Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-31

IL
first; but that wears Off
And then, when the edge of novelty goes the cease
less travel becomes nightmare miserable hotels; bad
food; cold cars; up of bed dawn to catch trains
because the nght-stand life falls all beginners
and they must 60 through its lengthy ordea); time
for relaxation little time to take of ones health
faces but the old persons to talk to day in
and day out short, gypsy life without dash of
color, without the vaguest tinge of Even in
later years, after the hard period of apprenticeship
there months of this sort of thing The period of
stay the larger cities is variable and ckle and the
road must be resorted to in the endless campaign for
financial gain Even after comes that dreaded
nightmare of travel haunts the actress. She has
place she may call home. She gets settled in
place, than off she must 60 again. And this holds for
the most famous star it does for the 1owiest little
chorus girl
(2) That the glamour" of the theater is greatly
overestmated institution. The home girl who goes to
party month sees, gets, and lives in a greater
playhouse Stories about who send you huge
bouquets of American Beauties, candy by the ten
pound and dinner and supper invitations by the hun
dred, are stories To be sure girl on the stage if she
attractive, does receive attentions from men; but
any than she would if she not the stage.
What glamour may be invested in the name Of sac
treSS paid for a thousand times by sacrifice of
the real normal pleasures of Gfe and by intermnabe
rehearsas in dark gloomy theaters and steady reent
win bit of this dubious glamour of the stage and
when once the glamour is for personality it is
analysed to be absolutely nothing In the eyes of
young boys and silly schoolgirls it may be wonderful
this glamour; but in the eyes of men and women,
real men and women, it amounts to so little!
And years pass the glamour of stage personalities
dimnng and more before the strong light of the
dramas achievement. 1t is only the hard worker
who wins applause in the theater The public refuses
to be glamoured any 1t wants good actors and
actresses, able players and it is not influenced whit
as in other days, by mere personalities.
So don't be misled, dear little girl Your prettiness
will no longer win you fame. You must have strong
constitution, and you will have to work a thousand
times harder than you had to work in school.
80 That you will not be able to take of yourself
well you think you take up the life of the theate
Unless you have mother or brother, sister,
to look out for you, you destined to have
great deal of trouble In their comendabe desire not
to seem singers of mud against their calling, my
sisters of the stage have permitted themselves to fb
somewhat about temptation in the life of the stage
Their not entirely true statements to be pardoned
for the cited but the fact the grim fact,
mains that the truth ought to be told.
The theater full of temptations for the young girl
do not believe am doing wrong in saying because
other professions well probably not entirely de-
void Of temptation. This is not pleasant subject and
need not be gone into in detail; but do want i'm
all these little girls who think the stage the
place for them with the truth of the situation If any
tells you that there temptation in the theater
he is leading you into 1t is silly attempt
deny what exists. In circumstances should young
girl enter into the life of the theater without
protect her and watch for her. The theater