The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-30
now TO GET ON THE STAGE.
,nrICE 10 Young WOMAN or
1UE.IRIC4L ASPIRATIONS
. No,oecr's views on the Best Methods
FASTEST for Gtrls with Good Looks
r.n,ry Wade Stnrs Are No Longer
,,,,,ts run ways Toward success.

,,<., York the asIiran's for dramatic honofs.
rLcv oro uumn,ous now about tho dramatic
,,cI,ruc. ile managers oili"es. and seek out
'r, L,1,,,,s ~ actors from their boarding
houses H. town or III the tuourpah summer
,'m,. H.. which some 81 them solourn. Few
,ppuer 4. tel ur boarding houses near thecIty
.r, i..., the young woman who ts vaguely
-.,.i.s -.,riu.. to lie All actress" or going
OF the stag" ,
rr. rr,utH'i1n is sustained by the frequent
,ri,.. T., ,..,i ~ see her managers. although
me Iu...r-s : not the same diEniiled process
NJ i..Irrs- hat tcrsOnS may understand from
H.. hints lot druu hv the young woman or her
n,,l.r Z is no, an exact description OF tbs
.rlli.,p t. say that llr. frohman has sent Tor
bcr or that Mr Iedersr wants her immediate
IA II would he nearer the facts TO say that
al, Ind como 10 tie Office OF some manager TO
o., Nv any means possible to get an interview
with him or hi agent or anybody else who
,,,,r, advance her T. little toward her goal.
iu,r n number of these visits the young wo-
r,,,,. nsuol.y haI offers from Frohman and half
, I,,ar managers. But she never accepts any
ottL.m. rhis may seem peculiar TO the out.
.il.- VIII, knows Il her grsat desire to get on
D.. .,n,e Sometimes. when she takes place
H. the chorus ~ bCrlssque company. sur
,r,s. cilI hs greater than ever that she never
.cnar,el anv ot those big offers. and suspi-
oi,ns rersous are even led to insinuate that
tie, we're auocryuhal
rho di.,uuointments that fall tc the lot Of
,h. s,lro aspirant begin early in her career.
sla never realized how promptly they would
arrive AMI how continuously they would come
h ,ycver nrm'y she may have prepared herself
4, meet them II Is customary to cover up
those from the knowledge OF her friends by
r..,r. NJ many little actions For getting on
tna Eyon oil 1a
with money have found 1t difficult and those
win talent on'v have greater difficulties to
overcome at the outset, although they are
,eor,v certain to fare hetter In The end than
,he women who find their first stop facilitated
NV ,he prss.ssinn oi capital. Cutried.taleDt
Is no. a quality that appeals very strongly to
The manager lie finds it hard to share In the
,urIIrar"- feeling that she is sure she could
A., II she had tho chance. The least qualified
srs .,st as certain OF that as tho most gifted.
Ua h,. not the time moreover. to listen to her
,.ri,a,ions or see her go through tho potion
scene from Romeo and Juliet" or the Sleep
walking scene from Macbeth" Tho mana
GER who give, all the applicants that ap-
1eal to him an opportunity to show what they
mink they can 10 would not have the time to
attend TO many other phases OF his business.
The most that he could do usually for the
most highly recon mended aspirant 10 to turn
her over t. his stage manager and then take
that OFFICIALS report OF her powers.
II takes influence for a girl to get even that
peor IN the goal OF her ambitions. Even
t.rong letters to managers are rarely capable
OF accommodating m 1re for the untried begin
ner Most Of The young women who come to
New York every summer from tho North.
Fast South and Vest to put their claims
to'or. the managers here come provided
Will l-tters OF introduction or recon-
neEdatinn or else try TO get some after they
srea'. but they at least enable some OF their
,ror,. onIce. even II thew mr.. powere.s to do
aEe' ''",e' ''em IL ''eS ".e 'o"ei'ess " w
more for thsn That is step forward in the
dlficu't task 81 hesieginC manager.
' yo,ns wona, write. to TTE Sun for in
,'"n- ".n'' WHY, W nn r, w. ,., ~. ~
tie stage She saws she is willing to paw for
che ri, .ege ana THE SUN Reporter told that
+ the manager from whom he sought intol-
nation fog this asplrant. and received much
ambition, without the means She possesses to
'Iuecass Of staCs.struck girls. Tor SUP
pose Al" is an example OF that kind" he said.
might as well be excluded. for there is really
no possibility Of their getting along unless
ther ro.~css very remarkable talents. |
mean those who want to begin as tho express
sion used tphc when they were more frequent.
o. rhr toy OF the ladder That kind has
very much diminished in number and never
could G.' along without money After Mary
Anderson, SUCCESS without preliminary train
ing and sxrrrtenr" thev grew very numerous
srl w,'hrr. thc uast 'eH seasons we have seen
t-,sra. instlnr-s OF This ambition here in
New lork Tu-y feel that thev could net III
IT,. ir,D,',. or IJ1y VICI eth well enough to
make them stars In 'hosn parts nj the outset
They Isrsuatet tL, friends or their family
took a course 0i lessons IN elocutinn and act
ing and wsra thei. ! reIarsd for a debut. Usu.
6,y they made il in their native towns. were
hlcnlv Praised ly the local critics and then
Thought they nepIsd only TO 20 TO NeU York TO
h+nuustrafp their tslsnts 10 the metropolis
Huf tuey found managers shy eyon when they
Wrought lreSs notices. rroclsininp their e.-
Mus and I'M nations that they were the only
tuc,".Sors 10 Mary Anderson Managers who
wrr- immersed offered them only unimpor-
tunt l.S and snmsiimes com mitted the soo-
fi'egs Of asking them 10 90 in the chorus
There Wa on IS ono way TO m Get such n lack
o. apurcr.ati,p and those who could AFFORD II
promptly aJnp1.I thia eyusnsiv method TLey
hired a thea,rs and nc,eI I,Jpt t0,njiie or
IIIg V1r',r as tLe cn.e might he Win All
dipncsa that rarely even innluded a mannger
from the n.nbpr tEev ware irving n CONVINCE
that they we're really intended RI he o reat ac
tres.es can recall half a dozen women who
have don. mi. hut rGuId not tell yo;; 10. day
where ono Of Than ia irhey Ind ths S,tisfac
ton Hf .yhihi,ing Ioir t.p, u ~ - -" 80 i 10