-oo"
After half an hour this sort of thing be-
came monotonous. Finally the two men
ting on the floor with his hands full OF
corn. while q couple of dozen of pigeons
surrounded him at a discreet distance, eyo-
Ing him suspiciously.
The two exclaimed in a chorus: candy,
what
But before they could say another word
Mack had turned on them. "Get out of
here" he cried. I'm working. I've got to
sing dove song in the new piece: The
birds have got to come and perch all over
me, SO I'm trying to scrape up an ac-
quaintance with the things
E. H. sothern. in speaking of his audi
ences, said: There is no audience in the
world equal to an assemblage of Amer
leans They are at once the most polite as
well as the most critical in the world. In
England the public never hesitates to lie.
an actor know what it thinks of him. I
recall a personal incident that will illus
trate this truth. Some years ago 1 was
playing very small part in a drama a:
the Standard Theater in London One Of
my lines was, My God. I don't know how
to act Well, sir, had no sooner spoken
these lines on the first night than l was
greeted with chorus of Obs and Abs
from the gallery gods. The next night
when it came to the same scene I said
My God, I don't know what to do and
everything was all right. An American
would never insult an actor that way. II
he does not like the play he will get up
and go out, but will never be impolite
While an American audience is critical it
Is critical In quiet way.
An actor should study the methods Of
other actors ss far as possible The trou-
BILE with most young actors in this country
is they do not go beyond themselves for
ideas: No actor who depends upon his own
creative talents cam improve. The students
of painting. of sculpture, ell study the
works of those that are greater masters
of their art. A man who wants 20 write
In polished mannerrwill study TIE mas
tiers of diction. Why should not an actor
do that? Art is long and time is feeting,'
was the sage remarks Of the wise Hippo
crates, and in that they will soon learn it's
truth. He should make himself familiar
with the methods Of all the best actors
No man is too great to receive suggestions
from another. We are constantly learning
as we progress THROUGH life