The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-03-07
A Bazoo Reporters Pleasant
Chat With Miss Florence
Herbert.
She Loves the Queen City and
is Favorably Impressed
With it's Citizens.
Something Regarding the Woman
Who Has Never But Once Dis
appointed an Audience.

Turing the week Jtlst closed the Florence
Herbert company, numbering seventeen
people, under the management of Messrs.
Whiteley Il Selleck, have held forth at the
opera house, appearing each evening and
ut yesterday afternoons matinee To the
average Sedalia play goer Mis-, Herbert wa
on Monday last IN entire stranger. although.
many who have for years perrISed the col
umis oil the dramatic papers knew that she
ranked high IN her chosen profession.
She opened To good house Monday
night, and from that time forward her sue
cess was assured, and the B,Zoo i pleased
la know that ut the conclusion OF the en-
gasement the management have a nice lit
tie balance On the credit side of their
books.
! Yesterday afternoon a BNZ0O scout call
eel upon her 1T room at the hotel
and was pleasantly received by both her
self ana husband While she is known
upon the stage rs Miss Herbert. she is. like
most of the ladies of her prof, s,ion. mar
riec:-her husband being Mr. Fred. Sell
leck, one oi the managers eli the company.
Newspaper reporters, Us a rule, are thor
oughly detested by theatrical stars. and a. /
soon a. one presents his card and asks for 4
the pleasure of an Interview. some excuse
Il framed and the reporter l. told that ILL /
ness (which generally means a fit of the
suiksl viii not permit OF the lady seeing
the man of news, although she would he
delighted tn meet him ut some future
time.
In this particular Miss Herbert is an
exception. Ii possible, she i more charm
ing of than ON the stage, and this is saw
ing not a little. While she is not a really
handsome woman, her face i, one that
commands admiration, and her charming
manners make her companiOnship sought
after by those with whom she becomes
acquainted.
As the reporter entered, she was packing
one OF the five large trunks i'm her room,
and was not a little provoked nj the ap-
pearance OF what she called bugs" which
had secreted themselves I'm the folds of
some of her handsome dresses. "Why.
Fred, she said, addressing her husband.
Il never before saw such bugs some of
them are hall ms long as your finger" The
reporter, too, was invited to look, and on
doing so informed the lady that they were
nothing but cOck-roaches, not uncommon
I'm this country, and no damage tn her /
wardrobe need be anticipated. The "bugs" ;
tlspo>ei Of, all took seats and quiet chat /
was enjOyed-by the reporter. ut least. c
Miss Herbert made her debut i'm Chicago Z
'Ome twelve years ago, and Tor the past a
even years has been starring, always with Il
Ter own company. just outside of Chicago ii
: the beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. b
'eileck. which they have named "Fanchon
lace Here. at the conclusion of their
eason, which generally occurs the first of
une, they spend the heated term. and r,
ave neither the past nor future the least at W
ention, preferring to partake liberally of ii
he enjoyment of the present. Y;
"oh, said Miss Herbert, won should hi
ee me with my big sunshade on, gather. y:
ne Strawberries, caring for nv birds. flow Il
r., etc, and you would not think / was as
ne same person. m
The reporter was bound To admit that TN
ne sight would he n pleasant one, but be- ex
,re Inc had time to speak, she was chatting Or
leasantiy on another subject sa
Alter the summer vacation l. spent at fe,
leir country residence, Mr.. aud Mrs. Sell
OK again take the road, generally leaving
ONE the latter part of August or first of
epiember. This year they opened nj Des
oines, Iowa, on the 22d of August. ap- O.,
'aring against Lawrence Barrett on Mon @
~ night, and on Tuesday night against "''
9TH Barrett and Forepaugh's circus. Not
these attractions, Miss Her lie
rt was compelled to turn people away an
ON the opera house during each night of
r engagement. She has played i'm Des fri
Dimes on six different occasions. and ioi
landing room only" had to he DISPLAYED
NJ before the curtain rose .o,
The company strike only the larger eo,
lies, and this wear have travelled through ;,v
e states OF Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska.
inois and Kansas. They will close AT
llwaukee, Wisconsin, where they have - -
nr weeks engagement. during which .ol
ne forty performances will be given-a
ange of bill at each Id"
Miss Herbert's repertoire includes some her
o hundred plays. Her memory il won
rful, indeed, for tits seldom she has To da,
er To her manuscript To catch the lines. VIII
present her husband who, by the way. ing
also quite clever actor. although now e,S;
ired from that branch of business is Mir
iting for her a new play, which she will I'm
sent 10 the public next season. The but
me thereof has not vet been I'm
,ided upon, but Fred. saws Gar
II sure To- catch She has Mis-
, trunk containing nothing but manu- was
up, plays, many OF which she has not MAJ
l out for weeks. inst
he wardrobe carried by Miss Her Mis-
I would he hart Ia excel. and no wonder the
the admiration Of all who nm i
the pleasure OF seeing her al the opera pub
lse. The dresses she wears In the five Gaz
: of Camille" are of the finest mate pap
were made IN Paris, and cost far beyond pos,
NJ the uninitiated would suppose As BAz
Selleck said, the duty on them would schC
pretty good dresses in this country. in
merous other Costumes came from Paris ROOF
}. and It's safe To saw no actress has Wis lett.
Sedalla who could make a superior
wing in this direction. The writer
Id. for the edihcation of the BAzoo's NJ
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