The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-01-23
Must Have Great
Memory.

ority that women are the greatest
takers, and this seems to have been
adopted as an established truth by
the general run Of playwrights. There
Is one woman In Cincinnati who Is
willing TO vouch for this statement,
and that Is Miss Ida Adair, the beau.
tlful and talented leading lady Of the
Forepaugh Stock company. Since she
has been the leading lady OF that or
ganization she has played eighteen
different roles, and the number OF
words she had to recite in that time
will surprise every one.
Conseryatively estimated the eigh-
teen roles had about 100000 words,
each and every one OF which had to be
committed to memory. There are ten
performances each week. These
words had to be spoken that often,
making a total OF 1850, 900 There are
six rehearsals each week, and, at an
average, each scene Is gone through
three times at each rehearsal, making
IS times each week Thus the lead.
ing lady must speak the lines at least
Is times before she is ready for per-
Torrance, another total Of 1890, 900;
making a grand total Of 100000
words which have been spoken by Miss
Adair from the stages Of Robinson's
and Olympic since September. The
total is almost beyond belief, but the
present season has been an exception
ally severe one on the leading lady, be.
cause almost every play selected has
been provided with big feminine
role. This total Of spoken words does
not include the many times more they
are gone over In the privacy Of her
room when she Is Photographic them
upon her memory.
Seated In her dressing room at the
Olympia, Miss Adair began the calcu-
lations upon request Of the times-Star
representative, and when she saw the
enormous total she was at first stunn.
ed. Then a pleasant smile lit up her
face, and with an archness she made
the confession; "My, but have been
a talker!"
The feat Miss Adair has accomplish
ed since she has been here has been
one perhaps unequaled in any stock
company. She herself Is authority
for the statement that never before
has she gone through such siege.
"When ! look at those figures" she
said,"l wonder how l did it. over
hundred thousand words In the eigh-
teen parts and total amount Of
words spoken bordering close on to
three millionl Why, the physical
labor OF speaking that much now APP
pals me- And every role have play
ed this year has been new to me, ex-
cept Katie In old Heidelberg
ave started out with Heart of
Maryland'and my part had sixty sides
of typewriter matter. Averaging
eighty-five words to the page, that
makes a total Of 5, 100 words to begin
with Then came Lady Windemere'
with fifty pages, about 1880 words,
and then came Lady Ursula, which
was Just doubled, In'Ranson's Folly
which followed, had comparatively
easy time, the part being only thirty
pages OF 1850 words. 'Tribly was
about double that, and "A Nighu at
the Circus little more than double.
'Beaucaire' was about the same as the
circus night, and then came old
Heidelberg, the only part with which
l was acquainted, one Of the shortest
OF all, only thirty sides. In Mrs,
Danes Defense l had very trying
role, the total part being sixty.six
pages, about 5000 words. Leah
Kleschna, followed 1t was part OF
an even hundred sides, $500 words, and
then came the Duke Of Killicrankie,'
with $3.50 words. Then followed the
two hardest weeks OF all, the two
biggest roles l have ever learned
'Zaza' had las pages, total OF no less
than l2,325 words, to be followed by
Mary Tudor in When Ksighthood