Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-24

| the dOor-keeper, there may ne some
chance OF getting government subsidy
for the American stage
Julia Morrison, who deliberately shot
to death the leading man Of 'Mr Plas-
ter OF Paris" on the stage Of a Chat
tanooga theater and who was acquitted
OF the crime by jury, has gone into
| the lecturlng business. Commenting
upon the idea OF his Satanic Majesty
and where he turks. she says II viii
show that there Is no profession today
where Mephlsto relgns more supreme
than the stage. He turks behind every
piece OF scenery, every door, In every
| dressing room. out OF every dark corner
his phosphorescent eyes can be seen
cleaning. His honeyed, sugar-coated
words and alluring smiles, his dlabol-
cal presence. Is never absent from his
intended victim. In the play. out Of the
play on the stage, and off the stage, he
Is with you. He follows YOU from the
| train 10 the hotel, from the hotel to the
theater from the theater back again to
the hotel, and so on thus he Is your
constant companion. True, he may be
endowed with handsome exterior. He
may look az you with eyes that thrill
every fiber Of your being. He may plead
with you IN the poets tongue or In
subtle prose, but ahl could you but
penetrate that handsome cover that
graceful exterior. you would behold a
heart Of Egyptian darkness
Miss Cayyan once gave Philip Hubert.
the critic who has written a book on
the subject. the following little list OF
what she termed the qualifications for
success upon the stage:
A strong physique.
An unimpaired digestion.
A slender figure.
A marked face.
A carrying voice.
A lack Of real feeling.
An abundance OF pretended feeling.
Much magnetism.
Fascination Of manner.
Purity OF speech.
A general knowledge OF history.
a good general education.
A general knowledge Of costumlng.
A practical knowledge Of economy in
lress.
Considerable business faculty.
Unnagglng industry.
Undaunted ambition.
An utter lack OF sensitiveness.
A vast capacity for taking pains,
An absolute and undlsputed devotion
to the theater.
An unwedded life.
An ability TO distinguish criticism
from abuse or fulsome gush,
A readiness TO profit thereby.
Some genius at advertising.
Quickness at SELLING opportunities.
A well-defned speciality.
A good memory.
Good luck.
Talent.
Bernhard has developed some new
pranks In Paris. The divine Sarah is
now rehearslng Rostand's "L'Aiglon,
In which she will be seen as the Due
de Reichstadt, King Of Rome, son q
Napoleon |. A Paris cable says that
the role Is long and difficult one but
gives immense scope for the display OF
tragedy and tenderness. She Is spar
Ing no pains upon the part laborlng at
Il necessarily. She goes through II al
most daily with the author, and In or
der 10 accustOm herself more complete
IS 10 a mans part goes about at home
dressed as the Duke, the servants adj
dressing her as MY Lord In the same
dispatch the writer adds. Concerning
the rumored madness u Author Ros-
tand ! am able to state that he was for
a time under treatment for mental de-
rangement but Is now completely re-
covered He Is still gloomy and mel
ancholic, but otherwise well and In full
possession Of his faculties"
Concerning "Sapho," Olga Nethersole
writes There are those who defend
the representation upon the stage OF
what we politely call the other side OF
life.' on the ground that art has the
right TO picture whatever exists as ii
exists. Let me say that II the produc-
ton Of 'Sapho had TO be defended on
that ground / would not defend II, nor
would have produced the play. be-
lieve that a serious play should have a
moral, should convey lesson. i believe
that the stage should be teacher. To
my mind, there Is something higher
than art, and that something Is life.
Nowhere can life's great lessons find
q better medium Of expression than the
stage. 'Sapho' teachers one OF those
lessons, and 'Sapho' is a moral play.
II its meanings were TO be expressed in
a single line Il could find no words
more suitable than those Of that pro-
verb, older than all critics, As you SOW
so shall We reap What warning
What a lessonl AS great as that other
lesson, which Is in Itself. a relgion-to
some the only religion-'Do unto others
as you would they should do unto you
when Daudet wrote Sapho' he dedl.
Gated II TO his sons-to his sons, to be
read when they were Il.
why did the great Frenchman do
this? Was It because he wished to
place IN the hands Of his boys some
thing that would degrade their tastes.
that would debase their aspirations
that would give them a false and dis
torted view Of life, that would picture
immortality in an attractive guise? No
father lives who would do such thing
when the author wrote on the first
page OF his book, To my sons. TO be
read when they are p, his purpose was
10 help them. To a very close friend