The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-19

cast, her father as "Mercutio y MrS Ke-nhla
as LADY Cspulet."
Miss kembls's success was instant and
complete. Ihe noble. impas, Toned face. the
sraceIul, glrLsh figure, the exquisite nat
Uralness or action, the mellow. rnodulated
vibrating voice all contributed to enhance
the triumph. which the passion, the power.
the originality OF her impersonation Of
Juliet" made entire and splendid. Next
mornings papers were unanimous in praise !.
praise the more grateful and significant THAI
L came from the pens Of such mon as Sergt.
IaIIourd. the author Of "Ion," and that Of
Sir Thomas Lawrence.
IL was but the first of many triunnpbs az
'Portia," Lady Teazle," "BeIvidera ("
Isabella" as "Bienican in Milman's
FaAo," as Julia" in the "Hunchbackn-
that GROWING effort Of Sheridan Knowles
genius; written expressly for her. as
Louise de Savoy" in her own pIav OF
Francis the FIRST" written in her 18th
year and received with decided apprecis~
ZION FROM her mother she inherited the
gttt or natural facility. end power of elo-
cutlon, which il the Kembles was the re-
suit OF unwearytug study.
HER VISIT TO AMERICA.
At the end Of three brilliant wears. vhen
she was yet but 81 years Of age, the Young
actress. accompanied by her father, came
TO America. She made her first appear
ance on Sept lS, 1882 in the old Park thea
ter in New York. The character in which
she appeared was "Biaucan in ''Fszio. -
She played all Of her great characters in
New York and sfterward in Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington. Boston, and other
American cities. Every where her progress
was an ovation on the part of the public
While in Boston she captivated, among ali
her other admirers, the entire body of Her-
ward undergraduates.
The mention Of her name before any who
were Cambridge students then is enough.
apparently, to always bring out enthusiast
tic utterence as. to her dramatic power,
her grace, her beauty. her conversational
girts. and her magnificent riding. She had
the English love Of horsemanship, and rarely
or never failed TO take her daily equestrian
exercise.
HER MARRIAGE AND SEPARATION.
In 1884 Miss Kemble was married to
Pierce Butler Of Philadelphia, son OF the
once famous Pierce Butler of south Caro-
lima. They resided in Philadelphia, where
Mrs. Buffers children were born, until
December, 1888, whea they went south to
spend the winter on Mr. Buffers pla NATION
on ST. Simon's Island, Ga. What estrange-
nent may have begnn TO make itself felt
before that time it is only possible to con-.
lecture. But the result of that winter in
the south-the separation which followed
and its causes-are matter of history.
This winter of 1885 80 gave her her first
personal sight and knowledge of the prac-
tical Workings OF slavery. She was horri-
fed, distressed, almost hearthroken. Her
husband neither sympathlzed with nor COM
pretended her feelings. When she strove
to mitigate some OF the worst suffering that
she saw, around her be first demonstrated
and then forbade her, on the ground that
she was interfering with the discipline Of
the plantation. Her journal kept during
this winter, and published long after, has
shown how her feelings we're disregarded
and how respect for her husband was killed
by the light in which he presented himself
on the plantation.
The separation that followed was an in
evitable result. Upon its occurrence she
made her home in the pleasant village of
of Lenox, Mass, devoting herself to her
studies and the idol of a large circle of
friends and cheered at intervals by the COM
partnership Of her daughters.
as AN,AUTHoREss.
During the years of her brief married life
Mrs. Butler had issued two books. In 1885
appeared in London, in two volumes, her
journal of a Residence in America" Civ
ing her experiences and obser vations during
the time that she was upon the stage in this
country. The book was vivacious, brilliant
as was natural in the young aud somewhat
spoiled fevorite of the public, but graphic
and truthful nevertheless. In 1887 she gave
to the public a drama. 'Ths Star Of Sc
ville," which was acted with considerable
sue .ess., In 1874 appeared of her collected
poems, some OF which had been printed In
various magazines.
Ii 1916 she visited Europs, spending the
greater part OF her time abroad at the home
OF her sister, Mrs. Ssrtoris, in Italy. The
result was "a Year OF Consolation" vol,
ume of prose aud poetry inspired by, her
Italian wanderings and experiences, which
wos published in 1s47. Soon after this time
she su cceeded in gaining divorce and re-
suned her maiden name.
HER PUBLIC READINGS.
In the winter Of 1s4S.'49, shortly after her
return TO the United States, Mrs. Kemble
gave in Boston her first series of Snake
spearean readings. These marked alike an
era in her own life and in Shakespearean in .
depreciation. She followed them up for
two years by similar readings in other
great cities-readings which will give her a
more solid and enduring fame than all that
she has written or than even the grand tIis
umphs of her youth upon the stage. .-
In 1851 she revisited England, and there
renewed for brief period for the English
public tho marvel of those dramatic sue
cesses. But for her the readers platform
gave even greater opportuptie than she
could have behind the footlights. and she
left the stage to give readings in London
and other English cities. After this she
spent two or three years in travel through
Europe and in 1856 returned to America.
where she resumed her readings, continuing
them until 1860.
DURING THE WAR.
When our civil war broke out she again
went to England, where she resided until
sitter its close. She published in the Lon.
don Times a comprehensive statement of the
causes OF the war and a defense of the north
at the time the England OF the upper classes
manifested signs of hostility. This she fol
lowed up by ths publication Of the diary
which she had faithfully kept during her
winter in the south. journal Of Residence
on Georgia Plantation in 1889" 1t ap-
peared in 1858, just at the time that the
question of the results OF emancipation was
being most bitterly contended over. She
added to IL brief declaration Of her faith in
the success OF the war for the union aud of
a great future destiny for the republic.
In 1866 abe returned TO the United States
and took up her residence again in Lenox.
In the early months of 1858 she gave another