Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-26
HOW OLD IS NELLIE
That Mas a Question "a Ths
Powers Last Week
OFFERINGS OF The WEEK
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II - straages 60 rather IL Is curious
tat ns4fiy ever shsrs that Nellie Ac.
hsnry appears au.issaces aud ehronic
basiIass II the theatre la41lfe her age
n hea. hogesef. beon prOserblai silh
tie Tarilc o peep into the daylight n
tas players lie. particularly Il tho Play.
o. be promiasat ADD fasoglto. With
s.sE u obtalnlag some lnforulati0o a.
O. his o. Der private Ilfs. 50 the
baxom Nsl.ie - 40 exception. She
has beea before the public for
oFer tfteen years. She = still as lively
80 a maid % 20 AID sesms % have lost
aooe of the dash asd ylsacsty shlch
aads her 80 popular when sOubrsttss
we're as uuco1lmon as they are now
eommoa- Quite ofien = as the quessiCn
heard ~ tAs foyer q Powers TIE past
eeek fieW old 10 Nellie roSS" We'll.
she - not young; utsther - she OLD.
she - al thai pefiod betEeen youth and
sge. uslnz the latter word ia Is
positive literal sense. She Is not ashamed
a. tel asr az. hut g would have been
impollfs a. have ASKED her unless she
we're undergoing an examination before
a clgil tribsaal NheFe such a question -
material o. al issue.
Nellie McHenry. with her make up"
of. looks q ks the eoeggetsc holy she -
behlnd the foothghts. she exhibits o.
: great degree the animation which
claraeterizes her stage work. She u
fal u business. and about the nsst
thing she spoke about last Wednesday
sfteTno0a Sas the poor attendance Ia
Grand Rapids She reeoiiectei the DAYS
Nhen she used % pack the old Powers
theatre % tae rafiers. and she fears that
patrons IN THIS city have forgotten her.
be story II how she came into promi-
nsaee serves bat another illustration
~ aoW s.ogular and crrafic. or accident
ally. persons are throNG upon the tidal
wave ~ success IN nlsfrionic pursuits
IL 1871. az the end u the season, Nellie
Netienry Nas PLAYING ia Que of the
stock companies in Chicago During
the iay OF that sumner Nate Salisbury
organized what - commonly called a
summer snap company. To play the
country towns Tue company was
known as '-Salsburys Troubadors"
There were i've persons IN all. tie
-ides Salisbury and McIienry there
we're John Webster and the
grotesque comedian. John Gourlay.
They bad sort Of musical
extravaganza comedy called Tho
BROOK" They had hopes IL struggling
through the summer months and max
ing q living. but % their amazement the
comedy made an instantaneous hit. and
the members Of the little theatrical CON-
bsne aimost lost their heads. as they
we're handed hundreds OF dollars az the
end u each week They soon became
recoEciled 10 the prosperous condition
"a affairs and set about to embellish
their delightful babbling -Brook" with
richer and brighter surroundings They
ard not return 20 their engagements IN
Chicago. but Continued o. gather IN the
Subjective financial pebbles FOR many
seasons Ineater gosss within the past
doxsn years vii recoliect taat the
"IfoubadoFs- was one of the strongest
attractions on the road and they played
% the capacity u the theaters every
where. Shortly after the success ~ the
~iroubadors" became established. be-
gan the era q farco-comcdy with which
tie stage i now surfrited.
Nellie hctieury married handsome
Joan Webster aud their life IL said 20
h a typicaily happy one. H0ydenish
aad chic a. she Is on tho stage. her
tssfes are strongly domestic and there
h DOT more hospitabls roof anyw here
than the home q Mr.. and Mrs John
Webster on the Navesink Heights.
down beyond New York bay. Nellie
McHeary may have been one % the iirst
souurettss. bat sue j. by 40 means the
oldest She feels Jus, a. young as she
used 10 b. and Nlth the continuance
oi guoi health che vii wink, Kick and
danee iog TIE ediiicatloa 81 her number
iess admirers for many years 10 come.