The Indianapolis journal., 1903-11-15

41tI u II feels 10 De n stage Sdi@
tkAk1 the plump little blond girl with
tI&n3oI the pretty mouth. addressing
- the handsome Glbson-like young
saan who sat opposite her at the table. MT
Richard Allen, the leading man in the
erama, why Women sin,' was enjoying
1 late supper as the guest Of honor In
lorton-place home He was good TO look
LIZ any way one would take him. He had
some directly from the theater to meet
aome people invited In by his friends and
shere were traces of the makeup yet
pn his face.
There was nothing about this young man
chat suggested villainy. the guests at the
liable thought. On the contrary they would
father expect TO find him snatching chill
s1ren from IN front OF street cars and run
ssvay horses and protecting women from the
lesigns of mashers. than TO see him per-
Aecuting the helpless. In Crawfordsville,
where the young actor was reared. he was
famous for his gentleness and his gallantry
Ind his heroic deeds in saving small boys
S,rorn drowning in the old Sperry dam are
Vet talked OF.
! Young Allen did not at once reply to the
tDretty blond who questioned him. Just then
eshe waiter came with the wine and the
actor inverted his glass when the man
afopped behind his chair. He watched the
sztri sip the sparkling yellow liquid and ne
isniIed and nodded at the wealthy young
keliow at the other end of the table. who
Aifted his glass with an air OF good fellow
ship and as II he were saying. Here's
show." Young Allen twirled the slender
Sstem OF his own glass between his thumb
sand finger as he replied to the girl.
The stage villain" said he, lis not al
ways despised on the stage as much as he
rs by the audience. For instance tonight
twhen / was terrorizing that poor young
fwoman snd prosecuting her until every
Shonest man IN the house would have been
tcnly too glad TO fight with me, we were
3both having little speeches on the side.
tOnce when she said. I hate you, monster,
tand will die rather than go with you, she
followed 1t with the side remark intended
sonly for my ears. What time do we leave
flor Columbus to-night?' Not long ago one
eof the women OF our company fell out with
kme and did me rather shabby trick We
twere both on the stage and she began talk
ling too soon after OF my speeches that
Ahad brought me hand OF course when
sshe began TO speak ii cut of the applause
fand that naturally angered me. This is the
tway stage people get even with
fother. In this drama of ours there Is
{stormy scene between this particular
swoman and myself and during the scene
IL have to choke her. Tonight when L
Ssprang at her and grabbed her throat. 1
sworked In few extras for her benefit. In
this scene say to her. Curse you. woman.
you have betrayed me- Tonight couldn't
.refrain from following these lines with the
remark, only loud enough for her to hear.
This is where / get even with you for what
you did TO me the other night To the au-
dience II looks as II my hands were tightly
fclutching her throat. What said to her
aside, however, was only in joke and we
!! were both laughing but the audience
l couldn't see It,"
zone OF the curious things about the
life OF the stage villain" continued the
! young actor. 'fs the fact that some women
really fall I'm love with him-that is. women
: who SIT in the audience and watch his
work"
The young bank cashier who sat at the
I left of the actor was deeply interested in
J his talk about stage life. i've heard 1t
said. Mr.. Allen,' he remarked, that some
Z tines actors play to particular persons in
the audience How about that?'
''rt's frequently the case" replied Allen.
slipping from his glass of water. "A friend
! of mine who last year played the part of
1 Richard Carewe in When We Were Twen-
/. ty-One' found the girl he expects to marry
! In that way. II any OF you have ever seen
4 the play you will remember that the part
4 of Carewe IL that OF a handsome bachelor,
! who is really the leading man of the piece.
5 This friend OF mine is rather a striking
4 looking man.. and his friends say he is
} ever. good-looking. Over in an Illinois
town the company was playing to big
matinee one day. My friend was at his
!. best In the audience. far down toward the
front row. ne saw a pretty, stylish girl
! that looked good to him. Now. don't
want you to understand that he was a
1 .rnasher' in any sense of the word, but he
| Is an actor, and has an eye TO the artistic
This girl was dark and handsome and
!! made distinct impression on my friend
1 the instant he saw her. He noticed. too
4 that she was deeply interested in the part
I OF Richard Carewe- He began TO play
directly at her and she realized It, 1t en-
4 barrassed her, but she couldn't escape
Carewe makes one little speech in which hi
says Isn't she beautiful? AS he SAID
! these words he almost pointed at the gir
in the audience and looked directly at her
In fact he meant her TO feel that h'
l alluded TO her, as well as to the persoI
whom the author put in the play. and the
girl took II just the way he meant it, Yol
could almost see her start from her chair
She believed that everybody in the audience
knew that the handsome bachelor was talk
ing to her. and he meant for her to under
stand it. You have had fairly good tim
since you have been here. haven't you
dear?' Careve said again. and again h