IS STAGE LIFE UNHEALTHY?

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 165, 14 July 1902, Page 6

IS STAGE LIFE UNHEALTHY?

WHAT AN ACTRESS SAYS OF IT

To many of the audience and the general public the life oi : an actor or an actress appears to be a gilded existence, with a well dressed appearance behind the footlights for an hour or so each night.

That they do not take into consideration what an actress calls "the unhealthy part" is very evident. A

(Who chats entertainingly a-bout her theatrical experiences).

prominent Australasian actress who plays to delig-hted houses under the stag-e name of Miss Maude Itaynor relates how, in spite of her comparative youth, she i'ound the profession undermining , her health. Continual late hours, constant study to become part-perfect, vexations but necessary rehearsals, and want of proper ventilation in dressing , rooms, tend to raalce the life unhealthy. Exposure to draught from the wings, especially in the depth oi" winter, perhaps in a light Summer costume —indispensable to the character, but ill adapted to keep out the cold—is another source of danger. Miss Raynor tells, how, by close attention to her profession she became thin and anaemic, and it was not \ratil she took Dr. Williams pink pills for pale people that she regained her good spirits and robust health. Gradually her blood became poor. Neuralgia of the heart troubled her, and she suffered greatly with throbbing headaches and the pains of indigestion. Heart palpitation was frequent, and she was subject to hot and cold flushes, faintness and hysteria—attributes especially undesira.ble for an actress', who must at all times have complete control over herself. &he spent a great deal on doctors in Sydney in Adelaide and elsewhere without success. In fact, the physicians told her that she would always be weak and sickly. Friends recommended her to try Bγ. Williams' pink pills, and this is what she says of them:—"l really felt improved .after taking- a few doses. Four boxfuls completely cured me. My blood has been enriched, my nerves toned up, and every symptom of my complaints has disappeared. The manner in which Dr. Williams' pink pilla cured me is so gratifying that I feel it a dxity to publish my experience of them, far now I am in the picture of health. One of my friends who has also beonelited said she would never be without them in the house. Through them I have been enabled to appear in many performances, being most kindly received by press and public."

Miss Raynor, who speaks so plainly about the special dangers of stage life, resides at "Winstanville." Rus-sell-street, Eosatala, near Alberton. Her own case shows under certain circumstances —that is by using- the proper medicine—theatrical duties lose much of their ill effect on the nerves and constitutions of actors and actresses; for Dr. Williams' pink pills brace up the nerves, bring- refreshing- sleep, banish the headaches, the indigestion and the weakness, and bring in their place warm, red blood, robust health and a happy heart. The pills that did so much for Miss Kaynor can do as much for you. They are obtainable from all retailers, or the Br. Williams' medicine company, Wellington, three shillings per box, six boxes sixteen and six, post free. Miss Eaynor, whose name in private life is Miss Chiltern, although only twenty-one years of age, has travelled- extensively, and no doubt many readers of this will remember her appearances in drama and comedy.