St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-17
Worth Nearly Half n MiIIiOn--Very
Economical.


Mary Anderson is said to be worth nearly
half million dollars i'll her own right; and
this does not entirely represent the savings
from her earnings in the ten years during
which she has been before the public, as her
stepfather, DIR. Hamilton Griffin, during the
first two or three years of her starring ca
reer, is understood to have nearly equally
divided the profits with her. The doctors
wealth is in Louisville real estate, and Just
what its amount is nobody can tell. as il
seems to be mixed in with legacy thai
the old gentleman acquired, whose exact
proportions are not known. The arrange
ment that now exists between Miss Mary
and her Stepfather is secret. but the i'm
preston had by those who think they ought
to know is that the doctor gets real nice
and healthy percentage for lending
his dignity and surgical attention to
tine show. The percentage comes out of
Mary's $500 a night. which she receives
from Mr.. Henry E. Abbey, her manager
During the week just closed at the Olym-
pic the receipts were S13. 600, out of which
Miss. Anderson and her pa receive 50, 500.
the Olympic management 25 per cent, the
English company and English attaches
80 800. this being the salary list of the or
ganization, and Mr.. Abbey takes the re-
mainder of the amount. and after paying
railroad fares. advertising, ETC., and the in
terest on his indebtedness. pockets what is
left as profit. A young lady who can earn
$13, 600 week and has no eX-
travagant habits that are not profitable,
such as the boarding of diamonds and the
purchase of bonds and real estate, should
be an attractive creature, and ought to have
string OF admirers as long as an Eastern
Nfr,4 toto 1s%+ =
who has feet nineteen inches long and seven
inches wide, and whose father offers SIS, 900
and farm to the man who is courageous
enough to marry her, has some hopes:
then why should not our Mary, with all her
wealth and beauty and symmetry of ply
sQue, who is now occupying plane away
beyond the reach of matrimOny?
Miss Anderson's personal expenses as she
goes through the world are not very heavy.
She carries with her her stepfather, her
brother and Miss Bartlett. who is at once
her maid and companion. During her stay
at the Southern she had suite of four
rooms on the fourth floor, three sleeping
rooms and one sitting room. at cost of
$25 per day. When Mr.. Abbey's repre-
sentative, Marcus Meyer, was here, two
weeks ago, he engaged four rooms for Miss
Anderson OH the parlOr floor at a rate OF
$50 per day. The layout included the
bridal chamber. When Dr.. Griffin reached
here and learned about the arrangement
he got very excited, and said there was
mistake; he did not want to pay $32 day
After considerable bartering, he consented
to go two stories higher and pay S25 a day.
Miss Anderson confines herself almost
religiOusly to these rooms. She has been
out to the SherHlans' for reception, and
has been entertained by Mrs. John W. Nor
ton, but apart from these social occasions
has left the hotel only for her morning walk
or for the theater at night. She rises daily at
about 8 O'Clock. and breakfasts an hour or
SO later in her room, where meals are
served. During the forenoon she takes a
long walk, attring herself in a plain dress,
and is covered by a gray ulster. a small
round hat, and dark veil to cover her
face. Thus arrayed, and with her maid by
her side, she makes tour of the principal
streets. and nobody ever suspects that the
tall pedestrian with long strides, whose
gray ulster is her predominant feature, is
Mary Anderson, the American tragedienne
The simple dress that she wears on her
walks is characteristic of her taste and the
limited condition of her personal wardrobe.
She wears the plainest cloth dresses at all
times, and has no jewelry except that
which she wears on the stage. She spends
her days in reading useful books. and has
no inclination for novels or frothy litera-
ture. She is said to be well read in the
history of this and European countries. has
Plutarch's lives at her fingers ends, and is
thoroughly posted about all the char
acters and countries connected with
the plays in which she appears,
She dimes at and at takes nap. This
afternoon nap is part of the daily routine of
her profession. Actors and actresses who
study their own interest make it rule to
sleep an hour and half or two hours be-
fore going to the theater This little sleep
refreshes them and sends them on the stage
with minds free and bodies vigorous and
supple for their work. She is at the thea
ter at every evening.
Her food is only of the plainest kind.
The cooks have no cause to complain about
her. She has no taste for wines, and the
only thing she drinks is a hot gin sling now
and then, which she prefers to mix herself
1t is charged that she smokes cigarets, and
Mary has not yet denied the mild impeach-
ment.