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Show ACTING IN REAL LIFE. Knowledge of the Art Is Indlipens- ablo to an Understanding of Mankind, Tho better a man plays his part, tho hetto" ho succeeds. Tho more a man knows of tho art of acting, tho jreotcr tho man, for, from tho 'king 3U his throne to thu beggar In tho itrcct, ovcy man Is acting. Thcro Is in greater comedian or tragedian In ho world than a great king, writer Richard Mansfield, In Atlantic. Tho knowledgo ot the art of anting is Indlspousablo to u knowledge of mankind, man-kind, and when you arc ablo to plerco the disguise In which every man arrays ar-rays himself, or read tho cliaractor which every man assumos, you ichlcvo an Intlmato knowledgo of your fellow men, nnd you aro ablo to :opo with tho man, either ns ho Is, ar as ha pretends to bo. It was nee-ssary nee-ssary for Shakespeare to ho an nctor In order t,o know men. Without his knowledgo of tho stago, Shakcspenro could never huo been tho reader of men that ho was. And yet we aro asked, "Is tho ttago worth while?" Napoleon and Alexander woro both great actors; Napoleon poriinps tho greatest actor tho world has over c-n. Whether on tho brldgo of Lodl. or In his camp at Tilsit; whether addressing ad-dressing his soldiers In tho plain- of rcypt; whether throwing open his old groy coitf nnd saying, "Chlldron. vlll you flro on your genoral?" whether wheth-er bidding farewell to them at i'im-talnbleau; i'im-talnbleau; whether ho was standln Jn tho deck of the Ucllerophon, or a tho rocks of St. Helena; ho was always al-ways an actor. |