The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-03-05
..nB WARNING FOR THE
slmPlE LIFE

pr.nnna says There 10 Nothing
a., 10 Dshine the FootIlqhts
a. rinssl and Show
#Pruu..s ~ In bed AZ the Clara Bar
90 horrsti In San Francisco. Miss
Nnrtou (Nrs. Daniel Frohman) re-
oatly aelned the following article
~ ths prrss:
An u1men are units: Each Of MS
.1lulVol n our own orbit. and the cir.
- q 81 movements is the result
80 afractiOns which hedge us
Ilount ! know 80 many good and
NI6sIl1ni women on the stage that
49, ! personally feel about IL would
neem y be a libel on their virtues.
To stage Offers a fine career for
sri wh0 loves h and who feels GER
tmn MAJ she has no impulses that
uruit lead her 10 desire a home and
Leartstone. I would say to the
glrh uhO are lured by the footIights:
Taks care that you know your own
weaknesses and your own strength.
ne normal life OF the woman is
allied b. the theater. Players lose
their Own conception of the propor-
tionaie values Of things. Take an &C
treas newly given, to the stage. She
hSes In q tiny room in a lodging
Y b0uss. AZ the theater she wears the
nneaf clothes that an extravagant
siage manager can provide for her.
To BE- sure her jewels are paste
and her gorgeous costumes are from
ne costumer, but she wears them and
acqulrcs a taste for hnery which she
cannOt AFFORD In her own life.If she is
not a woman Of more than ordinary
strength Of character she will resent
the fact that others may wear of the
stage What she wears on IT,
The great actresses OF the world
NE Bernhard. for instance-are not
home women. children loving women,
housewives. ] would rather be an
Qrtinary Mrs. Brown or Mrs. Smith
than a Margaret Ilington, and if that
b en- abnormal preference, then am
abnormal II was on this subject that
ne quarreled. my husband and J. He
wanted me 90 be a great actress.
uanted 20 be his sweetheart.
Lived IN Trunks
- = Apparently that was impossible,
and after having collapsed in Boston
In The Thief after having been jolt
I'd around the country over one-night
stand circuits. after having lived in
trunks and dressing rooms. poor hotels
and frontier lodging houses. deter
mined 90 be- a woman like other wo-
men. and live a natural and normal
existence. ~ that sounds strange and
not understandable 10 hundreds of
nris who envied me when I was a
promising star let them try It them
selvea
Keep away from the theaters, /
SAY. unless you have a fire of I'M
ouenohable ambition within you and
the consciousness that you will win.
That advice Is for women, not for
men. Men are supposed to provide
Cor us-not We for them. Men are
supposed 90 be the advisers and pro-
viders. q Is our business to stay at
hone and care for the little ones
rsar them. train them. love them, and
80 the dinner.
Asks Question
Suppose a young woman with the
possibility % loving much and hating
much should meet a man whose SEN
timeuts matched hers TO the last ex-
IRENE: suppose he was the first who
crossed her path in an exotic wilder
ness Of Of mirage and unreality-
would she not love him? Suppose
her husband. assuming her TO be mar
risd. had such confidence in her that
h. would hear unmOved the facts of
che mutual affection and urge her to
keep ON the stage and on the trail OF
an illusion called fame. then would
you say that he and she were incom.
patible?
Ny marriage TO Mr.. Frohman was
great mistake knew il before we
- haon married n wear