The Washington times., 1923-03-25
DE NDS A TORS
IN QUEST FOR
YOUTH FONT
Age an Essential Attribute on.
Stage, Says Dale, CastiUat-
i1g Audiences for Demand
mo Experience ii Teens
By ALAN DALE.
lIIE publIc wand ,em

young, said one -Of the d
characters IN David Be. ].
lascoss production Of "I.he Come. Il
dian'' at the Lyceum Theater the i
other night. In this play an ac- Il
tor who looks remarkably young
in his makeup Oh the. stage 4 / !
seen as somewhat gray-haired, y
expansively foreheaded person n IS
private life, and the illusion q
youth II matter q cosmetics.
OF course. the public slsnowp. r
the public ever. thinks. that sxps 9
rience, artistic development and
al the popuIar actor, tricks can. 8
not belong to- the novice. The
sueeessfuir actor isssthe chap who
has Ial0red long and diIlaSntiy
] who has burned the eIuai1af bit ION :.
and. who has sconqus ~ the
sweat of his brow. III Il j1stsa !
question Of hard work. Nothing
else.
The longer study the MATTER !,
the more ccnyinced "A am that d
anybody can become flnss rue.
cessfli actor, siven . few cppcr. !,
tunittes, . trenendops amount of !
acuts vitality indolnitsbls peFse- /.
verance ana inexllaus tibie enerr :.
Anyhody But that means III. s
~ the time hs ii sine ana y q
cesstsiI he II no longer, yotng. !
Youth has evsnescsd, ana i isa
place y sflIorescsnt experiences. 4.
Of course. Il Il lovely q De d
young. But next best to being Il
young Is LOOKING young. q ii I o. % 4
to the actor and the actress wlIo 4
believe IN the truth o. the rsInpTk q
that. "the public wants EN- young. Il
10 fool the public And am i
bound to say that this 70 ~
Guently done. The urlift 81 ART I
and face often 50 together.
schools for both sheald - pro =
yided. Girls are told vlefe tliey q
can have their art uplifked. Thyy
should be accommodated ito stint q
lar institutions where the upIftt
applies to the face. Il the puhllr
wants to . foelsd-Iet e e {
fooled.
~ GU Judge that there IL q !,
disposition on the part %
the public 70 insist tllat
every actress Il. older diam slse !.
looks. The public pins hsr, dein J
to age. The public doesn't want !;
her to. be young. The pGblic IL !.
angry at the claims laade I'D 3.
youth. The public Wa;kesi arsu- !.
mentative and coltrad ictery. 1t Il
il. rather funny. when yen esaae
to think Of It. why not aIl6yrs d 10
poor thing to be young if she = i
feels that way about it2 The Z
public never denies an actxess' y
artistic ambitions, and rareIy1f
botEers about them. But IN the d
matter Of age. the young grow
suddenly old, and the old aeniIe. -
Age on the stage seems to jump =
from sixty to ninety. There are IS
no intermediate years. Il does
seem awfuIly silly. doesn't 1t? e
The clever character actor can z
always simulate doddeFing age.
So why shouldn't it be equally
able to simulate undoddering
youth? The public clanors Apr
youth. Give It 'en. -
At this particular moment aoG 80
writing we have q long and in
teresting list Of feminine stars 4
in our midst. ] win not refer to =
the masculine stars. although
these remarks apply to them
quite as forcihly. Our feminine
stars include Emily Stevens. Flor.
ence Reed, Jeanne EageIs. Paul.
inc Lord. Nazinnova, Ethel Barry
more, Jane Govt. Margaret Law
renee, Lanrette Taylor and HelAn>v
Mcclellan. Most ofthese Actresses
have had tremendous experience.-s
:. They have. conquered on that's
account. some Of them have
worked assiduopslY In the arau. =
GUS school Of "sto6lx." They have :
played for weeks and. weeks. mem
orizlng new parts. gpiAir1 new ]
ideas and generally peffectsng 7
their ..techniQue'.-as they c9ll H. {
Some Of theTn-Ch, please remsna. Z
Der that I don't say. WHICH Sof !, :
them - are getting on. aid the
public Is just begtnniRe % ss:
.'oh, SHE played leads !;
Noah when he staged private che :
atricals In the Ark" 4 As tAet :
that each Of these actresasa Nas s
won by dtnt Of hard, ana unrsmtt- !,
ting work IL not taken into - =
count. It never win be. The
pubic wants 'em young. az
The day has passed when Nssp. :
tirul, highly ADVERTISED alnateelEp 4
can at one tell sweep SCALE the
ladder and start at the very top .
rtlng. We have prOgressed. 10
day the successful stellar caeseFs !.
Of such actresses as Mrs. LeSlie -