Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-12
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known high price. New York hiss gained
yery largely in social Independence since
The days when NOBODY was s~zIisied with his
entertainment unless Dalmouico furnished
the supper and Sexton Brown wGddled up
and down the outside stairway. But Brown
a great deal more eomical than vicious.
His false preiension was altogether csrporesl, |
and consisted in a S24- pouad figure that
wasn't socially as weIghiy as it looked. He
bias been dead several years; and the congre-
CATION has had lime to ses the Improperly
Of a wooden spire that the public was swim
died into thinking stone.
Everything about q church ought to be
said the Rev. Dr.. Henry G. Potter,
the pastor, 10 me, "and that is why / started
the project Of a new spire in place OF our
wooden one. There is something revolving,
TO anybody who comes to think OF it, in q
church ediics thaE looks like stone when it
is wood"
THAT is just what a priest remarked" I
said, "when | asked him ho~ he liked the
beautiful Roman Catholic cathedral in Fifth
avenue. He had discovered that the colored
marbles of the interior became impercePtibly
painted plaster ss soon as = cafe hight was
reached. The knowledge of this sham shock
ed him, and he intended to demonstrate with
Cardinal McCloskey, if he should be able 10
get an interview with that high prelate."
l doubt il the cardinal was struck with
remorse BY the priests condemnation, even
if he ever heard it; which is unlikely, for
access TO him is not easy TO a mere obscure
member of the brotherhood. But DR.. Potter
could carry out his idea of reform in the
architecture of Grace church, and SO those
visitors to the city this summer who look at
the noted structure zee that Ii lacks over a
hundred feet of matching the picture in the
uuida.hnoHo Tho uOoHaa aapsSo, - tho
steeple has been taken of, and the shape of
it is reappearing in marble. The cost of the
moral and material Improvement will be
about $4,000. The pastor pays q considera-
BILE part of this out OF his own pocket.
DR.. Potter can well afford TO contribute to
the new spire. He is both rich and lucky.
Belonging 10 the family OF Bishop Potter, he
had plenty Of money and social backing. He
grew up notably handsome, and who will
deny the advantage of that in 3 young man
who intended 10 be a clergyman? He served
as rector of a small church in Troy, N. Y,
BY way OF preliminary training, and then was
given the pastorale of Grace. Wealthy adj
mirers made a fund that yields him a salary
OF $4,000 a year, so that his income is fixed
fer life, Irrespective of the pastorate. There
ia in the city nc more fashionable altar than
that at which he oficiates; he is provided
with a spacious ard beautiful residence, and
nobody could be more sdvantaged socially
by circumstances. | have been assured, how
ever. that he is not altogether coatented with
his luxurious lot. He would like TO preach
sermons with more meaning and newer ideas
than those 10 which Grace church consery-
atism restricts him. tie is compelled to see,
in every Monday mornings papers, reports
OF discourses by men in pulpits nowhere near
80 %pretentious as his OVID, while he can say
nothing that the editors deem worthy of pub
fishing. l believe him capable of preaching
matter that would keep a sleepy man awake,
but he does not indulge himself in that dam
gerous direction. He stops at the accom-
%plishmeni Of what Grace's congregation
wishes, which is a refined, inoffensive, hand
some rector. These qualifications DR.. Potter
possesses in a high degree. He is considera-
bly, under fifty, with a good port, jetty hair
and side-wbiskers, and a face Of the ideal
English clerical sort.
AN AMERICAN BEAUTY.
Speaking of Americi an beauty and English
style, you nave probably often read that q
Mics Chamberlain, of Cleveland, was fgur-
ing in London as = beauty under the critical
countenauce OF the Prince of Walee; but |
doubt il you have any idea of her appear
snce, Tor the foreign society journals are
never very explicit, and | have never come
across any description Of her in print. Bal
Nat Goodwin and his wife, Eliza Wethersby.
whe have jlst returned from abroad, hap
pened to meet her in a mixed gathering Of
the Prince OF Wales set of fellows and some
theatrical people. Wethersby's estimate Of
Miss Chamberlain charms is rather low.
I'VE wouldn't call her a great beauty in
Americs," said she, sand l don't wonder that
she never set the rivers aire before abe sailed
fr0m her patIva ahorao Of nanr,a che =.
pretty, but 40 are about ten per cent. of the
American girls. The Prince was very al
tentiye to her, however, and that is quite
sufficient 10 establish her as a beauty over
there. She has rather a captivating way
about her, oddly combining a spiritueHe
Marguerite air with the peculiar dash
and confidence common in Yankee
girls. 1t was evening and the light
was electric, 30 that every bit of artifcialIty
was made clear by the gla-e. Pm not telling
whether that was in any way trying to my
own countensnce. But L assure you that
Miss Chamberlain didn't stand the ordeal
well. Her face YVES painted like wax-wolk.
