The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-02-19
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TEXAS AND PACIFIC.
CHARLOTTE CUsIIMAN.

The death of this distinguished
American actress is briefly ANNOUNCED
IN THE HERALD's special dispatche,
this morning. NO better example d
the success that is sure to crown merit
when combined with self-will ant
resolution, could be offered than the
life Of this woman, whose genius has
shed 80 much lustre upon the Amer
lean stage.
She was born in the city of Boston,
OF very poor parents. Her father died
while she was n child, leaving to his
widow, as legacy, three children
Charlotte, Charles and Susan. Before
entering her teens, Charlotte evinced
considerable music and dramatic tai.
ent. AT fifteen, she made her debut
in her native city as IA vocalist, possess
Ing "a magnificent soprano voice. After
appearing in Boston, she went to Al
bany, and from there to New York,
where she made her first appearance at
the Old Bowery, then under the man
agement of Il. s. Hamblin, as Patrick,
In the "Poor Soldier" From New
York she went to New Orleans, and
while fulfilling an engagement in that
'city, took n severe cold, from the effects
of which she lost her voice Friend
less and penniless, want stared her in
the face. But with a resolution that
was subsequently rewarded she COM
menced, under the tutorship of an old
actor named Barton, the study of elc-
cution.
Her next appearance in public was
In New York, in 1887, as a
member of the stock com
paDy of the Park Theatre, where she
made her first great hit as Nancy, In
SOLVER Twist" Her second hit was
as the Queen, in Hamlet" Nc
Cready, who was then in New York,
endeavored to induce her to accom-
pany him on trip to England, but she
declined, and accepted an engagement
with VIM. +. Burton, as n mem Der OF
his stock company, and opened in Phil
adelphis, in 1910, at the National, as
Lydia Languisb, in "The Rivals" She
subsequently played at the Walnut
Street Theatre, of which she afterward
became stage manageress., She then
made tour of the principal cities,
playing as star at salary of fifty dol
lars per night.
At the close of her starring engage
ments, she visited England, but was
refused engagements at all the London
theatres, when she was assisted by
man named Moss, who brought her
before the public. She took the great
city by sto rm. No such star save, per-
haps, Edmund Kean had so complete
ly surprised and electrified the English
public. She was acknowledged to b G
without rival either in tragedy, COM
edy, or melo-drama. AS Lady Mae
beth, Romeo, Lady Gay Spanker, or
Meg Merrilles, she was equally at
home. Fame and fortune poured in
upon her. She became the courted
guest of the nobility and literati.
Eliza Cook, the poetess, was her friend
and companion.
After six years of hard but success
full professional life, she retired to a
villa on the banks of Lake Como.
About twenty years ago she returned
to America and played brief engage
ments at all the leading metropolitan
theatres of the country, her salary
ranging from five to six hundred dol
lars per night. About year ago she
took her departure from the stage, in
farewell benefit, in New York City,
when the receipts Of the house footed
ND over nine thousand dollars, and on
which occasion William Cullen Bry-
ant crowned her with golden wreath.
Since then she has given few per-
formances on the stage, as well as
dramatic readings.
Such is brief sketch of the life of
this most brilliant and gifted woman.
Possessed of none Of that beauty which
too often brings into prominence, in
her profession, women of mediocre
ability, with voice almost masculine
In Its coarsenese, with no influential or
wealthy friends, this woman, unaided
and alone, save by her own powerful
genius, succeeded in raising herself to
q position that was az honorable to
herself and sex as it was deserved.