St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-27

herself, nike fash of lightning. She
usually goes with her husband to their
delightful summer home, way down in
Massachusetts, and when she told me
how she was longing for sight of it,
aud race with her little pet fox-terrier,
the yearning for that quiet and rest was
plainly expressed in her large, tired
eyes. However. she frightened up.
81 love my work, and my greatest grIey-
ance is that time is SO short, and one
gets chance to present such a few
plays III the course of year, and con-
sequently sometimes grow impatient.
'Still | love my art, and when | can
get people to appreciate the characters
that strive so hard to depict, L am
satisfied. -
Yes" she said, in speaking of Mr..
NJ assen, Il have always played with
my husband; in fact, it was he who re-
hearsed me for my debut, which made
at the Madison Square theater, in New
York, nine years ago."
Successful Stage Career.
Although Marie Burroughs does not
come of a professional family, she has
a great deal of talent which was only
waiting for all opportunity to develop.
She always loved the stage, but it was
not until after she knew Lawrence Bar
rett in a social way that she saw an op-
portupity to join the great army of girls
who try to get footing and of whom so
many make such miserable failures.
But not SO Miss Burroughs. Through
tho Inf1nQUnp of fria 4, ,.hn 1,
opportunity, and after taking part at
the Madison Square theater for three
weeks, she was given a leading part,
and has played in one ever since. Now
there Is no room i'll her profession for
persons OF mediocre ability, and to hold
the position in which she was placed
would nave been impossible had not
she been possessed of an extraordinary
amount of ability. 10 have escaped ali
the drudgery, and in nine years time to
nave reached the high place in pro-
feSSlon Ill which so many strive and
fail before reaching that Mecca OF
American actors and actresses, New
York, must have involved an amount of
study and perseverance that can only
come with the greatest devotion to an
art. But to be given chance to start
III the great metropolis, and to have
success heaped upon her was enough to
turn the head of any girl, much less one
SO unusually attractive as Miss Bur-
roughS, and yet she is as refreshingiy
simple as ii is possible for her ever to
nave been, and more unspoiled than are
most girls who live in all atmosphere
where there is much less of adulation
and praise than on the stage. She dis
likes publicity of every description, and
shnns public dining rooms and other
places where she will be pointed out.
In short, she wants to work away at her
art, and to achieve something worth tfo-
ing, and al the same time not be known
any more thah is absolutei EeceSsar y
Miss Burroughs Family.
Miss Burroughs. or Lily Arlington, as
she was known as girl in San Fran
cisco, is daughter of \. o. Arlington.
a very well-knOwn citizen of the city of
the Golden Gate. Her mother has been
dead for some years, and none of tie
family from which she comes have been
on the stage. She simply acquired a
love for the work and everything con-
nected with it. ami from taking the part
of Gladys in the "Rajah'' little more
than nine years ago. when she made
her debut, she has risen in her beloved
profession so that she will very soon play
Ophelia, as Mr. wizard hopes TO place
"liamlet'' on the stage this season, and
with the support he has and his particu-
lar adaptability. as well as that of Miss
Burroughs, to great parts, it will un
doubtedly be the success of his life.
There is simply no limit to the ambition
OF this talented and charming actress,
and if, i'll her ambition to reach up and
depict lofty characters, she fails to
please an anappreciative public, it will
be Gecause they have not yet realized
that by all the laws of greatness she
ought to play nothing that tests her
lowers in less degree than does her
part i'll Judah" or The MidGleman."