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Show Heroes;, ? THROUGH A WOMANS EYES By JEAN NEWTON by tbs Ball She Couldn't Syndic!, Inc.) Be Bothered " I cant be bothered! The woman who said It had said It often. In fact the remark might be regarded as typical of her. In her youth she Vonldnt be bothered with children. Later on everyone thought she had realized her mistake and that she would grasp the opportunity, to adopt the child of a sister who died. But she couldnt be bothered." .She had a family, of course, a brother with chlldnm, and an old aunt, but she couldnt be bothered spending much time with them. She couldnt be bothered with friends, either. Friends arq almost as bad as a family in making demands on one. And she couldnt be bothered. So Instead of friends she had mere companions of the moments pleasure. She wanted her time and her thoughts free to wear beautiful clothes and see everything and do everything that went on, to travel and be up on the latest kind of 6hoe buckle and the newest dance steps. She married a much older man who gave her plenty of money and plenty of leisure to Indulge iu all these pleasures and who did not "tie her down at all. She had her freedom In this beautiful world full of beautiful things and the wherewithal to satisfy every desire. So each year she grew more disinclined to "be bothered with anything that was not In the pursuit of pleasure, and more dependent for her happiness on the enjoyment of the moment. Then came the day when her youth was gone, and with It the energy to called the pursue pleasure. Her husband had died and her only human tie was a paid companion. She had traveled all over the world, seen "everything, done everythat money thing, had everything could buy. But everything palled, life was empty and without reason. She felt she had nothing to live for. On meeting a distant relative, a beloved mother and grandmother, a woman who was responsible for a fine charity and who had also the accomplishment of a successful career In the work she had chosen, the woman who couldnt be bothered said to her, I envy you. You have everything, and I have nothing. Why should this be?" Yet how obvious was the answer. They were getting each Just what she deserved, reaping as they had sowed. The woman who "couldn't be bothered with anything but enjoyment, who had spent her life In seeking pleasures, while they lasted, and In later life reaped the emptiness which comes of having given nothing, the void which Is the heritage of those whp have planted no seed from which might bloom the flower of love, of She gratitude, of accomplishment. had given nothing, and life now returned nothing. To the other woman growing old meant not emptiness and the end of things, but the richness of fulfillment, the luxurious harvest of a blessed reaping time. Why? She had sowed. She had loved, not pleasures but humans. She had given herself freely. The devotion of children, the clinging caress, now In her old age, of new baby arms, she had earned. HERB are many persons the show business who appear on the stage. They are. the unsung heroes of the theater of whom the audience see or hear little or nothing at all. They endure most of the hardships Incident to the business, yet they are never permitted to bask in the limelight. Who are they? They are the stage hands, electricians, the maids and valets of the stars, ticket-taker- Tin box-offl- ushers, dressers, stage-doo- r keepers, and last, those Individuals whose job It Is to keep before the public the names and faces And yet, for all that, she Is ordinarily of the players by whom they are em- quite a pleasant being, and the two ployed, keeping themselves the while maids have been with her for years. more or less in obscurity the press Stage managers, too, are outside the agents. theater picture. And yet, like the afThe thrill of the show business maids and valets, they live In a world fects the life of every person con- which, revolves upon every whim of nected with the theater. Once bitten some temperamental star or producer. by the microbe of the stage, these When the sheets are tallied It will live In, be seen that Individuals are doomed to they also contribute by, and for the theater. It la their largely to the success of the people bread and butter, and try as they and productions which they are workto from clerks, scene-shifter- tear themselves away may Its gripping fascination, they seldom make the break. Take, for example, the stage-doo- r man, who represents perhaps the theaters saddest story, sdys the New York Times. While he receives a wage which Is not out of proportion to the service he renders, he has long hours, and sometimes Is forced to work seven days a week. His chief consolation and an Important one in the show business Is that if he proves himself capable, which is not difficult, he may be assured of steady employment in season and out. keepers Fortunately, all stage-doo- r are not married or have families to support. They tell the story of the door keeper said to be worth $20,000, who worked his ten hours or more a day and never offered the slightest hint of his somewhat comfortable circumstances. The average door man is either old or crippled. Consequently the task of bolding the fort by the stage door where he can read his newspaper and smoke all day long without being disturbed too often is as comfortable an occupation as he could hope to find anywhere. Consider, next, the dressing maid. She is taught soon enough to bear the brunt of her mistress temperament. While the star by whom she is employed may be thrilllngly happy today, the maid has learned from experience to be always on the lookout for some mishap, which, however slight, will alter her employer's feelings completely. The maid of almost any theatrical celebrity is to all appearances one of the happiest and most punctual persons in existence. She Is quiet and efficient Worker and learns quickly enough the necessity of not missing either performances or cues, always preparing in advance for the next change of apparel. Most maids and dressers Rre expert with the needle and often inherit the discarded but still serviceable gowns which their extravagant employers There is a New have abandoned. York dancer who Is far from the ranks of stardom but still affluent enough to employ two maids and a When things go wrong chauffeur. backstage she may be heard to shout and scold them with a thoroughness that halts at no form of expression. ing for. The average stage manager has gone through several years of preliminary training before he reaches his station, a training that may include In its schedule anything from to a playwright having been a call-bo- y who is trying to earn his keep between the gaps of his various produced works. The stage manager is, of course, an important cog In the theatrical machine, really a minor factor In the life of a production. The stage director, a more Important person, for