The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-19
MISS PALMER Returns
Another Topeka Girl Who Has
Won HistriOnic Fame,
Has Come Back TO Spend the
Summer at Home.
A Short but Successful Career Has
Been Hers.

Been hers.
Topeka numbers among her aspir-
ants for histronic fame those in almost
all branches of the art. VIII Wads-
worth is doing black face in Ala
bama;'' Miss Lottie BOwes aspires to
comedy; but Miss Ethelynn Palmer
worships at the shrine of Shakespeare,
Dumas, Belasco; writer's of the legitl-
mate and the serious drama
Miss Palmer has returned to her home
in Topeka after her first season as an
actress She arrived direct from New
York Sunday and is at her home at
313 West Seventh street Miss Palm
er's achievements for her first year
were away beyond even the greatest
hopes of her friends, for she appeared
in New York in the forces of Augustin
DAILY, one Of the foremost managers of
America, and with a no less stellar at
traction than Mrs. Potter and kyrle
Bellew.
Miss Palmer was seen at her home
today by a Journal Representatives She
is resting up from a long, hard season
and her trip from New York. She IS a
tail, handsome young woman with
rather dark blOne hair and blue eyes.
The stage with her is a passion
Il was quite successfully she said IN
answer to a remark. But nothing to
what hope to be and what I aspire to-
4 went Win LAZY IL II GIL -Aes4 A ~ %
Rosalind in Mrs. Potters and Mr.. Bel
LEWIS production of Romeo and Jul
let" at Days theater. 1t is a small
part. Only two productions were given
by them during their ten weeks stay
in New York. The other was The
Queens Necklace" five act drama
by NJ. Decourcelle. In that 1 had
very pretty part, that OF HiOSeIte-
Days productions are great and
both Mrs. Potter and Mr.. Bellew are
very kind people. Mr. DAILY does not
d
his companies, but does this himself
and he is a great teacher. He does not
read your lines and then say Now say
that like / did but he tells why GER
I taoin expression should be given.
Il never appeared in amateur per
fOrmances, but L have FeCited a great
| deal in Topeka. Prof. Cleaves taught
me to read. / went to Chicago last
| July, and went from manager to man
ager to get an engagement. L would
not take positions offered me in come
/ dy I had set my heart on appearing
/ in the serious drama, and / thought
must play something like Lady Mac
/ beth, or nothing
Il made my debut in Chicago as Sis
/ ter Charity in The Orphan Sisters
/ Then I tried an ingenue part or two,
/ and instead of skipping about the stage
! I walked with solemn tread and de-
/ livered my lines with a tragic mien.
! The manager stood in the wings, and
! asked me how long had been playing
Lady Macbeth.
]
I with Warren COnlan, playing in Othel-
/ 10, Virginius, and the legitimate dra-
ma. was in this company playing
/ east until in February when i secured
/ the engagement at Dalys s
Il could have gone to Australia with
/ Days company. but mamma would
not think of it.
when the ten weeks run was
through, NIalcom Williams, who was
playing in the Heart of Maryland
spoke to the manager about taking me
| into that company to play the opposite
part to him. Mrs. Leslie Carter viii
| not have an actress appear in the com
/ pany with her who is blonde. Her own
/ hair is red, and is ever so pretty. She
/ asked AIr. Williams if L were a brunette
or a blonde, and when he replied that I
was light Mrs Carter said Don't send
| for her. Williams then told her that
my hair was rather dark blonde, and
she said What color are her eyes2
Blue said Mr.. Williams. Don't send
for her, then she repeated.
so I went to Boston for three weeks,
| where had a part in a new comedy,
which went wonderfully we'll. But 1
can't bear comedy and I believe I
should have died if the run had not
closed when it did. I like to travel bet
ter than playing in one place contin-
uauy, and 1 had grown strong during
the winter, but in Boston the dressing
rooms We're up winding stairs from the
stage and I had complete change in
twelve minutes. 1t was dreadfully hard
work.
How did learn to make up? Wei,
have always liked painting, and max
ing up is just making a picture of a
face. keep before my minds eye the
face of some beautiful woman of the
character I am to represent, and try to
make my face look like hers
'I shall be with DAILY again next year
think. His season opens usually in
September"
Miss Palmer lOnged to be an actress
when she was a little girl. After see
ing Julia Marlowe when she was but IL
years old she told her friends that she
would do better than that some day.
If Miss Palmer's genius keeps pace
with her ambition and determinat ton,
which it promises to do, she may make
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