Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-16

will still be striving for something
higher.
MY ambition is to be a Shake
spearean actor. | think the time Is
lear at hand when there will be n
great revival of Sh~akespeare's plays.
The children of today are studying
them as part of their school work.
AS they grow older their appreciation
of the masterpieces will increase, and
with 1t their interest in seeing them
presented. These plays do not be-
long to m generation or n locality
but are universal in their appeal.
They disclose new beauties with each
study, and, unlike some modern plays,
whose interest depends upon the story
alone, repetition means increased en-
joyment.
DO you think actors are born or
made?"
Actors in Same Category as Poets.
Born. Acting is an art of both the
heart and the head. You may teach
a person the technical side. but the
sympathetic understanding and inter-
probation must be innate. No amount
of teaching can supply it. Without it
an actor does not ring true OF a
trained ~elocutionist we may say,
What an excellent reading; with
the artist we lose sight of the read
ing in the greater thing we call art
Mr.. Farnum began his stage career
in classical repertoire with Robert
Downing.
Il don't mind saying hal was
twenty-three years ago, and / wasn't
carried n either"
The actors hobby is sailing. He
has quite a company of boats at his
home at Sag Harbor, and he is proud
of the fact that one of them has won
fourteen races.
do you know that ii isn't the
easiest thing in the world for one to
talk for publications" said my victim
when he realized that he was being
interviewed. TITS hard for a man tc
monopolize the conversation and Il it
all the way through"
His Statement an Eye-opener.
This statement opened my eyes for
the first time to the goodness OF
MAN. What a martyr he is, and,
verify, how carefully doth he oft per-
form a difficult task. Hasn't this
been your experience, gentle
reader?"
Let me tell you a funny thing that
happened when Dustin and / were
playing together years ago. he con
tinued. Dustin was Is and was 16.
We were playing "Virginius." l was
supposed to turn suddenly and strike
my brother. One performance l was
nearer to him than I thought, and the
bloW l gave him vas by no means a
gentle one, for in those days l vas
more of an athlete than an actor. He
lay on the ground, stunned, for a few
seconds. while l put in some lines to
give him time to GOV When he
did, he got up, crossed to the wings,
folded his arms. glared at me and
said:
Finish the play yourself. You're
too Oh realistic
1.-THE curtain was rung down, and
after hat we didn't play together
until last season."
1t was from other members of the
cast and as an eyewitness that 1
learned of the even temper and the
patience and f~orbearance with others
mistakes that make everyone in Mr..
Farnum's company work their hard
est to please him.
| happened to be standing in the
wings when in the middle of one of the
stars best speeches the curtain slowly
descended. 1t was lifted again inn
- a. - - l. - .- -. " A.
end. 7 had visions of the whole
company's coming in for a share of
the 5 lars wrath when the audience
was out of hearing. / trembled to
think thai even l might be considered
a hoodoo and be connected in some
way with the curtains downfall.
Gives Pleasant Disappointment.
But no; he came off the stage with
the same friendly smile, and 1
breathed freely once again.
did you see what happened" he
asked. II guess some one wanted to
get home early so thought he'd cur
the show short"
why, Mr.. Farnum," i exclaimed,
where did you leave your artistic
temperament? You know you could
have stormed at us all, ever me, and
then wrapped yourself in the afore-
mentioned garment and been safe
from reproach."
BLESS you, what good would that
have done? Mistakes will happen,
so why fret about them when they're
over. That wouldn't help me or any
member of the company"
Come to think of 1t, maybe the
great big artists haven't that funny
kind of artistic temperament which
when possessed by us ordinary NOR
tails is called nerves" This one
hasn't, anyway. Perhaps a little
part of his greatness arises from the
fact that he works to correct mis-