A Woman's Statement

íhey'&ot into an argument about the Btoney mado by people who earn their living ou the stage. Of course they differed; people can't argue Batisfactorily miless they do diller. But here is the opinión of a woinan who was once on the stage, who was considered popular, who was clever enough in her work to get applause and praise, who presumably earned more than tho average actress, and yet who is content with her present life: "When I take out the money paid for gowns which were useless except on the stage, when I make allowance for traveling expenses, hotel bilis, weeks in which few performers earn anything; when I take into account engagenients which could not for many reasóns be satisfactory to me; when I foot up the salaries which sometimes in my early work 1 never received, and when I estímate the thousand and one little expenses which were then necessary, I consider that for several years of my life 1 earned practically nothing but a living, and 1 worked very hard, you must understand. Wheu I got married I left the stage. Kow it isn't necessary to teil you what my salary was or what my husband's salary now is, but his earnings are less than mine were. But wie two live much better on his smaller salary than 1 alone could live on dit bigger salary. We have a pretty home and all that we need to be happy. We save a little money too. So I suppose this is a fair answer as to what one makes on the stage. There are a great many circumstances to be considered."