New Britain herald., 1928-05-05
WARNED TO BEHAVE SELF

WARNED TO BEHAVE SELF But even head writers can bury l their grievances and after they had | made up. the H. W. went home next
 night with package under his arm.
 Going directly to the dining room. he unwrapped the bundle and hung the following motto on the wall: NO PLACE LIKE HOME
 SAYS NEWSPAPERMAN AFTER NIGHT IN JUG It happened Thursday night on Washington street. Three sweet young things, obviously of the flap per type, strolled along and halted when couple Of drug store cow boys with fathers car rolled down the street obviously trying to pick up companions of the opposite sex. The damsels were not averse to talking and an animated. good natured conversation ensued. during which time it was plain the boys were trying to induce the girls to take a ride.
 Finally, one of the girls asked sufficiently loud for passersby to hear: Well. have you got plenty Of gas:"
 Sure, replied the boy at the wheel.
 Then step on it., gigglcd the mouthpiece of the happer trio as the three hurried on down the street.
 There is undoubtedly time in every young mans and young girls life, when they dream of seeing their name flash on the screen or appear on the program of a legitimate stage production. In other words they would like 10 see their names glori- fled nationally and even information ally. With some, these dreams are a passing fancy. like many other ideas born before the mature age is reached. Others keep on dreaming waiting for chance to give them an opportunity; many of them remain dreaming. while only few take the chance. Of these only q small per Centage attain undisputCd claim to glory and remain at the uppermost Iung of the ladder of fame Others gain ephemeral recognition and the world soon forgets them in time while the majority remain in the background. never recognized.
 'Oh for the life of an actor fame, money, prosperity. easy fife and success is an utterance often heard from people ofttimes old enough to know better. The aver age theatergoer never fully realizes what it means to be an actor. The actors life is an easy one, accord ing to conclusions reached by mil- lions. It is no exageration 10 say that fully ninety per cent of theater- Roers never stop to think what hard ships an actor goes through before any degree of recognition is attained, TO the lookeron everything seems perfect on the stage or screen and he whole procedure of acting ap- pears easy when the finished product IS before the eye. But how much time and energy. work and health are sacrificed before a play reaches perfection. is never reckoned with. To say that the life of an actor is an easy and effortless one. is an in- justice to the profession. The aver age person considers the actor as elther sensuous, carofree. selfish. Inreligious CT vainglorious. No doubt there are some who possess some of these characteristics, but usually they are a hard working, persistent lot, whose profession is harder than the common street la horer's job.
 Thousands of dreamers of stage or screen fame have returned % or dinary means of securing living simply because they could not adapt themselves to the hardships of an actors lie as apprentices.
 New York furnishes, good cx- ample of disillusionod young ladies and young men. who went there with the idea of reaping a goodly harvest. found the field we'll filled and finally went the way of thousands of their predecessors - working in restau- rants. as ushers in thcaters, while here and there some found places in third and fourth rate shows as mem- bers of choruses. Many are found with years of experience on the stage and the ecreen. who are following other lines of endeavour. after realizing that their efforts were