The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-24
uTTHrR AND Err.
Weekly Chat About Notsbilities Gener-
o11y


Mrs. General Lander, OF Washington
was formerly Jean Davenport men
she played IN California she was supports
by Edwin Booth, who was then n.'le
more than n boy. He was said TO be less
than u II was very much annoyed
cid Mrs Lander recently, land dreaded 10
n,ov with him because he was so mex
perlenced. ] was playing Camille anu
folt that II was impossible 20 DO mysel
Justice However he proved bright ana
eager to learn, was full OF Keen interest
IN his part, and anxious TO be shown the
way pleasing 10 me- At the rehearsai, ~,
asked: Miss Davenport, how shaiI i hheei
IN the death scene?" / replied: BE sure
ard l,neel before me. so that ! can look
down upon YOU. "The evening came. The
Onera House was packed. My boy. TO the
establishment Of all. played with the very
soul OF genius. He fairly trembled Win
emotion He forgot all my careful d1rec-
lions. and acted MS part with the SELF
forgetfulness and abandon Of an old actor
whose intuitive knowledge is sufficient 70
him. ] came near forgetting mysel IN
the admiration ] felt for my lover-my BOY
lover The death scene came, ana ar,
mand was missing. ! looked hactily behind
me. and there. instead Of kneeling at my
feet. with his head before me. he had
bowed himself in anguish on the back OF
nv low couch There was no time 20 move,
TO sneak. or change a word or position.
simply turned so / could look at MIN.
His stricken attitude was pitiful. never
had I seen grief so naturally portrayed.
1 was carried out Of myself. / stretcheu
my arms toward his bowed head, ana the
house rose with applause. He lifted MS
face TO mine and / moaned a4oud 'Oi"
real pity and pain"
Tr Dfvrar Wendell Holmes is now the Olu-
est living man eonspiouously Identified
With literature He was born In the same
year as Ternyson, Darwin and Gladstone
Tuf sday, August 9th, was his egn'y-
fourth birthday and reporters or tne l5os-
ton papers found Elm sitting in his study
at Beverly Farms his summer nome.
answering his letters, CHEEKY and cordial
as ever, apparently il the ;'lmost perfect
health which he claimed The Tran
sc-ipts representative thus describes the
Doctors home at Beverly: THE view from
his study window out upon the ocean is
a grand one and IT was in his study that
the doctor was found between 3 and 10
o'clock. The wind was blowing severe
gale and the waves were running high
beyond picturesque Bakers Island and
lonely misery. The distance from his
summer place to the wafer may be half
MILE though It really seems much less at
first glance. The house sets back l1ttle
way from the road and is backed On the
westerly and northerly sides by bank OF
green foliage while the east and south
sides open into beautiful lawn, sloping
Down to the street. At the head ofthe
driveway, leading up past the house, is
the great rock under which the poet
loves to sit I'm his large willow chair,
with its carrIege-top like covering shading
him from the bright rays Of the sun.
There are more beautiful and preten-
tions houses at Beverly Farm than the one
in which DR.. Holmes passes his summers
but there is none over which there
seems euch an atmosphere Of peace and
delightful seclusion." The birthday passed
off very quitely more so than in many
years. and perhaps little sadly. only
few letters came on the first mail, and
later mails and almost all kilograms were
DELAYED by the storm. Most Of DR.. Holmes
famous contemporaries have passed away,
and the Boston Herald headed the birth
day article-"The Last Leaf Still Ciings."
This was a little too suggestive to be
happy omen.
The Clevelands have given both their
daughters names of Biblical books In
doing so they have exhausted the supply
of Scriptural books with feminine names
| Mail and Express.
Yes: but they can find a full supply OF
the sweet. old fashioned appellations that
| are such an Improvement on the moderr
| Daisies. Susles. and such. And then the
| Cleveland family, or Mrs. Cleveland, 90
| whom undoubtedly the credit must b'
| given. APPARENTLY has preference 1or
| names which mean something. Ruth.
! from the Hebrew, signifies beauty, and 4
/ TO little Ruth Cleveland beauty of person
/ mind and character are accorded. IL vii
| be I'm harmony with the fitness of things
| Esther, the name conferred on Ruth;
| sister, is from the Persian, and In th'
| symbolic language of the East means -
star; good fortune" There are plenty
! of others in the Bible that women nigh
we'll bestow upon their little ones; "Abi
gall" my fathers Joy; Ann, grace" De
boiah, "a bee" signifying industry and
| thrift. Elizabeth (another Cleveland name
"worshipper of God; consecsated to God.
| Q1liza has the same meaning) Eva. life
| Judith, praised" Sara, "a princess"
Martha. 'the ruler Of beauty" Susan OF
Susanna. "a lily" So it may be seen tina
large family OF girls can be equipped
with pretty and appropriate names from
the bible.
1t is understood that Mr.. oscar Wilde
Is TO arrive I'm this country about the first
of November, in the role of dramatist
and stage manager, with the special OBJ
jcct Of helping Miss Rose Coghlan with
"A Woman of No Importance" a play in
which Mrs. Bernard Beere has made a
distinguished hit at the Haymarket
in London. Another character has
Just been assumed by him. according
to the correspondent of the New York
Herald" at .Dinard. The Herald" letter
thus quotes Mr.. Wilde; II am not only
engaged in writing a new play, but am
thinking Of publishing a book of maxim:
called "Oscariana," which may or may
not be acceptable TO the thinking world
MY idea is that every day should begir
a new thought, a fresh idea, and thai
yesterday" should be a thing of the past
Forget everything unpleasant in the past
and live for the present and the future.
What was your idea when in you
book Dorian Gray you said, Beware o.
women who wear violet?" / asked AM
MIR. Wilde reulied. IL cannot tell you tina
without giving you the story Of my life
and that would take too long. But, truly
IL is my theory to beware of women wht
wear mauve. II is dangerous color anC
therefore most attractive for to be fasei
mating one must be the least bit danger
GUS And apart from this there are psy
Geological reasons for the warning"
The correspondent also states that Di
nard was almost depleted of sunfloweri
20 decorate dinner tables. etc. during Mr.
Wilde's stay there.
very famous and exclusive ladies
club Of London is the Alexandra, called
So OF course. after the ever popular