The Sunday Oregonian., October 25, 1914, SECTION FOUR, Page 3, Image 53

THE SUNT) AT OREGOXIAJN", PORTLAND," OCTOBER 25, 1914.
NERVOUSNESS IN ACTOR
CONSIDERED REQUISITE
Margaret Moreland Declares Sensitiveness in Human, as in Animals,
Sign of Good Breeding and Much to Be Desired if Properly Controlled.
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MARGARET MORELAND, IX PRIVATE LIFE MRS. NAT C. GOODWIN".
KLLi, nervousness, you see. isiness, self-sacrifice and bravery in all.
a high tension of the nervous I We think of nothing else bt war. We
system. It is rather more
desirable for an actress to be several
degrees 'nervous, than not." So speaks
Miss Margaret Moreland, leading worn
nn for Nat C. (Goodwin, who comes to
the Heiliti Theater next Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday in his latest comedy
success "Never Say Die."
"Well controlled nervousness is a
sign of good breeding in human beings
just as in animals. The higher bred
the horse, or the actor, the more sensa
tive and the more . delicately responsive
is cither. In a crisis on the stage a
nervous actress has great fortitude;
and especially if well controlled, the
nervous player Is stimulated to better
work. Nervousness, if ill controlled, or
not at all controlled, is on the contrary
the cause of much suffering to the
afflicted one.
"Do 1 suffer from nerves? Oh, yes.
Indeed." responded Miss Moreland, who
by the way is Mrs. Nat Goodwin in
private life, "but of course I make &
supreme effort to control my nerves, for
1 realize that uncontrolled nervousness
causes fliehtiness and irritability and
la liable to cause the lines of my part
1o leave me completely.' I have always
believed that I must control my nerves
to avoid abrupt movements, shrill voice
or uncertain actions. All this would
never do for a leading woman, now
would It?" and she smiled sweetly as
Bhe shook her head in the negative.
"So you don't consider it a misfortune
to be nervous?" aueried the interview
er. "No, it is hardly a misfortune to be
nervous, if you have a strong and ac
tive will. In such instances." she con
tinued, "it is merely as if the strings
of the violin were not properly taut
end by tightening the keys such nerv
ousness is normal and makes for the
greatest success and happiness. Especi
ally with the artist, whether singer or
actress.
"The person of high-strung, delicate
organism will under extraordinary
pressure become uncontrollable or
bow lack of sound judgment; but I 1
ways find the reaction is quick. With
Mr. Goodwin I would say, while an ex
tremely nervous man, his anger is as
n. fire of straw. Oh, yes, he can get
n.ngry," and Miss Moreland smiled
knowingly, "but the cause removed, or
give him a moment for reflection, and
his normal serenity is restored."
eat, drink and sleep war How I wish
I could go to the front. We artists are
and will be in a terrible plight. There
is absolutely nothing doing. As for
poor little me, I don't know what I am
going to do. I was booked up for re
citals all over, even in Ostend and
Blankenberg. I anticipated raking in
some money this Autumn. Now all is
canceled, and when the war is over
the success I had that led to these en
gagements will have been forgotten."
Lillian Campbell and Charles Mackay,
playing leads with the Utah Stock
Company, left the cast suddenly recent,
ly while playing "The Ghost Breaker,-
closing because tbe proverbial ghost
hadn't rambled in their presence for
three weeks. Charles Mackay is the
first husband of Robert Gdeson's pres
ent wife. She was the daughter of
Albert Ross, cheap novelist.
A new play by Annie Nathan Meyer.
entitled "The Spur," is to be produced
at a special performance on October 26
in New York at the Cort Theater. The"
performance will be in the nature of a
benefit for the Belgian relief fund.
Eva I-ang has returned to lead stock
in Omaha, Neb., with Charles A Miller,
a cousin to Henry of the same name.
as leading man. Thomas Mohr, of Den
ver, long connected with the Broad
way Theater there, and with Elitch's
Garden, will be the business manager
of the company.
