Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-01-27

80 you cav the Introduction? What a
man is FOThe He is as young still IS he
was ct Is. 1 eavy him. He t-oS Mss
Brethlton right round, talked to her Of
an his favored hobbies, looked at her IN a
way which would have been awkward If it
hsd been anybody else bat such gen lie
manly manisc Is Forbes, and has slmOst
made her promise TO Fit 20 him. Miss
B-e.herton wss "a little hewildeTed, 1 think.
She is So new to London that she doesn't
knoH who's who yet in tie least. 1 had
TO take her aside ard eXplsin to her
Forbes humCrs; then she fred Up-there
rs native hero worsh.p about her Just now
that she is fresh from a cOlony-and made
herself as pleasant 10 him as girl could
be. I prcphesy Forbes Will think OF moth
Ing else for the season"
"Well. she's brilliant creature" said
Kendall. Its extraordinary how sho
shone out beside the pretty English girls
about her. ID is 81 intoxicating possessl On
for woman, such beauty as that; It's like
royalty; il places the individual under con-
ditions Q1ile unlike those Of common
moItals l supFoe it's that rather than
any real ability as an actress that has made
her a success. noticed the papers said az
mcch-sOne more politely than others
ooh, she's rot much Of sn actress; she
has wonderful gr5cs on the ttlge, and
fine voice in spite OF tricks. And then her
Wesen Is 10 attractive; she is such a frank,
un-spoiled, good hearted creature. Her
audience falls in love with her, aud that
goes a lorg way. Bat l wish she had a
trifs more education and something worth
calling a training Her manager, Robin
son. talks OF her attempting all the great
nsrts but it's absurd. She talks ve:y
naively aud prethly about her art, but
really she knows no more atO1t 1t than
fabv. aud IL is p5rhsps part OF her charm
that she Ia so unconscious Of hsrlgno7aIee
IL is strange low little critical Eng ish
audiences are, " said Kendall. Il bsileye
We are the simple]t people IN the world:
An that we ask Is that our feelings should
be touched 3 little. but whether by the art
or the artist dCe3n' matter. she mas not
bfen long playing in London, has see;'
"Oaly q few weeks. It's only about
two months since she landed from Jamaica.
She Mss a curious history if you care TO
hear H.. don't think I've seen You az all
since made friends with her,
Nc, " said Kendall; Il was beginning
70 suspect that something absorbing had
cot hold Of you. I've locked for you TWO
or three times az the club and Coald moi
find you"
Oh. It's not Miss Brethertoa that has
taken up my time She's so busy that no
BODY can see much OF ker But l have
taken he- and her people cut two or three
times. sight SesiDg, since they came
Westminster abbey, the National gallery,
ard so forth. She il very keen about every
thing, and the WOrralls-her uncle and
aunt-s;ick to her pretty closely
Where does she come FROM
'Well, her father was the Scotch over
seer Of q sugar plantation lot far from
Kingston, and he msrried an italian, one
Of your fair Venetian iype-s strange race
combination; suppose it's the secret Of
the brilhsncy and out-Of-the-wsyness OF
the girls beauty. Her mother died when
she was small, aud the child grew up
alone. Her father, however, seems to have
been a good sort of man, and to have look
ed after her. Presently she drew the at
tention of an uncle, a shopkeeper in King
ston, and a shrewd, hard, money making
fellow, who saw there was something to be
made out OF her. She had already shown
+ a turn for reciting, aod had performed at
various places-in the schCOlroOm belong
ing TO the estate, and so on. The father
didn't encourage her fancy TO ii, naturally,
being Scotch and Presbyterian, However,