Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-07

Cushman was struck by her serious,
steady ways, her anxious forehead,
hut especially by her eyebrows; she
believed in what she called "con-
scientious eyebrows" and Salle's
were SO peculiar in that way that
one of our merry habitues in Rome
used to say, 81 am always in ex-
pectation of seeing Sallie'S eyebrows
go over the top of her head"
There was some difficulty in taking
her away from her mother, who
also had her ideas Of the child's
value; but it was one OF the things
fated to be, and SO was finally ac-
complished. From that time the
two were never separated, except
for the necessity or pleasure of Miss
Oushman. Sallie never had any
will, any love, any desire apart from
her and her interests. Perhaps
there never had been a more per-
feet instance of absolute devotion
on the one side and appreciation
and trust on the other than this as
sociation presented. Sallie WAS the
only "dresser" she ever had, the
guardian and custodian of all her
theatrical properties. She knew
to a pin whatever was necessary to
each costume, and no matter how
many were the changes, nothing
was ever missing. Long expert.
ence had made the routine abso-
lutely perfect, relieving her mis-
tress of all care upon the subject.
Afterward, when the pressure Of
slow wearing disease came, what
tongue or ren could ever do Justice
to the unfailing, untiring travail of
heart and hand in the service of
the beloved and worshipped mis-
tress.
SUCCESS IN ENGLAND.
A letter Of March 2, 1S45, speaks
of her great success in London
with justi6able exultation.
BY the packet of the 10th / wrote
you a few lines and sent a lot Of
newspapers, which could tell you in
so much better language than /
could of my brilliant and triumph
ant success in London. can say
no more to you than this-that it
is far, far beyond my most SAN
guine expectations. In my most
ambitious moments never
dreamed of the success which has
awaited me aud crowned every el-
fort | have made, To You should
not hesitate to tell all my grief and
all my failure, if it had been such,
for no one could have felt more
with me and for me. Why, then,
should hesitate (unless through a
fear that | might seem egotistical)
to tell you all my triumphs, all my
success? Suffice it, all my successes
put together since l have been upon
the stage would not come near my
success in London, and ] only
wanted some of you here to enjoy
it with me to make it complete.
In another letter, written about
this time, she says; Everything
goes on finely; l am doing well,
and l hope my star may continue
in the ascendant. l have given
myself five years more, and l think
at the end of that time / will have
$4,000 to retire upon; that will,
if well invested, give us a comfort
able home for the rest of our lives,
and quiet corner in some respect.
able graveyard"
LOVE OF HER PROFESSION.
In a letter to a young English
friend, about to go upon the stage,
she says: "How many there are
who have a horror of my profes-
sion! Yet l dearly love the very
hard work, the very drudgery Of it,
which has made me what / am.
Despise labor of any kindl Ihonol
. it, and only despise those who dc
not find sufficient value in it to ad.
miro. You did not know me when
you asked me if would despise
you for it! But you must find lit
tie time for practicing music-s
hard and labor.demanding vocation
, l nave tried it myself, therefore
am fully qualified to speak on it."
} BEHIND THE SCENES.
! "There can be no more thrilling
[ representations of heroic deeds be-
fore the curtain," says Miss Steb
/ bins, ethan are often going on in
2 undemonstrative silence and pa
f tient endurance behind it. There
is no class more kind to one anoth.
, Ell, none more generous thell
I faults all lean to virtues side, anC
when we reckon mp their sins o
omission and commission a candle
} and unbiased judgment will admi
, that in the eternal equilibrium oi
5 forces their worser Qualities vii
) surely kick the BEAM"
Behind the sceneg" is such {
. terra incognita to the world ut large
} that few are able to pass right
eous Judgment from the standpoint
of personal experience. To thos,
who have this experience it ough
to be duty as well as a pleasur,
e to speak a word in season for {
= much misunderstood and i'll iudgeC