The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-10
THE LATE HRS. DREW.
SHE COMPLETES THE LAST OF HER
SEVEN STAGES
the Stage. Her Chfidr~n Inherftea
Her Professional fnlenf~-Theaser

Mrs Jain Drew. r. os5ass q American
Actress VIC StsA a. TIE Bewzz house.
1-sEc1zzcat AaETsr a. probably rad a
l0lEsr active career THAI aEy ether a.
Ecs4 SIC waz remarkably vzE-
sat1ts and 1ztelllzeEk sE-rsss. zEG
although 1@r e%C-tS AGza Il LIE
ware exclusively confined . eoze5y-
get sire had won -espeet n tragedy rs
welI and lad = fact. acted a. sarts q
Characters fraz Little Pickle 20 J21s
s1ors, from oE.s q ire snoEnerei pTtnees
II Richard II" 20 EoszGn4 ard CEhe-
Ia. Louisa Lane vas bern In England Ia
l-& AID made her first appearance O tae
stage u Liverpool s1gat years Lzesr. q re
o. pay called @T1zaoGr the Tartar"
Her mother. Mrs. Lane. AfEsEGzras Ms
KNOCK, = popular actress. cane %
America Il ls-7 % 1oin CoEel & S8u7-
sans company al the walnut Street thea
ter Il Phllas1el pdia- Sc orolzAt Louisa
WITH her. and TIE child actress male asr
first APPEARANCE n lis esuarTy sept Is.
Ts-s as me Little Ds2ks q YORK. JuEi1s
BEgtus Booth berg the Chester. Ger
the succeeding SIX ysars Louisa Lana vas
known as = .chlld actress As14ts man
ayers clipped ssx years CT her age n
tae a6ver tlss1ents. and hs- tiny ag0re,
3volisFy. and vtyzc.ty made her very pops-
Ar.
work - Child.
Size acted Il New York at tie BoEery
theater where she first appeared Oh ne
2ta OF March. 1S-s. IN Little Pickle. and
81 the PARK she also waS seen y BALI
more. Boston ar1 PHILADELPHIA Eer re-
perc8rv Included sketch entitled Twelve
Precisely. O.. A Night n Dover" l-ssatc
she inpersonate6 nva characters. TIE
Heir az Law" n which she todaled about
a. Pangloss: The Road 70 Ru3u.~ II
xs-1-F s4k4 Ew4 ..rf afHa-.
The -Four Mowbrays" and TIE Actress
O All Work" The mystery about her
age vas well preserved. and wherever sae
went she excited a deal Of curiosity. Z her
performances were productive CT no bet
ter result
n Is37 Mss lane abandoned her position
SIS a star and phenomenon ara became q
member q the excellent stock company
then employed al the Bowery ths4te- Il
this city. she speedily became known as
3 charming ani versatile actress. She
was married n ISIS 70 Henry Hunt. 3
young Irish actor Of fine presence, whase
pleasant tenor voice made him popular
as the warblIng heroes Of the old meIo-
dramas and vaudsvilles. he was Fran
els Osbaldissone in Pococks version Of
ROB Roy" Harry Bsrtram IN Guy Man
nering" Sanford IN ''Sweethearts and
Wives" He Was native Of Dublin. AID
came 10 this country about ten years be-
fore his marriage
At the VALIANT street Theater.
Mr. and Mrs. Hunt Joined the stock CON-
pany of the Walnut Street theaser. Phila-
6sipht2. then managed by Francis G.
Wamyss. the year they were married The
young actress made a strong impression
during this season she was available
for all sorts q work. she was gifted with
beauty and grace she could sing charm
sparkling actress CT comedy parts. she was
seen 20 advantage also IN tragedy.
TIE first performance o. Bulwers
'rRichelszu" IN the United States was
given Sept. "a. So. a. the Walnut street
Forrest was the Cardinal Eduon :. Con
nor De Maaprat, and Mrs. Hunt Jnlle O.
Mortimer. Nr- and 3frs. Hunt remained
for TWO seasons with Wemyss. ard during
the season q Is4o-1 acted IN various other
cities Mrs Hunt returned % PhiIadel-
phsa IRE following year and Joined Lewis
T. Pratt's company AZ the Chestnut Street
taeater. where she played Beatrice ard
Ophella before the season was suddenly
and dissstroEsly closed.
Thereafter for a number % years Mrs
Hunt acted IN other cities. She was mar
red % George Il Mossop n ISIS Nos
SOP was an actor OF fair attachments. but
chiefly remarkable because he could not
speak without suffering OF thu stage
while his delivery was smooth and fluent
enough behind the footlizhts Ea died
a. Albany within a year after his mar
rage ard July q 1880 his widow was
welded n the same town % John Drew.
Mr.. Drew wss twenty-three years CD AZ
thu time II his marriage ard Rad heen On
the stage I've years. He TOO. was an
Trishuan. ara like Hunt ard Noss0p was
born n Dublin. TIE experience OF BIS
wife was % great value 20 hin II shaping
his career. He soon became notAd aE7
n certain comedy characters calling for
llgh mess and elegance as wei as broad
humor n their treatment. Re has never
been equaled on our stage. In Irish char
scters Re vas exceedingly aro1I ard nstur-
al Mr.. snd Mrs. Drew went 20 Phta-
delphia n IsS2
Traumphx in PhIIaAetphfa