The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-15
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- days! Once in the moons
1nblicity, now in the waning
~ 81 ueIl-carned rest or Of disap-
unsustained ambitions. Once
~ 81 fame; now, far down in the
Te moving peacefully along to the
"a d life, or battling for snsten.
fxch Of the way. Some have
g heieht Of their ambition and
he retirement Of private life;
- aimed high. but failed; and
zSn Ind comet-like careers, once in
~ * popularity, now unnoticed
- numberless army of ordinary
Pauline Lucca, Gerster Of the
571 voice, Christine Nilsson, pre-
"a and infirm, her voice gone
Annie Louise Carey, now Mrs.
~. living happily and dcvoting her
= rhilsnthropic works; Louise Pom
"a Jewett, Pauline Markham,
1nnd. Lillian Spencer, Adele Bel
10y Herring, Ada Dyas, Emily
- Wesner, Mrs. Bowers, Mrs.
6SN Mn. John Drew, Mrs. John
m. Barney Williams. Rose
fm. Edwin Forrest, Katharine
- eccses of others, pass before n
fktful memory.
AhAs! PAuLINEl
Il. EfAs cheap vaudevilles the other
NJ r woman on the stage who
- The sensation of New York.
/ f, - Markham! For q quarter
~ = has toiled in the glare of
~ but the contrast between
~ Ings now and in the days
lory marked indeed. Across
~ bat memories Of her name.
IL Ida's stored mount the gods
- assemble, and the tallest
0nong them all is she, tyne
s = 1hglish beauty. Her deep, efo-
suggest volumes, but her lips
Yf opened. Her beauty, not her
RI EEes the town. She is likened to
4SnuD Of Milo with arms regained, and
Z ~ % rarely heard is described a.
v1lvet tits twenty odd years since
~ Pauline Markham IS still toiling
n daily bread, and she has gone
8 forward to do battle with
1e and win what rewards may
Min her reach. As . matter
III whatever may have been
1tms OF the Venus of Lydia Thomp-
s1xiOn," she was no actress. She
IIllie 81 nothing on the stage now.
cknfm II in her name. She bears her
well, and still appears young; her
! responds readily to the demands
upon it, and her poses and gestures
& appropriate and graceful. But it il
Ill toll with her now. Time was
lOok or nod brought her fortune,
Mm Wed with each other in shower
NATIONS upon her. But the public is
and men are not to be believed, as
e more apt to know than this de-
oa Venus.
lDKLAIDE RIsroRI's LAST Days.
pfi is living in Roma. She goes into
- considerably. and is happy in q
yaEned rest. Who that has seen will
q 5brget the peerless actress, queen in
@1alm of high classical tragedy? Born
NJ lowly walks of life, she rose to the
highest pinnacle of fame through her
9supreme energy. Her ambition was
-Nnitable. She first saw the light
E8-fve years ago in the Venetian city of
l3dale del Fimh. She appeared on the
- when two months old, in q play en-
"a 1.-THE New Years Gift" A babe Is
posed to be that gift.
! the scene where the babe Is brought
klaid in q willow cradle and placed on
6table, the actors were going through
II lines, when they and the audience
= suddenly greeted with . tremendous
ram. Though this was quite i'm
omptu, little Adelaide received great ap-
lluse. She was called "the little angel
! the country people, and at 4 was the
Ilght ''star" OF toiling band of italian
llnctor At IL she excelled in soubrette
%, and was the entire support Of her six
Iothers and sisters. She was q classical
|nuty of the most refined type. No artist
ND dream of a face more ideally Greek
J its loneliness. Black eyes and silky,
|ueblack hair, fair white brow, and a
inning air of dignity and repose, at
tE1ed all who saw her.
s 70 she was lovely woman and count
admirers sighed at her feet, ready to
4bef slaves. She conquered them no
- With her purity Of life than her
leanty. She married in 1916 and retired
pom the stage, only to return to it in
eonathree years afterward. Her success
N lndoubted. She was greeted with
IL greatest enthusiasm. She conquered
ksance, Italy, England, Holland, Turkey,
lQpt, Greece and America.
Her debut IN the United States was
eade twenty-five years ago in the old
yNnch theater in New York. She was
htsived with tumultuous applause, which
- repeated enthusiastically when she
Esurned to this country in 1855. She
lyes now in a grand mansion beneath the
~ shadow of the dome of st. Peters in
lone. Her genius fills her salon with
I. the celebrities of the day, and she
ssns supreme now, by her dignity OF age,
1e did of yore through the destinations
! her beauty and genius.
LOUISE PoMERoY.
Elm Orlou," as Louise Pomeroy was
ncxn in her precocious days, has almost
uepped out of sight. Once in long time
neh seen on the stage. She spends her
ne mostly in writing for the papers.
seaeEai Garfield was her school teacher.
aemade her debut as an actress in New
s y 70 1876. The public took much inter-
IN her, for she was well known as q
aiy-connected member of society, a
~ ss.sef, and beautiful woman. Her voice
~ meiodious, her emotional intensity
power positive magnetism. Her
AZ AA~A AeVctAlha WSAN
- oest interpretations of the poets Gre
S sons. If she never played any other
Lscter save Juliet, this alone would
ner name down to the future records
sslsmatic fame, woven with lilies. She
lid, some years ago, an Australian
SARA JEwETT.
= Jewett is now confirmed invalid,
spends her days at sanitarium in
on Springs, n. Y. She was much pet
her day. Her most artistic work
done in such roles as Maria, in
ool for Scandal" She was in de-
nor leading Juvenile" parts. Her
~. 9ehneations were the bright, self
happy-hearted American girl
: Hankness and sentiment make her
aosaole character at home and
nssss., Miss Jewett had a delicate,
oi physique, a sensitive, innocent
- mat appealed at once to kindly
HSl,u' and her genius was admired by the