The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-14
TEN MINUTES WITH LOWELL SHERMAN
 AT LYRIC THEATRE
Popular Leading Man of Cal burn Players Discusses His
 Work and Ambition.

Lowell Sherman, cigarette in hand, lounged in an easy chair and looked at me: ss-es-s1sss
 Tell YOU about myself he echoed why, really, there's very little to say except that come from g. very old stage family. My grandmother was on the stage and went: to California with Julius Brutus Booth and his wife-they were the father and moth CT of Edwin Booth, you know-And I have been on the stage all my hfes and have always tried to be a good actor, and that's about all The pop uiar leading man was talking slow ly and consfderately, in the attitude we'll known to his audiences.
 ''But I have a greater ambition than to be a good actorl' 7 here he puffed ref1ectiveIy at his cigarette Why, a. good actor doesn't mean very much, does 1t = I nodded In agreement. Of course, we like to hear it said of us and are hurt if the opposite is said, but after all, it really doesn't amount to much"
 MT. Sherman dies at the end of the first act this week and he remarked that he would like to die every first act, in fact, 'Isd be willing to die right after the curtain tgoes up in every play. = He further added hts views, chiefly for the benefit of MT. CalIa- han. his manager, who happened to. have come in, that theaters should open at S;30 in the evening and the performance be over at 3 o'clock. But as for the man who invented datly matinees, well. he couldn't express what he felt for him.
 The matinee girl has changed these last few ygars,', commented MT. Sher- man. She doesn't rave over eye ibrows and hair any longer, but she really wants to see good acting and appreciates it when she does. The old fashioned girl who used to write scented notes to the players, has sort of died o1t.''
 remarked that this was probably in line with the general woman move Inente and MT Sherman agreed with me, adding that he also attributed it to the present lack of the illusionInent which used to surround theatrical sub jects and which has been exploded by the numerous articles on stage mechanism and other things theatrical which he says, Should. not be- The back of the stage he said, should be kept absolutely sacred. '
 As for his profession he said that it was one where ''in order to earn your living and be something. you have to work very hard and have but little time to enjoy yourself. This is especially true of stock"
 He said that he had played stock off and on. especially during the summer, fDuC 4EASkCsI1l1S sF145 L1ASe 14EkSS he has been in stock for years. He has played leads with a number of famous New York actresses, his more recent successes being a. long run in The Commuters and with Elsie Fur geson in The First Lady Of the Iand.''
 He said that he was Thoroughly en- toying his stay in Bridgeport, that the company was very congenial one and that the management did all that 1t could to make it happy and comfort- able for the players
 Regarding his parts MT. Sherman said that he liked all good parts but that he was to play his very pet one the week after next in TheWorld and His Wife,
 T must say how extremely kind the people Of Bridgeport have been to me. said Mr. Sherman, as was leav- ing. They have taken me right in with open arms as 1t were. and well comed me, and I appreciate 1t very. very much"
 EsuILY EArMET.