The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-31

and weaknesses, while high in her
ideals of principle and dignity of de-
pertinent. She must be tactful, allur-
ing and coquettish in her treatment of
her husband. She must keep other
men her respectful admirers, and new
er humiliate the man whose name she
bears by descending to the level which
gives him just cause for jealousy.
How few professional" beauties are
capable of the continual tact and di-
plomacy necessary to keep to this diff
cult line
Again. the beauty is usually taught
to think that she should make a brill
liant marriage; and very frequently
love does not enter into her feelings
for the man she chooses. She selects
the one she believes will give the best
setting to the jewel of beauty.
Young girls who are born with the
dover of beauty rarely exert them
selves to cultivate entertaining ac-
complishments or to study the tastes
of the men whom they meet.
They know their beauty will attract
and that they will never be unattended
or lonely or neglected in society. Yet,
after marriage, it not infrequently &C.
ours that they are unable to hold the
heart they have won, and that the
husband seeks elsewhere for the men
tai and social charms which he does
not find at home. 1t is a notable fact
that the great passions of history
have rarely if ever been inspired by
women famed for their beauty; where
such women were beautiful they in
variably possessed other rare qualities
which rendered them distinctive
The love nature of beauty is fire.
quently stunted and d~arfed by her
continually turning her thoughts in
upon herself The love qualities are
developed by directing the thoughts
away from self-and toward others.
The beauty, satisfied with being low
ed, finds it impossible to return the
passion because she is sterile in emo
ton.
These are, to my thinking, the va
rious explanations why famous beau
ties SO frequently figure In divorce
courts.
When we come to study life, we
find that the infallible law is the law
of compensation. There is no such
thing as injustice in the world. The
beauty has her gains, her losses; the
genius has hers; the millionaire-the
pauper-has his. Not one would will
lingly and absolutely change places
With the other.
1t is wonderful universe-and a
just God balances the scales.
Odd situations sometimes arise when
charge one of the actresses in his COM
pany. A typical case of this sort
happened last spring, says the New
York Sun, when new play that I'LL
timately had great success was acted
for the first time in city outside
New York
The heroine was very unsatisfactory
She acted well enough in a conven-
tional way, but did not look the part,
which was entirely opposed to her
nature and sympathies.
The author saw that his best scenes
missed fire as she performed them and
he determined that a substitute must
be found if his play was to have
any success. He said so to the man
ager, who agreed with him. Of course
it was the duty of the manager to
attend to the discharge of the young
woman.
Say anything you want to her." the
author said. She really seems to
me as if she were deaf. Her express
sion gives that impression all the
time"
Then he left the manager to attend
to the difficult task of getting rid OF
the actress, while he went to look
at another young woman who, the man.
ager had heard, might possibly be
suited to the. part.
The manager automatically laid on
the shoulder of the absent dramatist
all the blame for the cruelty of de-
nying the actress the pleasure of play
ing the part in New York. He told
her that the dramatist thought that
the part did not in the least suit her
and that 1t would be better for her
and for the play if she would turn it
over to somebody else.
The young woman was hurt, indig-
nant and defiant in turns. She said
that she had been found satisfactory
in the part, she always got as much
applause as there was to be had in
the scenes and she did not see why
she should be put out in favor of
some other woman just as the COM
pany was about to play in New York.
The manager decided that it was
useless to mince matters any longer.
1.-THE trouble is. Miss k" he
said, that Mr.. Y, the author, and
both think that you act this part as
if you were deaf. You have that air
while waiting for your speeches"
well it would be very remarkable
If did not play as if I was deaf!"
she answered in rage that led her to
before, "for I've been deaf all my
life"
With that remark she left the office
and the next day sent in her resigna-
ton.
Sometimes the change of one actress
for another requires considerable Dip
lomacy This was the case in a play
given by young star last winter.
The leading lady was not at all
satisfactory. She had talent enough
some persons said she had too much
to suit the star: but she was not
beautiful, and it was quite impossible
for her to represent effectively the
part So it was decided that she would
have to take her two weeks notice
and make way for another.
But this developed unusual difficult
ties The actress must have scented
the intention of the manager for she
suddenly ceased to make any of the
complaints about the part which she
had been in the habit of uttering and
thus deprived the manager Of a chance
70 take her at her word.
One evening, however, after she had
played a scene in way that especial
ly irritated the star. he spoke of GER
tain details that they had rehearsed
that morning and that she had DELHI
erately ignored in the performance.
much to the chagrin of the actor. He
asked her why she had overlooked all
they had discussed that morning.
81 am so tired of working with this
part" she began incautiously that
I wish you would let me give it up"
That was all that was necessary.
The manager was waiting for that
cue. The next day she got her letter