The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-03

"A thousand times better she said
eagerly
~You have a wonderful power Of enjoy
mont Ono would thn'. your London life
w8n.i lngc spoiled 10 n ltile.'
IL don't THINKS anything ever could. was
oluays laughed at for 1t as child. enjoy
.rstAng
.IncludIug such o day as you bad yester
d1vf How can you play tho White Lady
twice in one dayi It's enough 10 wear you
ont
son. everybody does IT, ! was bound 20
Give "a matinee to the profession, some time,
and YESTERDAY had becu fixed for 10 for ages.
But / havs only given three matinccs alto.
refher. end / shan't give another before M
tue is 10
..Tha,s n good hearing said Kendall "Do
Won cet tired of the White Lady,"
.Ycs.r sho said cinplalcaliy; II am sick
0r lor. Bat" sire added, bending forward
....t lor hands caspsd on her knee, so that
what She said could be- heard hy Kendall
seig. "have YOU heard, ! wonder, what J
b1ro Ia my head for the nu;umni Oh, Wei.
re rrst NOT talk Of So now, have 30 right
20 make j. public yc. Bot ] slould iike 70
teiI you when we get 70 Nuneham, If there's
an opportunity.
.Wo will mako ono, said Kendall, with an
inward qualm And she fell back again with
nod and a smile.
On they passed, in tho blazing sunshine,
through Ifoy lock and under tho green hill
crowned with lfley village and its Norman
church Tire hay was ont In the fields, and
tbeair was fun Of IT, Children IA tidy Sun
day frocbs ran along the towing path 10 look
nh them. reflected heaven smiled upon them
from the river depths: Wild rose bushes over
hung The water. and hero and there stray
uonlars rose like landmarks into the sky. The
heat. after a time, deadened conversation.
FORBES every n0w and then would break ont
with some coiamcnt ON the moving land
scaDc. which showed tho delcgcy and truth
" BIS painter sense or set the boat alive
with laughter By some story Of the unre
generate Oxiord u his own undergraduate
dags. but there were long stretches Of silence
when. except 10 the rOwcrs, the world seemed
asleep. and ine regular fall OF the oars like
the rulsing Of q hot dream
10 was past , before they So eerod into the
shadow of the Nuneham woods The mead
ows inst ahead were a. golden blaze of light
but here we shade lay deep and green on the
stll water, spannod 10y % rustic bridge, and
broken every now and then by the stately
wh,tonoss OF the swans Rich steeply rising
woods shut in tletlt hand bank, and foliage,
Grass aud Wild flowers seemed suddenly t.
hayo sprung into a fuller luxuriance than
elsewhere
.'Ics too early for tea" said Mrs Stuarts
clear little voice on the bans, lat least If We
have 10 directly, 10 Will leave such long
time before the tram starts. wouldn't e.
stroll bo pleasant Grt|
Isabel BretnertOn and Kendall only waited
for The general assent before they wandered
OH ahead of TIE others 81 should like very
much 70 have a word with YOU" Size had said
% him as Ore handed her ont Of tie boat. And
now here thoy were, and, as Kendall felt, the
critical moment was come.
Il only wanted t. tell YOU, she said, as
they paused in the heart Of the wood little
out Of breath aftcra bitof steep ascent, chat
have got hold of "a play for next October
that ] thank you are rather specially inter
cs.ed u-ot least, Mr. Wallace told me you
had heard % al, and given him advice about
10 while be- was writing 10. ] want so much
10 hear Your ideas about H. railways seems
20 me that Won have thought more about the
stage and seen more acting than any one else
know, and 1 care for your opinion very
much indecd-do tell me, II YOU Will, what
YOU thought of Elvirag"
We'll, said Kendall quietly, as be made
her give up her wrap TO him TO carry, "there
is a great deal that's fine in it, The origi-
-. as.N.. la. Ia ff
good, and Wallace has enormously improved
upon It, Only
"Ien't IL most dramatic.' she exclaimed,
interIuptmg him: "there are 50 many strong
situations ia IL, and though ono might think
the subject q little unpleasant if one only
heard 10 described, yet there Is nothing in tle
treatment but what is noble and tragic. /
have very seldom felt SO stirred by anything.
fad myself planning tie scenes, thinking
over them this way and that necessarily"
Il. is very good and friendly Of YOU" said
Kendall, warmly, ITO wish me 10 give you
advice about 10. Do you really want me 10
speak my iul mindf
ct course | do she said eagerly; of
course 90. think there are one OF two
poin.s in it that might be changed. / shall
pres Mr. Wallace to make few alterations.
| wonder what were the changes that Oc-
CURED D. y0uN
81 wasn't thinking Of changes" said Ken
dal not vcnturlng 10 look at her as she
walked beside him, her white dress trailing
over the moss grown path, and her large hat
falling b4c.. from the brilliant flushed checks
and queelly throat. Il was thinking Of the
play itself, oi how tho part would really
suit YOU
"Oh, have 80 doubts at all about that"
She said but with "a quick look at him; Il
always feel at once when "a part will suit me,
and have fallen in love With this one. 10 IS
tragic and passionate, like the White Lady,
but IL Is quite Il different phase Of passion. /
am tired OF scolding and declaming 'Elyira'
will give me an opportunity Of showing what
! can DO with something soft and pathetic. /
have had such difficulties IN deciding upon u
play 20 begin my October season With, and
low this seems u me exactly what | want
People prefer me always in something poeti-
cal ana romantic. and this is new, and the
mounting OF 10 might be quite original"
And Yet l doubt said Kendall, IL think
the part ct El5ra wants variety, and would
10 not be well for You 90 have more OF a
changei Something with more relief IN 10,
something which would give your lighter
vein, which comes In SD well ia the White
Lady, more clance|
She lrowued a little and shook her head.
MY turn IS rot that way. / can play a
comedy part, OF course-eyory actor ought
70 bo able to-but / don't feel at home in It,,
and II never gives mo pleasure 10 act"
81 don't mean pure light comedy part.
naturally, but something which would be less
Of q continuous tragic strain than this.
Why, almost OIL tho modern tragic plays
have their passages OF relief, bur the texture
Of 'Elyira' IS 50 much the same throughout
cannot concei 70 a greater demand on any
one And then YOU must consider your com
pany. Frankly, ! cannot imagine part less
suited 70 Mr. Halves than Macias, and his
difficulties would react on you
Il can choose whom | like,n she said al
ruptiy; "l am not bound 20 Mr.. Halves
"B sides, he said. cautiously, changing his
ground little, Il should have said-ouly, OF
course, you must know much better that IL
is a little risky 70 give the British public
such very serious fare as this, and imme-
diately after tina white Lady, The English
theater-goer never seems TO me 10 take kindly
"a tttn. ltant-a lieu tnlru aud l.uttshta anl