The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03

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have chair on tho stage AMI finally |
had to ask the manager not 10 LOT tho
curtain be rung up again. That was o
little too much, but II was very latter
ing
We spoke OF Mary Anderson. and I
told her how / met her in that room.
anil how cordial she was. Modicskn
praised her greatly. and the count dwelt
glowingly upon her beauty. They Ind
seen her in London, and asked Ii sho
thought the fair Kcntuckian was cold
~ the critics had pronounced her 10 be.
mo woman II cold" she said. Though
! think one must know something Of
the feelings she would portray to do Il
with tho best effect. No girl who il
perfect in her physical development
and is well and strong can DO cold II
IL her nature to have heart, and when
II is touched, then tho feeling will BIO
developed and her womanhood will he
beautiful. There is right one some
place in the world, and whom lie comes
the coolest woman Is warmed
"Ah," said young newspaper man
just arrived, IL think some girls are
awfully freezing cold. / have been
frozen out more than once"
"Oh," laughed madame, that was be-
cause you were tho wrong one, that's
all.'
"Woo is me!' he sighed.
Love and friendship were discussed.
| II think" said Mrs. W., that friend
ship with no thought Of love can exist
between mon and woman"
| "a very young man and young
woman" said /, interrogatively.
well, no; not that kind" she said
and they all smiled.
"The love OF husband and wife,
said Modieska, is the purest friendship
and the husbands and wives who arc
friends, rs well as lovers, are the hap
picst'
"Iove is selfish. said /. "tho highcs
and best form oil scltishness."
"Ye," said the count, 1T il"
IL know" said l, that woman whe
In in love thinks first Of her own happi
ness, and what may be apparent sacri
flee il her pleasure. She can't be hannn
only in being miserable for one she
loves. Her love is subjective asmuch nj
it is objective"
as q mothers love selfsh2' asked
madame.
ITO MI extent, yes," said the count
and simultaneously.
"Oh, don't talk SO" said she. "Yor
would make us oil creatures of selfish
ness and destroy whatever beauty o
spirit we may have. l know am self
ish, and every morning when | get NJ
resolve to be better, bnt it seems
very hard to fulfill my promises I.
myself"
"Ah," said her husband, with tn,
look Of lover; "you are not selfish
] know you better than that and tleil
eyes met in o way which male my oil,
maiden heart go out warm to thom, n
old people hold out their hands il
bic ,sing upon happy lovers.
And so the talk ran on for an hon
/ full Of interesting topics, full Of variet,
and having nothing in it Of that unde
, sirahle consistency OF stage talk, SO oftel
marring the conversation with an
among actors. A more delightful cal
, never made, and a more womanl
; woman does not live than Modieska
She calls her husband Charlie" in til
brightest sweethearticalist way, an,
there is none of that disagrceable gus
one sees between married people, an
which one knows is only little das
OF sunshine to fool people into goins
out without M umbrella only to h
caught in storm. They are an idea
couple, rs much in love as when year
ago they joined hearts and hands. The
are both highly intellectual and bot
accomplished, and upon neither In
there ever boon east the slightcs
shadow of reproach.
As an actress Modjeska. think, rank
first OF oil English-spcaking womcl
She has nature loving, warm oil
!; true, and it imhues all the character
she assumes and gives to them sue
lights and shadows of feeling, ths
; every listener follows her action an
expression rs ii they were parts of hin
self. She presents in her acting a
!, ideal realism which is the ultimatum
the highest dramatic art. and she po
!, sesses to the fullest extent quiet fore
of expression, which is intensified
its very greatness. She can bring teal
to the eyes oil her auditors without sa,
ing word: she is. indeed, heart pal
feminist. In her love scenes there is
purity as beautiful as love itself, M
her own high character permeates \
4 the characters she assumes. This is n
|, idea of art. and this is why say Il
true woman alone can DO the tr,
! artist.
l However. life is short, which til
letter is not, rs Dickev would say. al
= must bid this delightful couple adie
with world If good wishes.
, AS wo went away we shook han,
! three several times (Modjeska has
1 beautiful handl. AMI the soft yonr
, newspaper man stepped back for ,
instant, while overheard him say:
r "Ah, madame, your golden hair nj
= brown eyes are like my sweetheart's
!. Have you only one?" she sal
a arch!y.
: "Onlv one. madame"
. "Ah. most unusual man." she reptile
q and the door shut MS out from all b
: pleasant memories.