Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-07
/. STRANGE LIFE.
w. Y. unique and Interesting Career Of
b. in.Seo @ Min. the Tragedian.

v unique and Interesting Career Of
3 in.seo @ Min. ths Tragedian.
|sn no other country in the world are
'sEh@ 10 be found So many strange and
sitting reverses in Individual eN-
|lTI0glce as in the United States. Not
and Flo men ascend from the lowest
To The very highest social attitude
|,,,e-arant, Garfield and LluGOln-hut
having encountered disaster
|ys,ja ale 20 build again Il new life and
| PaeT c,lreer upon the very ashes OF
III Ed We are s. people essentially
IN the present We ask of o
|EY AZ win is he doing
sPsay?' not "WhNt did he do yester-
n 1's-' We judge men by their to-days
not by tNelr yesterdays This
ElNeHaatlc truth has never been more
| Sly Illustrated than in the case Of
| IA lA3eo T.. Min, who is now ranked
esaHne ol the leading Interpreters o.
ee~ egitinate drama ia this country.
- few years ago he was the hon
minister Of the greatest and most
An8-ntial Uuitstian church In all the
oiM -Uuity church, Chicago; to-day
,e VIZ skes rank among the leading tra-
|slercs lis OF ms day, \ Yesterday his
geIlsti was mentioned ia company with
zVgif names of Bercher, Bellows
I ~ Swing; to-day, it is
|I,a lied with those OF
j, MCCULLOUGH and Barrett. The
Hognlarity of such an experience is
ThiHe striking; from pulpit to stage,
hosa the priests robe 20 the actors
from the elOqueuce Of the homi-
4
;ssos lin success in both professions
1 on % not DULY pluck, energy and per
hots 3ce--it means genius. The man
~ gould lay aside the methods ofthe
|sSiim t, sind with phenomenal sudden
lake up-aua successfully take
EEIGhe methods of the
|sei gle actor, is pos ,essed o.
|ad. g + those forceful and dominating
palities which, by common con.
ikl Is labeled genius
i a Olarat IL was generally supposed
|ensrhi 4liln had adopted the stage from
|ud 5lonal motives, and he was obliged
81 r.tcasysncoupt ter the c1ntumely of
|---Superncla But the sincerity
rs work, his perseverance, in
ace OF every obstacle, his quiet
T9,fapce Of thOuehtless tauuts, have
u 0Hinee proven him to be POSSESSED
RPS much good sense az he IL OF
- ed ability. At the hour when
oOpaief sketch is written. he is about
gin hia third regular season az q
+ Az speriap star, and a brief review
~ DRAMATIC career 20 far will, IL Is
|ElV'seu, iutnish entertaining reading
IND la thssteTg going public 1T least.
|, 10 f1t q AZ, the reason for his action
"a siuGstha pulpit may he Of inter
saaegAt Thirty years Of age be wss the
lehg ant pfeachar 0f the pulpit so long
I, e..fs led by Robert Collyer. In Chi
aiyr3a wa regarded IS the coming
in w As an orator he was on the
ayeu of The wave, aud those who
- syer beard him viii not readily
MI the Charm Of his voice .iOr tht
n lHiieeuce Of his diction. The time
w hoWfver, when ha was com,
H. ALTO Weld mp all tnat he had evei
|E SEED The voice of conscience
|ll anded and he obsyed. He had
|flEf outgrOwn the Theology
1Ehe pulpit. Like an non
l. b.nan he proclaimed his
nza asserted his Own nnstness
aNllRmh a dogInatic system ia which
Hllih+'N+ ~ -Heu 70 bttltFt. n ftEf 3
Ia 80 decisive controversy, Mild wa
Us. y igom his pulpit and stood
Il ans n's occupation gonc,n the wOrb
yeafs literally lost TO him.
N = man "a he same eircum
~, wpnld have given way 70 des
a 81 pr to cynieisn, or 10 ths
WI n lpi 1e iconoclast. Not 80 witt
|Ntbi Wnen urged 10 enter the field
~, arA Lecturer, he replied instant