New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

It's only that they won't stand blundsr.
You must never leave them wonaerin,
What on earth it is you're at"
THAT vas your secret. One turn ana
IT'S a secret any ones welcome to.
Theirs for the guessing.
(Co1ne little closer)
Now, the ordinary gestures the W..
sir and No, sir o%
You can't go wrong over, When yor
como to expressing 'N
Something elaborate nrsr think Il rirb.
Nothing hard in that.
(Ceuite still now. don't movs)
* You want TO convey What pretty
Think 1t and do
whatever comes to your head to do
IL It's madness or love.
That you're frightened or pleased +b.,
your heads in a whirI
Think, think hard, think intensely.
That you are in love or in fright
1hen' when you can't keep stlil apy
When your feelings grow stronger
Ihen you still hold yourself tensely
And steep yourself in it
For the millionth part OF a minute
Then-let yourself go
And it'll come right.
Don't copy me.
Don't copy any one.
A professor
OF acting can only teach you his fauIta
But-iet sec
There may be one
Or two tricks. To become the pos,e.sc,
Of these-as simple turning SONAR.
saults,
For example
That's Time passing.
Ihats for the. weather
Make your gestures ample
Nov, If you're at a crossing
AND Some one asks you the way ana
whether.
It's long, make it long. so very long. 80.
ANA that Little gesture is good sud
You can do it politely
TIItt your eyelids. That's better)
W hen you're reading a book or a ist+as
Let your eyes rest lightly
for a shade of a second on eysry vors
2Iucl5 in your hair a bit. It's unsightiyS
Don't play with your back
10 an audience, or their attention will
slack "
That you can't afford
And each time that YOU play
A part, add something new,
w hile something you may 'r
reel IS less good, take away.
Ahd-love your work.
Remember the actors calling
IS the finest In the world
~ Is something little CALLING
When, with lip politely curled,
And superciious smirk,
You are told to your face
That the theater has no placs
Among important things.
] tell you it's art
Inat has its springs
In the heart
OF all mankind.
SO, when the worlds wiseacres slight IL
never mind,
And the triumph Of triumphs. to hold
A whole house breathless, to mold
Them to tears or TO laughter!
Would 1 sell that power for kings
Ransom? Picture it now.
The curtain lrss risen
For a moment after,
silence. Row upon row
So silent you'd swear you could hear the
shakings
OF the earrings that bedizen
That lady there.
Or the manager as he absconds with
your share
or the evenings takings.
All of sudden you ning
Across the footlights to them
Some trivial thing
That takes their fancy.
Then it begins.
a 1S,rSl whispeT 3r n, Then sway to a rhythm,
Flrst It's only smile that you can see
Like a ripple that is just
Being raised by that tiny gust
OF laughter. But the laughter will keep
Till gale OF it is blowing;
gale that spins
Away with it. amid the sKsnce 1t has
Into thousand pieces. every token
OF dullness, OF care,
or trouble, of despair.
That's what they've come hoping for
It isn't worth their while
To sit three hours IN theater on the
smile.
Though, of course there's credit In
making them smile.
But high renown
we leave to the tragedians.
Us they who will always be called the
great actors.
Odd, that in this world IT'S only ex-
pedience
For making folk miserable brings Won
fame.
Wei, Well let them stick to It.
nhat cold academical glory OF theirs
Their temple OF high art, we can't ada
a touch to it,
Let them look down
ON you, call you a clown.
Let the great world neglect and forget
you. Who cares?
1t does the same
To all it's other benefactors
You get your pay and more than -FOUR
pay
OF that glory that passes so ouioSly
away.
Popularity.
Only one thing is better, and that's too
If(you tasted that life you need nsv.r
Starved, tn you've come to your anal
With death
Ladies and gentlemen, my successor
A little later the drum Of the barker
IS heard outside the theater and the
audience hears him announce thst
Deburau the great will give way 70
greater Deburau-a Deburau more
agile. more funny, more tragic, Then
the frightened boy is pushed upon
the stage and the father sees nim
and hears the shouts and the
laughter.
And at the end we see him standing.
spiritually elated, the father. instead
3I the actor, watching as il 10 8
lream-so n subtly and beautifully is
ms scene lighted by Mr.. Relasso-
aiS son achieve his first success.