The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-07-20
DELLA FOX; ACTORS
HATE SUNDAY STAGE
Noted Prima Donna Says Pro"
fession is Unalterably
Opposed to 1t.
NERVES MUS HAVE REST
She Declares No One Has Any Idea or
the Strain Under Which Stage
Folk Work-Young Women
Safe as Anywhere.

YES. every member of the profession
longs for the day when there Will be
no Sunday stands. The actor folks are
for a six-day week, But there are the
and the more eNacting pub
lie. To the public is due the Sunday
theater.'
This was the reply OF Della Fox TO
the question of a reporter as he sat
talking to the famous prima donna IN
her dressing room.
She had been speaking of the hard
life of the stage. and Of how often ac-
tors must simply pull themselves to-
gether by the force Of will power to do
their part and how weari.-g on the
nerves are the thirty-Week engage
ments, such as she will complete with
the close of her appearance at The
Farm this week.
people don realize, don't you know,
how wearing on ones nerves this work
is. They don't know that we must key
ourselves up to the highest pitch at
every appearance To the folks in front
of the footlights the actor or actress on
the stage looks perfectly natural and
at ease, but everyone who has looked
on from the wings knows that every
movement is a strain that is nerve
racking.
"Oh, you don't know what a relief it
is to he actress to get even one night
or a matinee off. That is why I say
that universally the people Of the stage
are against the Sunday theater."
Hard Work Wins Success.
What of the opportunities of the
aspirant for he stage HoW compared
with the day you made your debut.
Miss Fox" asked the reporter.
Il assume that YOU mean young
women who look to the stage as a pro-
fession. There is no royal road to sue
cess in this profession any more than
there must be native ability; but this
will not win without hard work Com
bine ability with a large capacity for
kard work, patience and endurance,
and you spell success in this work the
same as any other. .
AS to the opportunities for a stage
career I believe they are more numer-
Jus in this country today than ever be-
fore, but by this l do not mean to con-
Vey the impression hat it is easier to
rise to the top
Where is the best place for a young
woman to start who desires to become
an actress?"
I'm stock. The stock companies give
the best opportunities. There are al
ways bright managers looking around.
One never knows when or where they
may drop in. IT a young woman is
playing in Stock, even in an obscure
place, and she show more thar ordi-
nary ability the sharp eyes of some
manager will see her some time and
there is her opportunity.
First Step Toward the Goal.
The beginner should take anything.
She hould not shun an humble part.
If she can make that part stand out
lust n ittlp stron cor tho, }hn o,,-.
person would be likely to dc she has
Ike her first step on the long and
tedious road to success"
Would you advise a young woman
with stage leanings to follow her in
clination or would you advise her to
say pc stllf to the promptings of her
ambition?"
advice, don't you know, is the
cheapest thing in the world. For this
reason some folks are most liberal with
1t; but as for me l am a little close
listed in that regard. One should be
careful about giving advice for there
is no end to the mischief one may do,
But I would say to any young Won
an that unless her ambition to become
an actress fairly haunts her night and
day and is the uttermost element of her
being, she should go slow and think
long and hard before taking the step.
Then If she decides upon the career,
SiS StiotiS SiN II diltDlllOn Inc VprN
thing for which she lives. Half heart
edness has caused more failures than
lack of merit"
D you consider the stage a safe.
career for a young woman?"
Perfectly Safe on the STAGE.
"A young woman OF sense and dis
erection is as safe on the stage as anv-
where. There are a whole lot OF false no
lions or the dangers of the pathway
hnhjn6 tho fNot1ioL{. ~ =.
wrong anywhere, but not any moro 81
following the profession of an actress
than any other. It's all up to the girl,
she must learn to say No She ,n1st
know the tempter wnen it comes she
must shun the cup, the late dinners
and the restaurant life. 1t is there
that the pitfalls are"
I suppose that you have been an
proached by many stage struck girls
IN your time and asked for advicepn
questioned the reporter.
YES, ana While 1 was starring T eot
many letters-hundreds of themSwhich
| never attempted to answer. some of
tnem were from silly girls temporarily
carried, away with the plimrnar go
glow Of the footlights and With neithau
ability nor the all absorbing ambition
necessary to success,
Otners We're from young woman
VINO, l nave NJ doubt. would have ,,ndn
d success on the stage. But. of course
| never attempted to answer these lat-
ters. 1t would have necessitated .
corps of secretaries" q
How about vaudeville"
Vaudeville Is the Race.
Vaudeville is not what it was j.. 80,
ears ago. There are lust az aeW
bright people and clever actors ~
vaudeville today as there are in =
other line of acting. Vaudeville is ,hs
rage. The people seem to dero,,a q ~
ana OF course the managers must nrn,
vide what the reople want. A a po
sketch in vaudeville is as hard 80
part IN a good play. In MANY rasnaa+a
It Is haraer, for there is no backerpI,,5
and a slip of any kind is much i n.nna
noticeable. 10y more
Then, besides. the vaudevil,a
To-Day IS as clean as any. There is nase
OF that rawnes that formerly cha ,one
terlzed 1t. Upward is the constan+ taa
dency in this line. Of course r sna. zen.
the better class of vaudeville spe Az. OF
lutte refinement is now the rule aapso-
opposite the exception" iu the
Shaded MEANING.
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