The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-09
NnfY AEdrrsOn.

10 you Know, Sdid an oIu-'ip' ~
Orleans new spaper man yesterday.
cad Grifhths story OF Mary Anderson
debut ir Louisville with a great ufstI -
interest. Not because happen 10 KIM
anything about that particular event. yu
IT recalls her experience here III ~"
Orleans. Griffith recital iuu'ti",e
Mary's perseverance. What ! am duou
10 tell goes 10 show that mere ~ SON.
thing IN luck after an. ~ ~ ,p,S Xix,
fa;aiista, and viii come aometmhs, m
a revelation 10 Il whole lot OF pe'D''
know that Mrs. NJ. X; Field. 'Caln"Ht1 ~
Cole and her charming sister, ny "a
our Mary's' success IN Iact' In nat
such a start in the histriOnlc WI" ~,
under the impetus she went TIs"~ "'''''
"Grififhs' story leaves the gentle May
in Louisville playing T. eLnPH, =, raise
after months Of weary strussiI"E 80, AZ
the necessary four hundred 20 I"tt -
Barney McCnulcy Tor rent oi ~, ,,'tb
annearancc al the 81. Charles lh'tltI
in this city. Ola r O. was tIe1 ~, - .
and who does not remr'n",i!, NV 49,
a folller or more genial gentleman nv
b.y1fed Tho pasteDOards IN box once.
r. q Won know. is short for i Gleas2n.
%nbodv' eyer thought OF stretching Ills
name out to its fullest s e~lriis a,yrn NJ
Tho 81 charles. You couldn't haul en-
Win n dcrl1ck Finally Mary was billed
and ~ o. got the boys % work hcf up
IA I'D
try recOrd-her father was Genera
or something Of that sort. Archie BOY d:
since famous in the "Old Homestead
and the Country squire, heIpcd TO
make up the cast. Archie wos "a member
OF the Southern Dramatic club. as am
ateur OrRaizatiOu which turned out some
pretty good people IN The dramatic me
Walter Hammctt, Johnny Negrotto, he
don, and others. on, Yes. ] was among
the lot. but, after going the rounds Of
everything. from circus 70 transforming,
] drifte back into journalism; but
that's another story, as my friend Ku9-
The play was Evadno and Of all
the gawky things ] ever saw Mary was
the sawkiest. OF course. there was no
body In the house. II was the worst
case Of playing to chairs that ever
saw. and I've been there. Mary, how
ever. didn't seem TO mind n. bat went
right along in series Of ilOps which
carried her all over the stage at one
time. Talk about hands and feet. there
didn't appear 70 be anything else Of her
The performance over. we all went ont
TO- guy - c.. There was Weichart
tQuickSiiVerD Of the Gehnan Gazette
Eurthe Of the Picayune. Barrtnger Of
the Democrat that was long before the
hyphenatiOn and the creation OF the big
morning papeer of to-day. the Times
lcan, Capdeveille OF the Bee. and yours
truly for the old Times all dead now
but Capdeveille and me
r. g.; held up at thcdOor. Boys,
said he. i have always been your friend
You know have honorc1 your passes
right along without whimper when you
We're running the old man too hard.
Now, DO " nat You can for the htue lady.
shes a sOutherner and struggling a.
much for bread as she is for fame. She
has ability, only she hasn't had the
chance 10 bring II out. Fix her up all
speak out in sympathy and give the girl
"a lift.'
well, we did. That night at our desks
at the Central Police Station eve were
all local reporters. YOU know we laid
II on Mary SO thick that ii must have done
her poor heart good TO read. even if il
did not convince the few that saw her
that She was the greatest actress on the
American stage. But that was all very
well for one night. 1t would have been
an awful drag to keep up the euloglstic
bait for the balance OF the week, when,
as the fatcS decrecd 1t. here cnne Cath
arine Cole her tender heart moved 10 the
deepest pity, and asked II would abro-
gate my prcrOgative and let her fix up
Miss Anderson for the remainder of the
week.
aside from any desire to escape
disagreeable task Dust imagine anybody
nowadays talking OF seeing Mary Ander-
son dsagreeable task) ! would have
surrendered 10 Catharine for who could
help liking her, so she took the assign
ment.
"Catharlne dined with her father. Col
fNildllhoo'l III the on lily ftpltI. WItIf
Mary ami her stepfather were sotourn-
ing. The old men met; intrOductions fol
lowed, and Catharinc end her sister were
soon fast friends with Miss Anderson.
Then. i'm her inimitable, fascinatiu. soul
appealing way, 'Catharine cole began
series of articles on Mary Anderson
which first attracted attention and then
began filling the house. business stead
lily increased. ~. g. was happy. Tho
bread he had cast upon the waters was
being returned To him.
Just before the close OF the week n
company billed for the Grand Opera
House failed to keep its date. II meant
would involve serious pecunary loss to
the management. 'Catharnc cole and
her sister had been booming Mary md
she had caught on sufficiently 10 mako
her good enough to M in Mary was
sought. and her dates ahead cancelled
admitting OF her engagement for the VA
can't time The veterans. Col. RicbarJ
son and Major II. H. Saker of the Woeb-
ington Artillery. Interested thems,jvee
IN Marys behalf The lows OF The hat
TALON hearkened unto the appeol orT
true TO their record. carried the rising
Young actress on To victory There was
hauge presentation. floral offorinCe
INenioh committees and all TINT sort
d thlns. The local militia were cntbuecd
with admiration and patriotism ana r',
pohded 10 chan. Marys week was
IN oVatlon ana :hC GVant courier or bnr
Idne she left New Orleans sI,staino5
by social and press endorsements WHY
.,ile mas verified. and thus began hor
49,, - Nhd now the heroic Httla vvo
Mary "' Hr HaS among the first To discover
'nu HnueTSon genius and rightl,,
~ tne world OF her possibilities 10 n,,.
10 good" "'i eHoits 10