Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-14

htchs lncfeNse IN heduly, ana lney holu
their heads we'll. Mrs. Langtry at 10
will be an older hut an equally hand
some Mrs. Langtry, for 1t is only ncces-
snry TO look at her mother, and You see
the beauty, as in a loOking-glass. great
many years from now Mrs Bancroft,
one of the idols of the British public, IL
today q handsome woman, clever enough
To realize that Increased ilcsL, that foe to
actresses has made II impossible for her
10 play the part she used to, and So In
the revival of Diplomacy" she took the
small one Of Lady Henry. because she
knew she would look the character per
fectly, and that there would not be- a
suggestion Of mutton dressed In lamb
fashion. Consequently she looked the
perfectly Mril-hrcd woman Of the world,
beautifully dressed, and 50 delighted
were the audience az seeing their old
iayorite again. that from the pot boy in
the gallery TO the Prince of Wales IN his
lpx. there were wild cheers and calls for
~ clever actress by her name. She will
never grow old: there Is too much Of
humanity in her life, aud it is that that
keeps peoilc young.
Look at the women on our own stage
If I.otta numbers as many years as
SHE the sprite herself would be as
Young and as delightful as the cherubs
that Raphael pictured. Sometimes
think that she is the result of the law of
transmigrati0t, and fiat years ngo she
was q butterfly. then human being. and
a delightful one, warranted 10 keep
young forever. Testing aside, IOtta looks
young even on the Stage, saw her the
other day on the street, simply dressed,
without particle of pnint or powder on
her face. and there pissed before me In
review that pretty girl who was left in
the pnwnbroker's Office. the Marchioness
slipping the rosy with Dick Swlyeller. and
a, 81,
girl who had made joy for me when |
was q schoolgirl. I<indliness and genius
combined are two OF The Ingredients IN
the draught from out the fountain OF
eternal youth,
There ~ type of woman on the stage
who reaches u fascinating age ~ d stays
there, | may say 10 use Balzacs words,
that reaching the perfect age Of thirty
WHEN WOMAN is AT HER BEST.
she never grows older. Probably the
most prominent in this respect Is Fanny
Davenport 70 my way Of thinking. the
greatest actress on the American stage.
As an actress, she does not play the
parts Of girls of 10; She plays the
pnrts Of women Of complex mind. and
she shows her audience the why and
wherefore of their being historical. which
ordinary women lever are. She can
make yon shudder with horror at the
death Of Nancy Skies; she can make sou
burn with revenge az yon long to help
Fedora, and she can bring before you
picture OF THE serpent Of the old
Nile as Sarah with all her art, could
not do. Fanny Davenport. Il seems to
me--and | have thought out a good
bit Of this question-will stay just ~
she Is for great many years, aud our
grandchildren will wonder that we could
have seen her play. for TO them she Il
az eternnlly interesting az she u 20 us.
An exact contrast is Ada iiehan; al
ready showing her age on the stage,
she PLAYS parts that are too young Tor
her. aud Ii is only because the audience
iikcs her personally that she y accepted.
An old Now York fayorite Who used 70
be- a pretty woman. but who does not
seem 10 realize that Il has been a NUM-
her Of years since she played young girls
ia the Union Square company, when
snch an arts; and such y gonilewomaii
~ Sarah ,ieNctt WAS ~ The bead 81 u
a Maud HHrrison. 10 her. Time mas
not been kind: it hns mnlc the hglire,
which used 70 be plump. decidedly iai
tbe voice that used 20 De sllvcry rather
-lsniag. aud the movements that used
a. ~ cOdueitish a little awkward. No
bodv has been Kind enough % suggrN
!, Let that the dag has come When the
inocnne Gao 90 longer be- simulated. anu
,t'as one must appear what one looks
4 iadv--,r.il a Indy who. no matter whai
ber ~ q, has non eternal youth.
GROWING OLD EXCLUSIVELY
qhen arc women Oh the stage WIG