| Show V l Pen Pictures res o of Stag V I r V PART v vI TT suppose SuPPo s e It I t sounds 6 S absurd d t to bay arV ay ar V I ii 10 that dur first seasons I I with choruses dances d an ana 3 small sm U Up parts parth p rt to learn le with yIlth rehearsals overy day and and appearances at es every night I wi an education education tion t But that upon your 1 definition of the word f It m ans to you school schooling choo V ing special Instruction and formal trag tr then ell claim Is ls absurd but it If It It mean means of f the th Intellectual tupI Bowers Do rs enlightenment en why yi then i my cU Thim lm Is good my stands I was yas getting an ed education uc And let nie me say the stage sta 8 is s teacher she he never neve wearies you YO with sameness or drive drIves you to tro y with Iteration n No d y dull teXt book you ot of bare fIlU u th some bOme Wag b it 1 CS mounted the th throne in j 0 died m to t I 1 1268 8 and wb wi succeeded suc eede t zy y ome jm nt I or otner Olner who reigned d a while you c in fl t renumber how ho ions and oo t I much care carel V l u U tx Oe u a Ctr and do al u i work one on ahmud shoud the play pia and Its periO 1 In Sn hiu ry as all itte IPie mainspring ot of its ac tion is orcen oten 01 ten political To jo be able to do that a L large Irge fund ot of general intern n bat X t na had i froni my very v ry K babyhood baby houd dflia reckless 8 reader came c me i had haa no choice i 1 Kim y rM ru every hery ety single thing in print tha that my ge dy hands closed Io ed ULon th ot ut this promiscuous us reading ranging dime nos no s to Co wel amusing One day dai i 1 remember an actress was B V a ft very excited account of a are erett re t accident 8 H Her r colors were very ver lurid and ant an some other oher r hearers hear rs re etl tier her tae lae dy Oh the he cried an a w lul crowd amob mob you know a perfect mob Some me Legal Ideas Id ns V Oh NOh nonsense contradicted ap an t ul Jn t have haye been bean amob mob Oitt thern at a aL t e n I t V ough ou h people in hui that to 10 maKe ro rub rob Then Ihen 1 I but bu tr ly remarked Lh yes there mere are you know kno that thet le Jj t a mA m fi and twos a aCi aClO Ci ClO o v d i iA I IA ClOA A shout hout of laughter followed this bit bitof bitof bitof of How gow ab th absurd a surd ried rie one Wen Well lof of aH aU aff the ideas J ea 1 ever heard o t er V Anti Anil 6 suddenly u dear old Uncle ol V V Dick M IChard Stevens and player of old oki Ite be b Correct came to my support n the of ot a aV V barrister ter declared my state stare statement ment to tie tl b perfectly p correct But lut luthere ut I n here where itt UL th name ot heaven did you ou get your information V V Ob I vaguely ely replied iiI Lt Just read it somewhere flats rather a broad statement remarked Uncle Dick Tou dont give your authority page and line I ob oh observe serve Well see Sec her here now Clara rule mia In whatever field you found that one odd fact you certainly gleaned others othera oth r there 80 o oV V if J qu can produce at once onte throe three othar othor legal egal statements f r r will treat you to Mla ela water ater after re rehearsal z r hears I V V Oh the delicious v ir r was scarcely over lips wh when l I s wildly search log jug n y memory rr a u vry vey v ry doubtfully Coffered the ata It ItIs ItIs V V Is 55 a ft fraud to oncel Jt fraud Y r But Uncle J Dl J and readily V accepted te tt it V search earch and then 1 Contract I 1 1 tics pr r d are void voidA A shout q laughter broke from the th kind old mans JUans lips lip but he accepted that tiro Oh Ob almost almot hear the cool Tills hf I nf the soda but 1 t now not an on another another other t could I find My face fell fel felmy Ce my m heart sank saP Hitherto I had been boen ng of ot pors now I ran stories Suddenly I cried criedA UA A signature stands In Inlaw Inlaw Inlaw law V But alas ala al Uncle Un le Dick Dh hesitated my V authority was wa Oh VOll dear oh dear was Ito r tol lose my treat Just for forthe forthe forthe the lack of a s legal knowledge Sadly I 1 remarked I guess Ill ha haie to give V Vit It up unless unless take are responsible re pon for their ir agents I and with pleasure beaming In his kind old eyes he lie accepted c i ted it itAh I Ah Au I can ta te that vanilla soda yet and is more more the old gentleman n I took th t trouble to find out about tho thu legality legall of the J signature 1 and at a my qty l t had been b en enbe correct he be took great tomake o make the fact known to tu fLu all v ho iho l had h d heard him ques question qu s stion I tion It and he added to my little store of know that a contract made on Sunday sun d an jt stand which by V g V i i iI V I I r Ce CeI CeI I I I C 1 T I I the tho way a later V on saved S Y me n e from pro probably ably a painful experience V VA V I A Student of Costume C I r mention this to show that even my unadvised readings re had not been ab useless I 1 r ontie l e heard hard the company expressing their shocked hocked amazement over the vel velvet velvet ye vet robes of some Macbeth I could riot not venture to ask them why it was wasso Mb so st but one day dayI I found some pa er r stating that velvet v was first I V kno n in the fifteenth century and was V confined d to the use of the priests or authorities and my mind instantly grasped the