The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-08-11

certain type Of masculine pIainness
which lends itself readily 70 character
parts. and q good charaeer actor has a
fortune in himself.
These remarks We're cut short by
gentleman in large checks who entered
the private Office to tell him that no one
ever played Hamlet" as well as Booth.
He admitted. after this remark met
with no denial. that he. himself, was
looking for an engagement and thought
he might undertake that role If it was
going to waste.
We see all kinds was the comment
Of the manager. as the checked gentle
man finally bowed himself out with a
a flourish which suggested the stage Of
a transforming experience.
What has become Of the matinee
idol?" Mr.. Mcintyre was asked, as
something which seemed as IL it might
be one If it ever had the chance, fitted
across the field of vision.
The something had a blue rihboned
straw hat. an outing shirt with stripes
that matched the ribbon on the hat.
The rest of his attire, including cham
payne coIored shoes and a champagne
reminiscent smile, afforded all the ex-
ternal marks needed for the masculine
star who is supposed to disturb the
dreams Of boarding school misses.
What want he said to the man.
ager confndentially. Is a society part.
All my best work has been done in
that line. 1t suits me and ] don't have
to study so hard to give a good
representation of one of the. 400. Fix
me up. old man. Can't you"
The manager promised
He really isn't SO bad he explained.
after the blue tie had drifted away into
the realm of the waiting. You see. all
these little exaggerations OF manner
and pose and expression go all right on
the stage Everything has to be en-
phasized little, but the matinee idol
no longer exists as he used to.
Kyrle Below was the last. really. and
now he has stepped out of that role.
Whether ridicule or a change of view
in the feminie world has caused it. I
DON'T know, but the matinee idol no
longer exists .
How they all live without engage
Iments all summer is natural inquiry,
brought about by the vision OF very
many young women who come dressed
immediately in snowy gowns. white
shoes. big. lacy hats and a general air
Of we'll being.
They KEEP up that much Of a bluff
with me- was the manager response.
He sees through all these little poses,
without seeming to which is a form Of
genius in itself. "They sail in and ask
me about the general condition of af-
fairs, tell what an enjoyable season they
have had and finally come to the point
land say that they will take anything In
the world can get for them, and that
|if have place In q stock company
for the summer they'll accept 1t gladly.
"They get on with their landladies
somehow. I believe that most people
who keep theatrical boarding houses are
very ienfent, knowing that sometimes
they will have to wait, but will be paid
Eventually. Then they borrow Of each
other, Of course. They never save, but
they slide along some way or other, and
manage to make good appearance,
especially when they come to look for
Ian engagement"
Upstairs the same air Of prosperity
EXISTED In the reception rooms set aside
for the women. SCRAPS OF conversation
fioated toward the visitors,
.Said he'd pay up all right when we
got back; but, you mark my word, not
Hone cent of that"
Or perhaps:
Yes I pawned It out In Denver just
hung on to that as long as could, but.
well, I'LL get 1t back next winter all
right. I've got an angel in my fortune,
so a palHtst said To-day"
And from another quarter came the
whisper:
Yes; Lun Park; IS a week. Don't you
dare tell. And all I've got to do is to
ride In a. hanson In the Fire and
Flames. It's a cinch."
In a corner, a beauty of the Dutch
order sits with wide opened blues eyes
like sleepwalker's fixed on nothing.
she says, whispers the manager,
that she'd rather starve and go in rags
than play anything but Ibsen or Suder-
mann. It's too bad, for / can't see
WAAelL Sll0 II Q0 Will tAAO dsNIllAoC VI LAW
public SO against problem plays"
He looked admiringly at her. Its a
case of art for arts sake but the public
- He shrugged his shoulders.
AIT one Of the agencies a women well
known III the theatrical world and who
stands between dramatic planets and
anxious managers sat back in her Office
chair and kept a large army Of PROS
pective stars at bay while she voiced her
belief in regard to the coming winter,
thus:
II am booking people for musical
comedy. That Ii to be the great thing
next year, and if q girl Is pretty and
can sing and dance little good chance
of an engagement, The musical comedy
is to be the thing, because people viii
not think. They want to be amused.
i know one man who went to see "a
musical comedy last winter sixteen
times. He gave as his reason that he
was on the brink of failure; every day
he worked like a dog when night came
he would go out Of the house after din
ner and walk and walk and walk. After
a. while he would ind himselfin front Of
the theater where they we're playing
this particular piece and in he would co.
There are a lot Of men in the same boat