The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-14

| patty between human beings that comes
from the perfect understanding that eX
! lists between them
Molly got round of applause, and the
Ensign looked as proud of her as if he
expected her to head regiment for
! foreign parts. singing, I'm off on the
morning train. to cross the roaring
| main."
| Now" said the Colonel. ''the melo-
| drama that we call Life is good. 1t is
true we all see the dark side once in
/ awhile. but there come the white days
to contrast with it, and living teaches one
the marvellous art of forgetting. Think
how awful it would be if we could not
forget. Think of the people who would
live over the. dark stories of their lives!
Think of the woman weeping for their
lost loves and their dead children. Think
of the people who would always and
eternally suffer from remorse. Why,
we never had anything so good as for
getfulness given to us! BY that. how
ever. | mean the right kind of forget
fulness; | mean the ability to forget the
dsagreeable side of life. to soften all
the unpleasant things, and to bring be-
fore us the agreeable side of everybody
even of the william"
POWER OF PERSONALITY.
'"That's true" | agreed. "but look at
the people who affect us in n way that
we cannot explain yet who. while they
are strangers, give us a sense either of
great personal attraction or great and
impersonal dislike. | will quote to show
you what / mean about some Stage-peo-
pie. because they are really before the
public-you know them. Now, there is
Agnes Booth, superb actress. a woman
who can make every word tell, who has
n queer incisiyeness. but who never could
bring a tear to my eye nor make me
think of her as anything else than an
actress She is referred to as highly
finished actress. Look at little Maud
Adams. Do you think Agnes Booth no
matter what she played. could bring tears
to the eyes and make the hearts beat as
this girl-woman does? Now. | know you
will all disagree with me. but while ac-
knowledging the charm Of her acting. L
have never felt that there was anything
in Ellen Terry that controlled me per-
sonally.
you think this is dense? III tell you
how | mean. | have shed buckets of
tears over her charming characterization
Of the wife of Charles l. but never for
one instant did l forget that she was
acting. | have wept for the Queen be-
cause of her past sorrows. of her sad
life. but | never dreamed of thinking
that the real woman was standing be-
fore me. She was always Ellen Terry,
who off the stage was Il rather elderly,
very dowdy, and a very 0ld-mannered
person, and when actresses go into so
ciety they should assume. if they have
not naturally the manners that are po-
lite. But the divine Sarah. the sad
Duse-ah. how different they are!
'They become the women they repre-
sent. They live during the few hours
the lifetime of some other woman, into
whose soul they have crept and learned
every heartbeat and every sign of joy
and grief that she had. Do you know
that there are few men who ever con-
troll an audience as women do? Why
is that?''
We all tried our best to think our
best, and ut last Molly said: ct is for
this cause: If woman is properly
constituted, her heart controls her
brain. and she is unsexed when she is
| all brain and no heart
Then we looked at the stars for awhile
and wondered what the man in the moon
was bordering over and tried to believe
that away off somewhere the one each
loved best would some day be little
| nearer. Molly. unabasAed in her real
| love, drew little closer to the Ensign
and put her little hand in his. / said that
the life of the average girl begins when
ehp cries over hnr first broken doll. and
from that time on her education is a Sc
ries of hopes and disappointments. She
is always believing that some day she
will meet her affinity, who, understands
ing her, will remind her that she must
not cry either for Il broken doll or q
broken heart. Life is Il great melo-
drama. 1t is the story of suffering, of
joy. of sorrow, and forgiveness.
After that there was a long silence and
| the Captain standing at the end of the
boat. looked as if he were trying to get
the great deep sea to whisper of the
truth. We said "Good night" in unison.
but the Colonel. with his perfect polite
ness. announced Good night to an ideal
party. for that is an ideal party where
we can think or speak as we please.
Molly's eyes laughed the question she
did not ask, but he bowed to her and an
swcrcd it. ''Surely this is an ideal par
| ty, since it consists Of Miss Molly, the
| Captain, the Ensign, and the Colonel,
/ not to mention. BAB.'
/ WHAT ELLA WHEELER THINKS.
Mrs Wilcox Gives Her Views on The
Girl Who Kissed Hobson.