The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-10
BEST OF OUR ACTRESSES.
Nearly All Are Thespian Born and Bred
on the Stage.

From the New York Telegraph.
| The thoroughbred actresses OF Amer
| lea are in many cases like our thorough
bred race horses-not only the equal OF
any in the world, but of blooded Thes-
plan stock-their dramatic art the re-
| suit of direct line of histrionic inner
| itance.
For instance, Annie Yeamans, who,
since the death of Mrs. John Drew and
G. w. Couldock, is perhaps the Oldest
| living exponent Of purely American dra-
matte art in this country, has given to
! the stage two daughters-Lydia and
Jennie-whose talents have always been
| recognized. The former is the wife of
| music hall piano player, and Is not
on the best of terms with her sister,
Jennie, who was at one time the wife of
| Charles B. Dillingham;, manager of the
Madison Square theater. Mrs. Lydia
Yeamans-Titus is now playing in the
vaudeviles and Miss Jennie Yeamans is
now acting under the management of
| Sam T. Jack.
Frank Mayo, in his time one of the
| most virile actors on the American
stage, bequeathed to it his daughter,
| Eleanor, whose beauty, grace and voice
| made sensation five years ago when
she appeared in Princess Bonnie At
the zenith of her success she retired
and married James B. Elverson, young
L IL,
owns a newspaper.
Fay Templeton, who has been delight
ing audiences in light and frivolous
roles longer than it would be fair to
tell, is the daughter of old John Tenn
pleton, who knew everything about the
show business, from taking tickets at
a circus to acting as the impresario of
grand opera company. Her mother is
still on the stage and looks as young
as the festive Fay.
A decade ago theatergoerS were wont
to rave over Mckee Rankin and Kitty
Blanchard, who, in private life, was
Mrs. Rankin. The old timers who saw
Kitty Blanchard as Billy Piper in THE
Danties' still declare that she was one
of the best formed women on the stage.
Be that as it may, Mr.. and Mrs. Rankin
are perpetuating their name and fame
through their. two daughters, Gladys
Rankin Drew, the wife of Sydney Drew,
and Phyllis Rankin, now the rage in
London, where she is playing one of the
leading roles in THE Belle of New
York.
While travelling in the company of Mr..
and Mrs. Sydney Drew. Phyllis Ran
kin fell in love with and married her
brother-inlaw's property man, and
from that time forth until her London
triumph, when the family found mem
bers of the British nobility, like chiro-
by her family.
Lester Wallack's daughter.
Florence Wallack, has appeared on sew
eral OCCASIONS with fair success.
Eethel Barrymore, who has set the
youth of two continents by the ears,
comes naturally by her good looks, her
| charm of manner and her dramatic in
stinct She is the daughter Of Maurice
Barrymore and the late Georgia Drew
| Barrymore.
| A volume might be written about the
rise and decline of the Worrell sisters,
| Irene, Sophia and Jennie. In the good
old days of Niblo's they were the idols
of the hour. Sophia married George S.
Knight, and for years starred success
fully with her husband. Irene married
| Sam Eddy a well-known author actor.
and manager, and the offspring of this
union was that clever soubrette, Jennie
| Eddy.
| Arthur Lewis, an English actor, mar
ried Zeffle Tillbury. daughter of I.y-
dia Thompson. Mrs. Lewis made her
greatest hit in this country in '.Tne
Crust of Society" in which her mother
| appeared in a part of secondary i'm
| portance.
Bibbins Lewis, who recently made a
success in Bottles Baby in Boston,
| is daughter of Portia Albee and Hor-
ace Lewis, now with Julia Arthur.
Annabelle Moore, as might have been
expected, has, as mother one who
formerly led the Amazonian hosts in
| glittering burlesques.
Bessie Tannehill, wife of Arthur
| Warde, is a sister of Frank Tannehill
and daughter of Mrs. F. A. Tannehll.
| Rosabel Morrison, who is now star
| ring in Carmen" is the daughter Of
Lewis Morrison and Rose Wood.