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8. 1898.

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deep suffering, concentrated will and strange,
somber. formidable character. The sweet. ex-
quslte, icy, internal Joy with which, as PeScarG,
he told his rival that there should be Emusic"
was almost cOmical in its effect of terror; il
drove the listener across the line OF uagicAl
tension. and made him hysterical with the
erimness OF deadly humor. His swift defiance
10 Lord LOUsH as SIR Gtes. and indeed to the
whole mighty and terrible action with which he
carried that scene-from "N hat, are you pale 2"
down to the grisly and horrid viper pretense
and reptile spasm of death-Iere simply tre-
mendous. This was in the days when his act
ing yet retained the exuberance OF youthful
spirit. before the philOsOphic mind had checked
the headlOng currents of the blood or ourbed
imagination in its lawess flight. And those
parts not only admitted of bold color and ex-
tTavagant action. but demanded them. Through
acting every Kind Of part from dandy
negro up 10 Hamlet he at last made
choice of the characters that al
forded scope for his powers and aspira-
tons and 60 settled upon definite. restricted
repertory. His characters were Hapiff, Mdc-
b. h. Lear. oh 10, I0gO, Richard the Second
II chGrd he Third. Ayiock. Cordinai HOtssy
BENEDICT, PftTuct 10. Richetieu, Luciits BTltfus.
Berfucci0, Ruv Bias and Don Cesar de BazaR
To these be occasionally added Marcus Brutu',
Anth0ny, Ca sius, Claude M'iHOts and The
Hranger. The range thus indicated is extra
ordinary, but more extraordinary still was the
eyenness Of the actors average excellence
thToughout the breadth OF that range.
Booths tragedy, In the opinion of Mr.. Win
ter, is better than his elegant comedy. There
are other actors who equal or surpass him in
Benedick or Don Cesar. The comedy in which
he excels is that of silvery speciousness and
bitter sarcasm, as in portions of IG0O aud
Richard he Thfrd, aud the simulated madness
of Ltte as BrUtus, and the comedy of grim
drollery, as in portions OF Richei eu-his ex-
pFessions of those veins being wonderfully per-
feet. But no other actor who has trod the
American stage in our day has equaled him in
certain attributes OF tragedy that are essential
ly poetic. He is not at his best indeed in all
the tragic parts that he acts; and. like his
father, he is an uneven actor IN the parts TO
which he 10 best suited. No person can be
said TO know Edwin Booths acting who has d OF
seen him play the same part several times.
His artistic treatment will generally be
found adequate. bat his mood or
spirit will continually vary. He
cannot at will command IL, and when il IL abb
sent bis performance seems cold. This eharac-
terisio is, perhaps, inse parable from the poetic
temperament. Each ideal that he presents is
poetic. and the suitable and adequate prsssnta-
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and sound, and it is no less minute than ample.
His stage business has been arranged, as stage
business ought 10 be, with scientific precision.
IT. as King Rio, ari III he Is seen to be alb
stractedly toying with ring upon one of his
fingers or unsheathiDg and sheathing his dag
ger. those apparently caprieiOus actions would
be found to be done because they were Illus
trative parts OF that monsTeh's personality,
warranted by the text and context These are
little things but Il is OF thousand little things
that dramatic performance is composed end
without this care Tor detail, which must be pre-
else, logical. profound. vigilRnt. unerring, and
at the same time always unObtrusive and seem
ingly involuntary there eau be neither eohe-
sion, nor symmetry. nor an illusory image con-
sistently maintained; aud all great effects
would become tricks of mechanism and de-
taehed exploits of theatrical force.