of ot the older actors at seeing Macbeth swathed m s ill velvet in the grim almost barbaric of about 1012 tot was vas a dreadful thing for an actor to wear nr velve years before Its Inventions invention I It is a Delightful 1 study that of or cos costume costume tume to learn lW v to drape the toga togi how to hang the th peplum to under understand understand i stand the meaning menning of a h bit o 0 ol ribbon ia I ix 1 the lu hair r whether as arranged In the fillet of the Grecian girl or as the fhe the We Scottish lassie to know enough of ot the cestus and the Iw governing Its wearing not to hu I I yourself in adopting It on im improper i I proper occasions cc l to have hae at least a bowing acquaintance a with all footgear from down downto to an aon Oxford tie to be pe able t l th scatter heaVIer your puffed V slashed or hanging V sleeves over o the centuries with their correct accompanying com I I small or Ol square upstanding ruffs Why the I mere detail of girdles and hanging pouches from distant queens down don to Gretchen was a Joy In itself I IThen Then a girl who plad pages and other young buys boys was naturally Inus to know about doublets trunks V aid d hose as well wI as a s Scottish and sporran And wigs I used to wonder If any one could ever learn all aU about wigs end nd Im wondering yet I I Already in that season my po position position position had become an anomalous one from that occasion when because of sickness I had in one afternoon studied letter perfect the part of King Charles In Faint Heart Never Won Von Fair F ir Lady and played it in borrowed j I Ici ci th and without any rehearsal al whatever hate er other than finding the situa situations lions plainly marked d in the book wok It i iwas i I was an astonishing thing to do and i nearly nearl everyone had a kind word for form m ale The Thc stage manager er on or 01 rather the prompter for tor Mr Ellsler ler was his own stage manager patted me on on the thc shoulder and said Pon on my soul I V girl youre a n wonder I think pretty well vell df my own study put but ut you can beat be t me rue You never missed sed a word I i n c besides s that Ive rye seen the part played worse w many a time I dont what wh tto to say to you my dear but a girl that can do that can do most anything A Task Teak Ahr Ah yes and alid t was Just what the powers that were C seemed to think that I could do most anything an for from that day I became bC ame a sort of dra dramatic dramatic matic scapegoat t play the parts of the thc sick the Ule halt hal t the cross the tricky for whenever an actor or actress turns up with a remarkable study the ability to learn almost any part partIn In a given tim f he or she is be bc put on Sickness will in iii increase crease tempers will win get gt g t shorter airs of superiority will be b assumed all because there is someone ready to play the obnoxious part someone ready to rush Into the breach and prevent the changing of ot the bill Of course this Ulis playing g of many parts V was In a certain ceita n way an advantage to me and I appreciated it but there can be too much even of or a good thing That I got no pay for tor all this work was nothing to me roe I was as glad to dp do it for or the experience it gave me but when I was as forced to appear ridiculous through my inability to dress the correctly I suffered cruelly and felt Mr Ellsler EU J should either ft er haY have corn com compelled c m the women wonie who owned dresses to play their parts or Should hav e vi d dresses dresse d esses for the girt girr who Vh played their th I parts p for lor them themI I recall very eo distinctly having to go goon on for Lady Anne in Richard III IU with a rather ather unimportant star now had I hold held a as als the thc term te goes goas that part would out of courtesy belonged to me mc for Ir the rest of the sea season se son unless I chose to confer it back backi to the woman I had obliged but being only a ballet banet girl I did well enough for the Lady Anne of an unimportant atar star but when whim a more popular Richard appeared upon the scene Lady Anne was vas immediately reclaimed d and I along behind the coffin arid and with the rest of the ballet was witness to the most savage fling of Shake Shakespeare Sh Shakespeare ke speare against a vain and inconsequential l lUal Ual womanhood as personified in Lady Anne who by mur murdered dered dead d d eagerly drinks drin s in the flat flattery flattery tery teI offered o by the murderers self It Itis Itis Itis is courtship all dagger pierced and reeking V with innocent blood mon monstrous monstrous and V revolting One would like to know who the woman was whose Incredible vanity and levity so worked upon the maters mind ml d that he pro produced I this tragic caricature c Who was the woman who inspired the great one unnatural unnatural scene Come Antiquaries ries cher hez la In femme I suffered most when wh he n I had V to play I seated at disheartening ban banquet banquet banquet V Their comments used to be very caus cans caustic caustic tic tIe sometimes and they almost t without exception advised me rue m to rebel to go goan and an demand freedom from the ballet or at least salary enough to toW dress the parts given me to play But those long years of childish had left their mark markI I could not assert