The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-06

To me, MT. William Fayersham and Mrs Faversham beautiful Julie Opp, have always been ideals.
 Not only on the stage standing, as they do. for all that is best and purest and highest in the world of art, but in their private life, which is cited by stage pee pie as we'll as others as being as absolute ly perfect as married life ever becomes.
 MT. Faversham-the actor, the husband, the father.
 Mrs. Faversham-the acress, the wife, the mother
 When I saw them yesterday afternoon for brief chat, MT. Faversham, who proclaims himself ''an Englishman, but an American actor was very cordial and acquiesced most graciously when I asked him to chat with me concerning a subject which is very dear to his heart namely the children of the stage and their future.
 MT. and Mrs. Faversham have two beautiful boys, by the way, who are their dols.s
 The reform and improvements which MT. Faversham suggests concerning the children of the stage are plausible as well as practical, and his whole career has been too entirely and sincerely de- voted to the cause of the drama to war rant any suspicion of personal gain h his suggestions,
 MT. Faversham points out with char acteristlc insight the faults of present day stage life, which has been done by other prominent actors before him, but few have suggested so timely remedy.
 ''Regarding the matter of children and the stage" MT. Faversham said, T know of no class of children who are so well cared for, so well provided for and so closely watched as the children of the stage, except perhaps the children of the rich. Of course there are cases of neg feet. cases where children should not be on the stage but my suggestion as 10 a remedy for this is national school for these children, where they may be taught not only the ordinary branches of study, but from the very day Of thelf eh- trance, given a dramatic education De- ginning at first principles and gradually working up through regular grades to a noint which qualities them for stage work at a suitable age. MT. Daniel Froi- man is the man to be at the head of such an institution and besides being an educational institution it could answer at the same time as a Shakespeare memor- ial."
 'Let me tell you a little instance con tinued he, "of child in New York who was recently playing in Augustus Thomas n,av AS a Man Thinks. The child was making $65 a week, supporting an invalid mother and sending her two younger brothers to school. In New York. Of course, there is an age limit. as in other states, as to children going on the stage and that is proper. as such conditions must be regulated by the law-bnt this child was taken from the stage, her in- valiG mother was made to suffer and her two little brothers were put on the streets selling papers. What matters much more than children being on the stage is the sort of plays they are in. No child could play in one of Gus Thom- as plays or Shakespeare. and be any thing but better from such an associa- ton. What the stage needs is an edu- cational theatre-it needs. it's actors to be coached from their childhood, if they mean to be real actors and grow up in the profession and receive an education inst as a. lawyer or a doctor or any other reputable profession demands. If the