The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-11-10

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ager. local renoEn. he vas invited Il
take his place among the forty i'm
mort2ls OF the thea infant French
Academy. on the simple condition o.
Tenourcing his calling. he replied
What viii my actors do. them No
! viii live and die with them /:
was an answer prophetic OF his ca
Teer. for he died upon the stage. and
the French Academy, which had ~
iected him living. canonFzed him
dead and upon its records inscribed
the noble record that thereafter
the calling OF man OF genius should
never again be urged against him
If the dramatic profession wants
other examples for the encourage
ment Of the best in dramatic art.
moment when political discord IN
locks the devils of license. and our
stage might be occupied by a spirit
Of uncleanIiness-wben all material
inducements lead n the flowing tide
there will be found some hands to
uphold the banner of tradition. the
standard OF hereditary dramatic
honor. and preserve until better
era all its inherent dignity Some
actors at least will appeal from the
ignobIe present to a brighter future.
and when the reign of indecency has
declined and the bitter strife of 20
litical differences is over. give us
again the old war song in sounds
which viii echo the tones of the best
and most ennobling PLAYS. the most
wholesome plots. given by the best
actors that cur finest social culture
can encourage by their liberal pa
tronage and applause
Il have referred TO some incen-
tiyes that at times bestrew the path
of the dramatic artist. that others of
my profession may recall them when
in any emergency we may tire of our
own work. or grow disheartened.
and be treasured that in all honest
efforts for our own artists good. we
shall have ample support. And al
though the blissful end may not
seem near. yet the harvest ripens
often in a night. which at the dawn
greets us with fun repayment.
Zone reason why the actor should
be jealous of his personal reputation
is because he must stand or fall up
on his own merits and the manner
of his own personal conduct He
cannot. by any powers of administra-
ton, by any genius for executive
ability. EMPLOY others to do his work
for him; his reputation must rest
upon what he can accomplish in per-
son. in the presence mostly of his
audience. The trial is great but the
RI I'd &c nAfot1
cannot achieve a genuine reputation
unless it is founded upon a proper
basis. He who would be called
Caesar must overcome the Nervii:
he who would be called Ulysses must
bend Ulysses bow: he who would
be called Thor must WELD the Scan
dinavian battle axe
"Gounod once said in Paris, in
speaking of the art of music. and he
might have as well applied his words
to the art of the stage. for in the
sight of heaven all arts are the chill
dren of the same god: He who pur
sues his profession merely to catch
the passing breath of popular ap-
plause or temporary prosperity
makes only jealous rivals. but he
who pursues it for the love OF the
truth and beauty that lies within it
makes devoted followers and loyal
diseiples'>
For thousands of years-three
thousand. perhaps-the dramatic
profession and the masters of dra-
matte literature have held high
places in the estimation of civilized
nations and lust in proportion to the
hofohF nd 81 ha It'll.
of anv or any community is its stage
and its dramatic literature. ORA
matte literature and dramatic art
have Just the places in the range of
fine arts-the decorations and the
light of civilization: and as long as
he members of the dramatic profess
sion realize that thew are a part of
l most important calling and cannot
be battered for sale like a common
Ok at the mart so long will the star
If esteem for the actor in the social
and public eye be in its ascendancy.
we are born into a beautiful
world. One star differs from anoth-
sr in glorv. and ours NAV not be the
most splendid in the universe: and |
hose superior beings. the astrono-
ners Ito say nothing of the poll
icians) seek with severe methods of |
science to belittle for US the globe !
Se inherit: but il is beyond our |
faculties to hold a realizing belief |
hat there is in all the maiestical |
)verhanging armament fretted with |
golden fire star more glorious in |
is beauty and benefsence than |
,urs. nor an artistic duty better done |
and according to the best |
raditiOuc nf mr. uoh1o nrofnSSfor,