LOVE-MAKING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20432, 12 June 1928, Page 10

LOVE-MAKING.

A LOST ART. (Fkom Own Ccrrespokdent.J SYDNEY. June 1. 4 fearful indictment has been levelled at'thc moil or Australia, namely, that they are deficient in the art of love making. The party responsible for this charge is an English actress. Miss Alive Sioane, a breezy personality who has scored successes' under the Williamson management. “ I really mean what I say, ■ said Miss Sioane. “Australian pen seem to have little else to live for than to back horses, and, in business, are so intent on making money that they have no time for making love. They are respectful and kindly, but are now so indifferent in love matters towards girls, that the time will come when they -will have torgotten how to make love. ’ That will be a dreadful day!” . . , Miss Sioane was reminded oi the words of* another celebrated actress who declared that Australian men were far too forward, and that they very easily fell deeplv in love with every girl they met. “ That must have been years ago, replied Miss Sioane. “I find instances every day of the utter disregard by men to the discussion of love themes. In Australia, at all events, they rarely give expression to love thoughts; they are not attracted bv love plays; they scorn love books. They regard it all as silly nonsense. They are too busy making money. I think Australian men are magnificent physical specimens. They arc keen and alert, active and enthusiastic, in all but love. Turning to the subject of sex plays. Miss Sioane said that she was of opinion that they were entirely unsuited to the When people went to the theatre they liked to be entertained; they liked to be bright and happy; and they wanted to laugh—for three hours. That was what they paid for. They could get all the sexy things they wanted in books, and that was the right place for them. “ Personally I do not like playing in sex plays or watching them,” she said. “ I do not like to sec a woman who has five husbands and 1000 lovers hailed as a haro. I prefer the good old drama, where, in the end, right prevails, and the hero and the heroine are good and nobleminded people.”' All this from the young lady who played the lead in “The Cradle Snatchers,” a piece which met with pronounced success because all the time it sl-micd . u thin ice and skirted on tH<* bml ’in 1 ..f ,1 et.cy.