The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-04

them and hc win tell you that az
l1rr a. thr pghiln wants them ne
viii produco thcm. So 10 ls yout
f1ur a9 part of tho public. and ]
tnk" Huptcmc delight In telling
yOu so.
Therefore. when tho Irouuols tho
atcr burned ln Chicago somo ycnra
ago tho thontcrs around w"rc closed
Tor month. A famous actor
who was there Or that time with hls
company said that n the thon'cr4
remained closed any length of timo
thrr" would be an cxccrslvc amount
. W drinking nnd dissipation nni per
I hHus suicide for the thoator vus d
sort uf safety valve FOR tho fellow
I who livca In high Fear.-he gocs
down to relax.
. At the close ~ the month ono or
/ Tho Chicago papers iu writing an
editorial made this comment. Hap.
i PLY. no such drcadfuI things hav,
come 90 pass asswcro predicted hv
/ the famous actor one month ago.
The public has shown n capacity for
amusing and entertaining itself in
other ways. and n wna only a qucs.
lion OF amusement ana tnut -rrtu-
iuEly tho most trivial kind Tor tho
| day has long since gone by I'm which
any considerable portion of tho pub
| lie look 10 tho thcntcr for inqtruc-
| tion or Inspiration
Crude rnclodrnma and comcdics
and sentimental and literary clan
, trap cxtravagancc. which are moth.
| ing moro or less than Nm old fash
toned drama-thoy IRE We offerings
from tho average stage ~ today
You know Il r. the spectacular that
seems 10 attract You tnkc the leg
shows of and, most Of them will 60
into bankruptcy. That seems 10 b.
tho thing that attracts all over.
Another famous actress said
Conditions Of the theatrical world
today arc such that wouldn't nd
viso any girl TO go upon the stage.
II IL dangerous. Young women
should shun tho stage as they would
tho bubonic plague. Tho conditions
behind tho footllghts. especially for
chorus girls and show girls, is some
thing horrible"
Most musical plays employ gir,s
who are at the mercy OF men, and
half n dozen theaters she said. that
he could name offhand, were man
aged by millionaircs. and their
| friends have the privilege OF staying
there during tho roheArsals ~ the
| performancca--and their object 70
obvious. a girl with pretty face IL
soon nt their mercy And these rich
men go into the business for that
purpose In play with an actrcsn
| for star. she was asked II shcbd
allow hor daughter TO become an
actress. She Ia reported TO have
said: "f'd rather zee her doRd."
Now. II you are determined &c
he an actress" said n famous pro-
ducer "hn no pcrsuaalon can cnus"
you to stop, my advice 10 you would
| he TO go 10 New York and stop ~
a boRrdinghouse where you can Sc
cure room and board for about
seven per. and stay there for two
weeks. and then you will know what
20 expect In the way Of grub when
you got out on the one-night stands.
! hitting these little hotels In the cir
cult out in Iowa" whore | came
| from. Then" he said. ''if that
doesn't satisfy you. just tako Il little
stroll up Broadway for n couple OF
weeks and look Into the faces OF
about 10000 actors and actresses
| looking for engagements that most
OF them never get. And you follow
that procession as they 80 from ono
managers office to another. stnrting
out In tho early morning. fun OF
hope and expectation, and returning
home at night with their hearts sad
and you will witness an awful
scene"
Ninety out OF 90 who go 10 New
York to 90 on the stage fail. Snm'
OF them go back home, some Of them
go In other lines, and some OF thct
become human derelicts and irit
wood, and In the end. what do yuu
get for all your years OF work and
your denial OF your home, wearing
yourself out In one-night stlnds,
travelling up and down the land,
away from home and children? oh,
you will get merely u pdsl'ns uotsso
Ia newspaper. In some obscure
corner. and 1t will say you died ~
the actors home such and such n
time and that you were oncS IA
nous actor or RCtrrss--d1d that
your obituary for your hard work,
Now, keep in mind two things,
will you2 Character In the thcatri-
| cal people and character In the
/ theatrical plays.
stage Knows Nobility.
oh, that there are noble men and
women on the stage everybody viii
admit. Just as noble "a you can find
anywhere, You couldn't find any
body more higher class than Booth
or Joe Jefferson or Tom kceuc,
Fanny Davenport or Maud Adams
or Maxine Elliott or Billie Burke
ana "A lot OF tncul, anu l'ANc w NJ
field and Sarah Bernhardt, Rose
Stahl, j. X, Hackott and a multi
tude OF them, They reflect great
credit to manhood, womSnhood and
to their profession, and you cant
find higher type OF manhood or
womanhood anywhere on earth
they are Just as fine as you find
anywhere on earth. They are noble
people. everywhere Will admit thai,
You can't beat them. say they
reflect great honor upon manhood
and womanhood and their profess
sion as well, q
Now, the character or the plays
that they are In is clean and clcvat-
ing--everybody viii admit that.
Somebody said to me What Ia
the last play you say you usod 90
like7"
on. / used 10 like to see RIP Van
Wrinkle" and Denman Thompson Ia
"The Old Homestead" Those were
my plays-"Rip Van Winkle' and
"Old Homestead.
Tom keene tried his best TO get
me to go with him as an understudy
The last time | saw him was down
there on Staten Island. When they
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