Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-06
Gossip About Plays and Players

where a manager would last season or
before that have organized three or more
companies to play a successful piece
through the one-right stands, he is now
sending out one company to keep in the
cities. There have been various explana-
tons for this phenomenon in the one-night
stards. The most generally accepted is
that they have perhaps been overplayed."
The actors who are awaiting the after
election engagements feel that much de-
ponds on which candidate is elected. Man
ayers have in several Instances declared
that they will take out this or that COM
pany or group of companies i'm case the re-
publican candidate is elected. What they
intend to do in case w. j. Bryan is elected
none of them has been known to say.
The average wage-earner looks with hor-
ror upon the possibility of having to live
for a term of months without employment
or it's resulting salary. Yet there are
members of the Actors society who have
rot had engagements for more than a
year. The question as to how they man.
aged to exist was put to Mr., Seyboldt.
'Oh, they live on their savings if they
have any, with their families, or on their
friends, or they find some sort Of employ
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taxes a mans ingenuity to the limit to
get along in this way. I've done it in my
time and know what it means.
1T gets to such a pass sometimes that
a mar must do whatever offers, however
ignominious it may appear at the time.
But that is not true of the actors calling
alone. You must know Of many other
professions in which men are not always
able to find support and must turn their
energies to something else to help out.
ACTORS are likely to turn their efforts
toward being hotel clerks or to some
occupation their training has fitted them
for. But that does not always follow
I heard of one actor who was on an ice
wagon"
The present lack of employment for Sc
many actors has not tended to diminish
the number of persons seeking to follow
a stage career, according to this authority
The supply grows greater every year
The schools of acting now located in every
large city Of the country continues to turr
graduates cut in large numbers Tn,
agencies are fuller eve.y year Of the new
arrivals who come here to try their for
tune. often leaving comfortable employ
mcnt at home or coming a, all events from
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they might find somc hind OF employmcn
through their relations.
IF the aspirants for positions on thu
stage could only h. deferred by hoarin'
Of the present plight OF the actors SAT-
Mr.. seyholdt, then 1t Nigh, accomplisi
some good. But it Eas no effect on then
to hear tina. the profession is alread!
i, ovcrcrowded.
"Tl'cy feel that il is overCrOwded onl'
o with inCompetents and that they vii
never lack for work. They are sure tina
/ talent such as theirs is going to prov
exceptional.
T. THE result is that they are half tn
) time without employment, and after a Gel
r tain number OF years they drift into othe
It work. For a while they may by consent
ing to take smaller salaries deprive bette
actors % employment. Bat even that coC
$ not continue long.
THE really competent actor even n sue
X times as these is nearly always able
% make a good living. The incompetent
o who rushed into the profession becau'
" they had 10 be actors and felt that the d
= vine spark would not allow them to q
y anything else are the ones that suffe
The poor fellows usually have 20 pay Il
-e penalty OF their ambitions, 50 possibly
n Is best not to be too hard on them.
IF all these hardships are difficult for