The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-05

'" WV WIN" eic iu'uit queen Ol Tragedy.
and go so lar as to claim that, even now,
her beauty rivals that ofAdcaide Nelson"
and that powers OF persona,on promise IL,
rival those Charlotte Of Cushman." Thcru
never was a promise more fair or one moro
favorable tor fulflmcnt
In addition to the other features OF
prccociy she is polished conversational.
list, and perfectly at ease in society.
Numbers and new faces have not the
tcrrori for her they possess for the MAJORITY
OF children. She enters into conversation.
and IS as entertaining in the same, as most
OF the maturcd members of society. In 8
recent conversation, within the hearing OF
the writer, she gave her opinion, which had
beea solicited, upon different forms Of liter
aturo; charging upon the beauties Of
thought and sentiment expressed in tho
works OF her f'avoritc authors, while she ex
planned her non preference for other writer's
Her Imagination, also, IS vivid, and She Dos
scsses he ability to clothe her thought in
suitable and pleasing language--not, OF
course, the advanced terms employed by
those schoocd in the science of letters amt
yet not The simple words OF an ordinary
child.
She claims that reading is the best cdu
Gator, and where mind is capable Of com
pretending that which is written, the
knowledge thereby is more readily acquired
and retained Dull facts" she says, "arp
pleasant to no one, but connected with
pleasing incidents, they lose their dragrec.
able features, That is why like histories,
novels. One obtains the knowledge IL
merely reading pretty story, whichis both
pleasant and profitable"
As previously stated, she is passionately
fond offeading Shakespeare tragedies, am!
through the aid of her wonderful memory,
is enabled to recite long extracts from many
of them. She Can repeat king John" en-
tire without the prompters aid, as also the
lines in the characters Of Juliet" ans
Pauline" On several occasions she Mas
rendered the Potion scene of Romeo ant
Juliet" with marked ability and surprising
correctness. Her repertoire of rccitations
for the entertainments in which she has
taken part during the past few months,
with the exception of those mentioned con
tains, The Fall Of the Pemberton Mills"
the ever popular Charge Of the Light Bri
gade," THE Polish Boy "Sheridan's
Ride "Thc Raven THE M,ser Fifty
Punished" THE Poets Mind etc, in al.
Of which she seemed perfect.
On the eth, 2Sth and Goth Of June, 1878.
she appeared upon the stage of DcBM',
Opera ii0nofsin 'bros evening, cal os4-
matinee performance, supporting the
| Boy Orator, j. Harry Shannon, u
prodigy of her own age, who, while
having spent considerable time in training
and two years on the stage as II professional.
was surpassed, in naturais, finish OF de!iy
cry and every respect, by this little girl
The last occasion Of the display Of her tai
cnts was the entertainments at the Olympic
Theatre, Monday and Tuesday nights, De
ccmber 9th and 10th, 1878, for the benefit
Of the St. Louis Police Reserves. Her name,
upon the programme for the first evening.
had the effect of adding largely to the at.
tendance for the night "Horatius. at tEr
Bridge from the Lays Of Ancient Rome.
by McCauley, was her selection and she de-
livercI it with feeling and effect, showing
an Improvement IN her dramatic abilities,
in advance of former attempts. The effect
which her cntycc made upon the audience
was deep and simultaneous. She appeared
unesgprted, with perfect composurc and
delicate grace and gave this heavy pie.c
with power and feeling, surprising TO all
who beheld For the encore which she
never fails to receive in the most com
pletc sense Of the term she rccitcd.
"Tho Charge of the Light Brigade"
with II degree Of perfection rarely &C
quired by older clocu,ionis,s. The floral
tributes were many and beautiful and she
acknow edged the ltyors with becoming
grace. For the second night, she added
fresh honors to her rapidly increasing fame
IN her rendition Of "The Fail Of the Penn
berton Mills" with equal merit and pro-
duciny similar effect. She gave TO, encore
the Potion scene from "Romco and Julirt'
She was acknowledged by press and public
the attraction Of the events.
Already her fame has extended through
out the land, aud reached the ears Of east
crn theatrical managers q number of whom
have offered large sums of money to securs
her services, but DR.. Spyer has declined
them all. Yet it is believed she will SION
start out on her professional career, which
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