Edwin Booth, coming after Forrest who was
its original In America, has made Ricte'fe't so
entirely his own that TO actor living can stand
a comparison with him in the character Ma
cready was the first representative of the part,
as everybody knows, and his performances of il
was deemed magnificent; but when Edwin
Booth acted it in London in 1850 old John
Ryder. the friend and advocate of MHcready,
who had participated with him in all his plays,
said to the American trsgedian, with a broken
voice and with tears la his eyes: You have
thrown down my idol" Two at least OF those
great moments in acting that everybody re-
members were furnished By Booth in this
characteristic defiance OF the masked assail-
ant at ROue, and the threat of excommunca-
ton delivered upon Barr das No spectator pos
sessed of Imagination and sensibility ever saw,
without utter fOrgetfuness OF the stage, thu
imperial entrance of that Ric5eteW into the
gardens of the Louvre and into the sullen
presence OF hostile majesty. The same spell
OF genius is ielt in kindred moments of his
great impersonations. His Iqc0, standing in
the dark street, sword in hand. above the pros
trnte bodies of ClSSuS and ROderigO and as
the sudden impulse 10 murder them strikes his
brain. breathing out In a blood-eurdling whis-
per, How silent is this town. his BerlucciO,
begging at the door of the banquet hall, and
breaking down in Mysteries of affected gleeAnd
maddening agony; his Lear, at the supreme
moment of intolerabe torture when he parts
AWAY from GORerit and RegGR, with his wild
scream of revenges that shall be the terrors of
the earth; his Re ard III, with the gigantic
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EDWIN BOOTH, FROM PAINTING BY SARGENT.
the English-spsaking stage. "The elder
Booth. writes William Winter twas g short
spare, muscular man. with a splendid chest a
symmetrical Greek head, pale cGuntenance, a
voice of wonderful compass and thrilling
power, dark hair and blue eyes. His sons re-
semblance to him is chiefly obvious in the shape
Of the head and face. the arch and curve OF the
heavy eyebrows. the radiant and constantly
shifting light OF expression that animates the
eounsemanee, the natural grace OF carriage,
and the celebrity OF movement. Booths eyes
are dark brown, and seem TO turn black in mo-
ments OF excitement. and they are capable of
conveying, with electrical effect, the most
diverse meanings-the solemnity of lofty
thought. the tenderness of affection the
piteousness OF forlorn sorrow, the. awful
sense OF spiritual surroundings. the wOiul
weariness OF despair. the hooking glee of
wicked sarcasm, the vindictive menace Of sin
lister purpose, and the lightning glare of
baleful wrath. In range of facial expressive.
ness his countenanee Is thus fully equal to that
OF his father The present writer saw the elder
Booth but once, aud then in a comparatively
inferior paTt-PescGrd, in ShiePs ierocious
tragedy OF The ApostAte." He was O terrible
presence He YVES the incarnation of smooth,
speciOus. malignant hellish raDaclty. His exul-
tant malice seemed 10 buoy him above the
ground. He iOated rather than walked. His
glance was deadly. His clear, high, cutting
measured tone was the exasperating note of
hideOus cruelty. He was acting
bend then, and making the monster
not only possible but actual. He GER
tainly gave greater impression of
overwhelming power than il given by Edwin
Booth. and seemed more formidable and
tremendous man. But his face was not more
brilliant than that OF his renowned son; aud in
TACT II was, II anything, somewhat less splendid
in the power OF the eye. Ii there ever was q
genius upon the stage the elder Booth was a
genius. His wonderful eyes. his tremendous
vitality. his electrical action his power to thrill
the feelings and easily and inevitably to
awaken pity and terror-aL these made MIN
unique being, and obtained for him g reputa-
ton with old-time audiences distinct from that
OF al other men. lie was followed as O marvel
and syen now the mention of his name stirs
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SENSATION IN A CHURCH.
Nine. Schirmer-1IapIeson Astonishes Con-
EresGtiOn.
Hamilton Herald

Hamilton Herald
The musical service at the Centenary
church last evening was little out OF the
usurl line, owing to the presence OF Nine.
Schirmsr- MRpleson, the prIma donna who
is to appear at tonights operate concert
at the Grand. The prima donna's visit 20
the church has not been, At is said, pro-
ductive OF entire harmony. Her appear
ance in church partook not a little of the
nature Of surprise party, for few in the
congregation knew that she was to lift her
voice in song there.
