The Washington times., 1912-12-20
John Hyams Tells Of Heart.
: aches Caused by lsola:
ton of Actors.

Perhaps they keep the mask OF buf.
foonery over their long faces; perhaps
they lock their hearts against that
''homelike feeling:" perhaps, their s,niles
are none the less cheerful than ut other
times. their efforts to entertain the
crowds none the less earnest, yet
Christmas Is a drcsry. miserable time to
actors on the road more often than
those who zee them from the other
side" know anything about. ",.
With families hundreds OF mile.
away. and extra hard work their meas.
ure during the holiday week a. their
Christmas present from the mana gers.
Is II any wonder that members Of the
theatrical profession look upon Yuie.
tide with more Of horror than plea sure I
John Hysms. co-star with his wife,
Leila Mcintyre. in 'The Giri Of My
Dreams" who will be seen here next
week in the Columbia Theater, thu.
expatiates regarding Christmas week:
"cnristmas. New Year. Thanksgiv.
ing. or any other holiday which em.
phasizes the influence Of home and i'm.
pells all humanity to a renewal n,
friendship and good cheer, ordinarily
means nothing but heartaches to the
little band Of workers whom InRerso:l
termed The children Of the stage.
I don't mean stage children, bur tho
wistful grown up children Of the stage.
Holiday Season Shows
Loneliness Of Stage Life.
Tradition and the peculiar environ.
n1cnt Of players has ascribcd n care.
less EaTety to their character not
wholly justified. Whether we are petted
or despised. the stage IL something
apart from the real scheme Of things
as the world values a mans work.
Depicting every shade and possibility
into which human passion may be led.
giving voice to the dreams or philoso.
ply OF another mans genius, the audi.
ence. has little interest In the person
atty OF the moving figure on the stage.
That the player is only real and con-
vincing. as he himself II the full meas
ure o! man. capable OF the finest
reaches OF sensibiltty and humanity,
means nothing to the world. Although h
under no social obligation to a world
that practically ostracises us, q world
that would force on Us all It's conven-
tionalities without any Of It's benefits,
We awake at the holiday season to n
full and bitter knowledge Of our lonelI-
ness.
THE bon camaraderie Of Bohemia
ID mig1ty poor substitute for tho
glow of.ypur own fireiog. and cheerful
b1fooneky worse one for the ciaBp
Of little arms around your neck. -- :
Holidays only mean an extrn matt.
nee for us. We avoid sardonic greet.
ings from our associates. We hurry
through the dismal stage door into tho
deserted street. Sadly we wish we were
at home. somewhere. When solitude
like this becomes intolerable two ol
three Of US gather over supper and
discuss old days. old joys-'when wa.
young
Wierd Tales Told
Of Strange Holidays. ,. ~',
"Weird tales are :old of holiday.
spent In strange. out-of-the-way place,
where perhaps they knew nothing o.
our holidays or Of any holiday at all
And as the cigars so out we finish will
the hymn Of all strangers In strang,
land Aud Lang Syne' and say good
night with. a clutch OF tender men,offe
at our throats. s.r .,
"Ah. well. It's all in q days work
Out Of your bounty Of happiness. dea,
friends. exchange one kindly thought
with the players. who. with Tiny, Tim
exclaim. God bless US. every one. -
Then Mr.. Hyams switches from sen.
timent to the practical things Of life
and. with the knowledge which come,
on long experience. talks about musica
comedy.
Musical comedy has changed q grea
deal aince the old daNa of Hnyt