The times., 1901-04-28

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Next, a girl must be attractive of face.
| Beauty of form may or may not be an
! advantage. But mobile facial express
| sion a girl must have or she can never
| reach the top rungs in the theatrical lad
! der She must be a Bile to command sure
| and respectful attention from all who
! look at her. This is a natural gift, of
course. yet many fines it can be added
to by judicious cultivation.
| "A third requisite Is a good voice. Not
| necessarily the voice of a Melba or a Sem
! brich. but good full healthy voice that
admits a thorough training in elocution at
least, and perhaps in singing preferably
in both.
There is just one more natural quality
that girl requires in order to make her
self into great actress. and that is a
Whole-souled love of acting-a love of act
ing such as that love of nursing which
sometimes inspires the gentlewoman to
! become a trained nurse.
But there are thousands Of girls who
possess superabundance of all four of
these qualities many people Will say.
Can they all become great actresses? No,
indeed. Those qualities, while necessary
in the embryonic great actress, are but
the tiniest beginnings for her. Paints and
brushes and canvas and an easel are nee
esSary to the making of a great painting.
But they themselves would never make
the picture. A human being, person
with ii trained hand. trained eye, and a
highly trained brain must do the real
work. The former things. though neces-
sary, are but the materials Just so are
the natural gifts that l have enumer-
ated.'
be fortunate enough to obtain a speaking
part in a theatrical production, Mrs Car
ter assures them that their real work
has only Just begun and they cannot drop
their studies. She says:
1T would be as absurd for them to stop
studying after they have secured few
lines to speak as it would be for the girl
graduate of q law school to drop the
study of law as soon as she has secured
her first case The actress must keep
on studying drama and more drama,
never once stopping until the day comes
when. in the fullness of years, she leaves
the stage for the privacy of her home.
She cannot contine her new studies to
things merely theatrical. Just as she did
before her fame was made, she must keep
close watch on the march of events know
what is going on in all the great world
around her; and her eyes, her ears, her
heart-aye, and her purse-must all be
ever wide open for closer and closer
study of that great enigma, human ma
ture.
ut is a fortunate outcome of the worlds
regulation Of affairs that those who serve
it well are. with few exceptions placed
because of that service in a position of
financial ease. So the successful actress
has always her material reward. But
greater by far is the reward she enjoys
in feeling that her work, even in It's mod
est beginnings. has been the cause Of up
lifting human beings. If woman who
that she is not truly rewarded her acting
has not been great
One Of the most artistic bits Of work
displayed in The Carpetbagger' at the
Columbia last week was furnished by
Herbert Fortier, whose Bob Willetts was
carefully drawn and intelligently exc
cuted. 1t was Mr. Fortier's first expert
ence in similar parts, technically termed
been confined to juvenile and roles of the
regulation leading order. But in The
Carpetbagger" he drew on his exception
ally ample resources in handling the part
in the PiXleyRead play and at times he
even surpassed Tim Murphy in some Of
the scenes they hadstogether.
Mr. FOrtier has been seen locally in
seasons past with Mr.. Gillette in most
of his later successes Julia Arthur, and
Roland Reed. This year prior to the
closing of her tour, he received a good
deal of praise for his excellent work as
Rawdon in Gertrude Coghlans production
of Vanity Fair and In some of the cities
in which Mrs. Fiske and the Coghlan YER
sion Of the story were both seen, Mr. For
tier did not suffer at AN by the compari-
son OF his work with that of the brilliant
Maurice Barrymore. Some critics discov- |
cred in Mr.. FOrtier's conception a deeper
study Of the sWaggering EaWdOn. finer,
more subtle sketehing pt the man.
Mr.. Fortier will continue with Mr.. Muir
ply during the remainder of the present !
supplementaTy season. and viii have one /
Of the prineipaFparp in Paul Nilstachs S !
new play. a Capitol Comedy which MIR. |
Murphy Will produce two weeks hence.
". + Thomas, who has been con-
nccted with Chase's Theatre for the past |
three years, retired last night to devote |
his entire attention to the opening Of |
Glen Echo, which he has leased. Mr. /
the most promising amusement schemes |
ever attempted in this vicinity In ad- !
1itfon to a refined vaudeville bill in the !
he will present mid |
way, in which will be seen a troupe of |
Bostock's trained animals, a Turkish |
theatre and restaurant. crystal maze, /
Oriental dancers, a Chinese restaurant,
where native dishes will be cooked and |
served by real Chinese; Prof. Richtel's |
Fairy Theatre, or mitascOpe, and many |
other entertainments Of a like nature.
An innovation will be an aerial rail
way that swings car that will
lold twenty people, 100 feet in the
air, on q wire cable a thousand feet over
.lin and chasm. This is the only railway
If the kind in the United States, and is
expected TO become very popular.
Arthur Dunn. the diminutive comedian
Who will be a leading feature of the Co
umbia musical comedy season. which will
,e inaugurated next Monday night with
The Runaway Girl as the initial presen-
alton relates the following incident.
which his press representative AYERS is
rue:
The train on which Mr.. Dunn had been
raveling was snowbound in a small coun-
ry town. The comedian got off. that he
night enjoy the warmth Of big stove
n the combined grocery store and post
fticc that served for a depot. a motley /
ssembly was gathered in the room. and
many of its constituents We're discussing
n loud voices the death and funeral of
ome one who had evidently been very
Upular in the neighborhOod.
Ia the midst of the conversation wag-
" was driven up to the door. and a tall
rural fellow jumped out and en-
cred the store. The conversation had
lied down, and after looking about a mo-
ncnt, the stranger approached another
ustic and remarked cheerfully
II heard Bill Jones is dead"
Yep remarked the other
Ihe uucstioner added with a tone Of
orrow TO his voice: is Bill Jones really
cadE"
Yep
The new arrival did not seem able to
omprehend the frghtfuI news lie
lancfd about the room and returned to
Did you say Bill Jones was dead?7 he
ueried,
Mn
Bill Jones n goner?'
The other man was evidently growing
inpatient and made no answer. The gen
lcman with the doubling disposition bit
chew of tobacco off hts plug and looked
eartbroken. Then he eyed his informer
arrowly, and calmly remarked: so Bill
ones is dead"
Well" replied the other. disgustedlv
don't know whether Bill Jones is real
dead or not. but he is in darn bad fix
he ain t. just saw him buried"