The red Of her cheeks stood cut like daubs.
Her features were email and regular, her
figure tall and well-shaPed, and her bearing
free and unconstrafned. She was dres sed in
good taste-a white Grape costume embroid
cred with silver. 1 heard her in converse
tion with the Prince. She was delightfully."-
free from any manner of ~toadyism, and
seemed to treat him with barely respectful
Difference. Her voice is a low, musical one,
AMI she manages ii bewitchiDgly.
"Will she make a better actress than Lang
try, if being a professional beauty leads her
to the stag.?" / asked.
Il should say yes, decidedly" was the reply,
One of the theatrical managers who sum.
mer at Long Branch told me that, having
been informed thst Miss Chamberlain had
some natural qualifications for the stage, he
made an estimate OF the eff ctivepess OF the
fame that had arisen from her recognition by
| the Prince of Wales, with a view OF offering
her an engagement; but he concluded thai
abe would not be worth the price that would
probably be required to secure her-admit'
ting that she could be hired at all. There
isn't much use trying to duplicate a theatri,
cal Success" he said; sit lie the novelty tina
wins 10 my business. Miss Chamberlain mas
be Landowner than Langtry-without hal
| trying, eh?-she might prove an excellent
actress, aud bring over sfidavits that the
| Prince adored her, but it wouldn't be much
use. The gilt is gone from that piece of gin,
gerbread."
sTA~GE-sTRUCK PEOPLE.
This san old hand at the show businesI
had Just got his daily mail at the postofice
and N it we're several letters from person
| who d. sired to become performers.
Most managers invariably advise all sp
| piicsnts 10 give up all idea of going on TOT
stage" he said, "and discourage them Will
talk about the difficulties. A stereotypeC
thing 10 say is tn at the stage is overcrowded-
| and 60 it lie, but not with capable people
| The fact is that there is a scarcity Of ever
| flirly excellent actors. When a handsome
man or woman comes 10 me, and speaks witt
a strong, musical voice, / never discourag'
him or her. Every person with those tw,
qualifications stands a good chance on INT
stage. But without pleasing voice and pres
ence, nobody can hope for anything outsid'
of low comedy, and of coUrse 20 one eVtl
begins with that in view. Our comic actoll
are tragedisns gone wrong. Did you knor
that Stuart Robson started out in sentimenta
roles! He did, indeed. Artistic merit won
satlsfy in serious part, 10 the absence 0
beauty. Does anybody out an exper. sp
preciste Agnes Booths acting? Don't ami
ences laugh at Frederick Pauldins's Ham
let?' and all the came il ia \ wonderfully eieye
imitation Of Booth's, spoiled for The genera
public for the sctor's lack of pertosal at
trsctiyeness. Brains are of small account
L could name you = highly popular acto
who is a very cunce-llIlierate nearly, an
without natural brightness; but he passes 70
an accomplished performer. The man VII
coaches him in all that he does plays sub
ordinate paris in the came company. Goo
Iookp, sir, will prosper 10 my husiness wher
ugly talent will starve."
III lie not alone in the dramatic profession
that comellness tells. Ii is a Tremendous ad
vantage to doctor, TO 3 politician and to
minister, as / have already explained IN ID
case of Potter. And it has grestIy helpe
the Rev. Thomas Harrison, known az 10
"Boy Preacher" / Was down at Ocea
Grove. that summer city of Metbodisn, th
other day, and the secretary OF the csInpsn
spoke Of Harrison as wonderfully reislnin
his youthful sppsafauce. 1t seems that I
ia thirty-fve years old, bat close Shawn
boyish clothes and q smooth face enable nj
TO retain his popular title. There had bee
negotiation with tie view to bringing him
Ocean Grove for revival work, but ne hs
asked for 500 a week, besides board al II
best hotel, and the terms had not suited II
Rev. DR.. Stokes, the president OF the ascot
ten. / see no commercially sound re1sc
for regarding the pay which Harmon d
manded az too much. No evangelist
more successful. He works faithfully aud
ALWAYS ready to terminate an eDgsgemti
before the end OF the contemplated term,