Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-11-21
Miss Charlotte Cushmnn.

Toledo is to be favored on the 24th inst.
with visit from one who is generally
conceded to be the greatest living actress
now on the stage. LADY Macbeth" and
Meg Merrlles," in Guy Mannering, are
characters that are we'll calculated to test
the ability of the actress.
We find the following pleasant historic
al sketch Of Miss CHARLOTTE CUsHMAH
in the Washington Chronicle:
Let me close this sketch with reference 10
Charlotte Cushman, whom | first saw in my ma
rive town, in Lancaster, Pa.-sha!l say II p
thirty-two years ago, in company with her love-
ly sister, Susan, who died at Liverpool, March
10, 1850, as Mrs. Sheridan Muspratt, as one of
little company ofpayers who dropped in up
on us that summer. She was then about TWEEN
ty-six, and, though already known for her tai
ent and promise, had not reached the high po-
sition she now holds without a rival on the Eng
lish stage. Miss Cushman has now almost
entirely retired from her professional labors,
and, with fortune well won by her great and
acknow ledged Renus-a genius that bears the
approving stamp Of bOth sides OF the Atlantic
has built for herself an elegant and tasteful villa
in Newport, where she dispenses her hospitality,
as she did in Rome, with grace that is seldom
equaled. friend who passed some weeks at
her beautiful mansion during the summer tells
us that AS hostess she is even more admirable
and charming than when On the stage, she held
her audience spell bound by the mighty powers
Of her lranscendant talents. The home circle
seems her natural place, for there she is more
than star, a radiant sun, dispensing light and
smiles impartially to all her household, her
relations and friends, by crowd OF which she is
always surrounded, and holds the place, In the
estimation of high and lnw, more like that Of a
retired queen than retired artisie.
At the Roman capital she Was distinguished
for love OF her country during the war, and IN
1868 she played for the United States SANITARY
Committe and paid SO 1857 20 as the proceeds Of
five performances 10 baltimore, Philadelphia,
Washington, New York and Boston Preserv-
ing her faculties in remarkable degree, Miss
Cnshman is undoubtedly the leading woman of
her profession She has no equal on the Eng
lish stage, and no superior in any other country.
In her huy-ninth year, she is, to-day the bSst
living interpreter Of the best characters in
Shakespeare, the only Nancy Sykes and Meg
Merrilles, the real Mrs. Ilaller IN "The StranG-
er," while in certain comedy pieces, she stands
alone. As reader she is superb aud even In
home ballads, like those by Carleton - Betsy
and Are Out,"-nOne can approach her. |
have lately met her several times, once in sacie
ty among a number oflearned brilliant people.
Her hair is white, but her heart is Young, her
complexion fresh, her step frm her mind bright
and her memory retentive. She commands at.
tentiop by her ability, and wins aud holds afisc-
ton by her simple manners and honest enlhuAi-
asm, am glad TO repeat that she has grown
wealthy, and that she is property holder in
Philadelphia, New York, Rhode Island and, |
think, In Rome, because she uses what is her
own for the benefit OF those who share her
friendship aud deserve her charity.