The times., 1900-03-18

Sthl the newspaper man waited mo-
mcnt"
FINALLY he was repaid by a sight Of Miss
. Russell. The comed.ennc was Wearing tu-
Waite dress IN wnicn henrietta HOBBS and
4 Won kiugseau have their first Couversa-
ton. and. IRON a ctOsa view. she looked
decidedly pretty. Win quarter-emDar-
4 rassed gesture she pointed to an easy
chair before the mirror. Then she seated
/ herself opposite Now" quy,n Mtss Rus
sell Il suppose that you want me 10 talk"
Have Sou altogether gwen up yCIr am
| bitlon TO succeed IN emotional ro.eS?'
All liaid, was the reply, that my
amD.uon las teen AIsundei s,uod. / never
nave u,sLtu 10 NU4h eAptus.Nvty in parts
4 OF JEat sort i never nave eA e.. eSsed the
wIsn TO enter ilyaITy win ans. Lesae
Carter or Oisa NejheIsote. Ou.y as lett
I-. Sci oHu l,.s a. u4Uauvhihs Wds dllN-
lo.s uDaJ h.y Opportunities siOuid be al
iONeu 90 utOauel., 100 T. 1heIe was no OBJ
I J....u even 80 suIIaOnneJ characters, OF
Wut,u 1 iyuS Was ,Ie recognized exponent
! Sue ut,tI ,,as,d 10 be cIa. ullI.- 10 me.
but 4 Uet.eNeu aud beneNe that mere IN
I Lguue ul1s Hasc utru Uuts. own. SINCE, as
1 guite a clA4u, 4 was cUuuuvu TO TIA, KIND
C.. i.i.r,- o,-.,.,ton. nave su-4r. ed ud,h-d
desperate IIulss anu cOusIurIdJIe tluuJte
ui d pea soilat nature. no woman can sur
. lel ana AO, Ue ueepencd ahu Improved
as all acl.,as, an autnoI tss, o. a Iu.-itvl--
I Iu any NOlatIUu OF Jng ILteiIeCJ tua, sac
I.-.y nave so.,v,uu. Was iJ unnatural tnat
! l uOped TO put asiue accents, mo- ,5ased
homes. honest piOwUoys and oJHer Is
/ sguJt.,is OF TIE rural dIana2
nave Dv,u IatneI amor tuuste In iuy
I ate HAAS IT o. =. e~tei neiu. Z he >eeLarIo,
which I tried at the Empire, Was no.
gOcu play dhd II was very oaie,easIy uoIe.
--.-, VS. .u, one rehearsal before the
. presentation and members CI ny suPpUIt-
ins ,Ouu, ,.any u4Uppeu out alter that Then
iLtIe was Catherine Inc heroine was
EIeuch JnIO4sn and through. she was
IItte comp cutnued IN america. Inc
translation OF the piece proved Bau, too
I.,ni4.s suUiejy and deiIcate toucnes.
I o Tins Gay l don't know VINO Was
/ sPoiislOIe Iof Inc rendering INTO English.
. n. LaveGan's comedy, IN the Original.
really was beautiful II was impossible
/ to altogether destroy that beauty, but
much o! ii was 4OsL Miss HOBBS is not
unworthy the enoits Of cIeverer star
3 lDan am /, and 4 bOyai FANNY, in which
Gertrude Einot made a hit IN London and
winch 1 alu 10 have next season. is just a
. Time more serious. Charles Frohman mas
. p.omIstu I.c tuaJ. wnen the pubuc has
come TO know me better. / shan nave a
vehicle qui,e 10 my taste. So / am wait
As.'
of the stage. as on. Miss Russell is Tho
+ petsonihcauOn OF intelligence and refine
mont on the stage. as on, her emotions
are printed on her lace in what JaHn Ken
drick Bangs calis thin type" And sne
loves the theatre.
singuIarly enough. players Of the old
school do not seem able to realize that
the strength Of the emotions is not meas
. frrg1 na crrarrrs b M I'm. IT1-rr- fnrH
the test Of true genius is not one OF those
penny-iu- -the-slot machines that may be
found everywhere While great feeling Is
likely to cause elevation OF the voice, ID
rarely finds expression in toneless shout
ing. MIS-. Fiskc can evidence more agony
in a whisper than Joseph HawOrth might
through a megaphone. Three-fourths Of the
Fred Whitney QUO Vadis" company-Mr
Haworth and Edmund Lyons and Alic.
Fischer and the rest-proved ranters Of tho
worst description. George Ade would have
described them as scene -chewcrs.
In the psrlor of the Raleigh a reporter
met Mrs. G. II. Gilbert
Mrs Gilbert" said the reporter, how
long were you with Augusun Daly?'
Thirty years"
Thirty years"
"Thrty-'the governor used to call it
q
during which | only appeared in a play OF
his composition. 1t was through tLal pay,
by the way. that / first came in contact
with Mir DAILY | was at the old BrOome
Street Theatre, which originally was Wal
lacks working in support OF Barney VIII
liams when [ was informed that We we're to
put on a piece by an unknown writer. The
drama bore the title of A Flash Of Light
ming. though afterward it was called In
:.
1868 So the parts were assigned and labor
was begun. Mr. DAILY was in. and his
brother, now Judge Daily, attended the
opening rehearsals Only when the results
had been nearly attained did I observe
mere STRIPPING in evening dress and a
queer cap standing on the stage one night
He spoke 10 me. and l made no rely. In
stead, ] asked somebody who was the
youth 'He% returned the somebody
Why. he Is the author, Augustin DAILY
"Of course you remember that Under
the Gas Light was huge success short
iy. the governor took his little Twenty
eighth Street house and 1 was engaged 20
support his leading woman. Agnes Ethel
Except for the period during which he was
in Europe I remained with Mr.. DAILY from
then until the day Of his death. While he
was away ! toured under the management
OF Mr. Abby. who was starring James Lew
u.s. and with Edgar Fawcetts First Fami-
lies But when Mr. DAILY came back /
returned TO his forces. accompanying them
to the coy place on Broadway which he
directed for so long. We had our disagree
menis. for be was a man OF his own mind
but each Of us thought "a deal Of the other
You would have liked Augustin Daly-he
was so earnest and honest and ambitious
The end was dreadful shock to NE 4
week before the governor sailed for Eng
land he and / came down town together in
q cable car. / recoilectod the importance
OF the date. Fifty years ago this morn
ing. 1 related, I sailed for the United
States. Thirty wears ago | joined YOU
lie smiled. Immediately later he left We
heard Of his being III il London and then
that he intended crossing the Channel
The Great Ruby was on at Days Ii was
q lengthy play and frequently, when there
was a matinee I had tea in my dressing
room instead of going home. This ! did on
q Saturday in june. finished my meal
and took a nap When ! woke I heard NO
sound and wondered where the people
We're They should have been ready Tor
The performance. ] began making up
Then Richard Dorney, the business mana
ger. opened my door He had told the 9th
ors the news when they had passed out Of
the house and so they had not returned
Grandma. he said 20 me there's bad
Mr DAILY is worse" ! interrupted Mi
DAILY he replied lis dead After thirty
years And ] threw myself on my sofa and
cried like "a child"
Mrs Gilbert is most lovablc Small Won
der that theatregOers call her dear old
Mrs. Gilbert as they call the prominent
politicians whom they know Honorable