Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-03-12

marked on one occasion, It isn't so
much that a person goes into society
as that society goes into a person.
This is about the way woman and pol
itics stand at the close of the century.
During the earlier years of the CEN
tury woman's part in politics in the
old world was great, but it came alb put
almost entirely through social rela-
tions, and we learn from history of
the women who seemed to hold the po-
litical fortunes of men and countries
in their grasp. Political power. was
then used by woman to compass per-
sonal desires. Now, in this wonderful
age of progress, woman seeks political
knowledge through the study of social
economics and all government and
labor conditions that such knowledge
will crystalline into action that will
make for the upbuilding of broad ad-
ministrative government which will
give ever increasing opportunities and
protection to man, woman and child.
The time is now ripe for concerted
instead of individual action. Woman
is thoroughly acquainted with the val
lie of organization in all lines. and
those who believe that in the develop
ment OF government women are equal
ly. interested with men have not been
slow to band together that their work
might become of practical value to
the party in whose principles they be-
lieve.
That the century has brought wo-
man into politics and politics into wo-
man is good for her and good for poll
Tics. Politics needs the heart issues
and nome inspiration brought into it
by woman. Woman needs, for the
making OF higher civilization, the
many avenues of broad knowledge
opened out to her by politics."
What progress has woman made on
the stage?" queried Mrs. Gilbert, look
OF deep thought creeping over her we'll
known features. "She has become
more natural, more refined and there
is more exacted of her today as an ed
ucator than there was in the old days.
The old farces, comedies and trag-
ed1es, If they were put on the stage to-
day, would be coarse, vulgar and would
not be tolerated by the public for an
instant. What mean by this state
ment let me emphasize by referring to
the governor (Mr. Daly). He received
much adverse criticism because he
trimmed and cleaned out the old com
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the exactions of the public of today.
SO you see the woman on the stage at
the present day has progressed in re-
flnement from these very exactions.
I'm naturalness, because of these old
time comedies, tragedies and farces
ran in certain groove and the more
artificial you were the better actress
you were thought to be- It is the hard
est thing in the world to be natural on
the stage and in this one thing con-
slider that the actress has made great
progress.
If the actress of today mad the same
training which was in vogue when
was young, with all the advantages Of
oIoSO o0UL1uS duu SOWUl0S, she would
be perfect. There is no 'winging it
now; by 'winging' I mean getting a
part to learn in twelve hours, and
standing at the wings waiting for your
cue, with yorr part in your hands, to
throw it down upon signal or thrust
it into the scenery, go on the, board,
play your part and come back to find
your part gone in that particular bit Of
scenery, no one knows just where. Talk
of agony! Talk of acting under diff
culties. The actress today knows moth
ing about it. She goes on in a groove
for months, playing the same part, and
has due time and preparation given
her before she is called upon to play a
new one
I'm the old days it was really play
acting-just what everybody called it.
Now it is acting, living the part, being
the character ITSELF being natural, and
all this is the progress which woman
has made on the STAGE"