Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-01-10

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engaged in study. but she deserves mention
here because of the interest so generally fel,
in her. Miss Mather, like Lochinvar, has
come out of the West, and her only theatrical
triumphs were with George Edgar, a. Des-
d mort and Cordelia, but her genins has
alreadv made itself apparent. She was taught
and trained by Mr.. f igar. and is now under
going instruction with Mr.. J. NJ. Hill She
is very handsome. but slightly beyond the
medium height, plumply shaped. with fine
form. and with dark eyes and hair--almost
an ideal Desdemona. She is about Is years
old.
Pauline Markham is name that New York
which was Young and hlooded ten
wears ago will remember with thrill
as the statuesQue Stalacta of the sBlack
Crook" when that bewildering piece of
gorgeousness first burst upon the world.
They will all he glad to know that the
beautiful Markham is living in this city.
prosperous and beautiful still. She is of
English birth, and came here with the Lydia
Thompson troupe in 1869. when her singing
won for her voice Richard Grant White's
extravagant term of ''vocal velvet" She was
two seasons with Thompson. and then be-
came the Stalacta OF the .sBlack Crook"
She has recently been playing on the road in
a combination, as Louise, in the Two Or
phans" and is said to act very we'll She IL
the wife of an ex.rebel General, NJ. v. B.
McMahon, from whom, however, she is at
present separated.
Kate and Emma Bartlett are two New York
young ladies, now playing with wallack's
company. They are both very pretty, and Of
the same style of beauty; plump, tall, brown
eyed, aud rejoicing in 4 lovely complexion.
They are the daughters Of a minister, and
lived uptown in fine society style, being
I'm bosp
talents led them to the stage, where they have
now been for fve years, and all that time At
Wallack's
Rose Wood. who was born, il 10 believed,
in Philadelphia is another Of the longtime
favorites at Walacks. She Is tall, finely
formed, with large placid brown eyes, and
with features almost too regular to admit Of
the requisite play Of expression. She is the
wife of Mr.. Lewis Morrison, and is now trav-
ellng with combination of which she 10 the
leading lady.
Nellie McIlenry, otherwise Mrs. John
Webster, who is far western girl, IL playing
with the Salisbury Troubadour Company, and
has that peculiar type of fat and saucy beauty
which makes one good at a view Of
it, She is the funny one of the troupe. dances
and sings exquisitely, and her utterly un-
called-for gigeling always sets the theatre in
a litter. She is blonde.
Julia Stewart. who is now the leading lady
with Joe Murphy in Kerry Cow" is another
,t;naIv oxnhar.n, aud nh,hhv ,h., a,ar hos
nbotosrsnb canses an infac,;on Of langhta,
She has round blue owes blonde hair and a
tip.tilted nose. She is of Scotrb- Envlish
parentage and came to this country with
Sothern. She created the part Of the Scotch
girl in the comedy Of Engaged"
Ca,her;n. Tew;s Ia a Welsh or, shor, and
n,nmn with a ronnd cbubhv ianah;na faco
thougb her life If rumor no true, is more
tsarfnl thar ;oi,y Sha l. f, ,ood s;ngor and
nlays foreiyn characters with exceIlent force
esnec;aIiv those wherein innocent ,nyennou.,
ness is a feature.
Alma Stanley. now plavinv in "pat;ence"
a, the standard ia also Enylisb and rall Shs
is indeed verv tnll--almost the average
mans ha;ub,-and has n f;ne comnl.x;on With
brown hair and evps and romarkahIv long
eveIasbes She came here from EnoIand
w;,b a hnr,esoue comnanv and il the dsngh-
tor of an English army officer who named
her Alma in honor of the battle in the Crimea
where he won nromotion
Maude Forester the succes.or of the vrea,
IJah Isaacs Nenkep- in tho Mazenna act with
a ferv np,amed .,eed II also a native NJ
ENGLAND and also ,aIl and large of nar,on
Her family name IA part and her fa,ber 90.
a I;neaI descendant of tbe famons traveIla,
Mupuo PARK vhose hooks once ,o dsl;yh,ed
our orandnarents A. small Girl Mauae
used IN accomnanv her father in The bpr,;ny
feld a,d il nov ono of rho mos, occnmnI,.h.d
borsev,ome, NJ tho dav She m.Je her e,,,
anne.yancc in Coven, Carden Iondon IN
,be .nec,acle of ..Rsbre and R;,ou ), ond AZ.
terwa,d nlaved burlesoue at the Gai.,v She
came m hi. country a few vears 400 Nil.
Forrester's besnty L NJ the yohus, ordar .ie
/. tall and snlendidlv formed, with large 40.
r;ous eve. profusive brown hair and q fuII
oval f,co
Rachel SANGER who ;s nm tho road w;,h
combination comnany that i. n,av;no "The
Colonel - il n sspiumn and nIea.;ng nsr.on Z"
viii, large dart ewes and verv ioro tb;ct
hair. She sinos beaut;fnlIv and i. chsrn,inc
in comedy. though her versatility takes such
range that she has also played well In bur-
lesque comic opera and melodrama, even TAX
ing the sombre part Of Nadia in "Michaei
Strogof.' She is the wife of James G. Scan
Ian. She first appeared at the Park Theatre
two years ago, but began her career in Eng
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