| Show superstition on an tho the stage there is as much superstition among actors as there is among sailors remarked a member of the profession protes sIon to a reporter they are forever on the lookout for signs and these are construed into all kinds of meanings the placing of a chair on the in a peculiar position will be betoken betaken taken to mean something in connection with their success while the action of a single individual in the audience will ill have a decided effect upon their future course ait it is while rehearsing a new play that the greatest amount of superstition is indulged in in with actors and managers one of the most noticeable is tho the effect of the lines upon the members of the company it if a laugh or even a smile is provoked by the witticism of the author it is regarded as a bad onion omen for the success of the piece if a pathetic passage causes a remark regarding its beauty the conclusion is at once reached that the play will not bo be a go 90 7 and when the effect is in the opposite direction their spirits rise and the belief is entertained that all will bowell bo well ni with ith the play there are probably other signs upon which actors ban bang g the fate of themselves or the play to bo be produced philadelphia bulletin |
