Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-24
Copyright, 1898, by che Box Syndicate
Press. N.Yl

nonnce that it Is certain to be good. for
1t IS TO be done by Young Sothegn."
Always they say, young Sothern,"
not that they have not gotten over maxi
ing comparisons between him aud his
father, hut because they remember when
they first applauded hm, and they have
watched him grow In public favor as
one watches a handsome boy, The other
night when he came on the stage As gay,
gallant Dick Sheridan, just for one sex,
ond the audience did not know It's old
fayoritc. Then 1t gave hun uRt greeting
which Is such delight TO an actor, and,
after that, II settled down to watch the
play.
SWEET BETTY I.INIEY.
People had thought ont all sorts of
things, for people take the trouble TO
thinl out play that Suthern Is going
TO appear in, as he is known TO be con
stlentiols, a hard worker, and a great
student. My naigilbOr had dreamed VI
Dick Sheridan when he was the friend OF
princes aud lords, and when he was
making wonderful speeches during The
Headings trial. Nh other aeighbor
thought Of him as in his sad days, when
old age and poverty came, and when be
was forced 10 sell the picture of the
woman he ndored that he might get
bread and lutter But | had believed
that some thing differelt would come,
aud It did. The curtaia rose on the
Pump room ut Bath. in The eighteenth
century, when everywhere there was a
mixture of great magnihcencc, nnd con-
siderable discOmIurt--Ot superb maHncrs,
and quite deal Of immoralitys The
ladies and the gentlemen Of llnt day
came in for their gossip. drank tea or
.lata Nsat
brought 10 the doors and unloadcd their
attractive burdens Of hrocade and lace.
powdered hair and patches. perfumes
and womankind, and gossip was all
through the air, and every man was
loveablc rake, and every lady said over her
love affairs as she did her prayers. Sud
denly, one chair more rich more covered
with gilt than any other apparent oul
Of il popped two little negro pages, and
came the Fair Maid of Bath Betty
Iinley--that most beautiful one oil the
family of nightingale. nt whose feet all
Was il wonder that when his eye
lighted on her. handsome Dick Sheridan,
Just 20 years old, adorcd by all the
women. quoted by oil the men, became
convinced that here at last was the
woman, and the only one, he could ever
UPS AND DOWNS or PLAYS.
ANU liAlN NAh Nlif HANlN VI Ahf FANH q
The story of young Dicks love for sweet
Betty aud of his determination TO make
lis play success while II was ms well
a picture of how, even in those days,
what was real was she only thing worth
listening 10, for into this gay, worthless
gossipping life nj Bath were all the
people that afterwards stepped before
the curtain when u Went up on "lhe
School for Scandal" ! have been 10 a
| good many FIRST nights, hut do not know
| of one where my heart beat as II ala
| whom we, the real audience, sat there
| looking into the managers room when
"Ihe lRiVnle' was being Kissed on Inc
| stage. and when the London audience
| had "a lost Its senses that II even Missed
made an appeal for the young author
There stood poor Dick Sheridan, be
| lIeying that his love was lost, knowing
| fhat his play was u failure. beraied. by
the manager, with every one against
him, except dear David Garrick, and
| vet, as he threw his head back and said
| "'lhc Rivals will he talked Of when
YOU fools are all damned the audience
before him rose with him, and, for O
| few Inoments-for We didnt know
| whether We were applaudiug Dick Shcri.
dan or Ed Sothern--so completely had
tie one been merged into the other
think that is the true ari OF the actor.
lsatsr On. Mnen ne l'u'r ~, " w., w,
tiul Betty Llhiey N"s WHINE ~ i w,
away irohi he hYhlv ""u .pne ~ ~ ~
in his poverty 70 Ne ~ WIZ, Nnen W,
second mgnt " IufNs Wa 4 < ~, a.,
success and matiaHers were psaulug ~, ~
bis next play, when ms "ll IIle1u, i9n
| Matthews. who was Tue "rlelnal .. ~
seph SutiaGi. ionhu 20 " hs WIZ l'l
enemy. then the curtain utopleu ~, H. ~,
knowledge phat the Eif7lesl tpnit,' "
ever written were bY ue ye9ng i,isn
man. Rlclinrl Brinsley Shenuhni we,
one gave a gasp and suddenly eolclun
ed that one had been seeing ~ ol Ic ,
life. book made 81 history p'ses
brought forward ana pul mo w
binding aud that surN'iy today inere VA
no reason why We Amere,ihs snVplu "
looking for English phys Wien we 'oui'
get ones, like this q lolle'
AMERICA LEADS
s. man whose books you have all rea,
sail Ia me. "laick sheridan said thos
linc. .
YES" l answered. hut see how clcve
The author was 20 be able TO use thos
lines M snch a way that they never wer
o,it of place. and no matter under wha
circumstances sheridan might haze have ~ Gn
Them, tneA heiel sfNNls', 80 80 .i,h