The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-12-26
wHArAN ACTRESS SAYS.

of interest, aud no one read it with more
interest than Miss Maude Granger, the
popular and accomplished actress who APP
peared at the opera house last night in
that old but still intensely interesting
emotional society drama, Camille" 1t
was the intention of the editor of the
EAGLE to get the statement of an actress
in answer to the two questions and Miss
Maude Granger WAS selected, as
typical society actress for that
purpose, but, unfortunately, she
did not arrive in the city in
time to be interviewed for yester-
day mornings paper. Last night, how
ever, the EAGLE reporter, in company
with Manager Ogston, called on the
lustrous eyed young lady at her dressing
room and found her ready for the stage,
dressed in a robe that the proud queen OF
France, in the palmy days of Napoleon
the third. might well envy. Upon the re-
porters entrance a hand as white as snow,
as soft as down and as shapely as that of a
Grecian goddess, was extended to him. A
pair of eyes as lustrous as the most
brilliant pair of stars in the armament
illumed the surroundings, and the
honeyed words of welcome rendered him
would swell the head Of an emperor until
it would burst his crown. Her low necked
dress revealed one of the most beautiful
necks that ever left the feminine
mould, and those arms-well, they
were simply triumph of nature.
The dressing room was fitted with the
finest array of costly dresses the reporter
ever saw and they were not sham dresses
either. They were made of the finest
textures imaginable aud the material for
all of them was the product of the finest
looms of Fr,nce. The diamond cluster
which she wore on her neck was almost as
large as walnut and shone with bright
ness that exceeded that of any star in the
heavens.
YES" said Miss Granger. with an ex-
ceeding sweet voice and a dangerous
twinkle IN her bright eyes, Il am always
glad TO meet a representative of the
press and 1 am particularly glad
TO meet the representative Of the EAGLE,
for l have heard a great deal OF the
EAGLE. IL fact l passed away my time
today in reading it, and found it very in
teresting, particularly that part of it
which referred to the ideas of your promi-
nent ladies with reference to spending
Christmas.
We'll, to come 70 the point in answering
your questions l would say that the Christ
mas of an actress is a very dreary and
lonely one. We are generally very busy
and therefore cannot enjoy ourselves on |
that day. We do the next best thing how |
ever, and that is TO try and furnish enjoy |
ment for others. If it had not been for |
the thought that we were making |
Christmas merry for others we would |
spend very lonely Christmas |
indeed Christmas, as you know, comes in |
the middle of our theatrical season, and |
we are usually far away from our homes |
and those we love, hence il is day of sad |
ness rather than of merriment to US. 1t |
is, by the way, my birthday, too so you |
can see that 1t makes me doubly SD, for | |
am not only deprived of the pleasure of |
observing Christmas, but of celebrating |
my birthday as we'll. At this juncture |
Of the interview Miss Granger looked |
about her and then he
gan calling excitedly for ''Nichette"
'Nichette" arrived and instead of the
reporter realizing the fullness of hur
'iedly constructed dream that Nichette
vas beautiful French maid, he found
'Nichette" to be no more nor no less than
4 tiny Japanese dog-more hair than dog
Who has an absurd and inpudent habit of
81 licking out his tongue at strangers. She
was overjDyed at the appearance OF
Nichette. and when it appeared she took 1t
up, put her arms about it, and pressed 1t
o her snow white bosom in such a manner
hat those who stood around realized, for
,he first time perhaps, that the life of
log is not such bad life after all.
"Nichette" was royal dog, having
descended from long line of royal
ancestors who have lived for many years
n the kennels of the Mikado of Japan,
If Nichette, which she in turn named af-
er one the characters in Camille"
Il can hardly tell which WAS the hap
oiest Christmas Of my life" said Miss
Maud 1T certainly was none of those
which have spent on the stage. l am in
.lined to think the happest Christmas of
ny life was spent when l was little girl
It home was like every
,ther little girl. l loved dolls and
picture books, and sets of little dishes and
b, lieved as implicitly in the existence of
santa Claus as l now do in t ne existence Of
supreme being. Our childhood days are
he happiest and my happiest Christmas,
am sure. WAS spent while | was child.
gu may think that was long time ago
aid Miss Granger good humoredly, but 1t
sn't SO long as one may think.
Miss Anna Eva Fay, the spiritualistic
Medium who is to give a performance at
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