Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-06-16

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The unnatural was nature to her;
.,>-~t.,rr, oui side of the illusion OF /
. ....,..r. ~hr saw only is an Illusion
.,. something vayue, shadOwy. and
7. make the paradox of her ex-
,.-,ill more striking, George being
.,l,. M :. girli~h and womanly of
.-,. almost invariably played the
f,btr or youth in that mock life
. ,vt- more her real life than the
~h. played the parts of midship-
rr,.r-, pmtomlne princes, saucy
-,oi.,a bows, Little Pickles, preco-
..urc -wcll-, and all that kind of
IA.- WAS in England. some years
i'm the race for nudity had not yet |
and gil, put on male costume for
..... only for artistic and dramatic
$50 inst because the eXigencics of
-...e required it; and there was no
..-,-rdit attaching to the practice
.. Charlotte Cushman Romeo, or
T.uc:t'~ Ro>alind. Therefore lit
r.ic Wilson On the stage bills she
., he called Miss Georgina Melville.
r., ....l.. or some such fine name), al
t.,. -l.. hulIv ever knew what it was
... the bltr.l~ in WON IN 5 attire, was
- s,oI q giri IL could easily be found
r. sphere OF any re coat.
.,rg.nl W t. very htipy. She and her
4,r LoIreI in i pretty. pleasant little
-... uu the -outh side of London. The
-. had 4 tiny pttch of garden in 'front.',
..,.hrr behind, each about the size of
..-.-,lo.h; and there We're not only
:, rt.h garden but there was 4 vine
.-a, up the wall which positively bore
Z. l.:,l grAp-S. thtt We're succulent
-.4l Il eat in the autumn, although
o.. was - near London that Geor-
..sr..vs walked to her rehersals when
..-t~ fine She and her mother had
t-v fi..ul--hrrily any, indeed,
the b ,unI, of the profession
....u hal curly black hair. bright eyes
lat Tee h. and, despite her constant
.. non Of the midnight oil exhtled
. i,,t-Iirh,-. She was 4 clear com
>o.,,J, fresh. healthy. h,ppy girl.
Rim , and her mother always went TO
uu sundays. They belonged TO
- 20 shed churc ch of England-at least
..Nt>~ attended he services of that
l. /, not likely that Georgina
,-.nu,,I herself t. think about The
....tiyr throloLic;,l merits of one de
tim luI tie other. But there came
:--,u,iug chlprl not far from where
Wilson lived Il young, imp"ssloned,
r.i-. thrilling preacher, VINO created
-. LII. and one day, Il young friend
......i!4 : took her to hear the orator.
..,.vIur Il ,rk ewes. a mobile face full
.....,.--5.u. i magnificent voice, and a
...s!- natural %.tt of graceful, apprn-
-. an. comm ,ndIng gesture. lie
....! terribly in earnest, but mere earn
.-~ ll,.r.r vet mad. an orator and this
. .,r hal other. and. i'll an artistic
-.. ..r higher .IftS. Whatever the sub
4.~ uI-,.,.ir~,-, G-Orgin nj must have
..l. u..I This sermon lad painful,
.Y.l..Ir fascination to her. 1t was :,
...-.. luu # the stage. Pltlles>lv, pa
. a.y. la~>ionttely. the orator exposed
. .oNAc>e. the morbldne>s. the tempt
, ts.- ~iu~. the >llmeful tendencies OF
-.Ir.. Above all, he condemned 1t ~
... ,..tur women. He drew Il ghastiy
1000. tie ictrcss-his typical actress -
-. ,!.-.-..tce to womanhood, Il lure and :
.. g. !ulnhond. While he thus de
.ed the stage and a tors, the preach
we'd himself one Of the most magnlil
Of actor, in the high artistic sense
dull and form ii and wooden seemed
...nruilIi.t- aroused mind, all the Wig
nd pldded Richards and strangers, ,an'
.l VI, ,lnottcS, To whose monotonou