The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-08
MATILDA HERON DEdD.
The LIE OF IN O,d-Tr,ue Actress who Eiec-
triacd New Workers n. Camille.

Tho celebrated actrc,s, Matilda Heron.
died at 1850 last evening at 1872 Elst Twenty
Il III street she was forty-s"v n years Of age
She had la. y been anlict vi with hcmorrhoids.
and IN oprrat on should have been performed
u year ago. Last month her Illness became
very aggravated. Notwtistdn linz this she
might hive survived II she had followed the
regimen prescribed. Inst ad of this she re-
fused all foot. OWL NJ to a rcpu gnanee N IT, and
che express ii II certainty Of dying. She WIS
conscious to within forty MINUTES Of her DEATH
Her last words were, ad lrcss ng herself. "Tv.
you have never done wrong TO any onr."
She frequently exclaimed. "Oh. I am 80
happy" In the room during her last mo-
mcnts were Miss Rose Mv. a young atrnes
lately of the Park Theatre; Miss Mary
l. Clark and Mr.. Robert Hyslop, non
professionals; her daughter nlou, and Mr.
Alligcr. Il Ious bus ness agent. the time ftis
but wi probably b. ON Sunday at 2 % 10 X IN
the II. tile Chur h Round the Corner" Al
thou III bred u Catholr. 81. gave express ord RS
that the ccrcnonWs should r,riormel there.
Tho ,utorment VIII h, MAIDS IN Philadelphia.
NJ as II rom birthplace was IN Labby Vale
near Londonderry. ireland. She came to TINS
country whom u chtld. with her father AMI
ro,ner. both long sin - drad. Her sst'r AN
hcrs, were ma ni.n 1t ana cdu ri,ed 9y Their
agent aud part proprietor Of H"ron's hn Of
stamers, running at that time bctwccn that .ty
u
st-i ton under P't,r Rchngs, Miss Heron
made her d hut at the. Walnut Str,,t
hG "Sag r,adp ma Sn fiD; H. ls9l a.
other cities az Idui,ne IN tn" Lady Of LYONS"
J,'i'd in the Hun 'hbark.' and tnn round Of
oier rhara tors linen p'rlormed hy lady stir~.
Though pos- - NJ deep footing ant great
pow r of cNpr sslon. she la ked beauty. grns.,
AMI el,gHn e.. and was not very I'll ,..sslul Dr.
Guyun WIS her first ~ mt. He WIS su 'ceedrd
hN q org" w l. w =. WAC dol wlilr on th"Wty
tn her 10 California IN 1913. She soon OBJ
4 4
tr". san Francisco. aud WIS support VI hy l. w
Baker. sinF' l'"rH~ u. sac al 'rwlrd starred
wh~r' for many nighta -h att nj IT tho per-
iurmanrr of tan,Ue hy Nine. do he. the orgi-
nal representative OF IN" character. When she
I turned 10 this country sh"app"ar"d rs Camille
In the old Wdllark'- Theatre. at Broadway
and Broomc strfs't in 1850. aud II " ~ thrre tlat
hrr celchr ty was won. Slr dr W larg ly for "A
long period AMI m1dc mu N mon " both Tor
herself AMI manager. Mr. llan STOW ut. 4
salient point ol n"raitra ton laid ~ h"r frrn i
WIS new 10 the English speaking stage. and
Wis thvu 'it ORIGINAL Win hrr, IN 1891 she
al Wllla r.. by whom sh" had a daughter
known ~ BJuu Heron. Snr WIS subs 'uucntly
4 yarcrd from him. During $3.50. lsi9. ami
nWnlecm'nt Of Mr. Harry Ptlm"r now Of
Booths Thaatr.. Oh late years she has played
hut htiic. Her last appearan . WIS in ihr Park
played Nrfed for the ben 1T 81 I ie alta hes.
During the previous Aprii she played the sumo
her dau ,htcr Bluu. Shcal-o played Lray Mac
b-h Their, on Dec. 2jand %. 1874. X ny kaAt-
kauH WIS pres mt on the first evening.
Miss Heron had only two relatives In this
country besides her daught ~. " r. = str was
married to a physician IN san Fran - 20. AN |
her niece Is Mrs. Anastasia DAVIS of ih!adcl-
pima
II r daughter will hc niio"n yon~s Of AGE i'm
ptenin"r n'Nt and received from her both a
grn rnl "tlu alton nn stage in-tru fon. Buou
speaks FIR % ~ aud Italian. nm Inns nude ma 10
prlN 'irn y ON the harp und 'r Nine. MnrsU *.
A. pr ny size Will be ufttr'niXed 10y Mrs DR..
Ctrty. of 30 Ei-f Seventeenth street. but vs. ~
probably soon b" sent for hy her father VINO IL
ln very gopl ria uui-i.in - in London. and de-
Sn- '' n.l'.'" n,r ' 'l... A' 'l'' Nl = now
Theatre. II 'r mother -upSc p fVcrih lin-u b.. :.
am " l~ % s.ufuH ut ma 10 poetic talent. Il -ur
had not h.'n uis-urp 1T nv tine druuIi| ' prof, So
-'on gee would have made h-ure ln the Ito
r,ly world