The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-18
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few Of the blemishas of the amateur.
This absence Of omateurishness is mar
tally due To the young woman's true dra-
matte and artistic Instincts but more
la relv 10 the hard training she has en-
durnd For several wears she labored in
New York CITY as n Young apprentice as
n Young woman at any trade would have
read plays and then acted them. He's
was not the theoretical school. She stu
died under the men who made Julia Mar
lowe and Margaret Mather stars of mag
nttude in a single season. First of all
they discovered that she had natural
aptitude for dramatic work besides nat
lral graces, which count for much on
the stage. Then her hard, severe train
ing began and continued day after day
uil the stiffness and the crudeness OF
the amateur had been worn away and re-
placed by the naturalness and ease of
manner that experience gives When the
furnishing process had proceeded so far
that the real beauties of the gem were
becoming apparent the time was deemed
ripe for her public debut, and on Nov.
last she made her first appearance he
hind the footlights. Her success was
gratifying to herself and her manager
and since then she has been received with
favCr wherever she has appeared. She
will spend this season in visiting what Is
krown lin the profession as zone Night
Elemental course of training to that
which she received before making her de-
but. 1t is not considered wise to pre-
sent the young woman to New York
thcater-goers this season, but she is ulti-
mutely destined to appear there and win
her way into prominence. When in this
city Monday night she was suffering
from an attack of the grip and was ad-
vised not to attempt to give a perform
anCn. Her work under such disadvan-
taGes was all the more remarkable. To
her physical condition is attributed in
part at least the weakness of voice that
was apparent in the scene from Mac
beth.
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ON n Tavlor street car the other dav
two men sat huddled in a corner. When
Evnon street had been passed the car
conductor began to make a fresh round
The two men knew if thev were called
nnon "Vbat. anotber?" exclaimed the
Ii~gnr Of thn two "yes sirr nolitelv
said the conductor The other man.
however had baen doing a lot of think
inc suddenly he arose from the seat
and made for the door and lust so sud
GanI,- ala the bir conductor vanl, hin,
honi: "To vou don't. Won don,t get off
now u,a,vo nassed the linerr Then II
r,ae tbot tba fellow who seemed TO know
What he was doing iumned nm with an
indignon+ grunt and thrusting his hand
IN ma orf of bis n,ocket he rave the
no,Imo+or IN oonts sbouting ca tbat ev-
eC,,boGv nould boar. "Tbnre,s vour
n,4nev b,,t ye,u he HANGED r. we'll ride
49, ta,ontad iGiot ,ro+ or and wallxed
-,
james y oCohhor' uiiIil recehtly cily eui-
TOR OF the scranton iruth' mas peeii ei'-
gagged IN the eultorlal department Oh me
Diocesan RECORD ana VIII enter upon ms
new duties TINS week. MI o,Collhor Is
Wen known rs one OF tue Hlost dole'
faithtul ana palhstaklng heWssatherers IN
the LackaWahha NaileE. AS Nalueu
member OF It's stan ne heiped the run
TO prepare ltS llrst ISSUE anu served thtt
paper 1or many years as city eultor' uu'-
ing which time there Is no question that
the excellence OF the Iruths local pages
were largely due to MI OConnors uh-
tiring eitorts. In ADDITION TO MS regular
labors Mr. SCohnor mas devoted cohslu-
cradle time to speclal newspaper WORK
and is the authorized scranton represent
ative OF several METROPOLITAN daliies.
Publisher McTague, of the Record, mas
been fortunate in securing the services
of this talented journalist and the Record
will no doubt prove additionally interest
ing under Mr.. OConnor's editorial man
agement.
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| The row in the keyser Valley district
! of the Twenty-iirst ward during the hours
of election Tuesday was far reaching IN
| its annoyance, The place where the pa