Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-20

rso Is Nance o'Neiif .,..rv ana IN
Nn' ,he question that every one Il,
Ins ,avs q asking about the new
s'I r , has Just arisen in our ara
I pstlc horizon 49,. has been asked,
- AZ h. sane sensation created DIN IN nan nan
~ s. "a places during the past sew
a'D .rs when Miss o'Neil has done
"a. ~ y'I has here, dropped in on them
.s ~ much preliminary notice. dazeu
s :. !. Sr the fash Of her genius, ana
a'' o...ed on before they have had d
la'.,s rlly to recover themselves.
!. s s,,' lax, AZ, IS passing through this eS-
w. 49,, mst now. It Is as II some
",.r, meteor had flashed out OF the
. ,lv half binding US with us
! '1.,Oe No one who was prepared
:, he visitation Of this particular
,.rsnly bod,-lf she VIII allow ,. the 9
- everyone, after recovering
,ya the hrst gasp Of amazement' Is
arg who and what is she-"henoe
,.-.s she-under what buehel has her
N been hidden, and why have we
N heard Of her beiore'
-,a News" can answer come or these
..s,,ls. Six years ago there was a
residing in oakland, Cal, named
,nson Her father was an auctioneer'
IA she occasionally appeared in pub
asa teader or reciter. She was only
hen but her undoubted talents at
,,.ssa the attention OF Peter Robert
!. ,bs well known critic Of the San
y+.,elsco Chronicle. He was a friend or
|r,gee Rankin, then In San Francisco,
Ia he introduced him to Miss Lamson,
.srsng him TO engage her, to train
!, for the stage and then to tie her
!, under a long contract. Mr. Rankin
az the girl, knew at once that she
vs. an uncut gem, made a contract
bib her, gave her careful instruction,
n, then brought her out In California
,ist the name Of Nance O'Nell. Stu.
bats Of theatrical history will not need
h told that In selecting her happy
,on De theater Mr.. Rankin had re-
ouse to two famous names in the
gory Of the English stage-Nance
Odaeld and Kitty o'Neil.
I The California actress was a success
! slnoa a sensational one-from the be-
mining. For six yers she has been
aging, and her engagements have
|itlthsd from San Francisco to London.
b. played but few nights In New
Eak but Frohman at once offered 10
IKE her In hand. She, hoewver. very
properly refused to leave Mr.. Rankin.
;,ew York IL the great center from
(Which oil theatrical news Is sent out
}n this country. the only place. op-
3aNntly where It is possible to found a
4alonsl reputation, and that Miss o.
el played 90 brief an engagement
: hTe 6 probably the reason why her
aze has not been more widely herald
a That she did attract more than
esrg attention, even In the metropo-
s however, is shown by the next
Sangtaph.
ms Is the way Alan Dale speaks OF
raise ONell In the New York Journals:
ieu are all destined 10 hear OF Miss
Na IN the future, however, unless I
shgularly mistaken, or unless the
3eMg actress misdlrects her career,
flss Nance ONeil Is one OF those rare
gahs women, not pretty by any means,
ta'se nagrantly feminine personality
r. Inc power Of swaylng men and |
rsiash without recourse TO petty stage
tasM. You viii be told that Miss |
kNal Is still quite untutored. say. |
4 nsF thank her lucky stars that she |
I " ana let her remain so. To be |
lI@ea means 10 be mistress OF all |
n llaeously stupid business" that is
lsqy opening the stage to ridicule, |
Coo9ay would call Miss ONeil untu.
~. ~ U she mopped tears from her fore
,7a ran her fingers through her hair
opIess emotion, gurgled throatlly
'''', umee she felt fearful, and walked |
!. una drown like a Gagged tgress.
W. such an education let her hold
''ssi' and, In the meantime. before
W. = tempted, 20 and sec ner In her
'ssaoy untutored condition. Who
'A.ss " you may get the chance to do
y SIX months from now?
. nss VNell could not have fallen into
, ~ sanas for stage training than
~. q Mckee Rankin. He Is en-
aeSNy an artist Of the old school ana
,. y. M, ne mas seen Of stage life for the
~ ~ ssar'er Of century would occupy
~, 49, section Of work on the his.
4. " we american theater. He was
IIs ~ t Jacques In the Two Orphans
ns s,a maI play was brought out for its
,sysS vlau'e run In New York In the
'' lie toured the country for