The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-31
MARY ANDERsoN.
An Interesting Talk With the Girl queen
Who Appears at the wheeIlnS opera

g. Louls Poat and Dispatch,
"hiiss Mary Anderson"
twas Dr.. Hamilton Griffin who said It
as heintrOduced hischarmings tep,daught.
or to o Pot and Dspalch representative at
the Lindell, last evening.
Americas young tragedienne entered
the parlor with a gIrlish grace, bearing on
her arm her sealsEin jacket, while the
tightftting dark dress displayed her tall,
willowy form to advantage. Miss Ander-
sons features are classic and clear cut,
wonderfully noble and expressive,
TheintroduCtion over, the party seated
themselves before the coy fire aud an in.
teresting chat ensued.
There Is a buoyancy, an innocent chic,
about Miss Anderson that Is irresistible.
She L. quick, bright and witty in converse.
ton, has opinions OF her own, and Is not
afraid Of expressing them.
After touching upon various topics ref.
erence was made to her trip to Europe.
London" said Miss Anderson, "is
poky-I don't like 1t so well as Parfs-and
The hotels are abOminable. And US to the
actors, | was disappointed. The stock
companies are not 80 good as the Ameri..
can ones and the stage arrangements and
fittings are far inferior. Then the English
actors and actresses have such way Of
reading-there is always such rising and
falling infection OF the voice that Is TN.
pleasant, Why, not one Oi them can read
like Booth; thereis no comparison. Asto
NR. IRVING,
think he Is a poor actor, l am not sur
prised at his not wanting to come to
America. lie Is full Of mannerisms, too.
He has the stage walk, you know the old
two steps forward and halt, TO an exag-
gerated degree, and he bumps, bumps,
bumps as he strides across the boards. !
saw him US Philip Vanderdecken, There
Il one thing about him though that adj
mire, and he does, too-thats his hands,
He has the prettiest, delicate white hands
for man, just like woman's. He knows
II too, for he Is very careful OF them,
always has some pointed lace around his
wrists to show them of TO advantage, and
he Is fond Of displaying them"
Miss Anderson Is avoluble talker, but
at the same time brilliant and attractive.
She rattles along, expressing opinions with
the most charming naiUCie, and frequently
throws in some odd or eccentric express
sions. With her liveliness and sprightli-
ness Of manner one would far more likely
take her for comedienne than q TRACE
dienne.
While in London she made visit to
Stratford to the
BARD or AvON's HOME.
an the evening" she said, II wander.
ell out oil alone into the graveyard and |
wanted to look through the church window
in the hope Of seeing the Shakespeare me-
mortal. got on top OF a tombstone, but
in my eagerness to get view through the
window, slipped and fell-fell flat upon
my face on the ground. That was my
midnight visit the graveyard
In Paris, as is well known, Miss Ander-
son became very intimate with the great
French artistic, Sarah Bernhard. French
actors also did not come up to the Ameri-
can actress ideal, but she thinks the light
ing arrangement OF the Partisan theatres
admirable. With the calcium lights they
produce marvellous stage effects. "Their
moonlight effects are simply lovely-they
are so true to nature" was the enthusias-
tic exclamation.
"What truth is there In all the reports
that are circulated about
SARAH BERHHARDr's
ecccntricities?"
"Oh, they are all true. She is a most
eccentric woman. That story about her
coffin is true; she told me herself hat she
had slept in her coffin every night for
three years; although was SAID with
an arch smile-''I can scarcely believe it"
"But you should see her bedroom. II
is adorned witha black mask OF Tragedy
draped with black velvet. The bedstead
is OF ebony and the Coverlet and pillow
cases are OF black velvet, oruamented with
white lilies. At the foot OF the bed is q
tull-sized skeleton mounted on IN ebon
pedestal and pointed towards mirror.
Then her rooms are filed with marble.
basins, which she has filed with rose
leaves-cGCh basin with leaves Of differ.
ent hue, and each leaf is detached from
the bud. OF course this is a very expen-
sive taste. But the leaves give the rooms
what call sickly odor-1 didn't like it
at all.
bEkNHAKuT IL PECULIAR
in many ways. One day when visited
her she was dressed in mans attire with
cream.colored, tight-fitting pants and a
pair of beautiful little velvet slippers. She
has very small feet, very small. She look.
ed quite natty. There she was working
away with her chisel OIL the statue, and
she looked as cute as anything.
"0n one occasion
MISS Kate FIELD RI
asked me to introduce her to Sarah Bern.
hardt So | asked the latters permission,
telling her that Miss Field was q CORES.
pondent OF several American journals"
'She consented to receive Miss Field,
and so they met. Sarah Bernhard speaks
English very badly and very brOkenly;
still you can understand her But she
told Miss Field such queer tales that l