The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-05

in-law recently received the Iollo wing communi.
cation, announcing that she was still in the land
OF the llving:-
THEATRE ROYAL, MELBOURNE AUsTRALIA
s-Your sstcrln law, Nine. GS SsTa ior r' some
quite S nav r no n% DeS q ns Of our
Swaara, having had passage generously granted her
IN New Ycrs ABOUT heend Of MAY next and she desired
me to write to you as 70 her reception on her arrival
Bessie aud susan. Manchester shall be most happy
Rat aee Is SOU hDe Of b a. her ana
arr, sir your obedient servant sr,,.,r o,nr,,r,-
To Mr.. WILLIAM CANNON, New Bedford, Mass.
Last evening a HERALD reporter learned that
Mime. Albertnc after landing from the Swatara,
had gone 70 reside with Mr.. Alexander Naefy at
No IS Garden street, Hoboken, where the reporter
found her. Her lace IS or refined type and, al
though stone blind. her eyes are lustrous and she
rivets them upon the person she IS addressing.
Her once black curls are now gray. In CONVERSE
ton she becomes almost quite animated. Tne Iol-
the BIISD ACTRESS STORY.
All my old theatrical friends believe me dead.
/ still had vague hopes OF coming home Through
the extraordinary kindness OF Mr. OBrien, vi the
Theatre Royal Melbourne, Mr.. Adams, American
Consul ana my very KIND friend Commander
Chandler, who came loo miles into the interior OF
Australia 70 BallaraE 20 take me board his snip
/ nave reached America, thank Goa. MIR. OiBrlen
promised 70 write to Mr. Lester WaacK 10 meet
me. and also 20 write NE at the British Consulate
here.
was born in New Bedford in 1884. Nv nrst al.
pearance the stage as dancer az the
olympic Theatre IN Washington. was atterward
n pupil oil Nine. DesJarulns. the celebrated French
dancer, VINO lved IN Leonard street. she was
the rival OF Fanny Elssier subsequently became
an actress. and awe acted In nearly every state
OF tue Union. My drst hit was In Little Dor IN
zine Cricket on the heartn.p When was play
ing at the Arch street Theatre, Philadelphia,
ABOUT 1s4S, made Arrangement to play with
Frank Chanrau. who was Inen immensely pOpa-
lar as Nose, and travelled win him Tor long time
In 1852 | was At san Francisco VITA Cnanirau
aud Played at the Jenny Land Theatre. under the
management OF Thomas Mcclure. Among the
dramas took part In was 1.-The Naidd Queen
satan In Paris,u ..rne Frenca Spy.r &c.
danced In nearly all my pieces and have PLAYED
~ every line even M TO neayy business. The
character OF "Linda. or the Cigar G. rl,n was
written for me. | subsequently, returned ia 1859
on my own account 10 California. opened at the
Lyceum Theatre with Jessie Brown, or the Re
lief OF Lucknow" Among the troupe we're Frank
Mayo, AlOnz0 philips, Dave Anderson, or 'Old
Uncle Dlve,u as we used to cali nim. the piece
ran over sixty nights played "Our American
Cousnn for tEe FIRST tine liz san Francisco.
took the r0ie Of Mary. The manuscript was sent
ABOUT the piece, ana dId not think II good
TO star in. It's all Lord Dundreary. When
take run to Australia. Waen lett the United
states Mr. Ward, my agent, promised 10 pay my
dues to the dramatic fund. When arrived as
Melbourne ! played az tue Theatre Royal with
Gustavus Wasa BROOKS, who was subsequently,
drowned on the steamer London, IN tue Bay o.
Biscay. 1 played, among other dramas In The
Young Actress After about manth went 10
Ballarat In the interior, where piay@u one night
for a benefit In a farce, Jimmy aud 1uricaie.r
and afterward in .sThe Golden Drama.n The
theatre was big tent anu al the hotels were
tents, and that night caught bad cold which
turned into the colonial lever. | spent all my
money, and to all the letters | wrote home
| got answer. When | got better
tried TO act aud dance, but ! became so blind
that could hardly sec the iootghts, had 10
give up. DR.. Berncastle treated nv eyes for
year, but could do nothing. His first fee Tor ex-
aiming my, eyes was fifteen gutneas. Al last,
driven by poverI-an my jewelrT and Clothes
where learned 10 sew, knit and read. They we're
very kind to me there, but they thought u came
the actors but | SAID I did not want TO be
burden 20 anybody. When Captain Chandler said
he would take me home on the Swatara wept Tor
JOY. III had been the Queen OF England could
not have heen better treated on that vessel.
what Is TO become OF me don't know, for my
property at Yonkers has been sold for taxes and
/ cannot redeem ~. However, | am not de-