The times., 1898-07-10

ing at the bottom. worked up TO singing
Eugene Cowles's roles every other night.
My third experience 1 am undergoing now
ard II is proving thoroughly pleasant. l
work only three evenings a week in the
season and after that chance TO do
something in such a place as this is de-
lightful to a man of my temperament.
Our season is only just beginning and
hope to spend fnany weeks in Washington.
Could anyone wish to be near a more
beautiful place or more interesting one
just now?
"And speaking of our success at Glen
Echo. how do you think | account for
it? Not by the excellence of our company
or the care with which our productions
are staged. though / am proud of both
things. The public may realize and prob
ably does understand them, too. but new
erthe!ess, we owe our houses to some
thing entirely different. In other words,
the financial result of the season has been
attained by the number of good-lookers,
both men and women. employed in the or
ganization. There is nothing like attract
i've faces and figures TO bring the young
people and the young people bring the old
ones.
THE matter is much more evident than
1t might seem 10 be al first sight. know
combinations which are headed by men
who make II a business 20 oe pleasing in
appearance The result is any number
of mash notes for each. with crowded
houses in the evenings and especially at
the n1atinees. You would be surprised
to learn how many players are engaged
before their acting has been seen by any
one outside of their friends and imme-
diate families. Managers .ooK at the pict-
ure OF a man or woman and telegraph
their agents to secure him or her at
once.
you will notice that their efforts in
/ this regard are not generally unsuccess-
| ful. Scores of American performers are
! kept on me stage merely by the furOre
I they have created in the hearts Of the
| other sex. People who have never been
! accused OF knowing how TO act not only
| retain their positions. but rise TO the stel-
! lar rank and make money at it And that
! is why there are so many matinee girls
/ idols and supposed stage door meetings.
! In an opera company this is dOubly
/ true. Not only must the principals of both
/ sexes attract by their physical perfec-
( tions. but the chorus must score heavily
/ in point of looks Nor does il pay 70 have
: the feminine members of the organization
/ in skirts. The first week of our run here,
+ for example we put on The Mikado-' The
/ chorus was kept in long Japanese swath-
+ ings and the business was 50 light that
/ one might have lifted the receipts on his
l little finger 'Olivette' was the following
bill and of course. the entire combina-
ton, from Miss Crater down. wore tights.
/ The box office began TO show signs of
/ life at once extra cars were put on and
! the amphitheater was forced TO hold fully
/ twice the people 1t had the week before
IF this is true of road companies. how
much more so is II with home Organiza-
tions In these cases the goOd-lookerS
make friends who visit the place OF their
employment regularly and who never fail
/ to bring companions If were selecting
a stock combination l would have en-
gagged it's members during the run OF the
beauty show at the Worlds Fair, and il
would have been a huge success. too
: There Is no need of talking to me about
art Fine eyebrows are worth more than
emotional capacity and good legs discount
good understanding two to one. / wear
no medals for appearance myself, but II
I did-weH I'd star next year-that's all
And thus moralizing Mr.. Hawley walk
ed into his dressing room TO begin I'M
proving himself for the evening perform
ance.