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PAY OF ACTRESSES,

WOMEN OW THE STAGE RECEIVE, AS A RULE, SMALL SALARIES.

There Are @ Few Who Are Rewarded Lib- erally, bat Generally the Business Is Not Profitable, and Net Many in This Coua~- try Have Made Fertunos.

Into a room in an up town office building there passed at irregular inter- vals young women who, after having spent some time inside, reappeared at the door and started down the flight of steps that lead to the street. This hap- pened allday. A line of women was continually going in and out. None of staid very long, and none of

**I don’t think there could be any bet- ’’ said a theatrical man

| who bad an office opposite the door

through which the girls disappeared, **to women who think of going on the stage than the sight of that string of women. That is a theatrical exchange, and in and oct of that office they go ev- ery day. Some of them—the lucky ones —<disappear after awhile, and they seem to have found places. But the majority come and go fora long time before any- thing is found for them. The best don’t come to the exchanges, you know. Only those who are not well enough known to have their services always in demand are compelled to look for positions through the agents. The others can go to the managers, or, in some rare cases, have the managers come to them.

“There never was a subject about which less was really known than that of the rewards that a life on the stage wring to awoman. I remember to have seen once an interview with Lotta Crab- tree in The Sun in which she said that the stage gave women more than any other profession could. Lotta is one of the few very rich women of the stage, and I am afraid that optimistic opinion was aifected more or less by her own success. If she had not accumulated $500,000 or more, Lotta might not look so favorably upon the stage as a means of livelihood for women.

“The ideas that are prevalent about ealarics, the general idea of the large amouuts paid and the prospects for sav- ing money that such occupation affords are all based on very erroneous impres- sions. There are, of course, actors that make large sums, and some that make fortunes. But there are not many of them. There are very few people, for inatance, who would believe that the leading lady of a prominent New York stock company gets only $100 a week —that ie, for about 30 weeks of the year, or mayhe 85 at the outside. On the road she receives $125 a week. A certain amount is paid by her manager toward her costumes, but when it happens that the plays are not successful and have to be changed frequently, the expense of costumes uses up a large proportion of what she may make. The most popular leading woman in American receives only $125 a week when she is in New York and an extras $25 on theroad. Yet as many of the people at the theaters in which she acts go to see her as go to see the ‘star’ with whom she’s associated. But she’s to be a star herself after awhile, and then she will make enough to repay her for all the time she was building up ber popularity, even if she was not getting rich.

‘*These women that get the saluries I spoke of are the best paid in the coun- try. Among all the women on the stage I doubt if there are 50 who receive as much as that. One leading lady ina New York theater gets only $65 a week. The women who act on the road with stars get usually $75 or $80, and in some cases §100. But, as I said, there are not many of them in the last schedule. The prices range on down to $30, which is abont the smallest salary paid to any woman in a first class company.

“When they get to be stars on their own account, the case is different. Usu- ally the women stars get certain sums every week in salary and certain amounts from the profite. Some of the best paid get $300 a week in salary and one-quarter of the profits. Then they begin to make money. One-quarter of the profits may equal, under favorable circumstances, $2,000. That makes the salary of the actor engaged on the terms mentioned $800 a week. But only the Incky ones succeed in ever accomplish- ing such success as that. Of course there are others who take all the money and merely hire their managers. But they are still fewer in gumber.

‘Another thing that has to be taken into consideration is the fact that a wo- man has only a certain time on the stage. She must be a genius to last much beyond 40, and she is not likely to become famous much before 30. So her time is rather short. After acertain period the decline begins and salaries begin to go down, just as before the age, say of 40, they increased. Think of the few rich or even comfortably off women of the stage. They could be counted on the fingers —Laotta, Maggie Mitchell, Fanny Davenport and Clara Morris. There may be a few others, but they are mighty few. Compare this with the long list of women that have been popu- lar and successful in their youth, and I think you will agree with me that the ‘women on the stage are not as well paid zy aspirants think.’’—New York

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New Property. } Professor—Is there any new property in | water after it falls below a temperature of 82 degrees? Pupil—QOh, yes, the property of the Ice trust.—Detroit Journal. '

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She Accompanied Him.

“The fact that Iwas a good mntu- tician,’’ said the lady from Johnstown, ‘‘was the means of saving my life dur- ing the ficod in our town a few years ago. "’

‘*How was that?’’ asked the young lady who sang.

‘‘When the water struck our house, my husband got on the folding bed and floated down the stream until he was rescued, ’’

‘*And what did you do?’’

‘*Well, I accompanied him upon the piano.’’—New York Journal.

aes i Her New Hat.

‘‘Now, miss, it ain’t no use yer tryin for ter hide. I knows ye're under that bat, ’cos I can see yer feet.’’—Nuggets.

Quick and Witty.

