Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-11
Edwin Arden, Author and Actor.

Few actors have leaped into popularity so
quickly as this young star, who visits Fort
Worth on next Friday night, October Ii. in
his new success might and Morning"
companion picture to the play 'Raglan's
Way which won such enthusiasm through
Texas and the South last season.
Arden's career has been rather eveutful.
Like most actors OF his educated class, he
was intended for other aims in life than
'strutting his fretful hour'' behind the
footlights. He was designed for an archi-
tect, but being brought in contact with dis
tinguished actors through the social life of
his father, d journalist, he determined TO
carve his life fortunes out OF the drama in
stead of bricks and mortar. He took TO the
stage and the stage took to him from the
first. He first joined the company of Mr..
Thos. w. keene in St. Louis, playing Tres
sci in Richard Ill, favorite part with be-
ginners, and the veteran actor and mana
ger, Chas. Pope, said it was the only Tres
sci he had ever seen. Remaining with
keene two years he Joined Boston stock
company, the best in the country, and sup
ported Mr.. Booth. by whom he was led be-
fore the curtain at the Fifth Avenue the
alter, New York, in the play of THE Iron
Chest" the only time perhaps in the great
tragedian's stage life that he ever accorded
the honor. He then took Heading position in
the road companies Of the Madison Square
companies and played throughout the
South. Then the bee got into his bonnet
and he started out as star for himself.
In connection with his father he wrote
the successful drama Eagles Nest" which
to this day is cherished remembrance
wherever it was played. In it he made I;
fine reputation and money, and then he
wrote Barred OUT and ''Raglan's Way
excellent plays, in which he built up popu-
iarity which has never lessened.
might and Morning is a story of Viz
giria in which, however, there is no war
OF that we have had enough. 1t is Il story
of love not running smoothly and of
friendship which on one side plays traitor
Jake Darrell, a young Nirginian, manly,
honest and true, loves Virginia Payton,
who thinks she loves Raffaelle Ortega, a
dashing Mexican. At a secret meeting in
the ruins of an old church on the Potomac
Virginia and Ortega are surprised by Oar
rel. The darkness, however, favors the
false pair and Virginia escapes without
recognition. She drops a bracelet in her
confusion and Darrell finds it. Ortega
claims it and in 1 heated discussion Old
friendship is ignored and hatred and anger
take its place. a brief struggle ensues,
the bracelet is broken and I deadly quarrel
on the part OF Ortega follows. Nothing bat
d duel will satisfy him, on the Russian plan
They smoke cigars in the darkness. Each
is to fire At the burning ashes of the cigar
Ortega removes the cigar from his mouth
holding it TO the right. Darrell, dctcrmin-
ing not TO hit his old friend, fires to the
right away from the left and Ortega falls
the victim of his own cowardice and treach-
cry. Darrell leaves to secure assistance and
on his return the body of Ortega has been
removed and the curtain falls on his re-
morse.
Six months after Darrell returns to re-