National Republican., 1877-10-08
Grandfather ret.s

With her long. light yellow hair
ffshc stood. say. a The edge Of the bed,
Though know she Is quiet, and buried, and dead,
should not wonder much:
Only seven years old
And she loved me, loved me so,
Though wns grey and old
And It still looked living when she lay dead,
And she used to plead for mother and me
BY the side Of that very bcdi
I wonder now II she
:, Knows am standing here
Feeling wherever she be,
We hold the place 80 dearl
1t hs, be h she ssSePs ,So sgeas
Not to hear my footsteps sound
In the room where she used to rest.
I have felt hard fortunes stings,
And battlcd IN doubt and strife.
Aud never thought much Of things
Beyond this human life:
hut cannot think that my darling died
Nay rather she sits At Gods own side,
Aud sings as she used To do!
swho can re-n these exquisite lines without heart
which Ss, his mile Seiis in ls. and where she now
An Informal Visit to Nine. Elizabeth Won
stamwitz.
I went to interview tho actress profession
ally" but came away In love with the woman.
No wonder her youthful husband-she has been
married only since Juno-sits and gazes upon
her with an evident and open admiration, bcnu-
tiful to behold because 50 rare In welded felicity
after the honeymoon has waxed and wnncd.
Young. impassioncd and eloquent. this charm
ing tragedicnnc finds not a rival upon the
American stage but in Janauschek, than whom
she Is scarcely half as old, being but lust
twcntv-thrce. In figure she is tall and com
manding, erniacntly bcitiing the majestic
roles she assumes. Her eyes arc dark and
flashing; a wealth of fawny hair crowns low
forehead and exquisitcly penciled brows; every
mobile feature Is eloquent with the warmth Of
her German blood and the mingled fire and
sdrojr rirre of the French, and her voice, now
deep and sonorous, anon low and sweet is rem
dered more delightful bv the almost impcr-
ceptible broguc Of the cultivated foreigner
"And what shall / tell you. madam" said
Nine. StamwitZ, as In thc morning privacy Of
her boudor We had adjusted the usual prclimi-
naries of feminine conversation-the weather,
| the city, etc.-and had settled down to bust
| ness; shall | tcll you of my costumes, my
repertoire or Of my enchanting journey from
California to New York via Mexico and my
visit to Acapulco" and here she shuddercd
little, thinking of the tropics in contrast to our
| frosty autumn.
Tell me ALL hut more csncciqlly Of yourself
| and of your life behind the scenes" replied
being more anxious to understand the inner
life of the sweet. womanly woman before me
| than the actress, however great her genius
But whatever contidcnccs may have passed
| between u.s. such az women sometimes inter-
change in brief acquaintance, but a part of
| them belong to you, dear reader, and the re-
maindcr is sacred to that private individual
ity which every public character has right
to preserve although certain portion of
her personality becomes public property,
| about which the world has a right to know:
I I.... l.. l..
wherein the curious and careless may not come
| Nine. Won Stamwitz belongs to German
| family of distinction, her father having been
| an officer in the civil service of the Empire
She was born in Berlin, Prussia, where her
| widowed mother and two brothers vet reside
and where her father lies buried. Her
| theatrical career commenced at the agr of
| sixteen, when she played Mt the capital city
of Hungary in the role of Mary Stuart, and
afterwards with eminent success in many of
| the cities of the Old World. At seventeen she
| acted the part nf QHorn Elisabeth in the Imperial
| theatre at Berlin to q Lady Rutland, who
| historically, should have been much younger,
but who was. in reality, just twice as old. The
| celebrated Madame PcrUni Glassbrenncr, of
Berlin. was her theatrical trainer, who was
also the educator of Charlotte Woltcr, of
Vienna. Nine. Stamwitzs German repertoire
embraces over one hundred and eighty-iirst
parts, which, considering her years. proves
her to have been an indcfatigablc student. She
crossed the Gcan expressly to study English,
and, settling in New York, received instruc-
| tions from the same teachers as Nine. Janau-
schek, taking two lessons each day, while
| Janauschck took hut four week. Her first
Intention was to essay but one English play,
but being otherwise advised, she learned
| three. As an example of her courage aud de-
termination will tell you how she perfected
herself in the character of Mrs,n!iHa, the mad
| nnsphnnta. n hy nj tn ttith ihn mol
insane and y studying the manifold phases Of
| their frenzy. She repeatedly visited the asy =
| lum Al Elgin, and at the risk of her life per-
sunded the keeper to admit her TO the worst
wards where raving lunatirs of the most hope
less and dangerous types are confined. Her
magnetic presence and rare selfloss,ssiOn
saved her from injury in more than one in-
stance, where loss fearless woman might have
| been torn in pieces. IL space permitted |
| should I've glad to repeat the narrowing tales
| she told me of suffering and sorrow and death
among the insane IN what Is called the hope
less" ward, above whose iron door might well
he inscribed the legend. "All hope abandon We
who enter here" but alas no pen could por.
tray those scenes as did her rich voice. soften.
ed with womanly sympathy, accompanied by
thOse expressive eyes grown humid with un.
shed tears MsSsdiind. which will he rendered
upon Thursday evening, affords fine scope for
Nine. Stainwltz'S varied powers. In the first
| scene, hh tilt NOlHptWDus hOiIlAI queen coming
from the Lath, she wears white, embroidered
with silver. In the second the famous love
scene with Marco, IA youth OF sixteen, whom
she loves to distraction, and whom she met one
night upon the streets when the fury of hcl
ungovernabe passions had driven her forth
from the palace, and who adores her without
knowing her TO be the wicked Empress whom
he despiscs,) she appears MS the Priestess oj
lienus in a costume of white cashmere covered
with real roses.
In the third, when she .conies as EHpress tC
claim her Marco and finds him dead. ihii
mother, Aria, having furnished the fata
diRught,j she wears magnificent robe Of whit,
embroidered with gold and crimson CLOAK
embellished with broad golden bands.
In the fourth, as the wild BdrrhdHie, hall
mad, yet with "a method in her madness" hei
dress is a tigers skin, and her long hair is en-
twined with leaves Of the vine and the ivy
Probably there is no tragcdienne upon the
boards with so elegant u wardrobe AS hers
most stage costumes being composed chiefly Of
glitter and imitation, while NINE. STAN
witzs vclvets, jewels, laces and ermine arc all
real. Her crowns, belts, stomachers, diadems
etc, are from the celebrated msuuiactory oi
Raet, Paris who, you reTomber, took the hrs'
prize ut our late CentcRniAl-and among them
are set many real gems of great value.