The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-08

for at~least' q part Of the task. With
the dramatic instinct in her and with
great fluency OF diction, she understood
well the rhetoric of the theatre. and
how to give strong examples of il. Her
play Of "A Crown of Thorns." in which
Annie Boleyn was the central figure.
had some striking passages; Azure
lian," which she wrote for John McCul-
Tough. was an interesting piece of elo-
Guent description, and the american
Girl" in which Fanny Davenport
achieved some success, had several clev-
er points as native comedy. She tried
to portray herself the lively and lovely
fascinations of Anne Boiyn and utterly
failed. She had not the feminine tem-
permanent for the part, and then she
became impressed with the notion that
she might play masculine roles just as
Charlotte Cushman had essayed Ro-
meo.
a dozen years ago, at the Chestnut
street opera house. she stepped out one
night In the garb OF a Hamlet in purple
tights. She was not a displeasing fig
ure with her bright eyes, her fine hair
parted and tossed back like boys and
her legs 1.-THE and trim. But there was
nothing but pain or a sense of pity for
the poor woman who persisted In think
ing that she had enough of the strain
of virility in her mettle to play even
such man as Hamlet. Her readings
were bOyish; her voice often thin and
untunable to the music of the dict!on
and her movements such as may be
fancied of any mature virgin unseXins
herself. 1t was difficult for the judic-
ious to understand how a mind that
Ia, -rx A,,l1 hr
guilty of such inanity. OF course, the
wit crackers had great sport with her
and she became the target of all the
jibes and flouts OF the ignorant and
thoughtless. There We're probably few
even among the thoughtful, who sus-
pected that the alteration might be the
outcome of the physical disturbances in
g. woman of forty-twO, who had led a
busy career, whose nerves had long
been on the strain and whose eager
ness to outdO the rest of her sex was @
pervading quality Of her nature. Yet
with her masculine mind she had some
of the amiable weaknesses of woman
hood. 1t had been her habit whenever
she lectured here to dress In fine taste
and sometimes with u display Of dia-
monds. and there was never any doubt
that she valued flattery.
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In the days of her strength and the
flush of her enthusiasm she was a fe.
male Wendell Phillips in her oratory or
the platform. Few men on the political
stump were more effective in the SER
vice of the Republican party than she
was down to the time Of the Grant and
Greedy campaign When NJ. s. Quay
was made chairman OF the National
committee. in 1883, he placed Anna--by
that time ruined Of her stage fever
among his list. of star spell-binder
she was a failure and embroiled tn
chairman in litigation. He only re.
membered her for what she had been
especially. no doubt, in the days wher
she took the stump for his friend ant
patron, Governor Curtin, in whose ser.
vice Quay was then a private secre'
tary, and went into the coal regions
and other Democratic stronghold:
where Republican missionaries ir
to be run out Of town or treated to q
shower Of brick bats. The lecture field
however. was her supreme domain. Sht
had the faculty of impressing upon hel
hearers the picture of a clear-headet
and exalted woman, aglOw with thu
fame Of moral righteousness, and ye
not wholly angular or bloodless or de
void of the graces. Her "Joanne o.
Arc" the ideal OF her young woman
hood in the tempest and fury Of aboli
ticn and war, was probably her mos
popular theme. But her most search
ing, scathing and cogent lecture wa:
one which she delivered here a few
years before the time when the passion
for the footlights overcame her, and 4
which she took up, under the title O.
I~s,tI NJ n v'a nl1 nrnh
lem, which had just then been project
ed into public notice by the adoption II
st. Louis in loose way of the Europ
can system Of license and localization
I do not recall that Miss Dickinson wa.
ever successful in suggesting remedies
for the nroblems she took up. He
strength lay rather In denouncing evil
and in picturing them with words tha
burned into the moral sense like scorch
ing bits of steel white heated"
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SELECTED RECIPES:
Bres!au of Beef.-One pint of coll
CHOPPED beef, one gill Of stock. two table
spoonfuls butter, onc-half cup dry brea
crumbs, one-half pint OF cream, one ia
blespOonful of chopped parsley. yolks
three eggs, one teaspconful OF salt an
one-half teaspoonful of pepper. Beat tn
yolks and mix all the ingredients well to
gether. Brush custards cups with melt
| cd butter, press the breslau into then,
standin q baking-pan partly filled wit
boiling water and bake In quick oven 70
thirty minutes. When do,.e turn from tn
cups onto heated platter and pou
around a tomato sauce.
Macaroni in Cheese Shcll.-Break fou
ounces Of macaroni into pieces about tw
inches long. Throw into soilng water
boil rapidly twenty minutes; drain an
| put into the she'll of a pineapple or Edar
cheese from which the inside has bee
use. Make a plain cream sauce, seaso
with salt and pepper, pour In the she
| over the macaroni, stand the shell on
| pie dish and bake In moderate owe
| twenty minutes. Serve on napkin, help
| ing the macGroni from tine shell.
Chopped Dates, with Oatmeal.-Ston
| the dates and cut them small; place in
bowl pour over the hot oatmeal and b
| the time you are ready to serve 1t wi
| be favored with the dates and the date
moistened.
Rice Jelly-Cover a quarter Of bo
| of gelatine with a quarter of cup @
| cold water and let It soak half IN hoM
Boil four tabespoonfuls of rice In 4 larg
| kettle Of rapidly boiling water for thirt
minutes. Allow the rice to boil rapid!
| so that the grains will not stick together
drain and turn the rice carefully on
| towel, spread it out and roll the tows
| from side to side until the rice Is FIRE
from moisture. Whip one pint OF crear
| put In q basin, place basin in q pan @
| cracked ice; add two-thirds of a cup G
| powdered sugar, teaspoonfui Of vanill-
| and, II you use winc four tablespoonful
of sherry Add carefully the rice. Stan
the gelat!ne over the teakettle until dis
solved; strain it into the cream and sti