The sun., 1916-12-10
in 9TH. Max VIC Came Back

va Nv N'h ~ et'A'N
- the same as in citizenship
only different" SAYS little
Marilynn Miller. who is appearing in
THE Show OF Wonders at the VIM
ter Garden. There are certain set
rules. or at least c~rysta.lized conyen-
lions, which are as much a part of the
actors art as the 'tormentors' mot the
c~ritics). or the sky borders are OF
every theatre.
"The stage villain. from time imme-
mortal. has been provided with an as
0ortment OF smiles. which according TO
circumstances might be classed under
several headings. He usually makes
his appearance with n smile OF COM
posure: then follows an imitation Ut
innocence and sincerity; and finally
comes the thwarted smile of detection
and despair. A real good bad vii
lain must carry all OF these in stock.
else he fail in his purpose. that il of
drawing down upon himself the hatred
and contempt. likewise the hootings. Of
the gallery.
"Carker. chief clerk for 'Dombey
- OOh. udS bftu tHt ulOutl VI Az
modern villains. and he had a smile
which was as truly sardonic and
satanic as any OF Theodore Kremer's
melodramatic bad men. Carker smiled
and smiled. and he had a set OF
teeth which Dickens likened to n row
Of grave stones. So IL has become n
stage convention hat every good
stage rogue must possess real Roosc-
veltian teeth and he adept in smiling
Carkerwise. William Abingdon. now
one OF US, but was long h pattern
villain OF the London stage, simply
for the reason hat he had u mouth
full OF fine large teeth, which, when
he smiled. glistened like "A glaZicr and
filled the assembled audience with
cold chills. Abingdon. as IA citizen, IL
n mild "A hammered man as ever
ditched a lightning express, and yet
he can smile and smile and be the
finest type OF stage villain still.
"Old Chaucer had well observed the
smiling rogue with the grave stone
teeth. for he referred To him as the
smiler with q knife under his cloak
The famous Heather Chinee' of Bret
Harte had the smile that was child
like and bland another sure index OF
a great rogue. The poet Young was
about as sad and lugubrious as a
vail over the dead, yet evidently kept
his eyes open. for he said: a man !
knew who lived upon IA smile; he
looked plump and fair. while rankest
venom foamed through every VEIN
And he had teeth like Il horse.
They tell me that none VINO saw
Edwin Booth as IdOO can ever forget
the demoniac smile which suffused his
c~ountenance when he flched BESIDE
snOna's handkerchief. Their was as
much meaning In that vampire smile,
I am told. as there are words in an
unabridged dictionary. The actors
face frightened with a demonlacal
glare. and there was in his smile a
symposium OF ruthless cunning.
| Somehow in real life. as on the
stage. We distrust a man who wreathes
his face in a perpetual smile. Having
observed such a person for any length
OF time we somehow grow weary and
eympathize deeply and are somehow
interested In that face, which Is az
ead as an eye-ball OF sorrow behind
q shroud. Variety is truly the spice
of life, and antithesis our greatest
Joy. Even Sunny jim has his sober
moments. Pope knew well the quail
'1ty OF the constant smiler. saying:
Eternal smiles his emptiness betrays.
as shallow streams run dimpllng all
the day Dickens found in Mrs. Fez-
lziwig ono OF the perpetual kind, for
she wore one substantial smile and
wearied everybody with 1t. A person
who stares like a sick face IL an i'm
provement on the one that smiles like
an o~rangoutang.
"A woman's c~ountenance MAY beam
with goodnss and g~raciousness; but
smile which won't rub on she Is at
once suspected OF insinceri,y and
ehallowness. Every actor knows this
and for that reason, except the villain
and the soubrette, avoids its too active
use as he would a coal hole with the
lid on, The leading lady IL likewise
Chary OF her smiles; she uses them
with rs great care and economy az
Russell Sage did small change. She
heve really gets byond a semi-smile.
Or smiling glances that shoot and flu
inmate like sudden CLEANS hat glow
,ahrough autumn clouds, for TO break
into a broad grin would be TO smash
almost any scene.
"Yet. on the stage or or. what Is
'Sovelier than a air woman's smile
when favorahly disposed. With dis
erection, smiles chase over her face
,neeter than salt sprinklcd on kindled
nre. and elud. us like tho echo Of
tsIMnr waters In a dream, I, has been
'ssh 'hat woman has two smiles thst
an angel msght envy; tho emile tina,
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