Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-12-23
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olive Logan wac born vt Hlmirs. N. <
in the summer Of 1852. Her father, CoE>]
nelius A. Logan, celebrated actor. ch1aa u
distinguished for his tslsnt In oopsaysl
wsa plsying IN engagement thsrs at 'the|
time. After few days she vas takaa|
from that place aud mover Visited 4 asain,
until to fulfil lecture engagement II
1868, under the suspiees Of the Young
Mems Christian Association.
She says that she cannot remember
when she was not familiar with that Gu
GUS place. Behind the Scenes She must
have been carried there when she was .
baby In long clothes. as she cannot re-
member when the musty stage trappings|
aud paste board goblets, the wooden
throns. aud canvas tombs was unfamiliar.
She first appeared on the stage, very much
against her will. when only four or five
years old Her childhood debut was in
tn. character Of Cora's child il Pizzaro,
at Cincinnati theatre, when her father
was stage manager. Then AZ DAmon's
child i'll the play, Damon and Pythias.
The child had nothing to say in these
parts. but was nevertheless sadly fright
snrd when called .pon 10 play. Fancy :
girl baby being fought over with broad
swords by party Of actors! Although
the actress whs persnnated Cora, gave her
svertmeats, nothing eoald reconcile the
child III the stage. Her mother tried her
te-r to relieve the lrtle one of the irk.
some task, bur i, Otter, happened that the
child who hid hrrn eng lyed to play the
part failed to appear. Then little Olive
would be routed ont of her sleep to 30 on
tbs >tsys.
By and by -he ~, into speaking parts !;
but the whole subject WAS always distaste-
tui 10 Der; and to this day she can never
zee child go upon the stage without ex-
perieucing throb Of sympathetic pity.
Her father had large fsmily,-six
girls and two boys,-and strove m anfully
to fit them ull for the battle of life; to
that end Olive was sent TO the Wesleyan
Female Seminary. and for some time en-
ton. Soon her father diel. aud the fam
lily was scattered. All the girls, driven
by necessity, one by one took to the stage.
Of the boys, one became doctor, the
other lawyer. Thus, at the age of four
teen, We find Olive Logan supporting her
self BY playing upon the stage at Phila-
delphia. After that We find traces of her
at the different theatres in the country,
until 1857, when she went to Paris to
make it her home.
She remained some seven years in
France. residing in Paris all that time
but making frequent trips to London, she
was the guest Of various members Of the
English nobility at different times, in.
clading Lady PAlmsrston, the Countess
Crowley, eto. In Paris, her own house
was the resort Of numberless shining
lights in the worlds of art, literature and
fashion, and she was in constant attend.
ancs on those imperial festivities which
mako Paris 30 brilliant and dazzling tc
the votaries of pleasure. There she mot
Thaokeray, who was enc Of her most en-
thusiastic admirers, speaking in glowing
terms t. many Of the lsdy's friends, in
praise Of her beauty and wit. There the
Prince Polignao, Count Ostroski, Ed.
mond About, the novelist, Michel Cheval.
Ter, the political economist, Rothermel
the artist, Greenough, the sculptor, Gar
doni and. Tsmburni, the celebrated oper.
attic IGNORES, McHenry, the capitalist, and
other distinguished men rallied around
herewith liberal sprinkling of Jesse,
lights. There the Princess Metternich
openly expressed her admiration Of ''ls
belle Americana" saying "If l had that
face would have the world at my feet,
"a mot that was buzzed about the Paris
ian saloons. There tho Emperor's Chez
Of Cabinet, the cynical old Mocquard, wa
softened by her sweet disposition, and be
came Ter most earnest ally. How Moe
guard availed himself of Miss Logan
intellectual culture and dramatic talent
for what the playwrights call oonstruc
tion," is modestly Swallowed forth by tn,
lady herself in her article in Harper will
the celebrated Chefs name for title.
Amid all the gayeties of such life
Miss Logan did not neglect her literary
tastes, but wrote prefusely for botl
French and English journals, besides get
ting out two volumes, entitled respectively
photographs Of Paris life," and Chateau
Frissac, or Home Scenes in France
These books were published in London BY
Tinsley. and in New York by the Apple
tons.
On her return to this country, Miss Lo
gan yielded to a generally-expressed de
sire to see her on the stage. After brie
starring season ut Wallack's Theatre
New York, she made the round of tn,
other large cities.