The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-09-19
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DR.. Edwin D. Morrow
8O3 Commercial Ave, Cairo, III,

earneatness In It's degrees, signs Of re-
alism and idealism. signs Of the es-
teen or affection, Of indifference or
dislain in when the players hold
each other. There are kisses fond
kisses furious, kisses dainty kisses
reluctant, kisses mechanical. ksses
for arts sake and kiss for kisses
sake. Why, indeed, wise men in the
front row can read stories galore
and whole histories in the way the
hero and heroine kiss.
Not long ago there was charm
ing star at a Broadway theater in
play that had for its central theme a
passionate love affair. 1t happened
/ that she hated her leading man. hated
hlm very sincerely; and when She
kissed him, as she was compelled III
do several times in the progress OF
/ the play it was an ordeal that caused
her nightly anguish. But she was
an actress to the very heart, and she
did not compromise with her feelings
touch his lips 70 her cheek or ear,
Not she; but with great determine
ton she put up her lips to him.
He, the brute, knowing that she
disliked him, and being vastly amused
thereby, took good care to give her
the most generous and resoanding
kiss he had in his repertoire Nobody
but the wite ones In the front row
knew that there was anything lack,
ing In the quality of that kiss. But
in her dressing room the actress al
ternately wept and ragged
Now and then kiss misses fire
ana Is wasted in the air. Such mis-
hap occurred on the opening night
of MAN Proposes" at the Hudson,
but as it was fatherly kiss, it did
not matter much Walter Allen, play
inc the part of Or. Anthony Grayburr
had followed his niece Esther (Miss
Dorothy Hammond). TO the garden
gate, to bid her godspeed on her
Journey to London. There was goo~
deal of nervousness among the play
ers that night and when Mr. Alleo
puckered his lips 10 kiss the Cir
goodbye he missed her by about q
foot, to The great amusement Of the
audience ana the actors considerable
=. embarrassment.
Clara Morris, in her Life on the
Stage" tells Of one kiss. or success,
sion Of kisses that caused her much
distress. When she was mere girl
in Cleveland playing all sorts Of
parts in stock company, she once
was the Queen Gertrude when the
great Bandmann was Hamlet. That
! irascible actor at first would not think
Of permitting so young an actress T.
play the Queen, but there being n5
one else available he at last with
many misgivipgs consented. But
he met with a surprise, for Miss Nor
ris. forgetting Bandmann and every
body, played the Queen with all the
power and imagination she was capa
bic of.
After the cioret acele, "the alp
plsH@a" she write, was rapturo0a
tho curtain fell--and why ghat in The
DaEo Of heaven was happening &c
] he? was caught by he arms and
lftcd high In the air; when | como
| down ! was crushed to iIamlct's hos.
ON with cracking sound of break
ing Roman.pearl beads, ana in a whirl
wind of 'IImmels, 'Gotts,' and
/ a l. ft, yi n1
wet kisses on either chcek--on my
brow--my eyes. Then disjointed
English came forth: oh, you so
great, you Meine apple-cheeked girl!
You maker of the fraud-you so
great nobody! Ach! yoh are fre-yoh
have pride---yoh are a Gertrude who
have shame. More kisses, then he
suddenly realized the audience was
5tilk applc lding loudly ana hear
.ly he graspei my hand. he draggst
ne before the curtain, he bowed, he
waved his hands, the threw one ar.
about my shoulders
Good Lord.r ] thought. "he isn't
going TO do it al over asaia--out
here. is hc!" and 7 began backing out
of sight as quickly as po sible.
The realism Of the kissing varies a
good deal al various theaters. No
trining with ear tips and nccks and
back hair is permitted al The BcIasco
AZ the Empire gond deal of polite
discretion IS permitted. Kisses have
been rare al The Now l.yceum There