The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-01-28

see her between the acts Of Much Add
Ah3ut Nothing She was Iii great pain,
'JNe eaten nothing for days" She
SAID, 1.-THE sllghteHt moreel I eat gives me
torr.blp agony MILK Is the only thing /
can touch NurmuH of "Ngu ought Ia
BE- In bed" came from lAzzle. Mlas Terry 4
devoted mud aa she husi'y assisted Beat
rice 10 change her dreEs. But there was no
ElyinE IN for her and few minutes after
ward saw her ON the staEe brimminR
over with ytalty unable 80 suppress the
Intense NE lud spirits which gluw in th1t
m0st fascinating OF oharacferg Can this
womsn over be NJ or depressed the au-
d.ence would have snid.
Miss Terry has been ON the stugn almost
sinoo she can remember. Her father aud
mother were 10 the profession. md indeed
She was born when thoy were touring IN
Tho provinces Coventry WINS nor birth
place. but alas, her admirers can mark
the spot by no commemorative Stone Tor
her parents r-tgiued no recollection Of It's
situation. Me1nwMle local inhabitants
wrauEle over tla honor Of dwelling be-
meath The roof that FIRST sheltered Ellen
Terry, and visitors TO Coventry nre he-
wil1ered BY more than one notice inform-
whore slpa was horn She made her hrst
appearance at the old Princess thoHter
IN London. under The a;nuaEemcut Uf The
keuuH, when sle was years old. playing
Manila IN THE Winters Tale" Her old
err sister Kate roW Mr2. Macarthur Lew
is was already quite an experienced not
reHs having made heT debut at the age Of
three and % hulf The sisters played to-
Eethor IN several productions. notably IN
the "Midaummer NIGHTS Dream at the
Thcatcr Royal, Manchester when the eid-
er wag Titauia aud the younger Puck.
When stil children they wont on tour
under the management of their father
Mr. Benjamin Terry on their youthful
shoulders rested the whole weight OF the
entertainment; they were the only artists
in the company Their repertoire cou-
sisted OF little sketch entitled Poor Re-
htlonH," especially written for them by
air Norton. and another tiny play Of tho
same character For some years after
the sisters played together but rarely.
but on the occasion Of Miss Kate TelTy'a
farewell TO the stage q short time before
her marriage Miss Ellen Terry took a
small part, and stood at her sisters side
when shc Was well nigh overwhelmed by
tho euthuTiafm Of the public from which
She was parting
The younger sister soon came brilliantly
10 the fore and II IS worth recording that
She and MIR irving were both engaged ut
the old Queens theater many years be-
fore MI irving had any hope Of gaining
the position he now holds. II was IN Ism
Immediately on Mr. IrYlng's entering up
on the management of the tyceum that
MISS Terry maze her nrbt appearance ~
this theater where she has now become
an ingtltution, adding 20 her fame by cY-
cry fresh creation, and diyiding the enthug
siasm Of the vast audiences with her great
confrere
But absorbed as Miss Terry Is IN her
profession, she Is. curously enough, new
e. 80 happy as when ghe Is at her little
cottage home at Winchclsea. Situated 10
country village in Sussex, surrounded
by wide gtfetoh Of marnhy land, reach
ing 10 tn sea on one side and far up into
the country on the other, II Is difficult 70
remember ~ that ont Of the world spot
that there exists such thing a. a thea
Ter. Tower Cottage, as this country home
IS named, formerly belonged TO br ana
Mrs, comynB Carr. and IL war when w
ting theFe old friends that Miss Ierry
FIRST saw and fell Ia love with II. hhe "
an ardent adInirer Of rural HE, ana mas
hardly egef been without her cottage N
the country, whittier she could ny TOT
breath Of fresh air. The fifat Was az
Hampton Court, while another eharinlns
ana auainuer home was at bKbrdke.
Actually Il was an Inn, but MISS IeiIy
oVercame an difficulties ~ the way q hsf
possessing II, hired an old woman 20 ~
the beer and established herself " ths
comfortable old-fasliioned rooms % me
Audrey Arms.