San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-09
MAUDE GRANGER IN TOWN.
SHE TELLS ABOUT HER EARLY
DAYS

The Luustrous Eyed Beauty's Career
of Industry and Honor.
Soon after Msude Changers arrival
in the city yesterday afternoon, a
LIGHT representative had the pleas
ure of meeting her in the parlors of
the Merger hotel through her bust
ress manager, Frank C. Thsyer.
Miss Granger is q handsome woman.
q fluent talker, and is possessed of that
charming quality of making people
feel at home whether she meets them
in a hotel or in her own drawing
room.
When requested by the newspaper
man TO give a snort sketch OF her life
she said:
Il was horn at Middletown. Con-
necticut, and my early life WAS very
closely connected with Hartford. |
had hardly reached the age of youag
w1manhood when 1 abandoned Hart
ford for the metropolis. 1 did not
have any ambition for tn e stage; but,
somehow, from the very beginning of
my life in New York, / was constant
~ urged in that direction. soon
found myself under the instruction
of the gifted Fanny Morant. The
'Amarau tbs, an amateur club, gave
occasional performances at the
time, and / made my semi public
DEBUT as Juliet in The Hunch back, t
the theatre OF the Union League club
| was then hardly more than Is years
old. Miss MOrapt brought me to the
attention of Mr.. Palmer, and one day,
10y appointment, | went down and re.
cited for him. My little career had
filed me with self confidence that
was perhaps not justified to any great
degree. At any rate, got through
the recital with perfect self compos-
ure. | could not do the same thing
now; in fact, l am almost unnerved
by the sense of responsibility on
tirsV night. Mr.. Palmer gave me
promise of employment. Thus my
way TO the stage was not difficult.
Was the leading part in Mrs. Sher.
idan Shocks play, a WOman's
Heart at the Union Square theatre.
| later appeared in the Geneva Cross
and was also in the cast that intro
duced Clara Morris to the stage of the
Union square. During the run of
Led Astray' was advanced to the
l3sding part owing to the illness OF
Miss Rose Eytinge, then the leading
lady of the theatre. This was indeed
q su bs TAM ial honor. l afterward ap
peared in the memorable run of the
Tive Orphans and was loaned by
Mr.. Palmer to play Little Emily in
the play of that name that George
Fawcett Rowe was doing at Booths
theatre. At the close of that en-
gagement 1 left the Union Square to
60 TO Boston to appear at the GLOBE
theatre in GilberI's Broken Hearts,
for a much larger salary. The next
season was leading lady with John
Mccullough, who talked eintO start
ing on my own account, which did,
Rosalind and Juliet being the princt-
pal parts in my repertory. The mex
season was called to Wallack's and
spent year In New York and went
with the company TO California. II
was then that the somewhat notable
production of Diplomacy was given
with Harry Montague, Fred Warde
and Jeffreys. Lewis ia the cast. Poor
Montague died during the San Fran
cisco engagement. and the company
returned to New York.
81 was selected to play the heroine
In the original production OF BARLEY
Campbell's play My Partner, and on
the ptage of the Union Square, which
had been the starting point OF my
career. My partner was al historical
success, and especially memorable to
all directly concerned in it. Mr.. Camp
bell, bearing in mind my identity
with his first successful production,
enlisted my services in other ven-
lures Iappeared in the production
of The Galley Slave with which he
made his first substantial money.
For nv services | was 10 receive a
share of the profits, and my own re-
ceip,s frequently ran up TO 81 900 a
week. 1 atterward appeared in his
Fairfax and other plays.
when A. G. Gunter's Two Nights
in Rome was produced at the Union
Square / was once more called upon
to play the leading role. may fairly
say L brought good fortune to j. X.
Tillottson, the author of The Plant
er's Wife, He came to me with the
play, which he wanted me to read.
It had been on the road with Joseph
WheeIock, Charlotte Thompson and
others, but without any particular
profit, selected Harry Lacey for the
leading part, and the opportunity
brought that young actor into promi-
nence, and all concerned in the
production of the play made
money out Of it. / after
ward brought out Tillottson's 'Lyn-
wood and 'Queena,' aud atthe Union
Square too. Last season / brought
out his Two Lives at Niblo's. Miss
Granger appears in Lucy HOoper's
and Richard Davey's beautiful emo.
tional play "Ipherited" at the Grand
tonight, and from the large safe of
L. indina tinns certainlY nnint to q |