The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-14

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

with a little practice, would play the
MARI inst as weil-and would be just a
little Ike It.
.nfaude Adams says Hillary Bell, rs
tho first actress q note VINO has at
TEMPTED 10 lend the charm OF youth 10
the character. We have had al sorts OF
Tuliets except young ones. Helena Mod
ieska made her a grandmother. Ellen
Terry made her the possessor Of four
husbands and Romeo. as the nth. seem
"a IN have an anxiety quite superfiuOus
tr The circumstances. She was eight and
eortv with Nine. Iattie, forty with
Mime Media. over thirty with Nine.
Tames ten years older with Nine. Sem
bricb five and thirty with Margaret
Niathor. thirty-eight with Mrs. Potter and
eight years younger with julia Marlowe.
Nfaude Adams has rescued Juliet from
tho white woman's burden ana placed
romeo lady az the sweet girl graduate s
roriod. when her infatuation for him is
reasonable
Less than a dozen years ago the play
bills distributed 20 audiences in attend
auco ON the performances given by the
R~entz-Sartcy organization I'm the Grand
Central Theatrc-tho house that occupied
the site Of The Auditorium OF to-day
contained the name Of George w. Ledercr
rs business manager. treasurer, stage
manager. Hbrettist and composer 20 the
company. in those days the Rentz-S SAINT
lev knew few rivals In IT'S immediate line,
and was easily the most distinguished
and pouular of the sO-callcd "burlesque
-trouues' which are legion I'm these days.
And the st~agc-managing. businees-diroct-
ing. moncy-taking, lbretto-writing and
music-composing Lcderer o. that per-
formance to-day Is the presiding genius
of The Casino plays and the best stage
manager OF extravaganza in...wO contin-
enis. The writer's who argue that the
stage debases the public. rather than the
public dcbasos the stage. are fond Of
holding Lcderer up 10 scorn as the inn
urosario of The Teudcrloin. but ne has
been successful, solely because he has
given the public what the public has
vantcd.-F. j. Donaghcy, in Philadelphia
ltom. AZ
] haven't much faith as q general thing
in the loyalty Of the American public TO-
IT'S stage faNorites. ] have seen $50 many
instances where these persons after a few
years of retirement AVE undertaken 10
return 10 their calling. only TO ind fhcm-
selves utterly forgotten by their old ad-
mirors. that ] am not easily converted
TO the notion which credits the existence
of stanchnoss among the people at large
iu this particular direction. For this rea-
son I was really amazed on Monday night
over the demonstration that was made
in front of the Empire Theatre after the
performance OF Romeo and Juliet" when
Mary Anderson de Navarro came out 10
enter her carriage. There was a great
crowd upon the sidewalk, and everybody
who was in So seemed seized by a spon-
taneous and Irresistible desire TO bestow
some mark Of esteem upon the former
actress Joy common consent this design
took the form Of hand-clapping. and Our
Mary" suddenly found herself taking a
reception" in the public street. such as
she used 10 get when she stepped upon
the stage I'm the height Of her popularity
as a star player. She blushcd 10 her
very eyes with an embarrassment that
must still have possessed some pleasure
able feeling. and hurried away as rapidly
as she could. The incident was an agree
able thing 10 observe. first for the graft
hcation il undeniably gave TO Nine. de
Navarro. and second. as an evidence
that We are not quite as forgetful and
soulloss q race as some of MS had feared
we wore.-Lcander Richardson in New
York telegraph.