The record-union., 1897-04-04

successful stars are beyond the falnteSt
conception of the average theater- goer.
AS soon as an actor or actress becomes
famous we are inclined to picture them
surrounded by all the luxuries or lie,
with an adoring public at their rect,
and longing for new fields to conquer.
How our minds are daZzled with the
thought of Bernhard, Ellen Terry,
Duse and Calve, swaying an audience
at their WILL by the greatness OF their
representations. Little do we imagine
how great their triumph has cost or
what deprivations they have endured
before they reached the lofty pedestal
from which the world now views them.
In our own country We have watched
the unceasing struggles of Julia Mar
lowe before she arrived" Her debut
in "Ingomar" in the role of Parthenia,
in New York, marked the beginning OF
her career, and, although she soon won
the appreciation of all the United
States, it took seven years before she
dared to venture in the metropolis.
Now the critics have been conquered,
and to-day Julia Marlowe stands with
out a peer in the representation OF
Shakespeare's Juliet. Her latest trl-
umph is as a beggar maid in her new
play For Bonnie Prince Charlie
Cora Urquhart Potter is another ex-
ample of success being gained by nara
work For six years she was handed
numerically by the critics and, while
it was conceded on all sides that she
was beautiful and graceful, her acting
was condemned on every possible occa-
sion But she possessed WILL ana I'M
der the direction of kyrle BelleW she
toured the Antipodes India, CHINA ana
Japan, and after an absence or three
years returned to America. she al
ways played profitable engagements,
even if her acting was attacked, anu
when she opened in New YORK III
Charlotte Corday' she made most
profound impression. The critics were
forced to recognize her ability and each
seemed anxious to make amenos lor
their past harshnesS by shoWer1nS
praises upon the long suffering artist
She is now in New Zealand, having
toured Australia, and judging by pa
pers to hand she is making triumphal
march through the country. Inc ola
saving that to be appreciated one must
go among strangers, seems to be Verl-
fed again in her case
Mary Anderson, now Mrs. Antonio
F. de Navarro, tasted deeply of the cup
of adversely and made her reputation
among strangers. 1t was not until
her London debut and her wonderful
success in Romeo and Juliet, lingo
mar and "Pygmalian and Galatea
there that she was accepted in her own
country as a great actress. 1t remained
for her native town to ignore entirely
her finished work and personal mag
netism. In her recently published book,
"A Few Memories" she has this to say
of Sacramento: Il must confess TO a
feeling of pride and satisfaction on see
ing my birthplace. "a
public reception enabled me to see all
the inhabitants of that dear little town
Everybody, from the Governor down,
came TO Join in the touchingly warm
welcome to their CORRESPONDENTS acra-
mentos daughter as they were pleased
% coll mo / shall
never forget the heartiness of that re-
ception. or the feeling almost OF KIN
shin / had for everyone who, IKE my
self had been born in that beautlful
valley.
II naturally expected another ovation
that night at the theater, but on com
ing down from Galatea's pedestal L
also descended from my great expec-
tations. The house was hardly nall
full and I do not remember a hand OF
annlause during the entire performance.
I learned that the local press declared
that most of Sacramento'S amateurs
could have played Galatea With TAR
more effect
c.Mary'' erred in that; the Record
Union expressed no such judgment,
but approved her genius cordially
Eds "R-U.D
IT acted there only one night, and
though my townspeople did not care
for the artist, the woman will never
forget the heartiness of their welcome
to her"
shame on Sacramento. After the
most critical audiences in the world
those of London, New Yorle md Chi
cago-had turned out en- masse to do
their country-woman homage, Sacra-
mento. her native place, received her
acting coldly.
Perhaps the most recent instance OF
an artist being sighted at home, and
worshiped abroad, is the case OF Miss
Sibvl Sanderson, another woman to
whom Sacr amento can lay claim She
gained a reputation in Brussels and
Paris by her charming rendition of
.Manon." Then Massenet wrote rs
clarmonde" for her in which she sang
during the Worlds Fair in Paris, and
her high notes were dubbed the Eiffel
Tower notes" Her success was so
substantial that the great composer
wrote That's also for her and by this
time she had Paris at her feet Later
she sang the parts of Manon and
I.akrne alternately on the boards of the
Opera Comique.
After her enormous vogue in paris
she was engaged by Abbey 81 Grau to
sing with the Metropolitan Opera Com
many in New York. Her appearance
was a success although her voice was
not large enough for the immense
opera house, the largest perhaps in the
world. The newspapers praised her,
but when she was attacked with the
grippe, and her physician advised her
not to sing, they turned around and
devoted themselves to belittling her in
every manner and form. They claimed
she could not sing and that her voice
was a failure. She was treated most
unjustly and did not take much time
in sailing for Paris where she had an
opportunity to recuperate. No sooner
was she able to accept engagements
again, than they poured IN from every
direction. She was engaged for six
performances at La Scala, Milan, at
5000 each and produced such a furore
that she was re-engaged for another
six at 81 900 performance. num-
Der of composers begged her to create