Show f nah 5 h all A 3 71 N 1 0 A from time im ti memorial countless pages liao been written advia at 3 V ing the g youth of both sexes bexes to shun the glamour and artificiality of the stage it Is exceedingly rare to come actors an article that would be of value to one who had chosen acting for his life work it Is a profession which should rie never er be adopted without a understanding of its pe cullar difficulties and dangers but it your boy is convinced that he be has the necessary qualifications and la Is pre pared to face and overcome come a host of preliminary the following hints will assist him to a proper knowledge of the first steps to be taken contrary to the general impression one does not need to be a genius in order to rise to a fair position in ills his circles in fact nowadays producers are seeking types rather than orators and elocutionists for instance some men even eien though in poor circumstances are endowed naturally with the out outward inard appearance and bearing of millionaires such persons it if possessing fair act ing ability can fill millionaire parts more acceptably than those ilia do not look plutocratic foi the same fame reason a fat man Is more naturally a at man on the stage than a thin man made up to appear so as are also a thin man a hunchback hunch bick a bowlegged man a bald headed man or an unusually small man therefore it if bour 3 our boy has any ec of physique or tempera ment his chances may be really better than it if he were anything short of high ability without them llo however Never there is one essential which can be tested before he makes a serious attempt to get on the stage his ability to memorize to become a successful actor he be must be able to memorize with comparative readiness the average ordinary part consists of about five fife thousand words which must be committed to memory with abo absolute lute perfection furthermore in block work where a new play is put on once a week an actor must be able to master this number of words in that period your boy should test his memory by one or more well ell known plays and tring to memorize different parts then with some one to read the other parts as they occur let him supply the part he has learned from memory this test satisfactory his next step would be to go to the manager of a theatrical company and ask to be given a trial should the manager have a play with some small part which he thinks su suitable lable to the applicants general appearance the chance of getting employment would be pret ty fair the only m way ay to get the coveted start Is to keep heep after the managers your boy will receive about 15 a week when ho he begins with a uon non speaking breaking part and if the company should be on tho the road he alg agit ht bo be paid 25 on account of af having to pay ills hia own hotel expenses all living expenses aie always assumed by the actor the manager paying only the I 1 railroad fare by all means the most profitable class of work in the beginning would be with a stock company on account of the varied experience and trying out that your boy would get in appearing in a new play every week another advantage would be that the regular season Is only from septem ber I 1 to the end of april leaving four months or of enforced idleness while stock companies are often busy through the summer I 1 1 I lie he bit actor one who aho has baa only on y a line or so BO to speak in a st stock 0 c k e cam m pany Is paid about 20 a week U lav ing only these few words t foutter to utter ini not seem much but it kyhas has its place and an im important pa r t a lit 0 offa e in the play it may be that tha t a all your boy has to do ii 19 to ci enter a say gay ills hiis has arrived av but this Is a distinct part and ahe I 1 he does it well in the exact inton intonation tion and mannerism of a butler an n short it if he has mat mastered ered the pan the manager will recognize it I 1 instantly st antly and he be will be promoted the next nest advance nill ni be to gen era eral utility man ati ai about 30 a week the utility man Is nn actor who takes small parts and la Is tn ble able to fill various vacancies of this c liar fracter ar acter next he be becomes a e or placer ot youthful parts at 30 to 35 the promotion to chara ter man follows this is one of th most important places in the compa ny and one of the first things your br bc y should do early in his stage life I 1 is to fp cultivate con deising and telling stories in dialect studying character parts stories stones and monologues and f eting himself to take the part of all any peculiar charac ter that may be cal calad d for without I 1 notice lie ile can aas easily lly what he may be called on t to do Q as aa he be will know the plays that ar 3 to be put on by his company in tho future char acter men are paid abo it t 40 a week from this position 3 30 ir boy goes to that of heavy man the villain of the play who nho next to lepoling leac lea oling ang man haq bag the most important pla ce ile he plays opposite to the lead beadi ng man and one cannot rise to the latter without having been a heavy adm n lere here his pay will be about 5 50 a iv ek finally comes the lead leading ilig man who gets about 60 a week a 11 he 1 is paid more than the heavy daiy baij on a account c c 0 t of his greater necessary expenses p e for clothing A full outfit hupf cf evening suit with prince albert kind nd tuxedo walking suits sack suits fac tc and all the haberdashery and sho s that nat go with them required by tl tle e average stock leading man costs about R bout on account of their mill h heavier avier outlay for clothes leading amen i men are paid more than leading men certain conditions exist ch bring about a higher scale of salar salaries les than that here glen given in cities L I 1 which there is lively competition 1 between two or more stock comp compan comparin arif les sal eal arles aries will be at least one higher where actors have acquired consid erable reputation or are abl on ac count of their personality or or other creaso reasons no thadd to the drawing popularity larity of their company corn pany the they yonly may be paid at least double tho the salar fi alarea fes mentioned stars in k companies who have ach leveda national reputation such as aa nat goodwin Goodw ln james anoll or james K JIa iLett receive anywhere from 1000 to 3 a week the qa salaries laries of members of what aro are known as legitimate companies hlll average about BO 50 per cent above those paid to members of stock companies your boy will probably find tho the kind of work for which ho he Is specially qualified beffie lie he has baa been in the business very long and then he should do everything possible to dollop this as the specialist on the stage like everywhere else has it a distinct and superior ability of ills hla own to the advantage adan tage tago of his finances and reputation for in instance otance one man has made such a reputation in the part of a waiter that lie he devotes himself to that exclusively and la Is con a necessity by managers mana gors whenever they have a play requiring a waiter ile he Is getting a week for ills his wonderful work in this c comparatively 0 in ively unimportant and I 1 inexpensive eapen part ore of the largest 2 in new york wr Vs e impressed pressed impress lm eo by the excellence hac performance that he told fill I 1 his waiters they should go to the e play and get pointers when d determining the best roeane for boy to make his theatrical start 1 fou ou 1 should not fall to consider schools and if ou can R acord fir ord the expense of ta 75 to for three months course and cost coat of living it if he has to leave home it would bo be ve nelt to send him to on one or of the best tho the training Is good and furthermore managers are watching the work of the students out of every class graduated several get positions immediately 1910 by tho the associated ait arary press |