Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-05
Variety Harder Than 'Legit,' Asserts
Mrs. Horace Wright.

That ancient bubble Of belief held
by stage struck maidens and the dear
public that life on the stage is an
endless procession Of glittering glory.
strewn in careless profuSion with
roses of success that can be picked by
the giddy and the light footed, was
punctured by Mrs. Horace Wright
Miss Rene Dietrich OCCASIONALLY
one Of the hits of the Forsyth show
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs Wright is a sister of Mrs Fred
Kneip, 81 Avary Way and has heen
made much Of by Atlanta society
since she came to Atlanta with her
husband as part of the Forsyth bill
She has been the guest Of honor at
number Of affairs. and has made as
much OF a hit" with society folk as
she has with Forsyth audiences.
Though her dressing room table was
Uttered with invitations. and impOs-
ing cars waited in front of the thea
ter TO carry her to the drawing rooms
Of the elect. she took time Tuesday
after the show to tell a Georgian re
porter that on the stage. above all
places. things are not what they
seem"
Stage Life Hard Work.
Stage life. especially life on the
vaudeville stage" said Mrs Wright
daintily powdering the tip Of her nose
and cropping eagerly for the stray bit
of air that entered the stuffy dressing
room-for the air in the dressing
room is not the same air YOU get out
in fronts a good synonym for
hard work, with a big II Ii is not
the glorious. joyous careless life that
the noyelists would have US believe.
Nothing is more foolish than the
imaginings OF the stage-struCk girl
who thinks that just because she has
soulful eyes and a pretty face she
can achieve success on the stage of
course, beauty is an aid to stage sue
cess. but after all the real secret Of
success is just the same as the Sc
cret Of success in any other profess
sion. Work and work and woTk-and
then work some more.
Success in vaudeville" Mrs Wright
continued. is much harder TO achieve
than success in the legitimate The
dear public seeing us from out front
In our fine clothing and seemingly as
happy as larks. knows nothing Of our
real struggles. We do not have stage
managers 10 tell us where TO stand
which foot 10 raise first and TO fix up
our pretty stage pictures for us.
Stand and Fall Alone.
We have TO get up our own scenes.
try out our own songs and jokes buy
our own costumes pay our own trav-
cling and hotel expenses. suffer our
DHu aEOnieS-botL of our purses and
our pride-aud then. after ALL maybe
wen fall fiat. And when we fail 10 is
not the production that fails Il IL
ourselves. And the only way on earth
for a ysudevilliau 20 keep from fail
ing is To be ereruaUy on the lookout
for something new. something 90 liven
and freshcu up the act. new songs and
lyrics that appeal. and new jokes that
viii get over
AnL then-with the smile that brings
down the house when she sings Any
thing Worth Having Is Worth Trying
. TO Ger''-She recommended a stage
. career for Atlanta youns women pro-
vided they have
Talent
4 definite purpose
iCk-to-it-iveUaS
Ambition AND
s willingness 10 work hard and
then work some more.
TIA eur" Airs. Wright, declared -nr
.r least certain measure ~ talent
! Is absolutely essential But by talent