The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-23
0'C0NOR ON WARDE.
Hard Work for the Tragedian tG
Corral His Thoughts.

James Owen O'Conor, actor, minister,
lawyer, journalist and aspirant for a de-
gree In medicine, obtained two tickets for
bank" at the New Opera House last night.
Thinking his views about a brother
actor might be interesting interviewed
him. He was busy squandering his patri-
mouy In postage when l entered the incu-
bator where his great thoughts are hatch
ed. To the bust of Shakespeare
on the mantel had been add
ed one of Santa Claus, who bore,
not branch of fir tree. but cat tail. On
the table amid mass OF scrap books and
velopes bore testimony to his recent
labors. When l asked for his opinion OF
Warde he cooked his head on one side
and said, "Ho hol Ha, hal Forsooth,
me. boy, what think /, creator
Of tue new school Of acting L. as the
me boy, the inclement weather kept me-
self and wife at home. We are frail ves-
sells, unfit to encounter storms that make
heavy ocean steamers stagger. But, me
boy, il had seen Warde last night this
would have been me opinion, me boy.
He is the king, the prince. the noun
tain top OF intellectually When l was
in New York the actors. "hamfatters,' ~
said OF me, he is but an elocutionist for
sooth, with nine teeth missing. l showed
them. may their souls sink. that l was
not mere elocutionist- The press said
of me me acting was distinguished by me
great mastery of sleight of foot. In
Hamlet" l introduced the grapevine
step"
But what of Warde?" I interjected.
''Warde? All, yes, me child. He hath
what may say, speaking with foresight,
he hath q lack of reserve, in which he
resembles not Sara Bernhardt. He Is an
and vigorous do fame's trumpets
blow him, that he. in his great histronic
might, is not afraid OF a most poor sup
port. He is our McCready. All, he is a
most lovely gentleman. l resemble him
in scholarship, and aspire, with not too
great agotistic longing, to be as him. Re
member, young mhn, did not seek this
EVIDENTLY IN FUNDS
Then he popped five dollar William at
me.
as"Me acting is of the same tone as his.
When | played King Of France to Dill
Ions King Lear, Dillon said. who is this
fellow Owen who declaims and dims me
glory? But the manager knew me and
me acting, and me star did not set"
Then ne again punctuated the discourse
with the five dollar William. raised
my voice in declining.
Hush, me son." he whispered, in a
Hamlet's ghost tone, as he rolled his eyes
in apprehension towards the upper story
where mrs. James Owen O'Conor was.
"Ah, me boy. have been the butt of
temptations; once a woman tried to lead
me from honor's highway, and offered me
gold if l would leave Mrs. O'Conor, but,
me boy, spurned her and her money"
E"How about Warde" again asked.
II helped to popularize Longfellow's
poems" he continued. .sYes, me boy, /
recited them through the country, and.
also, ! helped Ireland by reciting Lady
Wildes' poems there" Seeing that took
no memorandum of bis generous aid to
the author of "Evangeline" he said:-
"Now, me boy. bear with me, but me-
thinks 'twould not look i'll in type, that
same phrase"
: Then he allowed his head to drop upon
his bosom and rested while | complied
with his request. After some vain efforts
10 get him to speak some more lines on
Warde left him to muse upon his super
iority to that tragedian and his improve
ments upon Shakespeare.