Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-03-23


carry off the palm of manly pulchritude
from all the metropolitan actors who stirred
the hearts of the fair sex.
All over the country women have admir-
ed and envied his comeliness. This is not
mere empty fattery of the gentleman. The
remarks are called out by the compliments
that the women patrons Of the Empire pay
him. It is history, too, for Clio has as
much to do with recording the conquests of
handsome men of the stage, though in q
minor way, of course, as she has to do with
using up her styles and tablets in the in
terest of statesmen, warriors and such. Mr..
Miller's features are delicate, but clear and
perfect. His earnest eye and admirable fig
ure that always wears genteel grace
make him most interesting to look upon.
!"When," an enthusiastic chronicler wrote,
''as the Earl of Leicester he wore lovely
white silk tights, he was indeed thing of
beauty. And to think he has gone back to
long trousersp'
But Mr. Miller will not like all this. He
prefers to have his acting and not his per.
sonal appearance discussed in print. He is
not one of the men who tell newspaper
writer's of the baskets of ''mash" letters
they receive and consign to the flames every
day. His conquests are not in that line, nor
does he desire them to be: Mr.. Miller is a
very nice, agreeable, soft voiced and gentle
hammered man, who off the stage presents
none of the appearance of the histrion. He
does not parade Broadway or pose in the
cafes, and at Long Branch, where he spent
last summer, he was the quietest and least
obtrusive of the guests. He has very
pretty home in this city, where he spends
most of his time with his wife, formerly
Bijou Heron, and a boy as handsome and
interesting as his father.
Ever since Henry Miller appeared in New
York at Days theater in 1882 as Count de
Latour in Sardou's ''Odette," and later the
same year as the Doctor in ''The Passing
Regiment" the metropolis has known him
as favorite and successful actor. He has
won his way by pure merit as we'll as agree
able personality. His gentlemanliness and
suave art, the charming modulations of his
voice, which is certainly as soft and music
al yet as wide ranged as any on the stage,
and his magnetic manner made him note
worthy figure in every production in which
ne had q part. He was liked from the first.
His triumphs came quickly, and that he
has 'played many parts in his time" and
thus manifested the versatility of his his
trionism is evident from the list of the prin-
cipal characters alone in which he has been
seen in this city.
In 1928 at the Madison Square theater
he appeared as Herbert in "Young Mrs.
Winthrop" At the same theater in 1885
he had the leading role in 'Anselma." The
following year at the Star theater he played
Sir Burleigh Woodstock in Boucicault's
1.-THE Jilt." In 1887 at the Star he had the
heroic soldier role of Colonel Prescott in
'Held by the Enemy" He was at the Ly-
ceum theater for two seasons, beginning
with 1887, during which time he was seen as
Robert Grey in 1.-THE Wife," Clement Hale
in ''Sweet Lavender and Rodolph in 1.-THE
Marquise." In 1889 he was engaged by
Charles Frohman to create the role of Colo
mel Kerchival West in ''Shenandoah."
The following season, still under Charles
Frohman's management, as he has been al
most without interruption from Septem
Der, 1889, he created Alfred Hastings in
"All the Comforts of Home" In 1901 he
had the leading role I'm ''Betrothed" at the
Garden theater and the title role in 1.-THE
Merchant" at the Madison Square. Last
season he achieved notable success as
Frederic le Maitre and Oscar O'Flaherty
Wilde in '"lhe Poet and Puppets" This
season at the Empire theater he has done
| the best work of his brilliant career. His
Mr.. Owen in Liberty Hall' was a clear
cut representation of a gentleman1y love-
of the Lord Burleigh type, His Ton
| Morris In 1.-THE Councillors Wife" was al
excellent, manly type of the hard pressed
| modern student who has a heart and an ap
| petite, but has honor that holds both il
| check. His Mr.. Brabazon in the present
tremendous Empire theater success, ''Sow
ing the Wind" in which, though still al
acknowledged leading Juvenile man ant
| simulator of young romantic heroes, he ap
pears in the role of equity but buoyan,
hearted and handsome featured gentleman
of Sc, is masterpiece OF acting and has
been enthusiastically declared such by crit.
les and public alike.
It was a stroke of genius on Manager
Charles Frohman's part to select hand
some young fellow like Henry Miller tc
play old Brabazon. He knew why he did
| it. He knew that man of Sc possesses: nc
| particular glamour for the women, who aft
or all are the mainstays of the theater, but
| put the harness of age on fascinating ma
turity-put gray wig on the head that
has so long been known to wear Hyperion's
ourls-and the women will all throng to see
the metamorphosis. Lucy LAWN. =
New York. -" y
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