Marie Dressier, who recently returned
from the Pacino Coast with the- an
nouncement that she had decided to re
tire from the stage, has changed her
mind. Actresses contemplating retire
ment sometimes do that! Miss Dressier
Is now actively engaged in rehearsing
a new farce called "The Sub." In her
long stage career she has heretofore
never appeared in any play without
music. But her new vehicle will be
straight farce, and it is expected that
the new piece will have its New York
premiere within a fortnight.
WhimBical are the circumstances
which brought about the comedienne's
return to the stage. In May vi lie, Ky
a burlesaue comDany stranded. The re
sulting experiences of the unfortunate
members of the company, ana in par
tlcular the predicament in which the
"aueen" of the burlesque company
found herself, suggested a faree to the
county surveyor of that region, one
Parker A. Hord. Mr. Hord had never
written a play. He therefore promptly
wrote a farce technically the most dif
ficult task he could have essayed.
The script of the Hord farce in a
short time reached the offices of Mary
Asquith, a play broker, of 145 West
Forty-fifth street. After reading the
play Miss Asquith sent the script to
Miss Dressier the following morning
with a mere suggestion. Was not the
Diece peculiarly adapted to Miss Dress
ler s talents? By noon tne next oay
Miss Dressier, having read the farce.
looked up a management. An hour
later James Dalton.. Miss Dressier s
manager, had signed contracts for the
immediate production of the farce.
.
Jack Lait's new play is to be called
The Bohemian" instead of "Thumbs
Down," the title first announced.
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"A Royal Divorce." with Eugene
Blair in. the leading role, has suc
cumbed.
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Nance CNeil Is to try heading stock
again, this time at Pittsburg. Pa.
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To indicate by example the change
that has been wrought in press agent
methods since the milk-bath era of
Anna Held the most striking piece of
work that has been accomplished in
New York in recent years was when
"The Whip" had just been started upon
its run at the Manhattan Opera-House.
One of the scenes represents an B.ng
ll8h railway train in motion and about
to be wrecked by the Vi ain. In the
previous career of the play in London
it had been quite the fad for persons
of social prominence to sit in the make
believe cars during this scene. The
difficult thing to do In New York was
to build up a similar society diversion
"how to get them started.
One evening there came a large box
party" of the most fashionable set, and
most of its metrfbers affably acceded to
the suggestion that they participate in
the still life Joy-ride back upon the
stage. Next day the newspapers con
tained a paragraph announcing that
Mrs. John Jacob Astor (Madeline
Force) and the members of her theater
party had been passengers In tne ill
fated train of "The Whip."
It was purely the news aspect of the
event that gained publicity tor it
and verv nearlv cost Press Agent Ben
Atwell his position, i jr the lady he had
named was about the only member of
the group who had not accepted the
manager's Invitation, and she resented
the report.
i But, as her secretary next day sent
out written denials of her participation
In the scene, and as the newspapers all
printed apologies and regrets, society
in general immediately Decame inter
ested and flocked to the opera-house
to see what life behind the scenes
really was like and Mr. Atwell's pro
fessional head remained in its custo
mary relationship to the rest of bis per
son.
40,000 WORDS LEARNED
KEW YORK BOY. CHAMPION STATE
SPELLER, TELLS METHOD.
Perfection Cornea , Only After Long
Study. ot Bora in Prnou, Sara
Youth in Article on Work.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19. Donald Lu
cier, the Hennepin County boy who ii
Minnesota's champion oral speller this
year, believes that only hard study
will make one a good speller, and that
anyone preparing for a spelling con
News and Gossip cf Plays
and Players
Edited by Leone Cam Baer.
LET these American actors .who are
everlastingly and perpetually com
plaining stop to consider a while the
condition of affairs in European cen
ters at all times, and particularly now
more than ever. The state of the the
atrical industry there is chaotic.
That they should want to go there in
days of piping peace Is Intelligible
enough. The Nineteenth Century Re
view, discussing the economic position
of Kngllsh actors, tells us that the con
ditions of employment which compel
large numbers of people periodically to
sponge upon their relatives, borrow, or
suffer the horrors of complete destitu
tion, are obviously intolerable in a
civilized community. The profession is
largely a sweated trade. It Is a casual
trade and it is a seasonal trade. Even
the London actor with an assured repu
tation and a. large fee may be out of
work for several months in the year.
