The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-01-30

son was last in the United States. an article
signed by her appeared in one of the more
important reviews. A paragraph in it re-
ferred with something of slight or con-
tempt to lars. James Brown Potter. then
just about beginning her professional ca
reer. Mrs. Potter and Mary Anderson had
been warm personal friends, so that Mrs.
Potter was deeply hurt by this formal
slight. When she next met Mary Ander-
son, her manner was excessively cool toward
the famous actress, and Miss Anderson in
turn became offended, knowing of no reasop
why she should have been treated thus.
Asking an explanation later, Miss Anderson
discovered that the offense which had been
given to Mrs Potter was caused by the
paragraph in the magazine article.
With that impetuosity and frankness
which characterize Mary Anderson, she
immediately sought her old friend and
said: why, l never wrote the article. |
have never even read it. A certain critic
told me that he had been asked to procure
an article from me- that he knew / was
busy, and that he had written something
which he thought expressed my opinions,
and that it would be great personal favor
as well as pecuniary one if l would sign
it. He had written kind things about me,
and so | thoughtlessly signed the article
without even having looked at it'
And with this explanation the friendship
was restored.
But publishers who now are seeking from
famous actors literary contributions will
no longer accept anything which does not
bear the stamp of the actors own literary
composition.
h.U "a tyx-n fhraa TO
hibtions given by the schools of dramatic
culture which in recent years have been
established in New York city, and these en-
tertainmenJs have afforded the most con-
spicuous illustration of the intimate asso-
citation which has been developed between
those who have to do with the drama and
those whose vocation is literature.
AT the latest exhibition of this kind it
was announced that the actors aud actresses
who were to appear had in no case received
more dramatic training than had been pos
slble to give in course of some three
months. Not one of them had ever ap-
peared in public upon the stage. All OF
them were young men and women of re-
spectacle life, some of them coming even
from wealthy families. 1t was also an
nounced that two new plays written by lit /
terateurs-one woman and one man /
would be produced.
Before the curtain rose the auditorium of
the Empire theater was well filed with !
notables. Mr.. Howells was there chatting ]
with Mr.. Daniel Frohman, and with the 4
of eager expectancy in his glance 4
and speech, and he was an object of inter I
est because there is no actor OF ability and 4
any writer of reputation who does
not know that it is Mr.. HowelIs am bition |
to write great acting play
Professor Brander Matthews Of Columb
college, who is writer Of romances, essays.
a professor OF literature and magazine ed
tor, chatted merrily with little Charles
trohman, who is 50 diminutiye in size that
ne presents strange contrast with his tail
and scholastic looking brother Daniel
Soth OF these managers and Mr.. A. NJ
Palmer are intensely interested in the de-
felopment OF these dramatic schools, be-
ieving that they will ultimately furnish
he American stage with a splendid com
1any Of American actors and actresses
Mr.. Franklin FyleS, dramatic critic,
playwright and charming writer;
Mss Martha Morton, young woman who
n day leaped from obscurity TO high re-
,ute as dramat:st: Mr.. Franklin Sar-
,eant, Mr. Nelson Whea.croft Mr. Robert
,. Porter, who OF late has taken as much
interest in literature and the drama as be
no IN dry figures when superintendent Of
be census, Marx Twain. who IS growing
ery gray and very leonine because his
esd is crowned with splendid mass Of
lair tumb bled about with Careless care, and,
q fact, majority OF those who have
aimed fame a. authors, dramatists and
rites, were in that theate-, seated side by
ide with actors and actresses Of ;gh char
cler and great ability
These institutions are pat7onized. sup-
orted and most enthusiastically euceur-
sed by the ablest litterateurs Of New York
nd vicinity. Mr. HoweIls. Mr.. Frank
Thomas Bailey AIdrlch, Richard
ienry Stoddard- Edmund Clarence Stsd-
ian, Franklin Sargent, are among those
distinction who gre encouragement 20
nese experiments and ssko bei.efe that the
uteoIne Of them viii b. noble develop !
lent not only of the American stage, bat
the American art IL acting, and that the
zen and women who graduate will BE- able .
} dc much 70 liff the profession of acrIag
at OF the d3rrepate info which by reAsoa /
the follIs, Of some Of those wno have been
with TIE stage, II hss fallen
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