Detroit, Michigan, USA
1892 - Advice to Actresses

Fanny Davenport says that a woman, to win her way on the stage, must have a perfect storehouse of perseverance, application, energy, tact and, besides these, talent. I have found that patience, a still tongue, plenty of good nature, a good amount of common sense and a dogged determination to reach the goal before me are as serviceable attributes as can be brought into requisition. Real success on the stage is won exactly in proportion as a woman possesses talent and brains. It is a struggle even with these attributes. The aspirant owes nearly everything to herself. She must first, learn how to carry herself amid all forms of temptation. She must be an actress because of her art, not for the flattery and attention it may bring her. Success comes from hard work, not from time spent to listening to the soft words of friends and strangers over a late supper.

Detroit Free Press
Detroit, Michigan
Sun, February 14, 1892

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