=You gaze at a star for two motives: because it is luminous
and because it is beyond your reach and comprehension. You
have by your side a sweeter radiance and greater
mystery--woman.=
_Les Miserables._
The Beginnings of Stage Careers.
By MATTHEW WHITE, Jr.
A Series of Papers That Will Be Continued From Month to Month
and Include All Players of Note.
How did he start? How did she manage to get the chance to show what she
could do? Was it "pull," persistence, or the fact of being born in the
profession?
These are the things playgoers--and who is not a playgoer these
days?--want to know about the players who have "arrived." There is a good
deal of variety in the answers herewith set down. In some cases it is
rather difficult to state just when the real start was made; in others,
baby-day debuts can scarcely be considered to "count."
But of one thing the reader may be certain: in no instance has permanent
success been won without work, be the actor a recruit from the business
world, the society drawing-room, or the ranks of the Thespians themselves.