The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-04-26
From Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, o., April 2l.


other things that no city pays greater atten.
ton to its dead than Cleveland. There are
"A number of fine cemeteries here, the
most noted being Lake View" and "River.
side" A special permit must be obtained
in order to drive into Lake View cemetery.
1t is, as you well know, of particular inter
est to many on account of being the resting
place of the late President Garfield Ma
ture and art combined have made this
cemetery one of the lOveliest in the cOun-
try. The name seems very appropriate, for
at the summit of every hill or elevated
place one can have a fine view of Lake
Erie. Gartield's remains are temporarily
placed in the Schofield vault, and the gov
eminent keeps guard night and day to
protect it. On Sundays the door Of the
vault is opened and a view of the coffin is
had. The funeral car which carried his
remains from Mentor to this city is still
preserved in large case of glass in the
cemetery.
The Garfield vault is to be Il fine one
when completed. 1t is built at the ex,
pense of the Knights Templar of the sew
eral states and territories, each Knight be
ing taxed one dollar for the fund. | be-
lieve there are over 81 900 members of that
order
The amusement loving people Of Cleve-
land have been RECALLED for the past two
weeks by the appearance of two particular
favorites, viz: Emma Abbott and Clara
Morris Emma Abbott in her well known
character of marguerite in the opera of
Faust seemed to please her audience very
much. She was, think, feeling at her
best and sang unusually well. The most
noticeable of her troupe is Tagliapietra in
the role of Valentine, whose acting seemed
to be in perfect sympathy with his part
backed with wonderful volume of tone.
Probably no actress takes greater care of
her health than Emma Abbott We have
read several amusing newspaper accounts
while she was here Of her great horror of
drafts" After returning from an engage
ment her maid not only carefully tucks the
songstress in her little bed, but takes the
extra care to nail flannel blankets at each
window and door of her sleeping apart
ment, then stands guard during "A greater
part of the next morning so that no trouble
some reporters or visitors disturb the slum-
bers of the lovely Emma. She told one of
the reporters of this city that it was not the
exposure on the stage that had ruined SO
many voices, but sleeping in draft of air
after using the voice. 1t seems to me that
Abbotts ideas of ventilation compare very
we'll with those of the venerable Noah
when he built the ark.
And now about Clara Morris. | hope
YOU will not call this the frenzy of a fe-
male lunatic when | say have fallen in
love with the wonderful and lovely actress.
| believe she is called by the critics the
finest emotional actress on the boards at
the present time. She Is the pride of
Cleveland, for she was born and raised
here and played to her first audience in
this city. However, she has not appeared
before the Cleveland public for eight or
ten years until the past week, when she APP
peared every night except Saturday at the
Euclid Avenue Opera House. II seems
that Clara Morris was Il poor girl who by
mere chance made her first appearance on
the stage here as substitute many years
ago. As you know she is married to Il
wealthy New Yorker, who is very devoted
to his lovely, talented wife and is watchful
of delicate health Saturday afternoon We
heard her in Wilkie Collins play of the
New Magdalen." To quote Beecher this
is the finest of stage sermons. One can
notice after the actress has made her APP
that the odor of medicine per.
lneates the house. The Strain of weeks
engagement upon the noted Clara being 50
great the extra precaution of tonics and
long rests between the acts are resorted TO.
Her husband stands ready with restoratives
AZ hand the moment the curtain drops and
conducts the wife to her dressing room,
where she lies down until the next call.
might euthuse q little and speak of Clara's
touchlng grey eyes and graceful ways, all
of which seem perfection itself. And