The evening world. Newspaper, October 22, 1904, Page 9

w THE w EVENING i AWORLD St HOME w MAGAZINE Skinner DO Nor gsseve Ip Art Tor AM Sa wy No Sense in Giving the Public What It . it hy “AN Doesn't Want—Every Audience Must ; wh RUAN f Be Conquered, the Actor Always Has) a a Battle to Fight — Reminiscence of| Booth’s Experience in an Indiana Town —In the Small Place the Actor Is Still Regarded as a Freak. HE matinee girl may thank her Hackett, Drew and Faversham stars that she warn't tagging along. My first thought was of her—gushing, idolatrous dear!—as I saw Otis Skinner without his stage paint for the first time. She woudn't have known him, If she had seen bim in her own home she would’ probably have toncluded he was “some one came to see papa on business.” Mr, Skinner looked like a man who might writ? figures on his cuffs and carry through that impressive something called “a big deal.” He betrayed no sign of the spectacular nousense common to tho theatrical tribe, and he was so much che solid, sensible business man in appearance that I waited to see him stoop over the stock ticker as he walkod to the cigar case in the kote) office and mentioned the name of his favorite brand. I wanted him to Yurry; for tear the matinee girl might float in from the sunshiny street at any moment and have one of her most cherished illusions destroyed, and I felt real rolief when once we were npétairs in his rooms and the door was shut against her. Shakespeare to go back to. Meanwhile I feel the actor should give as wide s a a a s s s s & varlety as possible to his work by presenting a new play whenever a good ‘ mes along.” Q's accidentally the talk Girned at once on dhe adoring creature who 90% OF West bs Connon 0 goed one, comes fons. “Do many come along?” has made the popular-priced matinee 4 permanent and paying inati- “Many plays? Yes. But not many good ones, See,” he said, apread- tution. The telephone was responsible for the topic. The worst, « ing ot least a dozen mauuseripts on the table, “these and more have been however, had not happened. It was Mrs, Skinner (Meude Durbin) who had brought me in the past few days, His or her play comes almost every day, taken herself downstairs, asking about something she had left behind. ally her play." ee Ee ee Mr. bigerat but not Ribg sed a4 Up, of “ ‘She’ is a particularly busy member of the faiily of authors?” finde ‘Dimeelt Sa Ss senior Seen eo td anecate Ge as “ ‘Sho’ is cverlastingly at it,” sald Mr. Skinner, with a smile in which . a ‘ shade of weariness, “I put In most of my spare time readi hotel by the Waiter saying, ‘Some one wishes to speak with you on the tele- pare vans R . ¥ id ied phone,’ and I have hurried out to hear something like this: ‘I was at the ars, | matinee’ to-day and {t was 40 perfoetly lovely that I do want your photo- | # * s ad a rd a al &raph 60 much. and won't yon please be good enough to send me one with R. SKINNER said he rarely went to see other plays while appearing a Your aulogreph?" M in one himself. | for the moment an actor begins to humor his moods he breaks faith with) the public something it doesn’t want; and if you give the pablo Wiiat a “An actor isn't bothered so much in the larger cities?” “For some reason,” he endeavored to explain, “I do not onjoy! the public, and will, soon or late, bring disaster to himself, The public,| does want it cortainly ought to pay for what it gets, There fs Ro reaaem “No, Here ia New York he’s simply a drop in the ocean. He may walk | going to ‘the theatre then. The moment I get inside I have a sink-y,| though it may not b® analytical, éan't be fooled. It may not know what Is| why the actor, or the manager, should be an exception to the sale ; miles, happily, without a soul recognizing him. A man ie shot om Broad-| crawl-y feeling. 1 feel I have no right to be there, as if 1 am in danger of} wrong if you are ‘loafing on your job,’ but it will leave the theatre with | governs other professions, The actor has to work hard for Whint'R6 Gath ‘Way, a crowd gathers, aud then passes on again, eaying ‘It's only a mutder.’| joging in a degree the sense of responsibility which I oust feel for my| the Impression that somethlag was wrong.” Every avidience must be conquered—it's always a battle, A man may The actor is 4 common sight, und he 1s accepted a4 part of the population. | own performance. An actor can never afford to let anything affect his in-| ys - r ” s s s s | deal faro, or he may be a patron of the arts, but in either case he expects: In the emailer towns he {e still regarded us a freak. His coming excites | terest in his own performance. Sometimes, after a hearty dinner, I ha ONCERNING “commercialism in art,” of which so much is heard these | the actor to give bim full return for his money, And sometimes the actet something of that curious interest which the small boy takea im the circus. | gone to the theatre as logy as a barrel of molasses and have said to my- days, Mr. Skinner said: finds himsoif with a pretty bard jo on his hands,” ; His arrival t# an event, But provincial curiosity tan't so strange, after | seit ‘I will take it easy to-nigitt.’ But all ‘tho timo | know that { must not, | "1 do not believe in art for art's sake. There Is no sense tn giving CHARLES ‘ all, We are all more or less provincial. I know that when I am passing — ? Taflroad station to see a train come in. One's surroundings are apt to|’ Millard and the Eeadier sisters, | the Three Yoscarys,leanor Paik, James VAN’ S NORUB ~z ohange one's point of view.” ; Edna May in ‘The School Girl," one | Thornton. Reparty Family, Greon tn “Does an actor ever grow tired of the worship he receives?” of bpd successes of the sea- | and the Six Musical Cuttys, makes your ‘eeattrhty bee whiter, is) “1 can't answer for others,’ sald Mr, Skinner, “bat ] always want ‘to li boahe from Daly's to the Her- |" nny Pastor's till will include Bedint| wrrndtt "Shuai * " el Tin away and hide. Still, some of the actor's moat intefesting and amus- The French company at the Amert-| *2¢ Arthur. Rawin Latell, the French| a+ Qi! Grocers ing experiences are met with in the small towns. 1 shall never forget a Theatre will continue to be seen | team, “Jolly-Vella;” Prentice Trio; frunny (hing that happened jn an Indiana town—Vincennes, | think it was— when I was playing with Mr. Booth, A good guarantee had lured us to the A ama hig, on Weansedsy Trio. AMUSEMENTS. place, and wo were ta play ‘Hamlet’ We carried & very liberal product’on, | Venerable Actress to Have Title and Thuraday ri prey Maitre des! Koatsie wit tars Pratie Seetinae ‘| PROCTOR’ S To-day-To-nl Dut when we got to the town we found it would be impossible to use a stick Role in “Granny,” Written for] 2272 elevy's “L’Abbe Constantin” on | 1.1, Btrange Bor,” Matthews and Aarpay enced | re of our scenery, as the hall where we were to play wan a small place over & Ssrhomte thea, il appease tn reper. | Harris in “Adam the Second,” Ed F. v8) {th mle Ath. @ vacation in a country place, often J find mysélf rushing excitedly to the NIRS GILBERT Genevieve Finley, Blanche Deyo, gutta | otter Herrmann the Great, Harry Giifoll,! Tested! Tried! Unequalied! AMUSEMENTS, ! ‘ore ty matieg WaceOt™ | y mai M by Yan tie Co,, Hoboken. Nod “La Boule” on | William Tompkins, Park and Lawrence, sights, 4! Cook ahd Sylvia, and the Topsy sated lj T harness shop. We were obliged to get along with what we found there. I] Her by Clyde Fitch as Fare-|tolte, at tho Grand operat Reynard, ventriloquist; Lotta Gladstone SS ORaCA GT Wes fasclualed by one-set, x garien scene, with a huge gate painted on the) 44 pj | tga ho' will be sean in “De. J peda Bass k apc Rema: wed and phe <2 mon land oct. SECM DA TTUn ROON Yack drop. On one post of the gate the artist, selzed by an inexplicable in-| Y ’ on” Reaches, “thera ped ve oe Sele : rat Vast : \ H splration, had painted a teather duster, while the bottom of the other was -__ be pla) a ie Wiens | Annie Trish will head the bft at the | a. J ek Cor Favoriten. i= adorned with u croquet set. I couldn't keep my eye-off these peculiar decors-| 4s the age of eighty-thres Mra, G, If sf reay matines, pel Ne yg age ore Shadows of a Great City, tons, aod was standing trunfixed in the wings when Mr. Booth camo off | Gilyert will make her bee ae star Hentem Goes petiole wit 60 to the berg Bes Gees poe. rs Ogi SL | Raviken BYRAY BAS, ae ' ; ‘ the Lyceum Theatre on Monday night and Cartis “After oe . = = : after. apreollipayy repeating, [ almost said it; I almost sald it. ¢ i say tated’ *atenny," by Cipde Pg Ae i at” wll be at | On ie” Gausch Bisters, Four Huntings, | * ek, GALA VAUDEVILLE Bilis | Ww eS the , ‘Almost sald what?’ I inquired. Fitch, ‘There is not an actress on th Stag mi! have “No Wedding | Mayme Remington, Mr. and Mes. Bwick- — pie tad y 684 Gomes i or you HO AE eed ron one, sary choking meng maareen Line who 1d held in such Af] A Denered at the Altar” wi be the ewe Cognian Till return to vaudeviti | wisest \Pearden gunaoterey gree 8, saus ¢ gate posis With the feather duster and the croquet Tl said. tlonate a . ¢ offering at the venue, when a ‘No, this,’ he answered, leading me to where I could seo the foot-| bi# been before the pablle ew wre new finy cli "The" Musoorane! ab Spocarsoce [a6 Cqmontane, Lady Vive kd Sew amattag College Widow} 5 ag h Ot sinte years, and at the @ thts) the Metropolis, giehth* rect "theatre. Proctor #| oa = lights, the tin reflectors of which formed & kind of trough on a level with | jeason te to say good-by to the more| The Brinadier Burlesquers wil go $0 ~ “thr treet Ho gE ig Grand WILLIAM Collier the audience. In ‘big, black letters, running the entire width of the stage, | than friends she has won across tne the Dewey, and the Runaway Girls to } | Kinley” w Weare Ham HENC , BOUL.” Foe Rictater, was the injusction: tootlights, When it became known that |R Cotm. i. Bouton will be! ¥ ag 2 ache The Concert, | NEXT we*SH PR ee DO NOT SPIT IN THE TROUG Pay srranend for hie farowell season, and] the “vistor "Hiroe conteri nat the] See. “Re ith Avanse ateatee Sit! ATLANTIC GARDES See, Toure. P a ae no a or e cor avi A - we ‘pure 1. ev | be Nar srr an Tine TRO | Contracted with Clyde Fiich to write a| Masestic Theaire loomorrow evening. | will ‘intude “the Batter of Woodbar- Orleans Tarioe taving ana| Mat. Othello” Sat Mal, Card a ro ry - é a a fj Dlay_for her oF job would provide 6 | be tutta, Wirions's Er it. Bothern| te vaudeville but a jecte le Mra, " aditoaadllatadaatanlibvarsavialbninds PRINGESS. 34 CHARLES HAWTREY Mersage g | Mamikins my character guitabe#to her years and give in “Romeo and Jullet,” Kk: 5 rant and) — aks rom Mara “ Twas only a step from thiy story Of “the road” to the roving vagabond | her opportunity to display the abilities | Charles showtre A Meamag ‘The Cowboy and the Laly”| BELASCO ils Raturday fis L OTIS SKINNERE™ * cnn Hi, M Princess : H iyen at the One Hundred and . ric. R ‘Sak of The Harvester” whom Mr, Skinner plays so picturesquely. the still so brightly possosses. The a | Mar Muele IU y-Atth street pours, where A WARFIELD ‘Whbir “) 0 ar mm DEWEY 4a iA ba) ‘ed “ husett | “ ee ile Inter; lone tn je Rvs 8 20 y e a vrs uy lar Wal Be deny wld. “AI Aha ho aac a Min QE |S at “coli, itedoe” i"e FEeBeS arse tenn CASINO i's, Pil, Put, Poalgy Vo DEWEY actor has to 40 14 to be Mimeelf—to put on full steam, throw the throttle wide bart will play is called, firat causes trou- ‘5 8 At the Yorkville Theatre Dan MeA voy HECKER Be = r Eve. 4 let Rimastt go. It's really a delight to play such I feel in it | Die, between her son-in-law. a widower, ey Bkinner in "The Hare; end bia Pit te will be an Snips" YY “ehgns : WEBER MUSIC HALL ; att HARLRM Ores, Hows "pen an £0. isht to play such o part It) and @ divorced woman whom he wants The Rogers Brothers Attraction. together wih Rastus and BER & SALE NIGHT. -ORAM ‘a good deal aa | used to foel when as a boy, at the cioee of the school term, | to marry, EA Liberty; Mme -| Basie, Alccsnome' parees OBrien on ie vies | WE ZIEGFELD , COMPANY, SUNDAY oe 1 was allowed to run off tu the country, to go barefoot, (o feel the warm sand*| [ny —™ * among. those in Mra, Gil | Henke In. ° Katiery. Buckley im "A” Cyelone of Fun” and ian gt w ai av i Set LEW DOGUSTADER | between my toes, to be free and wild and dirty and to go in swimming thr. | peoke i Me i seem, pent Reidaeth Pelasco's a” u Syuibbe.” Bags eagles bs Bo ba y ‘ * : we times a day if I took the notion. It brings out a'}‘vf the primftive that | Hmmet ca my and Frank B Aiken, | 1e) Bullpen Crit on he College rig ot tng sein BROADWAY) SCHUMANN is in one, ang most of us, I imagine, have a litte of this left in us. This Chidian” WHS detent, on tha , é Lady,” Adelaide Herrm a | AS SL ME 1s Cove’ MONROS MACK 8 LANT man js esscotially primitive. He is not immoral; he is anmoral He knows boat Gomi éeries of Engtiah mu-| fy '' beck ’ ; ta Bo mi ge : YORKVILLE ''"f Bia Bow. THs APrenwoon pon a Might vor wrong. Hie simply does what he feels the good God in-| sical comedies, will be produced by J. C | Drew in hoy Goth af, Lex ay (om foi, MeL empire, Pitt, 4 Cast = sehait's Troupe of performing ' a tended him le do. There ls uc more thought Or purpose in hie action than |Dwe ot Tulyr, Toda on Roney) tira. Wlere of, ine Cot een | Rea Oe arene EDEN CWS ECR Ph conan Cos 3 in that of the pappy which chases ite tatl.) Tole te where the joy of playing the musie by ie agen ypesery late "Check ors,” Dea-| reel the. magician, will remain a| MUBRE . ae se sad aaa | | : 4 . A the part coms in. There je 20 aecemity of reatenint, and dt Jp restraint | 4," Rubens, The man, ‘Thompenn f0, The OM, Home;| «ne Ween ‘idueee BT tie aint | MAJESTIC ian as SPICE. Fourteenth Street Theatre IN BROOKLYN, Rout _Worn—No Wedding Delle Dest Seate Wed Mat..41,00 Orher Ptmnes 61.00 VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTIONS, nanataln'e Vintnria Mhmeton aptit ete: 1 ee bw 4 | 3h) VE Sis eit g ae sues. | ——— aoe