Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-22
BEHIND THE SCENES
Story of Maude Changers Sue.
cessful Career.
FAME OF THE SUPERB Artistic
Her business Manager, Frank C. Thayer,
Gives The Gazette q. VI. Palmer's
Story of Her Growth and
Development.

~ Maude Changers business manager
Frank C. Thayer, former journalist, is
il the city arranging the preliminaries
iOr the luStrous-eyed Maude's appearance
Q, the Greeuw2ll opera house the coming
Friday and Saturday. MIR. Thayer was
pet nv GAZETTE representative and told
lAc following story OF the career of Amerl-
ra's greatest emotional actress. The name
nj Maude Granger calls to mind several of
TIE most notable dramatic successes known
t. the New York stage, and with which this
beautiful. woman and superb artistic has
been prominently identified.
Particularly with the famous stock COM
pany OF the old Union Square theater when
Mr.. \. NJ Palmer was manager of that
dramatic temple, is her name most pleas
auty associated rs leading lady of the
gether in America. There was Clara
Morris. Kate ClaXton, Sara Jewett, Rose
Eylinge. Agnes Booth and Maude Harrison,
all Of whom have since become stars with
the exception of the two last named, who
are slll with Mr.. Palmers company, and
VINO We're i'll Seattle with that company
short time since. AS souvenir of the
o,d Union Square, which was destroyed by
fire two years ago, Mr.. Palmer is about to
leSuc book containing 4 finely engraved
cut ~ each member of the old company.
with fac smile of his or her autograph
underneath 1t will also contain 4 brief
sketch of the professional career of each
&r'ls, The book has not been published
YET. but THE GAZETTE has been enabled to
secure the advance sheets of Miss Granger's
career Is the famous actress has told it in
her own charming manner.
81 was born At Middleton. Conn, but |
had hardly reached the estate of young
womanhOod when | abandoned the village
Tor the city. | did not bring with me any
ambition for the stage, but somehow, from
The very beginning of my life in New York
was constantly urged in that direction.
TO be frank about it. suppose my
friends knew so little about the stage that
They considered good looks-my only gift
were sure passport to success. | soon
found myself under the instruction of the
GIFTED Fanny Morant. The 'Amaranths.'
Ri amateur club, gave occasional perform
snces at that time, and / made my semi
puolc debut as Julia in The Hunchbacll,'
al a performance given in New York at the
thealer Of the Union League club. | was
hardly more than fifteen years old. Miss
Aorant brought me to the attention of Mr..
fdEer, and one day, by appointment,
Went down and recited for him My little
career had filed me with n Self-confidence
mat perhaps was not justified in any great
oeSrce AT any rate l got through the re-
Cltdl with perfect Self-compoSure. | couldn't
Go The same thing now, in fact | am fire.
GGeutIy almost unnerved by the sense of
Responsibility on first night.
Mr., Palmer gave me the promise of en-
Payment. Thus my way to the stage was
%, difficult. My first assignment was the
leading part in Mrs. Shocks play, "A
NoElan'S Heart. | was later in the Sc
leva Cross, and also in the cast that intro
uueed Clara Morris to the stage of the I'm
Ion Square. During the run of Led
AS'raysl was advanced to the leading part,
NinC 10 the illness of Rose Eytinge. This
was indeed substantial honor. Iappeared in
'Ae great run of The Two Orphans and
was loaned by Mr.. Palmer to play Little
Eul.y in the play of that name that George
taWcett Rowe was doing at Booths thea
Ter Al the close of that engagement left
.he Union Square to go to the Globe in Bos-
teA Tor much larger salary, appearing in
Gi.hert's Broken Hearts The next sea-
son | was leading lady with John McCul-
Tough, who talked ME into starring on my
own account, which l did, Rosalind and
s.QIet being the principal parts in my roper
Tory. The next season | was called TO Wal
;ackS and spent season there in New
ork and went with the company to Cali
foruia.
- The fore-part of the next season BARLEY
Sampbell'S My Partner was produced at
me Union Square, and | was selected to
Pay the heroine on the stage that had been
the starting point of my career. My Part
ner was historic success, and especially
memorable to all directly concerned in it.
AIR Campbell, bearing in mind my identity
with his first great success, enlisted my
services in other ventures. 1 appeared in
Tie production of his play The Galley
save with which he made his first SUBJ
stantial money. For my services l was to
receive a share of the profits, and my own
lreceipts frequently ran up to $500 week.
aTterwsrd appeared in his Fairfax and