Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-13
MOVING PICTURES HELP WOMEN
Give Easy Work to Many n Struggling
Actress.

Give Easy Work to Many n STRUGGLING
Actress.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-Woman's chances
of making a living have been increased by
the rise of the biograph machines. Many a
young actress anxiously awaiting an en-
gagement will agree to this. At the start,
when one concern controlled the production
of moving pictures in this country, women
helpers were not seriously considered in the
plans of managers. AS a rule when a
woman was needed a man donned petticoats
and played the part. Even now in a GER
tain class of pictures this is sometimes
done. Every year there has been an in
creased demand for women to pose and in
dications are that the demand will go on
increasing, for instead of one concern In
the field there are now fifteen at least.
81 need these in my business" explained
a young woman who was surprised in her
bedroom by a visit from a friend. She was
working on what looked like a very full
pair of boomers made of coarse inexpen-
sive gray flannel, with blouse waist to
match.
when do you expect to need anything
so uglyg' asked the other in surprise.
Next Monday morning. when I shall
Jump into the water, strike out for a row
boat, chamber in and row off"
Mercy" gasped the listener. what
sort OF a play are you booked for now? ]
thought you were not expecting an en-
gagement for two months to come"
Then the other confessed, She was pos.
Ing for moving pictures, and her ability Il
swim and manage a rowboat had got hei
the job. These talents had not so far beer
of any particular use to her in her stage
career, but supplemented with her stage
experience they made her eligible for a
moving picture model at a time wien a feN
five-dollar bills looked like a fortune Il
Der. In doing her stunt, she cXpla' ned
after she and the photographer and his as
sistants had journeyed to an isolated sub
urban spot, the young woman would weai
the gray flannel suit-the full boomers
easily passing for a skirt. especially wher
water soaked. In scene number two of the
same series she beaches her boat. suppos
eddy half a mile away, although in reality
she only goes a few yards dow the shore
jumps out and runs away. In fact at thiI
i~uncture she does make a Decline to
nearby house where dry wearing appare
awaits her. The succeeding scenes of tn
same series may not be made until tn,
next day and in quite a different part o
the country Nht ltubAh VI AihN leAuiie'
depending a good deal or the c%leverness o
the posers. This is another way of sayin.
that the average amateur, no matter hov
accomplished she thinks she is in aquati
exercises or how much at home she may b
in a boat, is not likely to be favorably re
garded by managers for the role of a NOV
ing picture model.
I'VE haven't time to coach the inexperl
enced." explained the head Of one movinI
picture concern. Moving pictures are pan
tomime and TO give good pantomime 10
quires clever actors"
Ar a matter OF fact SO t~remendousl
varied Is the present output OF moving pi1
lures that every possible variety Of talcu
can be and is used in their manufacture
Women who have never had a chanc
, TO DO more behind the footlights than NOV
about gracefully and actresses who ear