The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-20
ACTRESSES WHO MADE MONEY.
Several Stars Achieved Their For
tunes in Six Months Work.

tunes in SIX MOnthS' work.
From the. Baltimore News.
OF all those who take vacations when
summer arrives, the leading theatrical
people should do so in the most COM
Portable frame of mind. For the win
ter's work, comprising not much over
thirtytwo weeks, they are enabled to
contemplate pecuniary returns of, in
most instances, the most satisfactory
character, and the money gained with
very little hard work, accompanied by
the pleasures of travelling, life in the
most comfortable hotels, and abundant
leisure. 1t is sometimes said dolorously
that the theatrical stars during the
season are without the pleasures of
home and fireside, such as other per-
sons enjoy. but are kept constantly on
the wing, exposed to changes of eli
mate and weather and subject to many
annoyances. If one will look closely
however, how greatly this picture APP
pears exaggerated.
Julia MarIowe's Income.
Here is Miss Julia Marlowe, for in
stance, who is said to have cleared
$4,000 over all expenses for her sea-
sons work. She had very little travel,
but most of her time was passed in
New York in a home furnished accord
ing to her own taste, with her faVorite
circle of friends and her little dinners
and drives, and her access in the after
noon to all the choice musical enter
tainmetns, her leisure for new books
and pictures. and all the sunshiny
mornings for shopping. In the case of
Miss Marlowe, shopping means album
dance of money for every whim. Only
the evenings are occupied and how
pleasant to pass the evening in the CEN
ter of observation to a crowded audi
ence, amid delightful seems of mimic
excitement, and rewarded at intervals
with flattering applause and recalls.
Miss Marlowe's greatest pleasure is
reading. and she carries with her a
compact library of several hundred
books wherever she goes. She is es-
pecially fond of poetry-the modern
and contemporaneous poets, especially
also naturally of books on dramatic
art and literature, of history, criticism
and certain works of history. Reading
the best novels, for fortune is account
ed for in finding stories that suit her
when made into plays. One of these
was When Knighthood Was in Flow
er," in which she has appeared during
the whole season in New York and
which she will take with her upon the
road next winter. One or two other
novels she also has in mind for plays,
should she ever be able to use them,
but in these days good stories come out
so fast that one quickly displaces an
other, and hardly any novelist holds his
vogue long.
Maude Adams Lucky.
Muade Adams cleared over $4,000 in
the way of salary alone, with, it is
said, a handsome percentage of the
profits in addition. She is perhaps.
the most popular of the women stars,
and the most profitable. Her life, too,
we may imagine, was a pleasant one,
secluded, just as she likes to be, and
with simple pleasures of the quiet sort.
"L'Aiglon" is, indeed. a strain for a
few hours daily. but 1.-The labor we
delight in physics pain" and especial
ly when so handsomely recompensed.
Miss Crosman, too-the Nell Gwyn who
led the way for all the others-closed
her season with enormous eclat and
purse filled to repletion-$20,00 900, accord
ing to those who can measure such
things. Only a year or two ago she
was virtually unknown; the play came
the psychologist moment arrived, and
fortune smiled pleasantly enough to
make up for all previous struggles and
disappointments. Miss Rehan-the
other Nell Gwyn-while not so fortu-
nate, made at least a good salary
Mrs. Fiske, with all the talk and dis
cussion she has aroused, and with the
vast houses that have everywhere
greeted her. must have achieved what
many women would regard as a for
tune. There were, ii is true some hard
eXperiences-Very far Western travel
and many difficulties in securing thea
tiers and contriving suitable dates, but
in every instance there was a return.
Miss Viola Allen is credited with hav-
ing taken $4,000 for her own share of
the receipts of I'm the Palace of the
King" which was one of the most pop
ular performances of the whole season,
and, as will be remembered, drew es-
| pecially large houses in this city In
how few other occupations is IL posi-
! BILE for young woman to make $4O,-
600 within ten months! Is there a sin
| gle one?
Male Stars Fortunate.
The men were. in most instances
| lucky, too. Mr.. Mansfield's profits are