The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-28

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| Next, a girl must he attractive of face.
| Beauty of form may. or may not be an
| advantage. But a mobile facial express
| sion girl must bave-or she can never
| reach the top runge IN the theatrical lad
| der. She must be able to command sire
| and respectful attention from all who
look at her. This is a natural gift, of
! course, yet many zines. it can lie added
| to 10y Judicious cultivation.
| "A third requisite Is II 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 singins-preferably
| in both.
| There is just one more natural quality
that girl requires in order to make her
! self into a great actress. and that is
! Whole-souled love of acting-a love of act
/ ing such as that love of nursing which
I sometimes inspires the gentlewoman to
! become Il 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,
I indeed. Those qualities, while necessary
in the embryonic great actress, are but
the tiniest beginnings for her Paints and
brushes ana canvas and an easel are nee
esSary to the making of great painting.
But they themselves would never make
the picture. a human being, n person
with a trained hand. trained eye, and
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 | have enumer-
ated.'
Assuming that some of her readers may
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
10 Of lRNxT hon 70 Iron
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 tullness of years, she leaves
the stage for the privacy of her home.
She cannot confine 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 n 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 its mod
est beginnings has been the cause of up
has spent years on the stage cannot feel
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 intelligentIy exc
cuted 1t was Mr. Fortier's first expert
ence in similar parts, technically termed
''heavies." his previous Efforts having
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 Pixley-Read 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 aih by the COMPARE |
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 staggering Eawdon. a finer, |
more subtle sketehings Of the man.
Mr.. Fortier VIII continue with Mr. Muir !
ply during the remainder of the present |
supplementary season. and Will have one |
of the prineipaF,parts in Paul Wilstach's |
new play. "a Capitol Comedy" which Mr.. |
Murphy will produce two weeks hence.
w F. Thomas. who has been con-
nected 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.. /
will present at Glen Echo one of |
the most promising amusement schemes |
ever attempted in this vicinity. In adj
dtion to a refined vaudeville bill in the
he will present a mid
way" in which will be seen a troupe of
Bostocks trained animals. a Turkish
theatre and restaurant, crystal maze,
Oriental dancers. 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
hold twenty people. 19 feet in the
air. on a wire cable thousand feet over
cliff and chasm. This is the only railway
of the kind in the United States, and is
expected TO become very popular
Arthur Dunn. the diminutive comedian
who will be leading feature of the Co
lumbia musical comedy season, which viii
be inaugurated next Monday night with
The Runaway Girl as the initial presen-
tation, relates the following incident,
which his press representative AYERS is
true:
The train on which Mr.. Dunn had been
travelling was snowbound in a small coun-
try town. The comedian got OFF, that he
might enjoy the warmth of a big stove
in the combined grot cry store and post
office that served for depot. A motley |
assembly was gathered IN the room, and !
many of its constituents were discussing
In loud voices the death and funeral of
some one who had evidently been very
popular in the neighborhood.
In the midst of the conversation a wag-
IN was driven up to the door. and a tail
rural fellow jumped out and en-
tered the store. The conversation had
died down, and after looking about mo-
mcnt, the stranger approached another
rustic and remarked cheerfully:
Il heard Bill Jones is dead"
Yep remarked the other.
The uucstioner added with a tone of
sorrow to his voice: rs Bill Jones really
ieadE"
Yep
The new arrival did not seem able to
the friEhtful news He
glanced about the room and returned to
MS informant.
Did you say Bill Jones was dead?" he
lueried.
MN"
Bib Jones goner?'
The other man was evidently growing
inpatient and made no answer The gen
lcman with the doubting disDosition hit !
4 chew Of tobacco OFF hts plug and looked
leartEroken. Then ;llc eyed his informer
narrowly. and calmly remarked: SO Bill
tones is dead"
We'll" replied the ether. disrustedIv
4 don't know whether Bill Jones is real
y dead or not. but he is in a darn bad fix
T he ain t. just saw him buried"