Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-08
As A BONANZA MIN

On entering the apartments of Miss Mary
Anderson, on Sd street, the other evening, 10
bid her and her father and mother farewell on
their departure for Europe, Graphic repre-
conspicuouSiy bald head was taking his leave
OF the family. Ii was Dion Boucicault, the
dramatiSI. ltSeemed impossible 10 reconcile
the familiar figure of The Shaughran" with
hat W hich STOOD there, and as much was said
On an introduction To him by the fair TRACE
I1enne, VIII" Endorsed the remark by adding:
mere Is not trace OF Conn in him. All my
Illusions are destroyed Here has the thought
less vagabond hero been given me such advice
Is Ioi9hluS gives la iarirS when h" is going
abroad ana now We hear that the thriftleSS fel-
.oW we so often admired in his rags is no bet
'e! fH Mas tei ah O. STtPer,y II Is SHANGHAI
BOucicaut .thLt Young actress should ay lid
marriage. The prieSteSSes of orr art should
be devoted 10 cchhdcy. The audienc is 4 has
band that is never out of temper-a'wayS
lover, liberal, faithful, and always AT home She
cannot serve two masters. An actress Shol.d
i've among the Illusions of life as long as She
can. Marriage and the consequences are real
ltleS oil the IeaIlSt Kind.
But is 1t true that You speculate asked the
lady, with per lnaclouS curiosity: That you
are wise in stocks and shares,
II am no SpeculatOr,' he replied: that is,
have never gambled in stocks nor held share
ye>tment."
1t was suggested that Nevada mining shares
We're Specu atlNe. and that he was said To nave
large risk in Consolidated Virginia aud cali
OrTia.
"IinveSted three years ago in these mines
not very largely, replied BJucicault. since
then, having never withdrawn anything but
allowed each months dividends Ia bay more
stock, the accumulation has increase a few
hundred thousand. But they cost me nothing
For example, last July |. ~ shares were boughr
at ga On these We nave received during the
year twelve dividends of 81 each month; SO
lheSe shares have paid for themselves already
Surely, that is as good as New Jersey Central
or Erie or Readlng, or score OF other Securi-
Are you not afraid the bottom may fan ont
of the COmstOck lode one of these days.
=. ''Of course il will. There must be an end to
it some day Iou can't go on forever aking
thee millions mo nth out of pocket without
emptying il in time
What do the bonanza kings themselves say
about il? You Know them, believe"
YES: they say nothing, but as they bought
lew weeks ago the controlling interest in a
mine adjoining the California. called the o Dhir,
and paid something like s. 5OLO for it, in is
preSuma BILE they thought there was something
left III the pocket.
why do they refuse to avail themselves of
the grea Sutru Tunnel
Because Mr.. SUIT o asks percentage on the
produce Of the mines. We have offered to paw
him what il costs us TO pump the water 10 the
sui face. Why should we paw him for thr uSa
of his tunnel more than We can do and have
done the work for by other means? Bat said
Mi. Bouclcaut, turning toward the ladies'
this dl>cu Sion can b. of very ii lie interest TO
you've should ask your pardon for introduc
ing it."
81 keep wondering" replied Miss Anderson
''if all authors have heads for business. |
Thought they were above IL, and We're ALWAYS
in the clouds
Not all. There are many eXceptions-and
one great example, Shakespeare, look al sharp
~ alter his business affairs. The rec ,rIS of
Strat10rd- on Avon reveal that when he re lired
nom London, a rich man, to his native town
he employed his money thrifty in loans ID his
needy fellOw-tOWnSmen, and when they failed
to pay he brought them TO Dok in a very sum
mary manner. But let Us return 10 this fair DO.
naGZa, he added. pointing to,AIiSs Anderson;
II have been advising her to make Parthenia
her particular study. The part suits her phyS
icaly The play is not very great one bui il
will do her good service. If JDhn Mccullough
would play lngomar and the piece was well
mounted, there is no doubt it would make a
feature In New York season.
''PerhapS,' some one remarked, when Miss
AndeIs on sees the artists and plays in Loadon
and Paris she may resolve 10 rem lin ami study
th sSo" she answered o,tc., -, ,.o,.,,,,
II nope TO profit very much by wha | see bur
L should not like 10 initiate any one. and |
don think could il tried. ItwOud only EN-
barraSs and spoil what Ii tie candD. prefer
to learn by practice, not by mutation, nor by
study at rehearsal Now. if when | am re-
healsing Parlhenia, if Mr.. Boucicault should
stop me and show me where | WAS wrong by
showing me what was right becau>e il was
better, then should learn something That is
what call study. If went to see Mile sara
Bernhardt play at the Theater Franchise. no
doubt should be delighted, because she does
should fail and be no more like it than color.
ttSS photograph is like the painting il faiatly
recalls. Don't you think | am rignt?" she
added, turning 10 the author.
"A pretty woman is always so. The o Ieen
can dohlp wrong is legal maxim, but You NAV
earn Nharyour faul S are by comparing your.
ell with great actress
You think Mile. Btrnhardt great actreSs?''
inquired Miss Anderson, eagerly.
No: she seems to me a peculiar one " he re
plled, thoughtfuy Il wonder if She had not
been SO awfuliy thin, whether she would have
been so successful. She is like snake reared
on its tail, balancing itself to the music of a
the passion works in her, it shakes her frail
Orln Until one fancieS one can hear the bones
rattle. But she can enfold you in the torture
of her 1.-the paSSOn-capture,d not enthralled
For me she lacks charm-that, however. NAV
BE- want of sympathy in me rather than any
:aull In hera an artist. II Nep York Grdpf-
&c, May 81.
Mr.. Greeley's Wood Farm.