Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-03-08

the EDRfibu atuofeoo 10 =" AVG" LORI, pns,
ing after . most fstiguing but high, IA,
cessiul tour Of the PROVINCES. He. mn,
loeue entertainment entitled Love l.,
ters," is . hit at English men n
society, in the course Of vb;,r
che displays rare powers of vera
rility, initiating the various types Of soeis,,
men and speaking several languages, .;nI
ing and playing the piano. In appes,,ns
Miss Asiryat is n perfect blonde, Si,h h.
of a desd-gold tint worn 10 loose light Cal,
clustering close TO q most In,
l~ectuaIly shaped head, aud ca
nIe.ion of delicate white e.a
roseate hue. A tall, slender AMI nv,
sbapely lorna wellturned throat, 6n'
tech, beautiful hands, with long waite h..
gers taperipg to pink, almond.b.,J
nails. In dress she differs but little IT,
the American lady. wearing. hosers,
more lace about her throat aud wrists.
broad lace collar falling over a game, va.
vet waist With loose sleeves turned b,,L
with the same sort of lace, and a skin ot
garnet cashmere flowing to the foo, in
large, graceful folds give the renosuej
novelist Q picturesqueness all her Own
Taken all iu-all she is a woman Of can.
handing presence, distinguished appear.
,nce and Lish-bred manners.
Miss Mari at is much younger than one
would suppose from the amount Of li,e,,r,
work she has done. She has published torty.
three ,~hree-yolume novels in eighteen ye,r,
besides editing for four years the magazine
London Society, and for ten years eiyiu,
her entertainments, also singing in op.s
and acting in melo-drams. On being asked
if any Of her numerous novels hal been
dramatized, she replied;
"Oh, yes, nearly all Of them, and Il | hsa
received for them even fair remuneration in
the shape OF royalties, | should nox be ,
rich woman. Take 'Pique' for KAN, d.
which was dramstized from my novel o!
Her Lord and Master
WAS not that rather a literary coinci.
dence than q dramatic aciion?' "Oh, no"
said Miss Marryat. "When the press dis.
cussions were going on my friend. Sir
Charles Young. was in New York and wen,
TO the theatre with my novel, Her Lord and
Master in his hand aud marked he pass.
ages as they were spoken on the stage. The
MS. Of 'Pique' has been in my hand,
in England since and although the plot
somewhat altered by the introduction,
comedy characters, the story is the same i,
the main. all the dramatic incidents are re
produced and in the love scenes aud seat
mental passages the same words are useI
as in my book, whole pages being ,akea
without alteration. 'Pique' is only Her
Lord and Master Americanized.'
Being asked how che liked this country.
Miss Marryat seid: 81 like it immensely
what | have seen oft. New York is no,
like Paris than London, and Boston re-
minds me of our cathedral toms, brin,
so Quiet. What surprised ME most,
The intelligence of the common PEG
pie. My entertainment appeals only
to the intellectual and educated anil
vet found an appreciation Of its points 10
the New England factory towns no: excel.
led BY any audience | have ever app AIRED
before. | remember that in Lynn. Iss.,.
chusetts, I had al unusually sppreciarire
audience, which | was afterwards informed
was mainly composed Of the employees Of
the factories. Plymouth and Portland were
other towns with which VA
much impressed. They do no. applaud 70
vociferously here as English audiences do,
but they catch the points as quickly. |
have always heard that there was no geo.
tleman like an American gentleman |
will 90 further and say there is no gent.
man like the American man for even .
workman will lay down his tools to carrys
lady's bag.
Yes l feel quite at at.home in this couu.
try. That may be because my grandmother
was IN American. Ny grandfather, Joseph
Marryat, was an NJ. P. and one Of the chief
movers in the English Abolition act 70
further the passage Of which he came to the
United States for facts about slavery.
When the act was passed the
American Abolitionis,s presented him
with a splendid service Of gold plate, con
sistipg Of gold cotton bales supported By
kneeliDg negroes in ebony. Ny grand
father fell in love with a Boston belle
charlotte Won Geyer-and married her.
went to England and had twenty-five
children. My grandmother died at the
age Of eightysix, lesuing seventy
seven grandchildren, twenty.four great
grandchildren and four great.grcatgrsnd
children. Ny father. Capt. Maryat, ~
the second son of Miss Won Geyer. Ivn
born the day he was fifty years old, and be
died when / was baby. The
Won Geyer vault is on Boston Con-
mon. When in that city Pad .
visit 10 il. / have nothing but plessau!
memories OF Boston, having been received
so well there publicly and privately with
kindness truly ~unbounded. They seemed
o consider me one Of themselves, becaus
by the Won Geyers ] Am connected with
several distins uished families Of Msas'
chusetts."
1t is hard to understand how the PrsHI'
dental bee got into the Belva bonnet: 10
the days gone by, when the Woodruff si'ttn
gave the female suffrage question such 3
boom, Belva Lockwood could deliver a,
good q speech as the most prominent o.
the suffragists-not so brilliant, pr
hsps, but full Of sound sense, strong
arguments and hits that drove ID.
nail home. That was about fifteen yean
ago. Belva was even then Lawyer Lock.
wood, earnestly struggling against bard
times and honestly working to maintain be-
children and herself-a woman 10 ever
way worthy Of respect, Of average height
stout, with a partially ford face, Plerc'
ing black eyes and JET black hair. pes'
me! how many women then strutted tSsa
briet hour, and are now heard Of no NOR.
There was a crowd Of female lecturer-d
these Anna Dickinson was the last TO sa''
render. There was not an ism" OF sa'
kind but found hosts Of female supporters,
had nearly written "suspenders," which o.
course recalls DIR. Mary Walker.
II saw Q queer figure in the audience The
other night in Washington" said An actress
lately. "Shs was dressed very swell ff .
gentleman and very oddly for . l~sdy-beiaf
wrapped in q mans ~overcoat, with . DefsI
hat, and ~applauding with . cspe. ~
wondering what nondescript it vas vhes
the word ran round behind the scenes, Ma!
WslkerP her hair is almost white, sSA
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