The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-21

THE actress does not entertain as
generally as the public supposes. She
has a social life utterly distinct from
her work. It Is her one exclusive
pleasure. Nor does she give cham
payne suppers to critics or newspa
per people who could be Of service to
her. All such performances are relies
of the professional dark ages. But she
does spend a small fortune annually
In photographs. ordering them by the
lots of 400 each. and casting them
broadcast through her press agent.
This Is q mere hint OF the money
she spends which might rightly be
charged up to the account Of advertis-
ing, and advertising makes the actress,
just as it makes the successful manu-
facturer of shoes or breakfast foods
only the two classes of people go at it
in different fashion.
Bear Heavy Domestic Burdens.
Turning from the professional life
or the actress TO take a glance purely
personal, and you find that the aver
age woman of the stage has domestic
membranes which must be kept
rellgiously in the background-by
means of her money. think can say
in perfect fairness that 999 actresses
out of every 1000 have heavy domes-
tic burdens to carry. Talent is no re-
spector of neighborhoods or social con-
ditions, and it Is not to our discredit
to say that the majority OF actresses
have literally worked their way to
competency. Few indeed were born
with the silver spoon at their lips, and
gold spoons were certainly unknown to
us. The social evolution of stage wom-
en- as q class is perhaps the greatest
tribute to their versatility
And out of these conditions comes
F1n - -
apt to be the shining financial star in
her family, as well as in her company.
And her family expects much from
her and her purse. ] will not mention
names, but l know OF one star whose
parents never reached the dramatic
heights their daughter has, and she
now supports them in a comfort their
own efforts could never have secured.
Her mothers shrewish tongue and
garrulous habits make 1t inadvisable
for the daughter to have her as a
member of her household, but large
share of her salary goes every week
10 the suburban home of her parents,
and every Saturday she adds to the al
1owance a hamper of fruit and flowers.
Still another successful actress. whose
father in his dotage married a young
and scheming woman, must keep up
two establishments because her step
her professional advancement Par
ticularly are Jewish women pune
tilious in caring for their parents, and
often regret that, for the sake of ap-
pearanceS, they must live away from
the family roof tree. Moreover, the
actress usually keeps those dependent
upon her in better circumstances than
is absolutely necessary, for the tongue
of gossip and scandal is ever rife and
aRfraod fC fxrA e-Ar1I
ticularly in family matters.
Injustice Done Actresses.
Every often since my debut on the
stage as a mere child the injustice of
this charge of extravaganza in the
professional woman$ has been thrust
upon me, but never so forcibly as since
/ have seen my name in big type at
the head Of my own company. AS a
member of The Runaway GirF'
company, l could afford to laugh
sometimes at the public's belief in the
cold bottle and hot bird theory of ex-
istence for the actress but as Win
some Winnie, at the head of my own
company, realize more fully the in
Justice Of It all. With the larger sal
airy, as well as the larger opportuni-
ties, come heavier responsibilities and
taxes on the purse.
From the Atlantic to the Pacific the
successful stage woman is logged by
appeals for assistance, tickets for
benefits, etc. Every business man
knows what this drain in the name Of
charity means to him. Women in pri-
waite life hardly appreciate it. The ac-
tr'ess dare not say nay any more than
the successful business man. To her,
refusal means that she will be heralded
through the profession as near ora
failure.
The woman in private life has ev-
cry facility for making her money go
as far as possible. Everything in our
life tends in the other direction. We
have neither time nor opportunity to
practice those small economies dear
to the feminine heart Constant travel
and rehearsals on dirty stages ruin
our gowns Performances by night
and rehearsals by day leave us no
time to keep up the ends. Yet many
an actress is at heart a thrifty soul,
and while the world exclaIms, Behold
the actressl She tolls not, neither does
she spin, yet she has money to throw
to the birds-and to the florist that
same actress is watching with a feel
ing akin to despair the very, very slow
growth of her bank account"
There's a want you want to see
among THE Globes Paying Wants"
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