Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-01-26

= said Shakespeare. The majority
of people have been wont to look upon
themselves as the audience. and the
men and women who make the news
papers actors In great stock COM
pany fitting around upo1 the stage
producing "a new play every night
Tor the instruction and amusement OF
all who pay the price Of admission
II Is frequently a question. too, as To
which part OF the house IL the most
nDpreciatiye. and all are given 10 crit.
icism. The gallery thinks we Ilay too
much for the dress circle: and the
dress circle would prefer a more ex
elusive drama, Directing when too
much attention Is draws TO portraying
life on the stage as some OF them are
wont to live II. The body Of the house
sometimes thinks II Is not quite mod.
est TO depict some of the scenes which
we put on-tbat there Is too much
melodrama. too much realism. too
much that is sensational. too much ad.
herence to details: while the bald
headed row down In front finds fault
In ways In which the rest OF the house
never dreamed! .t.. ..-...t ....
To the gallery would say: I'VE
are trying to educate you TO d higher
standard" to the dress circle I would
say; III you do not like the reflection
In the mirror. chhnge the original pose
The mirror Is not responsible for what
u rehec's' 10 the main body OF the
"ouse ! answer: we paint life us we
see IT, NOT as W WISH II were. or as 1t
s"ou'a pe' WIN our eyes turned to-
war" you we strive 10 give BACK In Nv
ing pictures what we see going on
uiou"u US ike that queer contrivance
upon "hich one looks 10 see the NOV
ing iorms Oh people docks away. IL
~" 10 not IKE the piece, stop doing
'he 'hihgs you OBJECT to seeing In
pint ana 10 inc oaid-headed row
Mna' shaii say! think ! shall sag
ms ne careful you OF the shiny
ia'ea row. lest your eternal vigilance
pe 'ne price OF your common sense
ine s"phns Vi second childhood VIII
h'' you u you dcht watch OUT!
We are wont to think OF the bald
headed row as strictly masculine gen
der but ! assure you that In the the
alter OF the world. sex II quite evenly
divided.
Now l am going to reverse the sit.
L.tion. and let the tired and misun-
derst0od actors come down and be
audience while the public takes the
stage. am going to turn the lime
lights on you for little while and we
OF the profession are going to look nj
you through the other end OF the opera
glasses than that which Is usually
turned toward us. / know lust how
Robbie Burns. the plowman poet, felt
when he wrote the lines:
20 wad "a power the giftie gle us
To see oursels AZ ithers see us;
il would frae monte blunder free us
And foolish notion:
What airs In dress and gait would
lea'e us.
An cen devotion!"
In the eyes OF every successful writ.
err are X-rays that search below the
artificial coverings OF human beings
the foibles. the little Receptions. both
innocent and otherwise. and see peo-
pie rs nearly as 1t Is possible for one
human being to see another.
We newspaper people see the house
before It is decorated for the wedding;
the lights before the shades are ad-
justed. and we know that It Is only 4
few cents worth OF crepe paper or
silk that makes that rosy glow fall &c
softly. We see the brides In the hands
Of their hair dresssrs and manicures,
and assure you they are no prettier
than other girls with their hair In the
curling tongs. We see madame In the
morning. already nervous and tired
hurrying to finish the croQuettes or
the salads that she cannot trust to
Bridget; arranging flowers for the az
ternoon's luncheon. The world sees
her few hours later serene and smil'
ing and irreproaehably gowned. and II