Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-21

Work Make Life Less Gloomy for Hard-Workng Nation
Fifteen hundred million human beings live the earth
And thousands of spend the year aboring
for their fellows.
Tens Of thousands work at making clothes,
halsavage practice holding their breath
dive for pearls
Others shovel coal in burning furnaces.
Some preach solemn opinions and criticisms
things in general
Millions at producing food and few millions do
nothing, but live upon the work that others do
To-day talk of class enough appreciated class
of VERY HARD WORKING MEN AND WOMEN, the actors
whose task amue cheer and inspire their
tired melancholy fellow creatures
Ours melancholy people VERY melancholy, spite of
tango crazes and comic supplements Look
end day hardly one is
smiling Care sits shoulders and worry travels with
to and fro.
The actor the playwright the manager form the class that
work to make life less gloomy restore by hard work the
cheerfulness civilized life from faces
The cheerful workers and the appreciated
those workers of the stage You the finished product of their
eorand do the years Of study the and
months of preparation for single performance
It all easyand that very the result of the
hardest kind of work
From the genius Of the comedian to that of the great rage
dian the important thing ease apparent
effort And many leave theater wishing that they could
good living easily"
If the hard work could seen the patient ETERNAL.
rehearng the effort necessary get the message the play
wright into the brain Of the audience with the simple method
that sucessif all the hard work. patience pre-
cedng production could be and appreciated the public
would realize that the actor life cheerful is THE
HARD PATIENT WORKER
The who manages play, risks his Judgment and his
endures patiently the stupidity OF assistants and Of the
public, is another entitled to sympathy.
He puts lifetime Of study into his work discovers
the playwright the loss of the poor work
held to the highest price for the good the year
mandy butt of the charming criticwho nothing
in particular himself but lives harsh Judgment others
sympathize with that manager-he your sympathy
your praise makes it possible for
selfsatsfed critics to reach old age.
And ympathze with and actress who every day.
live the high reputation
The doctor lawyer other professional repua
ton gained in the past,
But the actor depends WHAT HE DID LAST NIGHT.
The public that appauds him to-day him tomorrow
ihealth change public fancy has essened his value
Every day over and over the actor must build himself up
Woe to him if he fails once; he is gone
When you the you the controls the art
of putting ideas into other mems minds.
The who makes you laugh valuable to the world
perhaps valuable all this age totters perpetuay
on the verge of pessimsm and despair
But the who changes gloom one element
in the world Of stage work
New ideas are taught from the stage old abuses exposed
the stage
1t desirable that hate vioeand the stage has
done more than agency except perhaps the church. to make
vice hateful
Actors charitable above all classes workers They are
eernay called their charty-and always
they respond great disaster Christmas charity fund ben
eft for poverty stricken old age-any worthy appeal finds the
whole world of the stage ready and willing.
Think Of this sit at enjoying result of hard
work and patient rehearsal
Be liberal and generous your applause of good work