Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-02-22
STAGE-STRUCk GIRLS.
Some Hints to Those DESTROYS of
Going to New York-Opn-
ions of Actresses.

Stage-struck girls and others with
hopes of making n place for themselves
III art and journalism come on in shoals
every winter from the South and West,
leaving comfortable and in some cases
luxurious homes in order to pursue the
active study of their chosen work in the
cramped and cold, poorly furnished
rooms of the big studio buildings. in
boarding house rooms and cooperative
hats where they make their homes and
yet they seem perfectly happy in the
idea that they are at last really in the
current of professional life
There is no use in trying to discourage
these earnest girls by pointing out the
dangers, pitfalls, struggles and hardships
that may be theirs i'll the attainment of
even the most moderate independence.
They keep on with a beautiful steadfast-
| ness, ldealizing the drearlness of their
surroundings and the sometimes painful
scrimping to make ends meet in their
embryo housekeeping.
Directly in the wake of Madame
Calves recent protest against the re-
qulrcmentS of her profession which she
said cut off all her personal liberty of
acton, 1t is interesting to note the ut
terance of two other women, both IA
nous on the Paris stage. Madame AIDE
line Dudlay of the Coincide Franchise
declares that if she had her career to
! choose over again she would still select
the stage But she says that if she had
daughter she would do all i'll her power
to deter her from similar career.
No other profession" says Madame
! Dudlay, gives woman so little indie
| pendence and with the exception of
| stars very few women of the stage earn
J enough to keep themselves. The cost
| OF gowns alone is enormous in these
! days of expensive stage dressing and the
strain on nerves and vitality is such that
/ very rev attain any position without
! broken health, which, of course is not
! heralded abroad"
1t is fact, noted more of late than
| IN former years, that the greatest sue
cess which may come to women on the
! stage is not fraught with apparent hap
| plnesS. The extreme sadness that has
marked the life of the Italian actress,
Madame Duse, is known, for she has
| made no secret Of her sorrow. She has
! been quoted as saying recently that the
only fault with life is that it is too long
Mime. Bcrnhardt, like Mmcs Patti, has
GCuitlvatcd an atmosphere of chearfulness
But both of these women, it may 6c
horne In mind, have obtained unique po-
SlIolS. not gaining wealth alone but a
power and popularity that have made n
Difference 10 their whims and caprices
the price of obtaining their appearance.
And even then it has been often assert
best that the much Wanted happiness of
each Is in this way Il little pose for the
outside world.
Whether the present attitude of sad
ness and discomfort in other women who
are now prominently before the public
may be also pose is a question. but it
Is Il fact that Il glance over collection
of notable women of the stage today will
not show group of smiling conn
tenanceS. The smile has gone out of
fashion and painfully-drawn mouths.
wrlnkled brows and trouble eyes seem to
be the Substitute
The British actress. Mrs. Campbell.
possesses a face melancholy as buses
own, aud with the same deep iuscrutablc
Italian eyes. Annie Russells face is
rarely seen pictured in a smile. Julia
ArthurS most recent professional pho-
tographs suggested a spirit at war Nth
the world, Mrs. Fishes photographs
show 4 look of poignant suffering in
some of her roles, and even Julia Mar
lowe frownS petulantly at her admirers
from her photographs.
Georgia Cayvan gave evidence OF her
troubled state of mind in all her late
pictures. Ada Rehan's face took ON a
tragic look. and SO on through the list Of
popular actresses, sorrow seems IN no
the usual portion.
One reason for this" said an actress
when spoken TO on the subject. ..is thai
there can hardly be an outward exnrese
sion of happiness ON the face of those
| whose life becomes constant stru0glc
after something better and in ADVANCE
of present achievements The Selfssot
ished actor, man or woman, is retroCro1