Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-17

the play, possesses for the feminine heart is
that is a favorite puzzle of psychology. Senmcn-
tai ladies who sit with adoring eyes and futtcrng
hearts as he walks about the stage posrng and declam
lng murmnr Ism he lovely buy his pictures and
write him notes that sometimes later they ashamed
The author of the play who has provided the brains
and the lines docs receive these nor the adua
tlon despite the fact that his is the force of the
nero Inc actor i'll short time is usually bored to death
by his elghttimesn week repetition Of lines and scenes
and while III the midst of imprisoned declaration is
thinking perhaps of the proper kind of rehukc admin
lister to his cook for the breakfast she has given him
While tho outside world is not supposed TO be cogni-
aaht OF all these things would that every
,e sage world would know it, Surely the heroine to
whom the hero repeats the authors burning words using
the stage manager slargcly- inspiration for gestures
ana the manager or backers money for his clothes
settings cannot be deceived into thinking that this stage
love or that tho efficient way in which il is delivered is
any guarantee that in actual life actor could rcpcat
it on his hook as succcssfuv In other words tbo,
SANDS OF orators have detained ncolns speech at Get
1ySbirg but how many there who could produce
duplicate of it under the circumstances?
ms is all apropos of the fact that Doris Keane in
London has inst married her leading Romance"
When heard the news the theatrical world gaspcd Be
cause Miss keane had been the stake of three handed
game IN winch gratitude ambition and love typfcd
by Edward sheldon, who romance for her: Howard
ronld who backed the show and Basil Sidry who
ier cndlng man. and as before mentioned, rcctcd the
lines that sheldon wrote in the environment that million
are Gould had provided
1t was we'll known in theatrical circles that Sheldon
had hoped that Miss Kcanc would reward him with hr
had Tor the devotion he had shown her in giving her the
most successful play that has been produced for wears
trance Oh Mr. Gould the millionaire, upon the field The
stage world said well is tough on sheldon but mavbe
she won marry Gould after ALL
Nobody thought OF the leading man until the an
nouncement of the wedding came over The cables
me handsome hero had won ont the playwright
and the millionaire hacker and Miss Kcanc has proven
that the lure of the matinee idol is as potent behind thn
footlights before them
Miss Keanc is the most popular American actress who
ever played in ~.hnden She has been playing for three
years in London in . Romance She had appeared in
for year in New York When she came TO New York
II h.o,,ti f,,I
moderate success in moderate plays But tho critic had
oeen nditier@nt TO her. the public rather cold.
: Looks like foreigner. doesn't she? Who is she9"
We'll coitTurcd women in velvet cloals studied their pro
grammes ,I and asked the question.
- Chicago girl Distant relative of Charles T.
Yerkes. Sort of poor relation Of his believe At anv
Of Dramatic Arts
That was all New York knew or cared until Edward
Sheldon moi her Met and believed in her and cave hor
her chance lie the play Romance, around thn
character of prima donna Theatrical managers of fame
written three III produce it and put Miss So
and So in il said each one who heard IT,
No, said the Young man, rolling up his manuscript
thrsting into the pocket of his top coat and rising
Nh| hotf asked one arbltcr OF dramatic destiny
after another
Because there is but one actress whom wish 70 soe
play the part. She is the for whom I wrote it,
Miss Doris Koanc'
But" The managers answered. with the words that
are as knc to the young players hopes. "The public
wants name
'Bnt name must be made. Every name has been at
dramas whom Mrs I'skc arectionaely termed "a pinl
faced boy went his way the next manager
lie found al last manager who so much wanted
Cali Her with it," The curtain rose upon one 81 1bc mast
successful plays ever seen by Broadway broadway was
ahamc with enthusiasm athrill with excitement Il toL,
the story OF the patient presentations Of the young play
wright.
''Wi he have his reward? viii she marry him -, !,
asked
Bu the girl. who became foremost actress in night,
bowed her hahkS to the audience, bowed her thanks