So his salary is less than " a
week" that we hear of him drawing.
The salary of the minor man or woman,
even where It would be adequate if it
were regular, is often reduced below
a decent wage by the almost constant
factor of long spells of resting. "The
average day of an average English
actress, says Lena Ash well, "is one on
which she looks tor work."
An editorial in the New York Morn
ing Telegraph says that "it is distress
ing to see the Broadway cafes and
table d'hotes full of young English
actors, sturdy, fresh complexioned and
clear voiced, chasing motion picture
Jobs and engagements when their coun
try has made sk distinct and Imperious
call for them. Some, to their honor,
have refused to linger further in a
4oth ignoble to them, and have made
arrangements to return home, and to
offer their services in any capacity,
bowever humble, to their government."
However, it is the concert and opera
Finger that the war will strike the most
mercilessly. Actors and actresses will
"ontinue to flock to America to the
probable displacement and suffering of
their own people.
Alexia Basslan, the English (and
Armenian) concert singer, says In a
published letter describing the situ
ation in England as regards the pro
fessional singer and musician: "It has
been wonderful," she says, "to see the
calm, cool, dignified and chivalrous be
havior of one and all. Charity, kindli-
"THE SPOILERS" IN FILM
SAID TO SURPASS PLAY
Rex Beach's Great Novel Dealing With Alaska, Full of Action, Is of Type
. Which Sends Hero-Worshipers Into Thrills.
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WILLIAM FARXUM AND KATHLYS WILLIAMS.
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EN with red blood In their veins.
the argonauts of the period, bold
spirits going out to the frontiers
of the civilization of their day. always
have- had a warm place in the hearts
of all classes of people. Hero worship,
so called. Is -only admiration of deeds
which one would like to do himself.
The street gamin in the theater gal
lery applauds vociferously' the brave
fireman who scales the wall to rescue
the heroine from the burning build
ing. But he. In fact applauded the
sentiment in his own -being which
would prompt him to the same feat
were the circumstances forced upon
him.
It is this general love of the h?roi
which makes Rex Beach's novel, "The
Spoilers," universally popular. Alaska
is the last word in rugged adventure,
and the bero of this novel rights, not
primarily for gold, but for his rights.
In dramatization the stage director
has added his art to that of the novel
ist in a field where the scope is prac
tlcally limitless. No stage production
could show one-tenth of the scenes or
a one-hundredth part of the amazin
detail that fills these nine reels of
cuiminative action,'
test would do well to have a "Cousin
Mary" to help him.
Donald won the oral spelling contest
at the State Fair recently, participated
oy representatives of many coun
ties. He is 16 years old and a, student
in .East High School, having oome to
Minneapolis this Fall from Loretto. He
lives at 403 Seventh street South.
How he prepared for ' the contest.
both county and state, and advice to
Btudents of spelling follows:
First of all, I want to state that I
was not born a speller. I've heard this
expression, 'spellers are born and not
made." but I wish to say that if I am
speller. I am an exception to that
rule. I would like to talk with a born
speller, or, better, I would like to have
spell-down match with one.
"1 always had a fairly good under-
tancing and ability to study, but I
was not a good speller, naturally. . It
took months of hard study and recita
tion of words to make me one.'
While I was preparing for both
county and state contests I tried to
impress' myself with the knowledge
that I was not a good speller and that
there were going to be better spellers
at the contest than myself. I tried to
make myself believe that the other
contestants were studying harder
than I.
I lived on a farm, of course, and
you know that there is lots of work to
be done on a farm. I will not begin to
tell you why 1 bad to do lots of hard
work on the farm, as you probably
wouldn't be Interested in tnat, but the
only time I got to study was my even
ings and odd hours, i grabbed every
moment of my spare time to study
spelling. '
T bad somebody to hear me recite.
which I believe was the main part In
preparing for the contest. My cousin,
Mary Lucier (the person I recited my
slepping to), and I figured up the
words we went over preparing for the
contest and found that we went over
0,000 words, more or less, in prepar
ing for the county contest. Of course,
we went over these four or five times.
