The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-28
AN ACTRESS PLUCK.
Carrie Turner tainted in the Third
Act Saturday Night.
ALTHOUGH ILL WITH THE GRIPPE

She Carries ON Ezer Part in the Play,
staying in Bed When Not ON the
stage
1t may not have been directly apparent
to the large audience that saw her Satur
day night, but Miss Turner was really too
sick to play her great part of Mrs. East
lake chapel in ''The Crust of Society"
Two weeks ago in Illinois she was
taken with the grippe and was SO sick at
Bloomington that the doctor who attend
ed her positively forbade her to go on
the stage at all, but she did and played
her part and the do ctor respectfully
dropped her case, with the remark that
if she really intended to commit suicide
he would no longer endeavor to keep her
from it.
All day Saturday when she was not on
the stage she was in bed. 1t was the
first place she went when she arrived in
Topeka, and she left it again to go to the
train that took her to Kansas City yes
terday afternoon.
There was no exposed neck and shout
ders for her in the piece Saturday night,
and she wore wraps through both of the
performances.
II took my wrap off once in the after
noon," she said, ito show the ladies nay
dress, but l had to have it put on again
Immediately"
It was with difficulty that she sue
ceeded in getting through the third act
in the evening, and when the curtain
went down she dropped exhausted. She
was carried to her dressing room and
laid on a sofa. RestOratives were ap-
piled, but it was several minutes before
she opened her eyes and rallied sutfi-
GENTLY to go on with the part She got
through the fourth act only with the
greatest effort, and once she thought she
was going to faint
Along with her ability she has pluck
and lots of it. She intends to keep on
playing
This is the sickest 1 ever was" she
said, "but don't propose to give up"
At her room in the afternoon LII
Ormonde asked er if she would be we'll
enough to play that hight The sick
woman smiled family and held out her
hand Have l ever failed to plav?" she
asked. and MT. Otmonde admitted that
she never had.
Besides being a sure enough actress of
unusual ability, Miss Turner is sur
rounded herself with talented artists
Edgar l. Davenport has enough of his
family talent in him to be superb. He
is brother of Fannie Davenport The
audience was delighted with his por-
trayal of Oliver St. Aubyn.
Miss Turner plays the "Crust of Soci-
ety. for the last time in Kansas City
"Wednesday night. This company is her
own, and she has been producing the
play by agreement with John 9tetson,
who owns it, and under whom she form
erly starred in it.
On Thursday night she will produce
for the first time a new play by Sutton
Vane. MIR. Vane has eudeavored to give
TO the world society drama called 'sUn-
der Compulsion," and Miss Turner will
produce it at the Coates under the man
agement of VIM. Calder. who also owns
"The Span of Life" which played here
Friday night
Most of the company will stay with
her. Mr.. Davenport, however, did no
like the part offered him aud will so tC
Philadelphia to take leading part in a
new production that Jacob Litt owner OF
SIN Old Kentucky" will soon put on.
II hope to have a company of my OWL
on the road next year." said Mr. DAven-
port, Il have been working for it fol