Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-12

love. I have enough on my hands
watching the misery of other people
in love. And then, like the old Irish
woman:< Those who I'd be havin'
wouldn't be havin' me, and those that
would be havin' me l wouldn't be
havin'."
isn't it true that all the incest
men are married."
YES, how do you account for it?'
THE good influence of woman?
Mercy. you don't believe we came too.
late, do you? Sometimes | think if
l ever marry, a widower might be
best, but on second thoughts 1 always
decide I'd like to start housekeeping
with new furniture. People some
times ask me IL / don't feel lattered
when ] receive bouquets and mash
notes. l tell them l don't, for | never
| yet saw a mash note that had any
resemblance to a marriage license or
a bouquet that looked like a we'd
ding ring"
And do you get many notes?"
mot SO many mash notes as letters
from young girls asking my advice
about going on the stage"
And what do you tell them?"
IF they have a home to stay there.
You don't know what the show BUSH
ness is. If a girl goes through it
she has gone through hell. There's
precious little chance of eve getting
to the top by means of talent alone.
Do you know why S many of our
Broadway shows are failures? Be-
cause managers try to put over on the
public girls who are friends of theirs
or friends of friends of theirs, or
women who can afford to pay for
their parts. Why, even the minor
roles are filled with girls whose
friend, the drummer, knows the flute
player, who has a pull with the scene
shifter. n then managers throw
up their hands and claim: There is
no talent today Talent? BAH. Why
don't they look for it or give it a
chance when it comes knocking at
their doors hand in hand with respec-
liability? How al they tell whether
a girl in the back row has talent II
they never hear her sing?' Take 1t
from me, when you read of Camille,
from Oshkosh, becoming a musical
comedy star in a night she must have
some voice.
They Tell Fairy Tales.
at makes me sad to see SO many
girls start. on the downward path
Many times 1t is from loneliness and
a desire for company. If the der
women would only be honest with
these girls they could save so many
Of them. but they are not. They tell
them fairy tales of getting this or
that honor or gift in recognition of
their talent or hard work and the
girls believe them.
II shudder when l hear of COM
panies advertising for girls who have
never been on the stage before. 1t
means hat the men are tired OF the
old faces. They want new ones, and
these young girls are going to be
foated out to them. And with the
men they are only a passing fancy.
I'm not looking for fame. All I
ask is a chance to earn my living, to
please my public and to play to such
delightful audiences as we've had at
the park this m A stock COM
pany like this is about the only place
where talent and work are the things
that count. You know you're supposed
to do everything and do it all equally
well. You're given roles of every
variety and you're expected to make
the public sit up and exclaim:
Versatility Necessary.
lis there no limit to this woman's
talent?' Probably one week it's A
knight for a Day. the next it's
something like this Mabel in The
Pirates of Penzance. My. but there
are some high notes here. ! just
open my mouth and make a face and
go at it, hoping I'll land safely"
The fact hat she does lane safely
in everything she undertakes is at
tested by the rounds of applause that
greet her entrance at every perform
ance and the number of friends she
has made during her stay at the
park, In this case talent and hard
work are surely reaping their re-
ward.
Saving Monav