We went over about 40,000 words pre
paring for the state contest, using four
different' spelling books.
When I studv spelling I look at
the word and then look away and spell
the word aloud in a whisper. In this
way I put a good picture of the word
In my mind.
As soon as the word is pronounced
a picture of it flashes in my mind. I
do not reason my way through a word
unless I am not familiar with it.
'Of course, all teachers have rules.
so here are a few rules my Cousin
Mary set down, for me to remember
wniie was reciting spelling:
1. I would have only one trial
at a word.
'2. I would have a right to know
the meaning of a word if I wished.
3. I would have to pay a small
fine for every word I missed.
'4. I would have to tend strictly
to my recitation.
' '5. If I spelled a word wrong un
consciously It was counted, wrong Just
the same, because it showed that I was
not paying attention to my recitation.
1 '6. I would have regular lessons as
signed to me and I. would have to get
them."
'After lots of practice we made a
record of going over about 7000 words
in a week, averaging about 1000 an
evening. By rapid spelling we could go
over 1000 good-sized words in about an
hour and a half.
'This will probably sound fabulous
to some, but it is true. Of course. It
took lots of practice and study to do
this.
Just as soon as the word was pro
nounced I would be able to spell It
without any hesitation. That is the
kind oZ training I had.
"My Cousin Mary kept a list of all
the words 1 missed and used them as a
review lesson. I made a record of go
ing over 827 words without a 'miss.'
so you see I was prepared for the con
test.
'I've done little spelling in school.
although it always was interesting for
'While preparing for the contest we
always had a dictionary on hand and
looked up any word that presented any
doubt as to spelling, pronunciation or
meaning. -
We also took down a list or com
mon catchy words that we happened to
run across in the dictionary when look
ing up a word, or in the newspaper.
DOCTOR'S WORD REFUSED
Certificate Xo Proof Man -Cannot
Work. Arkansan Holds.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Oct. 20 Pos
session of a certificate from a physi
cian certifying that a man is unable
to perform manual labor. does not re
lieve such person from road service in
this state, according to an opinion
handed down by Attorney-General
Moose.
Judge Moose says that, while the law
provides that 'all persons who are un
able to pet-form physical labor by rea
son of physical disability are exempt
from working the roads, there is no
provision for a physician's . certificate
in Buch cases.
"The certificate does not prove any
thing for the reason that it is not un
der oath, and it would prove nothing
if it were under oath, because the law
does not provide for it. ,
"The only question in such cases is
whether the person is really disabled to
the extent that he is not able to per
form labor. If he refuses to labor on
the highway, when he is warned. It
will be the 'duty of the grand Jury to
indict him."
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horse you brought from the city." '
"Yes," replied the regretful milkman;
"he hurt my business. He had been
used for pulling a sprinkling cart and
stopped at every hydrant."
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EXTRA FEATURE GHTS.
Monday "Iach-Ga-Bibble"
$15 in cash given away.
Tuesday Amateurs.
Wednesday "Country Store"
Capital present valued at
$20 and 20 other valuable
presents. .
Friday Nipht After Each
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Chorus Girls Contest
YOU'LL LIKE THE LYRIC.
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Read what Alaa Dale, the famaona dramatic rrltle of the New York
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"Mother" is so true to life that it doesn't seem like a play.
. It will be staged under direction of Thomas Coffin Cooke.
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"Isn't your wife a trifle- abrupt, not
to say harsh, in her manner of ad
dressing- you?" asked the old friend
who was taking- dinner.
"That's all right," replied Mr. Cum
rox. "It's perfectly understood. My
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' Next Sunday Afternoon
November 1
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NIGHTS
Beginning:
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AMERICA'S FOREMOST ACTOR
.GOODWIN
SUPPORTED BY MARGARET MORELAND IN THE THREE-ACT
FARCICAL COMEDY
it
NEVER SAY DIE"
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"THE GUIDE OF MONTE CARLO"
The 1914 Song: Show Success, with
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Pollard Kiddies . ,
Saunders & Von Kuntz
Presenting "A. Travesty in aSli-ceA"
Rosdell Singers .
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