The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-02
STAGE WOMEN ARE NOT REAL
@aRf SHiw BLAME9 fHE
PItIWRsG FOR IT.
says the Female Characters Are Ghaefs
Caricatures wishes the ssen Authsrs
Would Consult Actresses In rheir
writing Far-rs Fun In situafiens.

Would Consult Actresses In Their
WRITING -Farrrs Fun In situafiens,
There Is On. gres, yearning In the heart
% every actress. Mary shaw told the
Society OF New York State Women yester
day afternoon at the Waldorf. and IN at
il TO have real women 10 personate.
Those OF ia who think and feel.
she said AR. so terribly weary OF con
v-rting ourselves into the caricatures OF
our sex which the modern playwright
d.vis<-s for the entertainment OF the
public Now the modern playwright is
generally a man. and part OF the time
h. caricature~ women because he doesn Z
in the least degree comprehend feminine
psychology and the rest OF the time he
Carica,ures us because he thinks that
people like to look at caricatures Perhaps
some stupid. shallow persons do but
! would rate the intellect Of even the
average man much higher than do those
who undertake 10 provide his amussn,ents
for him
There let that word Amusement
slip out. because it Is being constantly
thrust upon one in connection with tbs
theatre ! am afraid that idea In the
raison detre Of a play in the minds OF
too many in this country II h hut a
subsidiary feature Of the drama to those
who have a true love for art
Miss Shaw went on To aay thar the
unreality Of the characters women were
forced to depict had developed in actresses
Of the present day a superficial mimetic
power 10 the exclusion OF the deeper side
Of interpretive acting
How familiar TO all OF Ne she said
is the stage old maid with her corkscrew
curls, crazy 10 get married. the stage
society woman with her exaggerated
hauteur and her affectations! I might
remark here that my somewhat limited
observation OF society women has led me
To believe that many OF them are better
actresses than those who impersonats
them The best acting have seen has not
been on the stage
i have frequently marvelled at the
wonderful amount Of hard labor these APP
upon the &C Iuiring Of part without
being paid for IT | know that the most
disinterestei professional wouldn { dream
OF doing II
II only those play wrights would talk
things over with ACT resee- once IN while.
she wen; on patheticAlly. Il arm sure Ne
could help them out in many ways. We
are women ourselves. ve study women all
tn. time. and II Wa have any brains a. all
we ought TO be able 30 sense at once what
certain type OF heroine might logically
do in a given act OF circumstanC A IL
Is, thosa Of us who care are forced to play
shaw and lbsen SSen IL no one comes TO ere
Va. and then do vaudeville turns in be-
tween times TO pay for our bread and
butter"
Miss shaw paused for mom.n, and
blushed
Here | have been talking away about
my hobby. she resumed isughingly. and
haven't even mentioned the subject
assigned TO the achievements of New
York women in the dramatic profession
A matter Of fact arm afraid have been
hedging because I am unprepared. The
truth IL that nearly all the charming
and clever women | arm continually meet
ing here turn out to have been born some
where else cant Just this minute think
OF any tremendously successful actress
Of them, ! think. owe a large measure OF
their achievement TO the Inspiration of
this great CITY
I Miss shaw then said that she hoped no
one would got the impression that because
she resented the caricaturing OF women
on the stage she did not realize the poe
sibiliIies Of good farce
i thoroughly enjoy farce mvself. she
explained Il b-li-ve. though tina, the
fun should ari-. from tho situations and
not from distorted conception of the
Miss Shaw concluded nv begging tho
New York State women 20 show their
approval Of things they liked at the play
by Al least Clappng their hands IL en-
The actors shs said. and helped
them with their managers