Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-08

Her action is SLOW and constrle,ed , ana
stealthy. ""'
But IN spite Of all this she * tho one
actress on our boards today who wlelds
the strange, mysterious magnetic infn.
cnce that holds an assemblagc In a spell.
and from which no one can escape.
IT'S a subtle psychlc Influence thai
hasn't been analysed. can not helm
thlnklug that y Is the same morbid feoi.
ing tnat makes women crowd round d
CONN ana peer into the white mystery OF
that frozen silence.
Clara Morris plays her best in sort Of
trance She goes out Of herself Into the
character She = possessed for tiie time
being, and then she reminds You Of those
elalryoyant sibyls, who, With dlstmught
ar, DO The bidding OF some unhealthy
power beyond themselves.
10 those who know her her lifc IA Az
great mystery as her art. She has been
an Invalid for years She lives on alf.
Nobody ever saw her eat hearty meal
The late Dr. Beard, who gave his life TO
the study OF morbid phenomena, once told
me That She was thc most magnificent tx.
ample he had ever seen OF the superloriiy
Of inyalldism TO art,
And ! think she opens Tor Us strange
chapter IN the study OF acting womankiud.
have seen enough OF these strange crca.
lures not 10 know that sOme Of them cn,i
do with their hysierla what Intelligence
can never do with its histrlonlsm. And |
should like 70 ask some psychologist n II
may not bc possible after Oh that The
mlmouc power 10 ousy form OF hystera.
People 80 Ia dfovos 70 see Clara
Morris, and then hug thoulghimarc rccnl.
lection Of her Miss Mutton with shuddtl-
ing delight,
Now, The very autithcds % Clara Nor
rls rs Jude, playing here now for one
week AZ the star. One is beautiful, the
other ghostllke, One seusuous, the other
" sickly ono Lakeland acts continuous
" ~ The atmosphere Of vault Tho
other is the quintescencc OF c0uuetry
that needs high health aud animal splr.
It's
One has feelings that she doesn't nndcr.
stand The other has eyes Tint she does
Men 10 every night 20 Iudic's per-
tormanccs and slt under her glancos very
much az ! have seen boys SIT IN the sun
Her eyes warm you
The curious part Of II all Is that the
general public would rather be frozen than
warmed any time 10y an actress.
Clara Morris is one Of those strange
human ciyptograms that nobody can
read, and II she would oniy tell her OK.
pericnce In moment of candor, we
would get book 10 which the strangest
marvels OF science would look like fiction
NYM CRNKLE.
a..
A coupe drives hurredly up TO the Mills
building, In Broad street. and tall, pow
cnully built, k-cumplexionod man
allghts and steps briskly in the sharp,
cold morning into the commercial palace
He is one Of the greatest railroad mag
mates in this country, though once a poor
boy on Connecticut farm. II Is Colts
L, Huntingdon. He avoids rather than
seeks notorloty, but his fight with the
Atchison, Topeka s Santa lre and
other railroads has again brought
him into prominent notice. lie came
TO Now York as a boy OF fourteen Now
he is worth nearly u hundred million
on paper and at least quarter
VI that IN available money. lie Is presl-
dent OF the Central Pacific aud Southern
Pacific railroads, and controls the nnmcf-
Gus roads tributary 90 these, Of which In
the far West the California 4 Oregon Is
one OF the most important; he also con-
trolls the Arizona q New Mexico, Calves
ton, Harrisburg n San Antonio, Soioto
Valley Kentucky Central, Loulsvllle q
Western, Houston & Texas Central, Nor
gan's Louisiana & Texas, Ellzabethtown,
Lexington & Big Sandy, and Chesapeake
& Ohio railroads, not 10 mention other
important railway interests. He can ride
on his own roads from San Francisco 10
Newport News, Va, or clear across the
continent
lie rules his roads with an iron rod,
but hasa broad and statcsmanlko cast
OF mind. He has reduced passenger
rates on his Southern Pacific road 80 per
cent. In order TO encourage emigration In
that direction, and thus build up n per;
monent local traffic for The road, he loses
on his through business from the Atlantic
seabonrd, but the lower rates, he thinks
and not unroasonahly, will benefit him IN
the end Before thig fight began The
high rates tended TO greatly restrict the
development Of large tracts OF the West
Mr., Huntington Is plain, practical, no
seldom jocular, says original things
speaks slowly and cautiously, and hal
none Of the purse pride often seen In mel
of far less wealth. He N full OF human
natur, but In his slxtleth year cares lltll'
for society lie reads men as he woul'
an open book. llc can assume a frank
ness though he hath II not He is one o
the few men who have proved more thai
match for Jay Gould, He has tul
oval face, prominent nose and darl
brown eyes. His eye Is not so fearchlnl
"a that OF the little Magician
lust mentioned His manner /
less terse, more easy aud careless
"a he nonchUlantly twiddle
Ills eyeglasses, he wears In his office
black SILK smoking-cap, usually on th'
back OF his head, giving him an open
Jolly look. Il IL only after you have lei
! him that you realize that he ~ one Of ~
uncrowncd financial kings OF this eoun
try,
Austin Corbin, who has acquired
new prominence IN the financial world o
late by IDENTIFYING himself with TN
Drexol.Morg Reading syndicate, Is on
OF the most popular men In Wall street
OF about the medium height, with
ruddy complexion, pleasant gray eye
and robust physique, Ut MY
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