The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-08
New York. Anril %.

woman was uFaWn 10 the average tlleit-
ter to gaze upon the beauties of an ac-
tress, to look with joy and a certain envy
at her beautiful frocks, to wonder how in
the world she could keep such Il perfect
figure. and dream of a happy day when
she would be like unto her and deserved
~ receive the applause of millions, for
there is Il time when every woman yeafns
to go on the stage There is a time when
every pretty Young girl dreams OF now
well she would play Juliet in a Whlte
satin gown and a distracted look. Inc
more intellectual girl dallies her hours
away thinking of her success as Lady
Macbeth with her hair down hef back'
but while the average girl stlll dreams
of becoming an actress some bllSsIul daS
the average woman, no longer mas great
charm in gazing at the leading lady. Her
heart goes out to the leading man, ana
the hard earnings OF another man are
generously spent that she may ENJOY the
romanticism of FaverSham, the big mag
nificence of Hackett, the delicious vii
lainy of COurtleigh, the gentle emotion
of Morgan. or the perfection of art as
shown in the matinee IDOL young Sothern.
You know he will be called young Soth-
ern if he pleaseS Il world of women by
living until he is ninety.
There is nothing quite as interesting
as arriving at one of the theaters, say
the Lyceum, before the ticket taker is
on hand, while little Miss Brightness
from uptown is waiting to join her chum,
Bessie Beauty, and every other woman
is either talking with her intimate friend
or wondering if there has been Il block
AIDE of the cable cars
EACH HAS HER FAVORITE.
Then each woman is discussing the
man of the stage. The woman nearest
me clasps her hands in an ecstatic way
aud says, i'll hushed sort of manner
as if she were in some temple: on
see. he is so intensely manly looking. so
big, and with such voice. Oh, | would
like to have him preach my funeral ser
mon"'
Then somebody laughs and wonders
who is meant, and she losses her head.
while ever separate flower on her new
spring hat shakes in unison as she re-
plies. Only one man answers TO that
ription-Hackett. of course The
other woman looks at her with surprise
and says: My dear girl, thought you
could appreciate Il quiet, clever, cultiva-
ted style of acting. Then bigness isn't
everything. Now, look ut Courtleigh.
He is exactly like one of those dear, de-
licious villains that Ouida writes about,
You could love him for his very crimes,
and my only wonder is that the heroine
doesn't run away with him in the first
act instead of meandering through four
before she really decides to spend her
days with him under Venetian skies.
Did you notice his mouth? He has the
most absolutely sensitive mouth, and he
wears his gloves-well, he wears his
gloves the way Il gentleman ought to
wear his gloves as if they grew on his
hands. and not as if they were picked up,
according to some special size, at Il so
called gents furnishing shop. The very
name is pressive-Courtleigh But, in
addition to this, he is a good actor.
Somebody said that he had had real ex-
perience; that he had not been trained
at some school for turning out ready
made Romeos and semi-ftting- Hamlets.
but that he had gone through the hard
school of transforming. There never
was an actor worth anything from Hen
ry Irving down who didn't have to have
experience Of that kind to make him a
success
QUARREL OVER THE ACTORS.
BY this time the two women were en-
cmies, and all through the first act OF
the play the admirer of Hackett never
looked at the advocate of COurtlelgh
Between the acts Il girlish voice is heard
saving: .Well. you can think what you
please. but | will never change my opln-
ion. And another thing-you don't know
what good acting is when you see IT.
Ii is waste of money to buy matinee
tickets for YOU | tell you, the best act
ing | ever saw was when that young
Morgan played the Southern boy in
The Heart of Maryland TO have look
ed like him and have talked like him I'd
have been spy, traitor or anything
else that was necessary. Look how
beautifully he puts his hand on Mrs
Whiffen. Dear old lady! Some men
when they are being filial behave as if
they were in the midst of a prize fight.
Mr. Morgan would know better than
that. OF course he is married. All of
the nice actors are married. That is
where they show their sense. They APP
preciate woman, and it is your duty as
well as mine to learn to appreciate the
right man in the right place"
Then her cousin from Boston, VINO mas
listened to her with her nose tip tilted
and her glasses swung in her hand, said:
Dorothy, | get perfectly weary listen
ing to you. The real actor who shows
dignity and auietness and thorough
understanding of the proprieties of life IS
John Drew You can talk about your
enthusiastic men and your romantic men
and all that sort of thing but John
Drew is essentially good form. lie heY-
er makes mistakes, and when he is III
Boston you can see by the manner OF an
audience, its perfect quietness, its sub
dued applause, its appreciative stiffness.
that it understands that Mr.. Drew would
be offended at such wild enthusiasm as
New York girls show their stage favor
ties. / believe that he calls for an adj
miration that is more Of the brain and
less of the heart.
The New York girl laughed. and Il
Baltimore girl sitting on the other side
of her inquired: why do you two girls
quarrel? New York is nice place to visit
and so is Boston, but only the South is
worth living in, and it is only in the
South that we girls save our caramel
money and absolutely starye for sweets