The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-28

w. J. Gramns. Among the audiences we're
seen Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. Batter. OF Ever
EFT; Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. Wsshsbnrn. Cen
and Mrs. Gilbert s. Meem. Cot and Mrs.
G. o. Hsiier. Judge and Mrs. Frank Al
Iyn. of Tacoma: Mr.. and Mrs b. :. '5ross-
cup, OF Everett; ex-Gov- Eugene Ssmple
and the Misses sempie. Mr. and Mrs C..
L. webb. Mr. and Mrs W. II. II. Green,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ii. Hei.bron,
Mr.. aud Mrs. Manson r. Backus,
Mr.. and Mrs John w. corson. Ne. and
Mrs. l. A. Nadeau. Mr. and Mrs. T. G.
Hughes, Mrs J. &. Haines, Mrs Z. Il.
Webster, Mis-. Meem. Miss De Wolfe. Miss
Gertrude Cheal, Miss Hanna, Miss Har-
said. Miss Augustine, Miss Henrietta
Hamilton, Miss Sestie Perrin, Miss aeary
ana many others.
The Queen of sheba" will be repeated
tonight for the last time.
Besides being a powerful actress Mile
Rhea has charming personality. which
has found recognition in numerous Social
attentions from fashionable people In
most cities where she has made any stay.
Bright. pleasant, vivacious. highly cui-
tured, possessed Of excellent taste and
charming manners she Is also woman OF
feeling and dignity. Devoted 20 her art
and perforce leading a Bohemian exist
ence, she has not forsaken those womanly
qualities Of heart and mind which attract
and appreciate the esteem of those OF her
own ser. On the contrary. she IS no less
q favorite among those who know her
socially than she is popular with the pub
lie at large. who only know her profession
allv. When she was here last. three years
ago. Mile. Rhea made many friends, and
couple Of receptions were given in her
honor. After her arrival yesterday sew
erai ladies' prominent in society called on
her at the Rainier. Among others who
paid their respects was reporter for the
PosT-fsTgLLrsEScER., 20 whom she warmly
expressed her pleasure at being once again
In Seattle
when here feel that am at home"
said she. And think have some right
to the feeling. for / own twenty acres. of
real estate here. have two homes, one
in Paris the other in Seattle, and all the
way between the two l have doomed Sc
attic. and tried TO make il as well known
as my other home. All. il is long time
since | was here last, but you cannot
imagine how often Seattle has been in my
thoughts and on my lips since then. And
has the city prospered so much rs hear it
has7 I. seemed so full Of life on the
streets, while the rest of the country is SO
dead. that I hardly dared to trust my
senses
Mile. Rhea then inquired about many of
the friends she met on her former visit.
speaking alphabetically of those whom
she heard had suffered Recalling some
OF the incidents o. her former visit, she
said: "The theater played in then was a
very queer place. and it seemed that our
heads almost touched the ceiling But 1t
was packed with an appreciative audience,
and you know that is more grateful to an
actress heart than a grand stage, beautiful
scenery and spacious dressing-rooms il the
house be small and cold. like the peo-
pie OF the West Nothing seems 10 daunt
them. ana uniavorab!e conditions seems
10 excite their energies the more. I recol-
iect, during my nrst engagement in
Omaha, before they had paved their streets,
that The weather was something awful and
the mud was knee deep. But, believe me,
the theater was crowded with ladies at the
matinee. and they came in boots 10 see the
play. But now, when people have fine
theaters. hard. clean streets and nice
weather, they don't seem able to muster
enough energy to go 10 the theaier. While
1 was here before read in your paper the
advertisement that the San Francisco
store nov the MacDougall-Sout wick
storel was to he reopened exactly one year
after 1t had been burned in the great fire.
Good, said /: | shall be the first pnr-
chaser, The doors were 10 be opened al 3
O'Clock, the very hour they were closed
year before, and | was there. | saw a
beautiful parasol that wanted but when
| wanted to buy it they would not let me
pay for IL. but male me present of it. /
have II yet as we'll as several other pretty
things that bought at the same time"
The conversation turning upon her
work, Nine. Rhea said: 81 like my new
play, The Queen of sheba, very much.
and hope the public will like it. l have
only been playing il three months and 1
am still engaged in absorbing the charac-
ter. You know II takes long time be-
fore one can feel thoroughly satisfied with
work OF this kind, and one must study
continually. / believe my most popular
characters are Adrierne Lacouvereur, Be-
atriee, Josephine and Gaiatsa. I have
done we'll also as Camille. but the public
il tired of Camille The Spokane man.
ager told my manager the other day that
should play anything but Camille as it
had been played there by everybody and
in seven different languages So don't
play that character as often as formerly.
But Galatea is the character like best; it
is so poetic. so ingenue without being
silly. Why, when | played that part in
Winnipeg recently man came loo miles
10 see mo because he had seen me play II
before; and two or three other times
have heard that the same thing occurred
With people who had before seen me as
Gaiatea. Juliet is too~--0h. don't know
wha:. 1t Is not French enough for me.
but Beatrice is more 10 my liking. There
Is more life In it. But Josephine has
been great success. and shall play il
during my san Francisco engagement"
ssAID PAsnA" AT CoRpgAY,s.
a Great Production Marks the Calhoun