The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-05
ON AND OFF THE STAGE.
BY HAROLD ORLOB.

New York, Sept An choosing ION
and OF the Stage" as the title for my
series of letters to The Herald-Repub-
HCau, 1 have in mind many questions
that have been put to me by people
not connected with the theatrical pro-
feSsiOn, regarding the habits, morals.
personal appearance and age, etc, of
our prominent actors and actresses. I
viii endeavOT to enlighten my many
Salt Lake friends and readers of this
paper upon this interesting subject of
On and on the stage" but only in
SO far as 1 am personally acquainted
with the actor or actress in question
To some Of you matinee girls and
hero WOrshipeTs' il may be q shock
TO have your ideas shattered as they
probably viii be in SOME instances To
the stage door tribe" young and old.
(and many are old enough to know bet
teri 1t may put your mind at ease and
stay still your fUttering heart to know
that the blonde" on the end IS only 81
years old, has two children at home.
and doesn't care a rap for late sup
pers.
Admitting that your brunette" with
that ready to wear hair" who sings
in the seXtette. is really as young and
as pretty as you think, the chances are
SO TO a doughnut that she has a friend
has so accustomed her to swell spreads
after the show that q wine supper at
the Louvre would look TO her like
sandwich at Martins
However, before writing further,
wish to correct any impression you may
have gathered from the foregoing lines,
that all actors and actresses are alike.
Nor are they different from other NOR
tails, only insofar as the public sees
d Ia
at the theater, and then bringing its
imagination into play about what stage
people do when away from the foot
lights
While in Chicago last week had Oc-
CaSiOn to go upon the stage of the
Chicago opera house, where I saw
Henry Woodruff directing a rehearsal
of THE Prince OF Tonight" which will
serve him as a staring vehicle again
this season. He is known to be a
faVOTite matinee idol
Many prominent women of society are
truly in love with him. Probably they
have never seen him as did that day;
his pretty marcelIed blonde hair SO
disordered, his face unshaven, in fact
looking very different than he does on
the stage.
What would you girls think of an ac-
tor who prefers the glare OF the cook
stove TO that of the calcium and who
puts the cook book ahead of Shape
speare2 Some of you would abhor
q man who spend his spare time
connecting sUcculent dishes and
who takes more care in dressing
q salad than he does I'm the
dressing his part Yet SUCH a fellow is
Will Deming. who plays Bud H8ines,
the handsome hero in "A Gentleman
from Mississippi" On the other hand,
his stock may rise one hundred per
cent in the opinion Of some matinee
girls just because he is so d0mesti-
Gated. What an ideal husband he would
make and he does, for alas he is already
married.
The Goddess of Liberty" ChicagO's
pictorial and polite musical play, is
graced by the presence of Miss Salle
Fisher. In speaking TO me of Miss
Fisher. Mr.. Adams cO-authOr Of this.
his latest and greatest success, said
that he considered our Salt Lake girl
the best drawing card they have ever
had at the Princess theater. Her salary
IS $500 a week in real money, and al
though she has q charming personality.
her voice gets her the money. as Eva
Tanguay would say. Miss Fisher has
q peculiar 'posey" way Of using her
head and arms, but with these small
mannerisms eliminated she viii be as
fine an actress as she is a singer.
Miss Viola Gillette is also playing in
Chicago with jefferson DeAngeles in
1.-THE Beauty Spot" She looks as
young and handsome as ever, but un-
fortunately De Koven has not given
her a single song worthy her cultivated
voice. However. she makes good"
with what music there is Miss Gil
lette is to be greatly admired for be
ing charming and unaffected off the
stage.