having produced and staged the play, teaches the stage manager exactly how the lines are to be delivered, and after that the latter must see to It that no alterations are made. the stage manager Occasionally may be asked by the shows owner for his opinion concerning the selection of an understudy. But, all told, he will ordinarily be found back stage looking at his watch, taking note of curtain times, seeing to it that every one Is ready for the next cue and everlastingly shushing loud talking. Sometimes It happens that the stage manager has time to play a small part in the production. He may have been an actor once himself, and he Is still useful because he does not suffer from stage-frighThere are even stage managers who are having previously lost in their own theatrical gambles. The lot of the understudy is more often one of promise than of fulfillment. But the odds are usually worth taking, for there Is the eternal hope that some time she will lie colled upon to assume her superiors role. One such chance may decide a whole career, and in this fcishion many a player on Broadway today has earned her first chance. The man in the box office prides himself upon his ability to understand human nature. He is tf shrewd gentleman and occasionally may sell an orchestra seat to a person who feels he would prefer to sit upstairs. He knows, for instance, that there is a difference in the technique of silling tickets to men and women. lie knows the laws, rules and regulations for t. s: letter-carrier- s, store-keeper- students s, and even clerks. Although this list of unsung, unrecognized heroes of the stage might be continued Indefinitely into the outlying branches and offshoots of the theater there Is one mon person who cannot be neglected here, namely, the press agent. There are all sorts of definitions concerning a press agent. At a meet-Tn- g of the board of directors he may be fraternally called a publicity director. In social Intercourse he may be referred to as a press representative, and the managers, too, usually have their own quaint descriptions ol him. Even the detached observed must admit that, while his inventive ness Is astounding, his work Is not always appreciated, for, like other human beings, the press agent some times errs and when he does there Is a price to pay. If he pulls a stunt that Is pure fake, dramatic editors and city editors learn to classify him properly and It Is a long time before he can come out of his hiding place to face ttfem again with another Idea for publicity. On the whole, his Is perhaps the most fascinating function of the long list of persons who attach themselves to the show business, ne Interprets to tl.e outside world the lure of working behind the scenes among paintert and powdered troupers, beautiful chorus girls and principals of every Forgiving Is Forgetting rank. A successful press agent Is among the worlds most indefatigable and resourceful beings. Ills statements to the paper are, as a rule, couched Id' picturesque and sometimes Illuminating language, and he leaves many au editor gasping and guessing as to whether or not he Is telling the truth lie is not necessarily a pillar of veracity nor Is he likewise at all times a pillar of the lesser falsehoods. There are those who believe that the press agent is one of the most important factors In the production of a play. He can ruin a good one with Stupid and sometimes 'he. can publicity make a bad one through Intelligent planning. Neglected Studies There Is a lot of trouble in this both. world because some men think they Ticket-taker- s and ushers may be have learned finance before they have combined as perhaps the most de- learned simple arithmetic. Atchison tached employees of a theatrical or Globe. tone in reference to a crystal-clea- r Violin of Glass this instrument. Before this violin Is played It must be blown,' so to Herr Hoellerlein is about to u from violins speak. make to Attempts iterlal other than wood have all blow a doubleTmss viol, which will be led until recently, when a German presented to the Provincial museum Literary Digest lss blower who Is also a village mu-:Ia- n at Breslau. In a town In the Rlesen-GebirgPeculiar Figurehead s succeeded In qmklug one of glass. old warships of The cumber'-omie inventor's name Is Bartel Hoeller-n- , hundred several ago carried the years (Leip-;) Universum and Reclams fol-vmost resplendent examples of prow as invention his of speaks carving ever known. Perhaps the handsomest figurehead of which there "One can really use the expression e, Few of them undertake ganization. their jobs as their sole means of support. It is thus no great worry to them when a production shuts down. Among ushers there are college students, and young women, married and unmarried. Their hours of work are short, and they have plenty of spare time for themselves. - Ticket-taker- s in the- daytime have been known to be Is record was on the frigate Prince Royal, launched In 1003. The Prince Royal carried on Its how a huge and elaborate representation of the son of King James I on horseback. Unkind Thought Maud That man over there has been staring at Reggie for quite a while. Wonder who he Is. Marie Where? Oh. hes a celebrated mind reader. Maud Must be on his vacation. Boston Transcript. ' I can forgive but I cannot forget ! The speaker did not realize that Instead of the sweetness of magnanimity her words carried the hardness of a harbored hate. For there Is no forgiveness without forgetting. Little human frailties that are woven Into a personality we love may be overlooked. But deep hurts, a that strained relation, anything smacks of bitterness, must be forgotten to be forgiven. Bitterness that Is remembered rankles; and like the head of an ugly snake it creeps out when the two hearts would come together agnin: To forgive but not forget Is Insincere It Is only tongue forgiveness. It says, I will be magnanimous, but dont think you are getting away with It. Things will never be the same. Beal bigness forgives with the heart We will wipe the slate and says: clean and call It quits forget It. In almost every human relationship there comes a time of misunderstanding and hurt that Imperils the olosest, most valued friendships even love. And frequently after reconciliation and forgiveness the two hearts cry out for each other hut the inability to forget stands between them. There is the hurt that cannot be We wish It healed by explanations. could, for we want our friend or sweet tieart. We crave the old comradeship ahd sweet communion, yet there between us stalks, the specter of the wrong we would forgive but cannot forget. If we but realize here the truth of the old saying, To err is human, to forgive divine, we can waive the explanation, charge It Up to human frailty and forgive which means to forget, absolutely, finally and unequivocally and take back our sweetheart or friend. 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