The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-15

"Favorably. Henry Irving has surely a
worthier recognition in Mayfair than Got
and Coquelin have in the Faubourg St.
German. The better class of stage folks
are received in ths noblest houses"
And does the stage. in revesge, still get
recruits from societYT'
Little in these later days, though I see
that daughter of Sir Thomas Freake
thinks OF taking to the boards Lady
Monckton, you remember, played for a
season with Modjeska. Lady Seabright
was once set upon becoming an actress.
Her friends prevented her and she has
turned religious. In this set the fashion
to many women in society. Just as, no
matter how rich, they followed my lead in
wearing plain black dress, so, no matter
how incompetent. they proceeded to take
dramatic lessons and to announce their 'ap-
preaching debut" -
How has American society received
your
II only know it across the footlieh's.
Hundreds of people in England offered me
letters of introduction. | refused them all
save those of the RothSchilds, who said
You must know the Belmonts. In a
foreign country it is always safe to know a
banker"
"Have you made friends in American
societyp
Few. 1t was better not to do so. had
seen enough of society in England In
America / wanted to stand on my merits -"
Has your social knowledge been of use
in YOUR playsf'
"An my best successes have been in
dramas of society. | love to play the part
of wronged wife. Perhaps l feel the
character more than others do"
How about a Wifes Peril'f"
go, she is not a wronged wife: she is a
naughty wife. don't like the type myself
But the public seems to like it..
And AS in Looking Clasp
1.-The heroine Is al adventures, If you
will. But she is not common adventures
She is a woman of society. have seen
many such women in society. So has every
body else. And l doubt if the type had
ever been presented on the Engiish-speaking
sage"
docs London society admit the truth of
the characterp
II can only say that Mrs. Bernard Beere,
who bought the piece from Capt. Fairlie,
the author of the work, has found it so sue
cessful that she is angry with me for pro-
ducing it in America"
do you think that, as an actress, your
strength lies with society or with the gel-
eral publlc~
81 should not like to discriminate. In New
York such crowds used to swarm a. ound
| my carriage that fenced in my house in
Twenty bird street. Have You heard what
happenedl Mrs. De Vivo, who kept a
boarding house next door. objected to the
fence But said l, 4 don't wish your
boarders to see me at my dinner That
madam said Mrs De Vivo, lis precisely
what they pay me for And the
Board of Wo ks sustained her T. g
fence was torn down. Wa, it not shame
! fulEn
us it not the penalty of popularityP'
sit is a kind of popularity with which /
could willingly dispense. Here is a picture
of the fence. And here is the house itself.
This is my pool room-I am a great hand at
pool, you kDow; this is my bata room; tnis,
the drawing room. Do you admire the
furniture 1t Ist a mint of money"
And this parlor carlow mucn did you
pay for that q
THAT is a sore point l ordered the car
from Col. William D. Alton MIN, believ
ing that he Represented the Mann Boudolr
Car Company. l paid him $4,000 on ac-
count, having agreed to pay $4,000 in all.
What was my surprise on reaching Pits
burg to see the car arrive with representa-
tive of Harlan & Hollingsworth, a firm at
w lmington, Del, and a bill for an
additional $l4,00n Col Mann, it seems,
charged me 81, 0J0 for his perso al expenses,
I'd Harlan & Hollingsworth demanded
| $25, 900 or the car. l went to see a lawyer
| at PltIshurg, and have not yet decided what
action to ursue. But, of course, if one
has luxuries Que must pay for them"
'Do not the days of the plain black gown
seem far awayp
"Far, far Please let me look at those old
photographs again"
The beauty as once more lost in the past,
and, as she thought of it, she sighed.