Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-04

II WAS the elevated Louis Mann
with whom | chatted after the play
the other afternoon. Instead of greet
ing me in the v%ernacular of Charlie
Sample, proprietor of the Sample
chain of nickel stores, with:
"One of them high falutin' reporter
ladies, Ell? If l amt the boy to put
n over on them newspapers I've
missed my number and assuring me
that he was doing a rushing
business. thank you. he ~discoursed
on psychology, literature and art.
Yes, next to acting, Mr.. a Mann
loves painting In the summer he
enjoys nothing better than to paint
landscapes under the direction of
6 some artist. If he hadn't turned to
acting at the age of 8 he might now
be hanging (figuratively speaking) in
the Academy. Who knows?
Actor should he Many-sided.
81 enjoy all roles equally well,' he
said, in answer to my question re-
garding his favorite line of work.
Every actor should have training
in many parts. Specialization is
detrimental to progress, that is, in
art. In engineering it is essential to
efficiency, but in acting it is the all
sided development hat brings olt
the full power.
Stars are made too quickly now
edays. Formerly an actor had to
win his spurs one by ne; now If
there is a particular adaptation of
personality tQrdhet character por-
trayed another star Is proclaimed
without waiting to see If the same
talent is evinced in other roles"
"And would you advise young men
and. women to adopt the stage az a,
profession"
IF they are geniuses they hav nc
right to keep from the world some
thing the world can enjoy. If they
are not geniuses-well, the life of a
private in the ranks is a hard one
Mr.. Mann has Just returned from
his summer home in the Catskills,
where he had al opportunity of farm
ing to his hearts content. 1t is there,
too, that his wife. Clara Lipman, does
most of her play-writing. She is CO.
author with Samuel Shipman of eel
evating a Husband"
"wife Is Quick to Criticize My Acting
Naturally, my wife is doubly- in
terested in the success of the play.
and is very quick to call my attention
TO details of Interpretation that do
not exactly coincide with her ideas.
And, of course, | take my turn in
criticising her plays as soon as they
are completed"
And how did you and Mrs. Mann
get acquainted" l asked in my I'M
firing search for romance. !
II knew her when she was a little
girl, but in later years lost trace of
her. One day when / was starting
off with a new company a friend who
had accompanied me to the railroad
station called out as the train was
starting:
BE sure to take care of my cous-
in Clara, Louis
II soon learned hat my friends
cousin Clara was none other than the
little girl l had known years be-
FORE
In a few years Mr.. Mann carried
out his friends parting injunction in
the letter as we'll as in the spirit.
And do you believe in the dramatic
school as a preparation for the
stage?"
Forrest and Booth His Teachers.
81 believe in any school as a prepa-
cation for any profession
"Then | p you attended one?"
BLESS you there were no dramatic
schools when l began my stage career.
I received my early training from
such men as Forrest and Booth. There
couldn't be any better teachers"
Mr.. Mann is a firm believer in
woman suffrage, and declares 1t was
his reason, not his wife, that con-
verted him.
When it comes to baseball he is