When ofiertory time came and the
stewards started out on their rounds to
gather in the sheckles there was q move
ment among the choir singers on the right
side and handsome lady came down 10
the front. Diamonds sparkled in her ears,
at her throat and on her fingers: there
was the frou-irou of costly fabrics; the
congregation looked up somewhat sur
prised and the air was filled with buzz
telling OF mingled admiration and wonder.
The handsome lady-who was Nine.
er-Mapleson-began to sing There
Is a Green Hill Far Away" by Gounod.
One lady in the congregation, after sig
ING up the vocalist. walked out OF her
pew and LETT the body of the church, not
to return until the last note OF the exaui-
site song had died away and the closing
HYMN had been given out. Although not
caring to 90 to the extent of leaving the
church, it is said that some other mem
bers of the congregation are not too well
pleased over an operate artist being asked
to sing TO them. especially as she appeared
in such theatrical way.
But others of them fail TO see anything
out of tho way in the singer using the
glorious voice which God has given her
in His praise.
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ton OF it therefore needs poetic warmth and
glsmor. Booth never goes behind his poets
text to md a prose image in the pages OF his
torlo fact The spectator who takes the trouble
TO lock into his art will find II. indeed, invsria.
bly, accurate as to historic basis. and will find
that all essential points and questions of schol-
arshlps have been considered by the sctor But
this is not the secret of its power upon the soul.
mat power resides IN its charm. and that charm
consists in its poetry.
An actor who is fine only of points is not, OF
course a perfect actor. The remark of Cole
ridge about the acting of Edmund Keau that it
was like reading Shakespeare by flashes of
lightning" has mislsd many persons as to
Mean art Macready bears q similar testimony.
BDtthe weight OF evidence will satisfy the
reader that Kean was in TACT. q careful student
and shat he never neglected any detail of his
art. This, Mr.. Winter believes is certainly
true OF Edwin Booth. In the level plains that
lie between the mountain peaks of expression
he walks with as sure footstep and as firm a
tread as on the summit OF the Hottest oraz or
the verge of the steepest abyss.
His Shakspearean scholarship is extensive
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Barrett. Since that time bis health has been
gradually but steadily failing until the pres
ent crisis has been reached. To name the
players who at one time aud another have
supported Mr.. Booth would be to compile
list OF the most illuslrious actors and actresses
of the last thirty years. During his prentice
days in the far West he had the support OF
Frank Mayo. OF the gifted Julia Dean Hayne.
still held IN loving memory by old playgoers
and of other players equally abls and equally
we'll known. When he Irst appeared in this
city as a star in 1857, among the members OF
the company which supported him were Will
lam l.. Burton. whose name as q master
comedisn is secarej Charles Fisher, only yes
terday gone from among us; Mark Smith,
Thomas Placide, Sarah Stevens and Mira.
Hughes. In later years Mr.. Booth has had
the support of William Dayidge. James II.
Stoddard. Humphrey Bland Dolly" Daven-
port. John DyOtt. David C. Anderson, Charles
Peters, Charles Barron. L. c. Bangs, Edwin
J.. Adams, John Mccullough and Frederick
Warde, and of Ada Clifton. Julia Barrow, Effis
Germon. JetfreYs Lewis, Eleanor Carey. Alexia
Fisher Baker, Marie Wilkins, Fanny Morant
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hunger were his familiar companions during
his early wsnderings in California and Aus
tra!is, and then just when his success was as
sured came his frat great sorrow, the
news OF hs fathers solitary and
untimely death. While fulfilling an
engagement in Richmond in 1853, under
the management of Mr.. Joseph Jefferson, Mr..
Booth met for the first time Miss Mary Devlin,
the gentle and beautiful woman, who a little
later became his wife His first love embodied
all that is gracious and refined in womanhood,
but death all TO soon put period to their nap
py union. During his first visit to England, in
1861, his daughter, EdwiEa, now Mrs. Gross.
man of Boston, was born. On bis return to
America he established his home at Dorohes-
ter, Mass, where his wife died suddenly In
February, 1863, while the husband was fulfill
ing an engagement in New York.
