| Show A FOLLY OP OF THE TIMES ONE of the dangerous follies of the times is the common yielding of itt III experienced young ladles ladies to the stage fascinations fasel nations of male actors 1 it is evidence of a lack of balance the absence of good common sense and alad an indifference to moral restraints in the giddy girls who are captivated by the made up heroes of the footlights they do not seem to be able to recognize the difference between the individual and the character chart which he temporarily assumes nor to perceive that his stage attractions are often but padding paint false hair and assumed virtues they ai are seized with a passion for a fictitious appearances appearance and fancy they are am io love with an admirable man the letters which popular actors receive from misguided misses and 80 d but not more sensible nw mat rons are revelations of feminine folly and too often of moral looseness which are truly deplorable there are honorable sensible pro pr fessio nals who treat these fre frequent ef fusions with silent indifference t and who scorn to take advantage the weakness of their worshippers wor shippers but there are others who are waw ready to catch in their nets any foolish girl with money and good looks who of entangled aad AO is capable being there are more of these than would woula be supposed by sensible people ao acquainted with life behind the scenes numbers of young girls are led ta ruin by the glamour of stage su sur fau soundings roun dings and are ready to into the arms of heartless scoundrel W who represent in the drama the possible perfections of exaggerate romance strutting before the pu POP lie they are rich refined and nowfe but in real life are often W ous and brutal as ready to ridia ridicule after betrayal as they were to cap so when playing the lover girls also frequently ensnared by the vert ver leing dodges of pretended ayo of 8 making up combinations combination amateur talent for traveling COW WOO adov banies they run away from aroln on the promise of dazzling vilgae evsay ments and too soon find rf libov the victims of characterless tines tw exposures of such cases are at w quent in the dally daily papers abel reach us from the east E wt but have po no effect upon I 1 th the love woo y loft damsels and stage stag e struck thew men whose brains are as aa soft so as w fa hearts and whose egotism is 1 j greater than their talents the scribe who seeks to DOB the public can but point out the evils of the world and warn the un sophisticated against them it is for parents and guardians to light principles into the minds of those 41 nose under their care watch over their reading their amusements and their associations and give them such common sense ideas of practical life as will secure them against self it deception and the wiles of the wilfully wicked |
