The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-16
TUT KENDALS GREETING.
,or.L WORDS FROM OLD RN-
crIsH COMEDY MASTERS.

.o5 omen for Mrs. Kendal-Her
A,,sintancs With Artemas Ward
daughters Geological Fad-A
I'D from Mr. Kendall Regarding
,,.r Forthcoming - English and
,rer,can Audience.
copyrighted 1881
- YORK. Oct. I2.-Almost the first
received on my arrival in this
ps s-v was a letter from lady in Brook
ea,ntaining two four-leaved shamrocks.
=. not wish to be considered as in any way
,-s,itious. but must confess that nearly
- life have wished to be the possessor
four-leaved shamrock, and it is not
Al cume to America that my wish has
,,,n gratlfied. Ii I were superstitious
lii take it as an omen of good fortune
'..o,dinc us here. Indeed, we have been
~s-.bslmed wi4h so much kindness since
.-.ival that we feel almost certain of
success already.
Ida not come to America as stranger,
Ever for have met with SO many
uvar,,,ing Americans in London that if
" the American people are like the II
TIaoI snre that we will become fast friends.
W. il must be remembered, that poor
No. t-taI,as Ward visited my brother, T. w.
pobartson. during the greatest part of his
ioio,1rn in England, and that nv brother was
49, 49, his executor. Thus, l was naturally
tbrown into frequent companionship with
W. American humorist His memory is
still held dear in the hearts OF Engllshmen,
ond To those who knew him intimately, the
can+leness of his manner, the sunniness of
Sis smile. and his patient Il complaining in
tbe final hours OF suffering, remain as a
boIo browning life that was all too brief.
He tod me much of America and its people,
ond now that l have come among them,
What little have seen convinces me that l
have come into land where we all speak
the mother tongue, and our Learts and
hands are closer together than those of any
other two nations.
have found that autograph hunters are
a. abundant here as on the other side of the
wafer Nv mail is loaded down with re-
nnests for autographs, and let me say that
the hunters in this country are more
thoughtful than they are abroad, for they
invariably send with their requests a card
that fits neatly into the stamped and ad-
dressed envelope There is a calm and
delicious luxury in this that makes one
grateful for the thoughtfulness of the
sendefS.
Mr.. Kendall has written to you of the
present condition of the stage in England,
and need add nothing to it, but. woman
like, will confide few family secrets. One
Of these refers to one of my daughters who
has keen taste for the study Of geology,
and she has paid great attention to Niagara
Falls To besure, she has never seen them,
but she has read, and read, and read about
them, and not long ago wrote an elaborate
diSquisition in which she set forth the theory
that the assures in the rocks were steadily
charging, and that, in the course of time,
the rocks would crumble away aud Niagara
Falls would be no more.
This paper she sent to the American Geo
logical Society, and its receipt was acknowl
edged with the prefix Dear Sir.n That
quite captured the cbild's heart, aud there
is not prouder maiden in all Eng and than
this same daughter OF mine, only IL years
old.
We are happy family over there in the
old country. And the first thing Mr.. Ken
dal and did on our arrival was to telegraph
home to the children. If the American
public takes fancy to us we shall bring the
children over to join in their parents pleas
ure, and, at all events. we shall tell them on
our return, of the thoughtful kindness of
the new friends who have given us welcome
in the western world MARY kendall.