The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-03
WHEN MR. PHIlBlN
WENT on THE STAGE
Nv ELQRENcE IlAx-


Speaking OF trials said Mrs Phil
bin In q conversational f0na ALBERT
has gone On the stagel"
mot really?n the other women
shrIeked after they bad caught their
breaths.
mo" said Mrs. Philhln. not really
just on the amateur stage Bit It's
lots worse than real netting DON'T
know anything better ealeulsd to
make staid, grown-up man kick up
his heels. buy new neckties and gem
orally conduct himself 81 q Nttenish
way than a request that sc lend his
presence to an amateur production. It
holsters him up in his secret convic-
ton that he Is perfect mine Of I'M
discovered genius.
oh, NOT he said at first You
don't want mel I never acted Ia any
thing ia my life and / can't do fl I'd
ruin the piecei Get some one else!
Td ruin the piece! Get some one
elsel Afterward he told me that he
hated to disoblige them but he really
couldn't do It. congratulatea him on
his good sense, whereupon he booked
at me as though he had caught me
trying to poison him. He said he re-
GREETED to see how little confidence
I had Ia hts ability and was panied
at nay exhibition Of Jealousy
Then he raced to the phone and
told the committee that Just to 0blige
them and help them out Of hole he'd
take the part
After that Albert was lost to the
family. He passed three whole eve
nings running his hands through his
hair and memorizlng bis part. If I
spoke to him be would stare at me
wildly as though he belonged to an
other sphere and resented my advent
into It.
After he went to the first rehearsal
life became very hard at home be-
cause Albert took to going over what
he called the business OF bis part. It
IS disconcerting TO have q man. even
il he is your husband, rush at you
from behind p0rtieres and wander
about with the. furniture in his hands
nnuttering to himself
Mrs Lemmock called one evening
and walked III Just as Albert tore
through from the dining room into the
parlor shaking bis fist and yelling. 4
have you now, Won moral leper, and
your life your life is not worth an
hours purchaser You cant blame
Mrs. Lemmock for taking il person
ally, especially as Albert's ast was
fiourished within an inch Of her nose,
During this time If remarked to
Albert that the cook was going to
leave he would stare at me and say,
Scat last, Montmorency, I have IN
masked you!' It was Impossible to
carry on any conversation with Albert
for weeks. He was always bursting
out with bits Of his part. Finally he
insisted on my learning the part that
dovetailed with his so that he could
practice at home
Nov, ] love my husband and al
ways try to please him, but I consider
this my browning act Of self-sacrifce.
or course Albert was working for pub
lie applause, but If any one wants to
know what is my idea Of zero "a
pleasant pastimes should mention re-
hearsing q part that you aren't going
to play Anyhow. it's upsetting ID
have your own husband lean over you
tenderly, gaze into your eyes and
make desperate love to you In dime
novel style! II makes you feel So
queer!
ny the third rehearsal Albert had
begun to talk about his art and 20
speak Of well known stage people by
their first names. He mentioned the
public as though he had II eating out
Of his hand and he adopted the stage
walk When he stalked downstairs BE
thudded like q camel and when be-
stalked upstairs I always thought 81
elephants He knocked all the brica
brac to pieces parading through the
rooms and when be talked he either
doomed or hIssed He demanded DO
tatoes 10 q voice Of tragedy and took
TO standing before mirrors IN profile
fr0wning over his shape He said the
mirrors were old and worn out and
gave him q curve out instead Of s
curve ID.
"He got terribly fretfuI and when
Objected be fold me that / should
make allowances for the artistic tenn
perament and that the stage MANAGER
had told him II he had gone on tie
stage when he was q youth he un.