New-York tribune., 1912-03-31

H.. me show YOU a typical letter | received few
weeks ago from "a girl in Chicago:
My DEAR Miss CL>RE.-I am tired Of the narrow, WI
eventual lie a. home with tan Eaud wan, To- 90 on hc
stage am seventeen years Old; have studied cocnu"n
and music for 'Wo years; and my friends 'cI me am
pretty. am willing and expect start al the bottom
oi The ladder, and sure ! shall succeed. Won't YOU
please tell what You think oi my ambition and plan
wro,, 'hy girl in the simplest and most school
girv" style ! could summon that | wished with all my
heart could change places with her. and that should
trade every bit Of my stage for the marrow, un
ov,utul life az home She described Then went ON
and anticipated her thoughts hy telling her that the
travelling around he country great at first, but
was aWtuv hard to DO Your hair up nicely and keep
your .o,h, looking well on trains and on the road and
'ha, travelling almost all the time might bc somewhat
exciting: hut il didn't give YOU any time % make
friends \ week later the little girl wrote me that She
guessed Wa, tight, and that she had changed her mind
about going On The stage.
Now Won see, # had written her in the old fashioned
advice manner and told her merely that stage work
Was very hard and tina, she should not sacrifice good
home the doubtful career Of the thctcr, very likely
she would no, have paid much attention To me. IN
Older actress might in al sincerity, yet in complete in
offc,,i n,~> have written the little girl in that VEN;
uu' KEEP, one thought upp,rmo>r in my mind when !
wro,c,-how had felt at h, Chicago girl age. re-
,n,nbcrrI that then thought should dearly love to
rvl III the time and the country and make lot
af ir,nd, On the road and look c'crnally pretty and
hy, lot If fun. realized that the glrl was thinking
t AL these ,h,ng when she wrote me, and That II
Was not III, stage AS the stage on ".'Dh her eyes were
conferred.
Most -.c,-,rt, girl look upo" ,uc Stage chiefly as
1Nl .hcru,.u- for amusement pleasure and what they
..." "'." So ! ,ri,i 10 hit MY g;rl correspondent N
.n, .y,.l,, spot of hey ambition. spoke the whole
TRUTH nevertheless And when She rrad my letter and
ii. .'r l'-'auugh,ot fact that she could not always
"'u.a pretty" while travelling every girl knows that
down in her heart and THAT 'l,rc Vas uo time I" have
inn 80 The r..l she believed "c. Needed me and
..g,t herself. -lmpa'azc' with her and "Undcr.'ooI
her, ., least -a, yas certain IN a'r own '1int lA,d
lid. and ~ r.~1l, 'hr little -'.-.-'ra.E child stayed
,..,-. she belonged, 81 hn'.y.
..., DO. 'hp slightest t".on"nua a.'',mg my pro-
...,.o Ia. dram. Is glorious .r'. and us opponents
p, worthy peoples but the sad fact IS that -tag,siru'k
Girls .y. 'npr ewes less CD Grr .a.u un what they
r, t-,... 'o believe 'h, gay. g.moIrour III, o' the
'.,...r. II is .gaiu-' '.. that advice should hc
directed .ut rr,yl- EE.~y -'ag,-,ru,H girl J am
-,,r. '., "s,r. Is no, too strong thinks d" The g.a
,n.a~" .u. "tun' %, stag, life hundred times where
-l, .',ra- seriously 81 drama an. work once. Accord
,rg.. 'h,-, girls must De '--u.tri with THIS IN n,rd
nG from this p.n, Of vi," And they must be- dl--
..urg,d ru-huy because the truth d" the case should
n, vastly .wpc unto i'-or 10 d'~yuurag" everyone OF
'h.m Tu-u,h -,agy-'ruih girls. therefore. would say
I Tn., travelling with ,hca,r.I company (Which
.n, believe &, ur great sport Is, truly enough, novel
and interesting ..r 'hc frs, year. maybe even for the
frs, .v.v,r- hu, after that il is unqualitc1lyas mean
I'D existence a., "a girl can imagine. In al the advice
have, ever ~.t have seen II stated that the lie Of
'., r.. +, .ar,,, from the Very beginning This is not