my myself myself 1 self an overwhelming shame came upon me even at the thought of ask asking lug ing to be advanced d so I went on play playing playIng playing ing boys and second old women sing Bing BingIng singing ing songs when forced to it going on for poor leading parts even een for the lady I dj being the managers wife wire declined to play parts with women stars as she sh would have to ta do in any other theatre and then between times nes dropping back b ck Into the ballet and standing about In crowds cr or taking part In a village scene Mrs Bowers Secret t V It was S a queer position and no mis mistake mistake take tak Many Man stars had grown to know me and often otten on Monday morning he or she sh would come over to our group and shake hands kindly to my great pleasure One morning while we 4 ere rehearsing Lady rady Secret Mrs Bowers whom I greatly admired came over to me and remarked You Tou hardhearted little wretch Ive rye been V watching you you are treating that boy shamefully Dont you know Mur Murdoch Murdoch Murdoch doch Is a gentleman I I W was surprised and rather quickly answered Well have I treated him himas himas himas as if bo bi were not nt a gentleman 1 She was called Just then but when the act was over she sire came to me again and taking my hand In her h r right she began by beating It up and down on her herlett left lett You are not vexed SIre are you she asked Dont be beI I only wonder how you can do It and you so young Why she sighed from her very soul It to me Why ever since I Iwas Iwas Iwas was 14 years old I have been loving some man who has bas not loved me Tears rose thickly into her eyes I am always laying my heart down for some man to trample on She glanced to towards towards towards wards Mf lii M he ht who was six sis I feet tall and handsome a little smile I trembled on her hel lips I caught her herI I fingers on a sw swift if t impulse and squeezed I back we understood each ther she was casting her heart down gain unasked Her eyes V came back again to me Yours is way but Im too old to learn how I chall th ll have nae to go on seeking always seek seeking V ing big V F J JAnd And finding surely finding I r an answered answered answered earnestly for tor I could not Imag ine me in any anyone one resisting rO her r p rDo Do you think so she said ea J j y then rather sadly she added Still SUll It would be nice to be sought once In Instead stead of at always seeking reeking V Poor wom h actress as she was w she he not exaggerate that she was vs va casting her heart be before before before fore some oie ot 01 ei e she tahe he married ar Mr Mc McCollom McCollom McCollom Collom and 1100 with him In adoring affection n V till Ull dearr took to him V The Thelast last tim 7 aw a w her she was Vas my guest here at th Pinea and as I fast fastened fastened ened a great flower fi above her ear In Spanish fashion she remarked V How little you have changed in all these years Ill wager your heart is a scar wh b if you could only see s e mine she he laus lang its Its like an old oUI bit of so battered and bent and dented V VV V A Work Basket Scandal V S I had Vad at that time a friend frIenda a tare rare are possession that The ideal of ot friend friendship friendship ship says Madame is to feel as one while remaining two which Is the precise description of ot mind and V feeling of Mrs Mollie Ogden and my any myself self She did not act but her husband did and I saw her every night rug ht nearly every morning and when work per permitted permitted V we visited one another in the afternoons Then suddenly she began to expect another visitor a wee visitor whom we hoped would woo uld remain re ain permanently perman and goodness mercy I I nearly lost my reputation through the chamber chambermaid chambermaid maid ma d finding find ng in my work basket some tiny tIns tiny packets whereupon she announced to the ser servants I rants in full assembly that I had bad too soft a tongue and was deeper than the sea but she had her eyes open and judging from what she found in my work basket I was either going to buy a monkey for a pet or I had thrown away my character completely Mrs Ogden was with me when the landlady and rattling r with starch and rectitude came to inquire into the contents of my work workbasket basket V Her call V was Yas brief but satisfactory rai v S V Lr v vt 4 II t V S V e ep eJ S p J I JI V V 5 5 V 5 r I IV IS S V V i some lady of quality for what what In heavens name had I 1 to V dress a lady in Five dollars a aw week ek to live on to dress myself on and to provide the stage wardrobe Manya bitter tear I i shed And then thEm there was the surprIe sur prIe e of We Ute stars st rs when playing an important part one night nIgh ni h they suddenly recognized me tha th next standing in the thc crowd of peasants V or V V Vand and shortly after her here exit lt we heard her herat herat at it the top of her lungs giving me me a adlean olean bill of health morally speaking and denouncing the prying curiosity OP q V the maids But we had had a scare and Mollie implored me either not to help her any more 1 e or to lock up my work workbasket workbasket workbasket basket Oh no said I Ill rn rest my I head upon the chambermaids breast and confide all aU my intentions to her then surely my character will wm 1 be safe cafe |