Mr.. Booth had only partially recovered from
the fearful blow OF MS wife's death when the
assassination of Lincoln by his unatic brother
came near breaking his heart and blasting his
LIE. Mr.. Booth. who Yves then acting in Bos-
tor, at once closed his engagement and re-
solved 10 leave the stage forever. Nearly q
year passed before his friends could prevail
upon him TO reconsider his resolution. As time
passed and the cordial reception the public
gave him reawakened his interest in his pro-
fession, he resolved to build and conduct
the noblsst temple to the drama yet erected in
America. lie expended more than 81, 000, 900
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been frightened by the loving and tender care
of his daughter. Edwina, and the companion
ship of her and her children. In his present
sickness his daughter is seldom absent from
his side. and her fidelity and devotion are
beautiful 20 behold. One of the dominant
traits of Mr.. Booths character is mis- unhaging
loyalty to old friends, and many a forgotten
footlight fayorite has been inside
comfortable in biz or her last days by the
charity. generous il was unobtru-
sive, of the great actor. In the bestowal OF
charity Mr.. Booth has always shrunk iron
publicity, hut the story OF many of his good
deeds deserve TO be printed in letters of gold.
In his conduct toward his fellow-players, Mr..
Booth has always shown the generosity OF true
genius, and hundred and one stories are cur
rentillustrative of his kindness and his quick
appreciation aud recognition OF merit IN
others. Touching this matter. Emanuel
Lederer, who was MIR. Booths manager during
his European tour in 1853. relates an interest
ing incident when Bogumil Dawson, the
great German actor" said Mr. Lederer 10 me
the other evening, visited this country in 1866
Mr.. Booth went TO see his performance
of Otheii0 and 81 the close OF the
third act visited Dawson in his dress
ing ROOM and after praising warmly his mas
terry personation of the Moor invited him TO
enact Otilet TO his (BoOth'sl IdgO. The low.
tation was accepted, and together they PLAYED
most successful engagements In New YORK.
Boston and Philadelphia. a warm friendship
spraDg up between the Two men, anu DaNisOh
earnestly urged Booth to visit Germany. assur-
ing him that he would be cordially received.
1t was, think, the recollection of Dawson
advice which, in 1895, induced Mr.. Booth 10
visit Germany and Austria"
For many years when not professionally en-
gagged Mr.. Booth resided in Boston, but more
recently he has made his home at the Players
club. in New York, of which he was the founder
and which he has most generously endowed.
One of the chief ornaments OF the house oil the
club. itself gift from the founder, is Sargents
famous portrait of Booth, reproduced with this
article. This portrait suggested the following
beautiful lines by Thomas Bailey Aidr;eh.
winch have now an especial timeliness and
pathos:
That faca which no man ever saw
Aud from his memory banshed quite,
With ewes in which are Hsmlsts
And Cardinal R!cheleu's subtle light
Looks from this frame. masters hand
Has set the master-player htre.
In the fair temple that he planned
Not for himself. To MS most dear
This image Of him. at waS thus
III looked; such pallor touched his cheek;
" tn that same grace he greeted us
Nay, It's the man, could IL bur speak"
SAD words that shall he said some day
FAR fall the day! . cruel Tine,
Whose breath sweeps mortal things sway,
Spare long this image OF his prime,
That others standing in the place
Where, save ghosts. We come 40 more,
May know what sweet majestic face
The gentle prince OF players wore!
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a sketch of nIr. Rooth,s Life.

With Booths death viii pass from among us
the greatest tragic actor of America in this gen.