Lord Young is said to be one of the ablest Scotchmen on the bench or at the bar. At least he has a ready tongue. One day in September he was driving into town from his place in the coun- try when he met an acquaintance.

**Hallo!’’ said the latter, ‘what are you doing here? J thought all respecta- ble people were out of town.’’

‘*Well,’’ said the other, “have you seen anything to make you alter your opinion? I haven’t.’’

At the time of the general election of 1892 he was visiting at Dalmeny House, and the report came that Lord Wolmer, now the Earl of Selborne, had been re- turned for the western division by a majority of 3 over Mr. T. R. Buchan- an. Soon after scme one came in and said that the majority was 3800. He added that Lord —— and Lord had voted for Wolmer.

‘*Ah,"’ said Young, “‘that accounts for the two ciphers.’’--Youth’s Com- panicn.

A Familiar Froblem.

Young Mrs. Torkins had been carefy]- ly studying a picture which showed the costumes of the Greek and Turkish sol- diers. Laying the paper aside, she ex- claimed, with a sigh:

‘‘There’s notuing new under the sun, is there, Charley dear?’’

‘*To what do you refer?’’

‘*The European situation. It seems to be the same old question of which it’s to be—skirts or blcomers.’’—-Washing- ton Star.

He Got Them Mixed.

A Greek fruit dealer asked'a passing pedestrian to step into his store and ad- dréss a letter for him. Its destination was, ‘‘Isle of Patmos.”’

‘*Do you know,” said the'stranger, as he wrote, ‘‘that John wrote ‘ Revela- tions’ in Patmios?’’

‘*Oh, yes—John. He sell ‘fruit—he write letter—I marry bis sister. He come ’Merica nex’ year.’’—Atlanta Con- stitution,

How the Mix Up Began.

‘It was this a-way, jedge. Ye see, I doled de cards, and Jim Brown he had a pah of aces and a pah o’ kings.’’

‘*What did you have?’’

‘Three aces, jedge, and’’——

‘*What did Jim do?’’

**Jim, he drew.”’

‘*What did he draw?”’

‘‘He drew a razzer, jedge.’’—Cleve- land Plain Dealer.

A Flood Sufferer.

**You a fiood sufferer? Nit!’’ said the hired lady. ‘‘You have been hanging around town here all this winter and spring.’’

“But Iam, lady—indeed Iam,’’ pro- tested Mr. Dismal Dawson, “I got to thinkin of all that water, an it made me that sick ’n weak that I ain’t been even able to ask fer work.’’—Indianap- olis Journal.

Profound Grief.

**I never saw a Women mourn her husband as deeply as Mrs. Fitzjones does. ’’

‘*Does she really seem bereaved?’’

‘*She hasn’t crimped her hair since he died.’’—Chicago Record.

An Irresistible Conclusion.

Knockett—Do you believe in a per- sonal devil?

Sprockett—Well, I don’t know who else would scatter broken glass on the pavements.—Detroit News.

Poor Plaster.

“By gosh!’’ said the clerk of the country court as a part of the ceiling fell with a crash, ‘‘that’s very poor court plaster.’’—New York Sunday Journal.

Disagreeable. ‘‘What a fretful, peevish tempera- meut Jiggers has!’’ ‘Yes, he acts just like a citizens’ re- form association.’’—Detroit News

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Whenever one of these was caught, which was rot often, Moses would be brought out, and, after the swift had raken a ten foot start, would be set free. The lizard would promptly resolve itself into a white streak across the desert, and, screaming with excitement, half running, half flying, Moses would pur- sue, followed by the laughing crowd, of which only those on horseback had much chance of keeping up. It was in no sense a cruel sport. It amused Moses and us and didn’t hurt the swift, for he got away every time, and if the feel- ings ef our pet were a trifle injured as he returned, perched on some one’s wrist or saddle horn, from his fruitless hunt these were speedily soothed by the prempt gift of a nice bit of fresh beef, so no one was the worse. The liz- ards, however, he seemed to view as a sort of dessert, and as he could absorb an unlimited quantity they were al- ways in demand,

A certain stick kept on the veranda of our office was ‘generally under his eye, and when apy one picked this up and started for a walk across the desert Moses would hop gravely along behind, sure that some of his favorite dainties would soon be forthcoming.

Of course Moses was perfectly well able to catch the smaller kinds of liz- ards for himself, but there was less ex- ertion in allowing some one else to dc it for him, and exertion at this period of his life was a thing to which Moses was violently opposed. These occasions were almost the only ones when he would be silent for any length of time, for he seemed to understand perfectly that at the first note of his voice every lizard within hearing would run for its life to the nearest refuge, and only when a blow of the stick failed for the second or third time to reach its mark would he give utterance to his deep disgust at euch clumsiness.

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