Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-03
BY Shirley Olympus


- find anv who are really old By age meant
Players may lived but their faces and hgureS re-
main Young cins do not meet as the tnecore
period Their carriage erect Their voices 40 NOT crack
but remain Their pleasures ever OF youth
Actors and actresses live at least part lives in the realm
of ar6caiy pctusquy diversified by constant change once
out Of the kingdom of wigs masks players become elemental
Hence they are reuvenated the final fall OF each curtain
Face and figure reflect processes The individual whose
o n oven over to evil harsh Thoughts becomes Scrooge His
pysognomy deeply lined An expression almost sinister
mars it. body out The business man whose menta
processes similar for long stretch OF years. rehec MS
IN his face He develops abnormal degree the commercial side
of his being youth allowed to die out SO that the
fires commercasm may be kept kndled Inc man WHO ~
oavetv wears smile. And SO it goes
T M brain remains in groove thought it is not reasonable
70 upnos the body will And if the brain is not allowed to
remain in groove not reasonable to suppose a the Oody WI"
oet more nourishment and hence remain young?
The actor enters his work with sincerity lie laDors had
for few hours when his work done he throws OIL all serious
and reaxes He realizes what dead He cannot
NV ANYTHING he change the past the dead lie may vow
do better in the performance but he does not allow his past to
work injury to him. ,,,
TO what he already The has his ability as basis but each
norravne evidence ability not upeaddd For each part
he navs he must 90 basis for his In other words he
becomes a new man with each change in character
No actor the the character he porrays on II he
does he assumes pose which makes him anything but an artist
There are no the portrayed on the stage III the
actor as man. the language OF the vernacuar good
o He enioys simple elemental pleasures He lives out doors
He studies observes for temporary purpose and use
Always up his physical being He changes his tram o
thoughts so constantly that there no time Tor his brain TO grow
old Therefore his body which but the mirror OF his mind can
not become aged, bent and He is ever young
There for actors remaining young 1t is not
mental but commercial Possibly the best reason for the actor
perennial youth re- -
his physical self decay with suppeness and ease
portray all His fountain of fame must contain the waters
of youth else the public will have OF him.
Youth is beautiful age, with its decay and decreptude
loses charm dignity old age heavily On the stage as
must remain young.
But the actor many years the best The elderly player
makes the best 1oyear-od Hamlet Witness Robert Mante and
Edwin Booth the years the actor gains experience and learns
much of humanity observation but he is not hampered with
the of living
Instances of seeming youth manyyeared players
eros thew are overwhelming their affirmation of statements
made before Harry Woodruff nearly As old He looks 25
He's been on the stage since years Robert Man
tell past three yet he looks twenty years younger O
Skinner young today he fifteen Florence
Roberts longer young she has the face and figure
of young Sarah Benhardt old William IL
Crane at jig with much spirit vaudeville per-
former young enough be Mr. Cranes Maude Adams is as
graceful young debunte and looks like one May Buckley
has fooled years She looks 70 but
Coghan nearing CO. she still retains the enths
we'll the figure Wnona Winter appears to an audi
ence girl years Is she? Willie Collier has not had birth
day years He has been the stage for many
wears he is veteran experience Billie Burke would sae most
she told her actual age Mary Mannering Maxine Elliott
we'll life but nobody realizes it. Louis
James died recently the ripe old OF o8 years He was playing
parts up day Of his death He looked like of As and
had all virlity, agility and strength of that
So that actors Old And there are
Several professional friends of Florence rather
week when they presented their cards and asked for
the matinee performance of THE Transformation Very
politely firmly the denied Little explana
ton was given. of Miss Roberts reaes friends pur
The others high dudgeon hounced from the
Auditorium heater vowng soto voice to return
When of the affair reached Miss Roberts she too,
was indignant She called her personal representative Miss
Helen Arthur and asked the soft pung
however.
"I should like know" said Miss Roberts, "if
denied seats? Such procedure contrary all
Please expan!"
"You are right Miss Roberts," said Miss Arthur "Your
friends denied the courtesy the Orders
issued New York that be issued anybody
except persons connected directly with newspapers This rule
for all companies under the Shubert management"
just the slightest suggestion of frown Miss Rob
definite informaon