Grafton. and modest, kindly gentleman Of
noble and generous impulse. who has wOn the
love and retained the esteem Of all who know
him. His career has been q remarkable one in
many ways. His advancement IN his profess
sion was rapid and brilliant, and for more than
thirty years he has easily retained the prsemi.
hence phich he gained in his early youth. Ed
win Booth is not yet an old man, he was bOru
near Baltimore, Md, on Nov. l3 1888. A gen
Tue himself. he was also the of genius and
his splendid histFionie talents came TO him by
inheritance. Junius Brutus Booth, his
father, was one of the greatest
actors who ever tTod the boards of
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effrontery of his Call him again" and with his
whole matchless and wonderful utterance OF
the awful Temorae speech with which the king
awakens from his last earthly sleep-these
among many others. says Mr.. Winters in con-
elusiOn, rank with the best dramatic images
that ever were ohronicled. and may well be
cited to illustrate Booths invincible and splen-
did adequacy 81 the great moments OF his art
Mr.. Booths professional career is a familiar
story. Some ten years ago he appeared in
London, and, in conjunction with Henry
Irving. fulfilled brilliantly successful engage
ment Of many weeks duration. Extending his
tour to the continent be also appeared in Rer-
lin aud Vienna, where be gained from German
critics instant and cordial recognition IS an
actor of the first rank. Some time after his re-
turn to America he formed On alliance with
Lawrence Barrett, and until the death Of that
admirable actor In March, 1891. the two were
seen together in a repertoire of Shakspearean
and other standard plays. The alliance was a
most timely and happy one, snd the tours OF
Booth and Barrett we're phsnOmenaly sue.
cessful both from an artistic and monetary
point OF view. The splendid results OF so rare
q combination of histrionic talent have already
taken their place among the most glorious and
lasting traditions Of the American stage NJ.
Booth also appeared for one season with
Helena Mojeska. Mr. Booths last appearance
on toe stage occurred in Brooklyn over a year
ago. and few weeks after the death Of Mr.
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among those who remsDber him, an snthusi.
asm such as no other theatrical memory can
evoke His sudden death alone aboard a
Mississippi river steamboat in NOvember 1852,
was pathetic. and the public thought concern.
ing him thsnceforward mingled tenderness with
passionate admiration"
The Early Career of Edwin Booth.
Edwin Booth went on the stage in 1870. at
the age Of sixteen, aud for seyeral years there.
after was his fathers constant companion. lie
went With his father to Caifornia in 1852, and !,
remaining there when the latter returned east,
underwent during the following four years, on
she Pacific coast and In the Sandwich
islands aud Australia, q strenuous, bus ade.
quafs apprenticeship to his art.
When be returned 20 the eastern states
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New York, April 26.-There seems to
be little doubt that Edwin Booth is in a
very serious condition in spite OF
the reassuring statements of the
physicians. DIR. Smith said after
his o'clock visit today that
Mr.. Booth was better than he had been at
any time since his present attack. Mr..
Booth is still unable to talk. He Iecog-
nizes those about him, however, and
sleeps most of the time. His daughter.
Mrs. Grossman, was with him today.
After late consultation the physicians
announce there is little hope for his re-
coyery
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and Minnie Gale. What delightful and lumi
nous recoileotians these names recall!
The Private Life. Of Edwin Booth.


The Private Life Of Edwin Booth.
Edwin Booth, the actor. is among the most
famous peTsonages of his time, but Edwin
Booth, the man, is known only to few. IL
has been ssid of him that the general public
regard him as one saturated with sadness. iso-
lated from cOmDanOuship, lonely and alone.
This estimate is in a measure just end truth
full one, but only In a measure. Those who
have the good fortune 20 call Mr.. Booth friend
know him as G man Of tender heart, lively
mind and playful humor, aud with keen sym
pathies which respond quickly and cordially
10 the joys and SORROWS oil Others. Despite
the almost unvarying successes of his PROBES
sional career, his private life has been dark
ened and saddeBed bv heavy griefs
and terrible Affections. have writ.
ten that in his early youth he was the constant
companion of his father lie was moro than
that. he was while still boy the mentor,
guardian and friend of one of the most
wayward and eccsntric geniuses the world has
ever known. IIumOr, grief and pathoe were
strangely mingled in his lot in those days, and
he grew to manhood thoGghtiul and pensive
beyond his years. Sickness, want, cold and