The sun., 1902-07-11
Irrr Lis, Positively Suspcndcd.

free List Positively suspended.
The theatrical manager in this town
who seeks 10 lop away an immemoral
privilege and 10 force actors and actresses
10 buy tickets instead II receiving free
passes from an lndulrent box office.
may be- wise in his generation. but those
Of Ms who stiCkle for stage tradition will
bc slow TO approve Gone. nv name at
least il the pit gone are the joys Of half
price. The theatregoer has to pay high
for his fun IN these days and he Is not
20 be blamed II he growls sometimes
that he used To see better shows for a
sixpenCe But dog-ea dog II no agree
able recipe There should he no tax
upon the gods and GCddeSses, even the
little sticks of the falryland behind the
foothghts. when they delgn to appear
IN the common world before those en-
chanted lanterns For our part We love
to look al them when they ornament
n box OF shine little less conspicu-
o,slv IN orchestra seats Tho touch ~
the unreal realm still abidc- with them
something of powder. patch and fur
below
Some of them are better than the play
20 watch The voices of all or almost all
Of them are high, sonorous, tuned to the
whole house rather than To the secluslon
~ private conversation " has been
,a!d that the deadhead j. the loudest
and stcrneSt oi dramatic critics, hut the
motor and actress are not deadheads He
and she more than pay hv o>crtlons on
M" stage for the poor privilege Of being
free from scot a. the plays which they
choose tn see A. far a. our observation
has gone. they are not niGgish churls
with ,hoir laughter. their tears or their
applau-a They give freely the hand
Of appreciation which they long To re-
ceiyc when they are on the stage. and
consciously OF uncnnsciouslv play the
ratron and spectator with enthusiasm
Irdccd thcv seem 10 be q generous folk
for all tho inevitable li'tle jealousics
of artists
More than once IL has been our artlcss
pleasure TO watch with JOY the leading
comic old man gigglinG from a stage
box a, the capers If the leading comic
odd man On The stage, and a. for the
Young beauty from The Olympic who
sits 80 radiant So full of sympathy and
lac handkerchiefs AZ the matinee IN
tho Olvmpian, every youngstcr IN tho
house i m love with her and the way
those bare polls N tho orchestra stalls
are aiming opera glasses at her i shame
m Perhaps the leading Young woman
~ the Olvmplan. who thanks her stars
that she mas brains instead of mere vul-
gar beauty, - moi 50 much impressed hy
,h, hr,gh,-cvcd little spectator who
throws kisses al her and various other
friends. and leads the applause, and
really l. 80 carried away hv love Of ART
and her own impulslve romantic nature
that the cyu.c, say she - trying to make
that box the centre of the stage Never
need tI,-.r sour speakers. hut keep your
cv. on tia, clever little actress. PLAYING
captailv part within her powers You
NAV not care 30 much for her when she :
on IN" stage.
Perhaps We arc mistaken and unjust
h,, w. have thought that leading young
men ~ the romantic line and handsome
villains don't behave very well IN tho
audience a. r,ilc. They are too much
inclined To- snort and push. That ham
make love. ihos" ton eloquent lirs
snrm to hc saving. why, he looks like
n SICK monkey eating potash The vii
LAIN IN the hous" i even more disssi-
lsfied. for h" ha, a feeling II inferlority
The villain on tho stage Is smoking a
cigarette and Is IN evening clothes. the
NOS, magniicrn, kind Of evening clothes
the fashionable villains dress suit
Tho truu-cr, ara very wide and the welt
on each log Is very protuberant The
waistCoa, IL not white or black. hut oi
some mysterious sinister shade. n
second cousin Of buf'. perhaps. or n
poor relation Of dirty white. The but
tons are big and gilt This is big and
gildcd villain His poor rival ia the
orchestra sca, j. IN despair II Is only
, l. VI \ compassionate audience
would forgive him and he would la the
cvnoSurc uf all eyes # he would wear
villains evening dnrSs just ~ that
sc0'indrcl on th' stage docs still. the
villain m IA" frock coat does very well
with the hmitcd means nj hts disposal.
His eyes glitter His smile is sarcastic.