Evening star., 1899-02-04


to no other attraction that visited the
city last season. Miss Arthur's supporting
company Is even stronger than that seen
mere last year. and she presents "A Lady
OF Quality with the same elegance OF en-
Seinble as made its production such a note
worthy event last season. The Saturla,-
mSht bill Of "Pygmalion and Galatea' ana
Mercedes Will be Of unusual interest. on
account of the great diveI ,i,y - character
lzauon or the two leading roles Of these
TWO plays. The contrast from the coldlv
S.aSSlcal Gaiatea to the fiery. impassioncd
Mercedes is said to be very remarkable
Al a recent banquet in New York city to
commemorate the anniversary of an actors
society The thespian Of longest service was
GaIed upon TO repy to the toast, The
Palmy Days" and he startled an nf his
hearers with his opening words. These
are the palmy days of the drama" II is
evident that Mr.. --, who has rounded
out the three score years and ten. had not
Eeafd OF the very recent experience Of Ed
win Holt while he was starring through
the west. In South Dakota town whore
the divorces come from, the manager Of the
opera house takes unto himself the care
of the express company and an occasional
service on the grand jury besides being tho
postmaster 1t is not surprising, there
| fore, that he is fairly acquainted with his
I townspeople On the day that Mr. Holt
was to enlghten the inhabitants with a
matinee and night performance Of lingo
mar he was waited upon 10y the manager
ana requested by him to postpone his after
noon exhibition until o'clock. Mr. Holt.
ulSl2klnE TO inauEurate the Continuous
performance pan of entertainment in such
remote and sparsely settled region. cS-
pressed his objections. The manager then
Informed him that a highly respected resi-
cent had died two days before and hcr
funeral had been set for IL o'clock that
day, and as the town could not furnish an
audience for two such important events at
the same time ne felt certain that 1t was
managerial arumen to take his turn. The
adNlee was taken and The fact advertised
that out of respect to the deceased, etc"
aud the house was crowded.
Although Julia Arthur gives such an cx-
celIent portray al Of the tragic side Of life
| in her creation Of Clorinda Wildairs in a
Lady of Qualify" off the stage she is
keenly alive TO the ludicrous and. like most
people who have followed the stage for nny
time. has a vast fund of enjoyable stories
Of her own experiences, showing how small
a line separates the sublime from the rijic-
U.ouS.
In speaking Of her Shal1espearean experi-
ments The other evening she related the fol-
lowing:
During my early days on the stage we
were playing Romeo and Juliet I'm a small
theater Two little boys had secured seats
through passes in the very front row
Romeo had just departed this earth and [
was on the point of following TO a better
world. had but commenced TO enter my
death scene, when one of the little boys got
up to leave the theatcr. The other little fell
low then arose, and, turning 10 his retreat
lbly over the heads Of the audience Hist.
Billy; hold on for a few minutes Let's
wait till she dies Well. tell her to hurry
up answered Billy. ] really believe" said
Miss Arthur. in conclusion that to ac-
commodate them / died in very hurried
manner that evening.
"A rather odd experience occurred Ia me
IN London one day. on my way to attend a
rehearsal at the Lyceum Theater ] passed
a sidewalk artist, who was displaying his
work on the streets and was surprised to
arg lot. L.. H.
ture Of myself, wretchodly done in oils
Please. num- said the artist noting
my concern. 'dat's the Hamrnericau lady
now in Sir Enry HirvlDg's company H'ain't
you never seen her?' With delightful
feeling of incognito I quizzed the man IN
regard 10 myself, rot letting on as to nv
Identity, and learned that he had painted
my picture to order. but the customer mar
calling. he was liable 20 lose bv his la,,ors
'Ptying lin. bought the picture at his
own figure. paying him uuadruple its value
ha3 hardly taken a seat at the rehearsal
when Miss Terry entered, holding in her
arms a canvas OF the same size as miue.
Just see she said. showing me a
wretched likeness of herself, L bought this
Of poor sidewalk artist down the street
He had painted il for some one else who
hadnt called for it, and did not know he
was selling it to the original I bought il
Of him. as l hated to see him lose lv he
work.
with a laugh. 7 showed her mine. and
told her | could repeat her story. Inquiry
SOON EtAtdtSO the tact tpar the artist had
painted the hkenesSes of every leading
member of IrvinF's company. and through
a deep-laid plot had induced each oaa to
buy his or her picture at Just four times
what ii would have cost otherwise. each
thinking he was playing an excellent iok,
nito."
The people who crowded the Empire ami
Garrick theaters, respectively, in Nrw
York city. last season. TO see Charles Frah-
mans star. Miss Maudo Adams IN J. NJ.
Barries beautiful comedy, The Little Min
ister," were evidently puzzled as to why
nothing concerning the personality Of this
most successful of young English-speaki;l.
actresses was given TO the public durias,
thai remarkable enea gement-her habits
mode Of life, faYoTite authors and an the
ether thirgs that are eagerly announced
for the exploitation Of less distinguished
ones of her sex. To all these. ana TO those.
who may ask similar questions about Miss
Adams. a general answer may be given
She Is in private life just like any other
educated, refined young lady. Miss Adams
is lowered with the genuine friandSbin Of
mary worthy persons, who consider Them
selves more than blessed I'm the re~fprora
ton of that friendship. Is she athEetscp
some one asked in Philadelphia Not i'm a
''new-womanish" sense il might ne an
swered; but she is an expert horsewon79n
and in every city has favorite rendezvous
for the morning ride which she never
misses. Has she favorite author? We'll
yes. AT present II Is one ]. NJ Barrie n
clever Scotchman. who wrote a book and a
play called The {ittle Minister" Mis-
Adams. IL is understood does not go ia
watering places to be gazed at or for anv
other purpose. She plays farmer" IN sum-
merume on place on Long Island whic,
some people may consider very big for sucb
very little person. and there she is sur
rounded by birds and trees and fruits and
flowers and friends and pets-and irst -
all. her talented mother. What does she do
during the afternoons? was the eager in
quiry of Bostonian She studies All the
time, on horseback, out walking on the
trains. in the hotel, in the theater-alyyavs
and everywhere Miss Adams is STUDYING
constantly thinking of the stage drinking.
In Its inspiration, planning for it, hoping,
for 1t. even praying for Il. Study is the kew.
note OF her hfe-study for her ambition in
the theater.