, 1881-12-04

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; aud are made at home. know lady who hi
transferred her Pluto to a dozen pallets, ant
paintej lovely sea.weeds, shells, and flower
| about it: card she has painted a ehasnlfn:
bunch OF daisies. and the heart OF tho flower i
the filce OF stnffiug child; rs se has five, the
five little heads make beautiful bouquet
TILE FASCINATION or THE FooTIIGIIrs.
Once uu actress, always an actress There ar
a few exceptions, bur very seldom does a womal
leave tho footlights that she doesn't look bacl
with longing to them and return to them If sh
can. Tnke Mrs. Hoey; she retired from Wal
lack in her prime, and she is us much inter
ested und us eager about each theatrical even
rs II She played every night There's Agne
Ethel out in Buffalo. Every year she gets mixct
! up with managers aud artists, and in cousc
Quencc tho report goes forth that she will re-
] turn to the stage and she will undoubtedly Il
| she don't wait too long, Kate Terry in Loado1
| marricd ouu Of the richest merchants, nud hus Il
| worry good position iu his circle Of society, bd
I Kate tiles oil 10 the theatre with his sistel
| Narion. and haunts the greenroom, longing tt
| step forth once more behind the glowing semi.
circle Of gas that is 50 much burning incense
| in tho uostrits of tho actress.
It WIS out in some Western city, Chicago per-
! haps, that little soubrct named Kitty O'Ncil
| became tho wife Of Il little Irish comedian
| named Couner, and twenty years ago tho two
| came to New York. where Jimmy, the husband,
started the first dramatic agency and Kitty, the
! wife, did all the business connected with it. Sir.
! Conner was consumptive, and the brisk little
woman had hard work to pull along-take care
| of child dnd Il sick husband and run about
town to make thd little agency give them mis-
| cradle living. In those days she belnonncd tho
sad fate that had taken her from the stage, she
| toved 1t so; but her constant association with
| professionals made her burden somewhat lighter.
After years Ut struggle with poverty and
disease tho husband died. and Kate and one sou
lusteaa or beng heard of US Yopsu and EUi or.
Cora and her child III soulc travelling company
aso Gh stress of lie finest home
on the HUDSON, dressed 1n purple and line linen,
doing tho Lady Hountiful among her poor neigh
bors, very stuid und dignited, went all to pieces
with Il wild whQop OF joy and fell upon the neck
or IN Old uctor 'sHiking with INC along u quiet
SOU, % wife Of 5ohn Antierson as wa toscco paGl 1a
ionairc, and tho little widow Kate Conner.
How she ratified on-she beats Myrn Clark
Gaines FOR looking young and being old. She
told Of poor Jinimy's son, who wus u FASH
iuuabie young nun travelling in Europe;
She told Of her old husband and their
island and schuoold John Anderson tlud given
him; OF the works OF ,lrt they had picked up In
foreign lands; of their castle they were build
jng: Of her ancestors, BRIAN Hor.,ihu1e and other
Irish Kings; Of her jewels AMI her wealth: but
every r. other sentence w1s Of the stage She had
DRY Eu Ill MuN4 pieces Will TUG uI1 ackOft ana
the pent-up vush Of the green-ro room hurst forth
fn u uood Of rejoicing.
She had ceased to be the nurse Of an actor to
become the nurse Of Il tobacconist. Mr.. Auder-
pre]udiced against the stage and his wife's
former associates. The tcars stood in her snap
could tnke tho dear actor friend home
and display her gsrgeousness to hin;
for III the pride sue evnced at
regret for the old life ram: in every sentence:
she piued amid plenty for past privations.
glad Tor her sons sake tint She was no loneeron
the stage, hut for her own believe she would
hive preferred knocking round the country
with some snap combination ut nothing a week
and find yourself If you can.
Here last week comes the news TINT Kate is
again fl widow, the Lord having sent for ADDER !
suu while he was iu Paris {Auderson. not the
Lord). suppose she has good bit OF money,
und will be untra1ntnelcd III its use It's pity
she isn't In America. Harnctt, the New York
now iii operauon iii Philadelphia. As she is too
old to plMy VIC shall heur Of her yet Us NALL
agercss sure. -
THE ARMAND OF THE, AGE
II the Union Squire company didn't play
"Ca,nille" (as I'm sure they did not during
their stay IN Chicago. then Charles Thorne's
greatness is partinlly unknown to you. He's
the best 4lrs1anl over seen In America, and
he's the star OF the presentation here this week.
Clara Morris is SO dreadfully untitled physically
to piay the part Of the beautiful lady Of Camel
lias that it is painful to look upon her. Camille
was dying wo,lan from the first act in Dumas
but with nll the hectic lovcliness of
consumption ut the first and the beauty OF u !
stntue till the last, else the De Fn1vules, aud
the Dukes, and tho DArdls would not have gotte |
mad nbout her
would stop the music and drive the dancers un- !
der the benches. She's u tne actress; but not I
till Bon Magin!cy plays op'!elia and Edwin booth
ought Clara Morris be accepted us Camille.
Fanny Davenport is cngagcd for d tour cover
ing Two Years in England, and phys farewell
The magnificent John is doing big business,
as he should. He's the only ptrgtns We have
Richard; his LeAr is very pleasant old fellow;
1s InaomGr delights ever 50 many girls beside
upon the manly figure ana lovely mouth Of John /
Mccullough bur swoars by him: there's an mex
'tleable tasc'natlon about t1nr actor that capt
Rhca in some sort has the same: her presence
:liclts RI unusual amount OF npplausc: nil the
women pronounce her charming, she can walk
1T the stage after Il very tnule scene and be re-
:aslcd because she is 80 sweet, that being the
'cnson hear given everywhere for admirins
Fred Vokcs is gong to he nuturalizcd select
oulo city IN the Union, and go into mnnuge-
nent, The girls will come OVER and give him
latnralizo or ca1cchtze that VIC Of his be- may
ave II Jolly tt1ne of it: but Mrs. Fred Vokes is
he ls diushtcr OF Pony Moore, the LONDON min,
eclares for London, and makes things very
lively for the mercurimt Fred. Welt its Il CON-
ort or, 10 heaf Of one man who is under proper
p ''Y0U ARE MY ALL THE WORLD"
ADAPTED FROM s114sKspEARE's soSSETs.
r. For The .ac,oo Tribune.