The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-16

commit this folly, nor Will they take any hint
profit by any warning. There Is always some
old friend or relative to say anxiously:
You putting by, aren't you, Nellie, child?
This is your harvest time-you are saving for
the future?"
The answer never changes-''I shall begin to
save next season, my dear.
Then follows the usual excuses. Her expenses
have been so heavy this season-and she must
80 abroad this Summer-an actress is go pro-
vincial who has never been in London or Paris.
But next scason-oh, yes, she means to own her
home before she quits the business, and
next season
That next season will only open with the
millennium. Then there comes to her that In.
credible thing bad season. and she searches
the world for excuses There have been great
foods--or fres-or a panic in Wall Street-or
It's Presidential election that's on. Anything,
anything rather than acknowledge the truth that
the public wants change that the play is worn
out.
Now, If she Is real star, playing on per.
centage, she loses money heavily and rapidly
for just as money pours in when everything is
right, just so it rushes away when everything is
wrong. Reduced income. sustained expenses,
land her on the verge of the quicksands OF debt
VIII she draw in the pursestringsy Will she
retrench, reduce expenses bit, live more
modestly. till new play helps her to her feet
the power of show. She puts up what she calls
a good 'front.' and goes into debt to do It, She
believes that IL she lets that French cat with
her earrings, or that Chit-Cissie Lozenge with
her peck OF pearls outshne. outdress her she
will be suspected of being in straits and that
managers will look cody her.
Bankrupt at Last
There is to be new play Gambling on a
chance, she borrows wildly-as, of course, the
play Will put her right with every one The play
fails, and she, she gaily chases into bankruptcy,
sheds her debts snake sheds its skin and
comes forth resplendent-one of the best dressed
women in New York.
But there are those who feel that bankruptcy
is dainty. beautifully decorated net, with
which the devil himself takes captive the deli
cacy, the pride the honor and the sensbility
OF women, leaving them coldly Indifferent to
others pain or need. know OF these bank
rupt ladies, and twisted is her reasoning that
publicly acknowledges obligations she never in
tended to discharge.
One may seek the bankruptcy courts relief
once with good Intentions no doubt, but the
woman who goes into bankruptcy two or three
times would take pride in being called the
greatest debt dodger Of her day.
AT all events, bankruptcy pays better than
acting does, and would not be surprised to
near OF a new golden rule being in use reading.
do unto others what you would not have
others do unto you. Borrow money of them
But, oh, the pity of it all--the strain, the sacri
nee IN honor OF the great god. Dress In whose
beauty they bask, In whose power they believe
Charlotte Cushman, Miss Lolita. Maggie Nit
chell kept their savings and they are the neces-
Shry exceptions to make the rule that all actresses
lose their money some by the folly or treachely
OF others, some through mad extravagance-and
there you are!