St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-01
SOME FINE LADY STARS
A Well-Known and Popular Galaxy of
the Upperorust of Histrionio and
Lyric Talent.
Jennie June Expresses Her Opinion of the
American Stage and Some of
the Players.
Mary Anderson as She Was and as
She Is--Her Very Taking Gany-
mede.
Margaret Mather, Judic, the Sage
Brush Linnet and 'sMikado"
miss Ulmer.

correspondence of the Globe.
NEW YORK. Oct. 27.-Whatis the secret
IF the hold that the drama has upon the
minds OF people everywhere? Is II mate
depravity, as some would have US peleVe'
Is it the love of art which finds It's gratin-
cation in a series of stage pictures OF Is III
the desire to get away from ones own COM
monplace and mOnotOnouS selves anu oe-
come absorbed in the portrayal Oh stroilg
emotions on the part of others-an exercise
which is altogether pleasuraDle ana leads
TO no evil consequences? The final motive
NAV he aided by others, but l am inclined
tn think il the strongest, and it seems to
me an indefinite pity that it has not been
used made an important factor, not only
in nroviding amusement for oyertaSked
nominations, but made an influential ele-
ment in their religious life.
II is rarely that even New York has COM
bined so many and such strong dramatic at
fractions as have been gathered here at the
Opening of the present season; and it is
significant that the most important are
Young belong to the new school and are
wholly and essentially American. When
Mary Anderson made her first appearance
in New FORK some seven or eight years ago
as Pauline in the Lady Of Lyons" she eX-
hibited the possibilities of the Mary Ander-
son Of to-day. She was young, she was
beautiful. she was in earnest, and exhibited
true dramatic feeling arr power, aided by
rich voice, capable of expressing gary shade
of emotion. But she had not learned how
to use or control her graceful. plant body.
and she was badly dressed. In those days
the critics abused her Westernism and called
her vulgar" This was a mistake. Crude
she undoubtedly was, but never vulgar.
Miss Anderson is an inaUely refined woman
with noble aspirations. She could not be
vulgar. She was student of poetry and
defamation from her babyhood, and she
went TO the house of a neighbor and friend
the wife of a well-knOWn editor, to indulge
her passion. Here she would read passages
from Shakespeare which struck her
fancy. and declaim them with eX-
traordinarv vigor and force. to
the great amusement of the family.
But Miss Anderson does not now show any
lack of early or hard training. Her mas
terry of herself is as complete as her EN-
bodiment and portrayal OF character IS
strong, and her versatility illustrates the
gayety of the quick-witted ROsalind as ad-
mirably as the Innocence OF Parthenla or
The heroism of the Daughter OF Roland"
1t must be q very captiouS critic who finds
pettv faults in this beautiful and gifted
American girl, whose spotless career
abroad. free from exhibition of vanity or
craving for notoriety, ought to be as much
a source of pride as her splendid gifts. She
NAV not be the best that ever lived, but she
is good enough to take pleasure in and be
thankful for. and will doubtless grow into
something better than she is now, for she
has maryelousIy advanced in her art in five
years, and if she can stand the wear and
fear of her hard life she will certainly make
further advances.
AS for her personal appearance she does
not seem to have grown a day older since
she went abroad-nor any stouter. She is
still slender in the rounded outlines of