The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-05

whom, we fancy 1t would be a delight
to know, whose smile is bewitching and
the touch of whose hand must be like
a caress.
| It is not always because she is beau
tiful that the woman of the stage
touches the hearts of many-strangers
to her, meeting with only the glow OF
the footlights between them.
It is not always the good part" which
has been assigned her which attracts
and stirs into being stronger feeling
than passing interest.
1t is something more than the smile
which dazzles and the silvery cadence
OF a musical voice. It is the vivid per-
sonality which emanates from her
sympathetic, Misunderstanding into vi
bration the tender, silver cord that
leads to loves throne in the heart.
The woman of the stage abounds in
love; it is a vital part Of her being
even as-its perfume is a sweet part
of tie perfect, luscious flower that all
winds seek to WOO. She is tender
sweetheart. for she lives her life in the
beautiful white light of the roseate pas
sion as it is ever depicted in her world
idoliZed by her Romeo, to the heroines
of the dramas of today. Love is the
dominating influence in each stage pic
ture of which she is a part, and she
looks for it on the great worlds stage.
To rad1ate an atmosphere of love
along the flower strewn path she so
gayly treads is not art with her-it is
nature, the rose bloom which jewels
her existence.
They are excellent comrades, these
blithesome, happy-go-lucky women of
the stage; all sympathy, all heart, the
best antidote in the world for a spell Of
the blues. They never sigh where a
smile Will answer. Their motto is: Scat
ter the sunshine, Danish the gloom.
They are the butterflies of the world,
1uttering joyously through life, sip
ping its honey; not SO useful, perhaps,
as the bee. nor have they its sting.
With scores of admirers to choose
from they are not apt to cloy a man
with too much sweetness, and they add
spice to life's variety by leaving a lover
unleashed from binding promises until
they can be sure beyond all doubling
| that they are nearer and dearer to him
| yet than all others.
Then, and not until then, do these
| bright birds of passage consent to be
! Gagged.
| And yet their hearts are harpsichords,
responding to the touch Of a maSterful
hand upon its strings.
| They make the fondest of wives, new
er eXacting, too wise to ask if they
| were the first or twentieth tenant that
| inhabited their husbands heart, salts
fed to be the last and hold the fort
from that time on-agafnst all corners.
Frank keenan, and 1.-THE Oath.'
Frank keenan,, whose theatrical his
| tory dates back to early days in KAN
| sas when he owned a theater and play
| ed in his own company in Wichita,
| now is appearing in the Seamus Nc
Manus play THE Oath in New York
| City. The New York Review has the
| following to say regarding him:
Frank Keenan's triumph in The
Oath is the fruition of a career dedi-
Gated to high ideals and lofty achieve
ments. Fidelity to these ideals has
prevented Mr.. keenan, from ever ap-
pearing in an off-color play.
Born of Irish parents in Dubuque,
Iowa and educated in Boston, Mr.. Kee-
nan made his entry into the profession
through a stock company in Lowell,
Mass, and has seen and participated
in the development of the drama in
America from it's primitive beginnings.
He first won fame as a character actor,
succeeding to the laurels of the late
Sol Smith Russell. and starred success
, fully in "A Poor Relation and Hon.
John Grigsby.' the strongest of his
repertoire. The character of Brother
Paul in The Christian further reveal
ed his versatility, and brought him to
the attention of David Belasco, who
cast him as the sheriff in The Girl of
! the Golden West a part which We'd