Evening star., 1912-11-10

order to reveal to the public that, at some
points in his general performance, an actor lSetslZ
may be censured by the audience for poor
work when matter of fact his work has
been made to appear poor by one OF these
actor-nurderers and in order to show in black and
white-probably for the first time-hoW the whole ne
farious thing DONE thereby permitting the public to
see the crimes for itself and the future lay blame for
bad work where the blame actually belongs shall point
out YOU of the most curious and most effective
tricks used by the villains when bent on their criminal
nlghtWork
MOT so very long ago, during the odd time was not
- busy playing in of my pieces, dropped into
theater in New York where a comedy was being pre-
sented In the published criticisms OF this presentation
had been surprised read that certain actress work
had been effective in certain important scene IN
the pav; this especially because the actress IN question
had ALWAYS been noted for her consistent performances
She had appeared in couple of the dramatic produc-
ons made by firm. had given satisfaction to every
concerned and curious to learn what had been
the of the bad notices she had received IN the
press.
| wasn't long in finding out. The in point
played between this really capable actress and an actress
of a more exalted lithograph and electricight rank;
and enough, the audience did get the impression
that the particular actress OF whom we are speaking
fell down hard in the The other actress was
great" splendid" fine, according to the whispers
heard on all sides; but, the whisperings went,
wasn't pity she didn't have better foil, better
actress to play the scene witho'
The truth of the this The presumably splen
did" actress a murderess. She was deliberately
might win the personal bouquets from the audiences.
She was deliberately killing the other actress effects
and she getting away with it, despite the fact that
the second actress knew she was up against "nur-
deress by virtue of the circumstance that she was, &C
cording the program, salary list and boxotfce the
more important performer of the two.
Now then, how did this murderesS work? Her sys-
tenn was as ingenious it simple She carried
FAM famed herself vigorously during the scene in point
spoke in very low tone and by steady manipulation
of the fan while she delivering her lines, deliberately
blew the sound of her away from the other actress
and also small degree up stage and away from the
audiences AS result the second actress had dit
fculty in catching her and had to devote every
ounce of attention catching what remnants OF these
cues she could thus having to sacrifice the aten
ton necessary the finished work of her performance
And of course the audience said she poor actress
IN another occasion caught of the murderers at
~ his own game when discovered him to be drop
ping his suddenly the second sentence, thus
carefully killing fellow actors You understand
of course that unless actor hears his cues-tat Is
the last words of the other actors speeches is nuz
zed so far his performance is concerned He will not
know when take up his share of the dialogue and the
audience will sit back and say ITSELF H m that actor
is no good-he forgets his lines. And he is too Slow
when he doesn't forget them in getting into the swing
of the play" And all the time the actors shortcomings
the result of the carefully laid schemes OF one OF the