The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-24

kind Of living. It Is impossible that any man
aQer will engage you TO play parts OF any I'M
portanoe. am making y9S a m mo,s "ps yon
may, OF course succeed and have a very dh-
ferent sort OF a life after some years, But ~
bound to be SO ven or eight years al me earnest.
even Il comes then lake my au't'o
In spite Of the friendly tone of all this coun,
! sci. the aspirant could not help tossing her hean
with q llttlo air Of scorn. II was al very wen
for this man who had ne yer heard her leSle q
seen her act TO talk so OF her talents. ne Told
her tha, his offer was ready for her wheneysr
she wanted 10 accept IL. She smiled as sle
| thought Of such a thing and thanked h!m;
That was not an encouraging beRlnnlhk
Her letter Of Introduction had been wHteM
Shs thought for some minutes over the man
sger to whom she would give the first o,pporI,
tunity Of engaging her. She decided ana
wrote to him. Then she called She wrote
never even saw. One day the stage manager.
who usually engages the unimportant actors Tor
his plays, talked to her standing under q sIlTn
which read" No engagements v Ill BE Made 10
day for Next Season" 1t hung there constantly.
so an uninformed person might have Won
dered on what day en~gasements Would be
aaer told her that he would engage her AZ an
extra lady" for a forthcoming, production
at the rats Of $40 q week. She did not know
Just what at is an ex iha, lazy + Sov MAJ not SI be t a position
Of much responsibility. 80 she Declined 'nat,
Her confidence In getting a positioh 81 tnc
kind she had expected was staunait, mntiI
lsnng. But she couraeeouSls Ntu.h h.r
il She could sing. and said he could engase her
LOT the choruS % u new nius'a T., ~ ,niyht
had 9 voice. The Other said WA. me ntHndt
send Tor her II she Would leave hsi naino aru
able that he would have anything Tor her;
These rebuifs had OF course tnen eneSi eNen
on confident youth, II was nnp9sslpe ~
her 10 WITHSTAND the lnnuehce Oh Such e,eS ennr
failure. she had been IN New iHrk ioI .um
kDA,lya AnA al mud xrKrA aim an VA III ~
at that stage Of her Affairs that she had gone
to the agency. There the same experience
was repeated. Some oners were naIe 70 nei'
but they were all OF the most humOie knu,
To accept any OF then, would be 70 begin az tne
turned one day To- the first manager she hau
ever seen here. There. was az least one person
with whom she could advlse. The weaty
rounds OF the managers offices every, DAY. the
countered and miserable, hopelessness with
which she. had dragged herself back 70 lhe
boarding. house. every night had begun 10
show In her looks. The manager greeted her
Have you come back to take the position l
offered you?" he asked "for IL IL stiil open to you,
or are you going TO get married..
The aspirant burst into tears this time, When
abe recovered she told her experiences.
be- he said to her. Il could have told you the
day YOU came here precisely what would hap
pom. I could have written YOU before YOU
came to New York just what your experiences
that q thousand girls a year come to New York
with lust the same ideas that YOU have. They
al give up the attempt TO become actresses
or do continue It in a wav wholly different
from what they had sntlcipated. II is now i'm
previous preparation. to get an engagement
In a New York theatre or any frst-class tray