The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-08-16
POWER OF PERSONALITY.

That's true" / agreed. but look at
the people who affect Us in a way that!
we cannot explain yet who. while they
are strangers. give Us Il sense either Of
great personal attraction or great and
inpersonaI dislike. | Will quote to show
YOU what | mean about some St~age-peo-I
ple. because they are really before the
puhlic-you know them. Now. there IS
Agnes Booth, Il superb actress. Il woman
who can make every word tell. who has
a queer nciSivcncSS. 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 Il highly
finished actress. Look at little Maud
Adams. Dc you think Agnes Booth. no
matter what She played. could bring tears
to the eyes and make the hearts beat as
this @irI-woman does: Now. | know you
will all disagree with me. but while ac-I
knowIcdging the charm Of her acting. |
have never felt that there was anything
III 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 |. but never for
one instant did | forget that she was
acting. | have wcpt 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 a rather elderly.
very doWdy. and Il very old-manncred
person, and when actresses 20 into so
cicty they should assume. if they have
not naturally the manner that are po-
lite. But the divine Sarah. the sad
DuSc-ah. how different they are,
"Ihey become the women they repre-,
sent. They live during the few hours
the lifetime of some other woman. into
whose sou. they have crcpt 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 orr best to think our
best, and ut last Molly said: 1T is for
this causc If Il woman is properly
constituted. her heart controls her
brain. and she is unsexcd 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 ponderin" over and tried to believe
that away off somewhere the one each
loNf'l btSi NOillH NoI11t Jay ne Al lIJIlt
nearer. Molly. unabaShed in her real
love. drew a little closer to the Ensign
and put her little hand in his. | said that
the life of the average girl begins when
she cries over her first broken doll. and
from that time on her education is Il Sc
ries of hopes and disappointments. She
IS always believing that some day She
will meet her affinity. who. understand
ing her, will remind her that She must
not cry either for Il broken doll or 4
broken heart. Life is Il great melo-
drama. 1t is the story of suffering, of
joy. Of sorrow, and forgiveness.
After that there was Il long silence and
the Captain standing ut 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
severed 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.'