Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-07

am asked why so many women APP
ply for stage positions, and why the
number is so much greater than 1t Is
among the male SEX
This is easily explained by the fact
that women find less avenues Of en-
ployment open 10 them than do men,
and those who have to earn their living
use the means most accessible, convent
ent and possible to them, and 80 the
first thing they turn to is the stage. 1t
looks 80 easy. Sometimes 1t is,
The production Of plays and the busi-
ness in theatrical enterprises has IN
creased SO much OF late years that the
demand which frequently arises ana the
opportunities given to beginners, have
encouraged Others to seek their future
and their fortunes on the stage. the
enormous growth OF this country, the
development of villages into towns,
towns into cities, the duplication or
opera houses the advantages brought
about By the trolley ear systems, which
bring people from remote places into
the scenes of urban activity, have made
theater-going greater habit as well as
more of a necessity than ever before;
hence the opportunities for utilizing the
services of beginners has multiplied
amazingly.
But II is not the drama alone which
requires their aid: In fact, dramatic
works are more dependent on skilled In
terpreters than entertainments OF other
kinds. although II, too, has Its proper
ton OF beginners. The opportunities
mean, which are more readily accepta-
bic TO the beginner are offered by the
vast number OF musical comedies, opera
companies and such plays as require
choruses for certain Of their principal
attractions. In the latter, women OF
good appearance find ready chance OF
being enrolled,
Unfortunately, in the dramatic field,
the opportunities for managers TO So
cure proper talent are not so generous.
II Is true that managers have almost
countless applications from among tue
ranks OF stage aspirants. but beyond
that large and constantly increasing
class who might and do serve among
the rank and file II Ia very rare that
great actresses are made.
In the dramatic, as In all professions,
there is always room at the top, and
still more in the dramatic than In the
others.
Managers are constant In their zeal
10 secure men and women who can be
intrusted with the more important parts
Of a play. A great many persons find
humble dramatic engagements In the
possible hope OF snatching the coveted
prize that all seek; but after a year or
two OF experience their progress is dis
appointing and they retire-where TO,
cannot conjecture
Women have a hopeful disposition
and they pursue undauntedly, and with
constant enthusiasm. the goal that they
are striving for, and they learn to act
more easily and more rapidly than men.
They resent frequently the stage man.
ager or managers judgment of their
limited ability. They attribute others
success TO prejudice or influence. They
assign every reason for their own want
OF advancement except the right one.
They are never convinced that anything
but merit Is the motive force toward
an actress success In first class organ
izations. They will undergo all sorts ~
privations and expense TO continue in
an engagement, with the ultimate hope
OF q superior position,
Those who have the talent and the