The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-01-03
AN HOUR WITH MODJESKA.
4 Delightful Chat with the Charm.
tn- ess-..Aensibic Talk cOu-
corning Real Life

ceraia- Real Life.
MARY Jane" in Courier-Jaurnall
It was on a murky, ugly afternoon, n
real Cincinnati dirtv.day, which cannot
be appreciated unless seen, and the
more seen the less appreciated it is, and
We went down to the Burnet house en-.
sased in umbrellas, gossamers and the
gr,ints.
We sent up our cards, and in n few
minutes were conducted to the famous
suite, occupied in years past by Sonsag.
Nilsson, Nelson, Jenny Lind, and
where, last year, / was SO delightfully."-
entertained by Miss Mary Anderson,
and there we found Modieska, her hus-
band and lady Of our acquaintance
were seated about little table. Tho
rount rose TO meet Us. was presented
to madame In countesse. who shook
hands with real, good old fashioned
hand-shake. and in minute was at the
table talking and being talked t., as
though we had known each other since
childhood.
(which of your plays do You like
best, ma,lamep" asked piekey.
"None Of them; none of them. TIM
tired Of it NIL, and want to rest, / like
to play, but don't like the rehearsa,s,"
and her fine face showed WEAKNESS
which made mo thiuk OF tired child
locking for it's mother.
| The houses have not been good in
/ Cincinnati, end you are depressel,
said her husband "When tho clouds
are dispe'lsd and tho sun shines ii will
! be quite different" And W. all laughed
over her woes; and she laughed, too,
and told us how lonesome it was ut the
matinee, and how. il ii had not been for
u few familiar faces, she would hardly
have had heart to so through her lines.
| The conversation drsfted along in a
delightfully."- amless way, full OF inter
est, rs would be the floating down a
river winding among beautiful hills and
dividing lovely valleys, carried along
hy the current whittier it would.
Finally Modieska's own work came up,
and gracefully and without eso,ism she
talked of it, 1t happened that ''Frou.
From" was the play spoken Of. and
Diekey said:
DO you think. madame. that Frou
From loved her husband? DO you play
il with this fceling?"
! "oh, no." she answered. "Frou
From was spoiled girl. who knew
nothing but tn he loved. Car, less AMI
thouehtless she went about until Louis.
came upon the scene. and she though,
ler husband loyol her sister. | think
she loved her child as result of in
stlnct, but her surroundings aud her as
ssciases led her a ay from all suci
thoughts. When Mt last she left hel
home II was not done thou III iealau y
but anger and for spite. and she a
once realized what she lad done, and
I: woman, wife AMI mother deyelope,
in her. but too late 20 repair the wrong
she had done. She was still Fro,
From, however. and in the death agony
the same spirit vas with her, and sh,
was but a child"
DO You play those parts with o.hel
than tho feeling of the artist ?" askc,
Dickay.
Not always; but sometimes on,
can not help but feel what che i
} doing"
what of tho effect of applause AZ,
good aadiences?' askel Mrs. ".
They are much. very much"
do YOU approve of reealls2 Don
You think they spoil the illusion pro
dueed bs the play?" said I.
mo, indeed. appreciate the con
pliment aad like ii. ! think the illu
sion il mostly gone when the curtai
goes down, and tho appearance of til
player after that las no bad effects.
do not, however, approve of recalls dul
Ing All aet."
"iiow do American audiences con
pare with foreign audiences in entht
siastie demonstrations 7" asked Dicka,
Not al all, Why, when | made IN
first appearance in San Francisco.
was told that such applause was rar,
and could scarcely understand tia
had not made failure. In Englan
audiences are cold, bat received ii,
recalls III London; in Dublin it was a
most like home; in France audience
are less administrative, but in Italy an
, | in Poland, especially, they arc vii.
One night | was recalled TWENTY-FIVE
times. sod was 90 tired that / hal