Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-10

tenderly TO my ear so that no one
might hear, ana whispered:
Mamma hadn't i better call you
Annie"
never had TO teach my little girl 10 be
careful OF the feelings OF others. II Il Is
true that angels whisper lessons TO ba-
bles in their cradles, / am sure they
taught my Maude that one. When she
was between three ana four years old
/ left her with her grandmother while
/ went ON tour ] was away for six
Months and when / came back she was
oyerjoyed % See me But her heart was
troubled for fear her grandmother
would feel the sadness of the weaving.
She cuddled in my lap and laid her
head on my shoulder ! tried 90 rock
her 10 sleep but she was so pleased 70
have me back that she would not 90 90
sleep.
Whom do you love?' I asked her
"Tou YOU she murmured while I
rocked She looked al Grandma sitting
10y the window. and IL seemed her con-
science repr0ached her
You, you she said again, but this
time IN a little whisper And Dram
ma, she added, so loudly that grandma
could not fail 10 hear.
While / always did everything ! could
for my daughter, she may almost be
said 20 have been self taught ! always
saw 20 It that she had learned her part
but even that was unnecessary. She
was such a quick study When she was
mere baby We would 60 over the
scenes together once OF twice. but she
played them as she liked. She was al
ways self-reliant and always acted ac-
aDr1Iuu . bar NUN standard
was worried about her cues an first
and used 20 stand near TO remind her.
She always resented this and would
say;
"Mmama, 80 away Go away! don't
need you"
To punish her / went upstairs once
and left her alone, a member OF the
company ran up after me. I was
frightened.
HAS Maude broken down. I gasped
Broken down. she repeated. Don't
you hear the applause she's getting?'
Then I realized that my little daueh-
ter didn't need me. but was quite sufii-
Client unto herself. and | was proud of
It. ! left her watching other peoples
cues as well as her own.
She was always ready with sugges.
tions for her new parts. She was sew
en-, l think when she was a ''plckauin.
ny" IN The OctOrOon." She had
been told TO move about briskly while
the rest spoke their lines.
II ought to do something she said.
Let me use my new jumping rope.
So some rope jumping by the smallest
pickaninny was introduced as new
business and 1t went very we'll
had some trouble az first In getting
her % take proper care OF her health.
We were crossing Union square In a
storm one night and I discovered that
She had not worn her ruhbers. I tried
20 persuade her 20 go back TO the hotel
for them She objected,
Mamma she said. II am accustom-
ing myself TO the vicissItudes Of an ac-
tors lie
admit the drou reply sIlenced me
FOR the time. and ] had 10 be- reinforced
by doctors before this child, who
thought for herself, found out the dan
ger there IS In 'accustoming oneself.
Maude left school very early. She
was not yet fourteen ] was opposed
90 her leaving before she was gradu-
ated. Her argument was that she
would not need a longer school course
unless she became a teacher or a lite
Tary woman
Il don't want TO be either she said.
That settled g..
She went 90 school az the Collegiate
Institute in Salt Lake CRY. Her prin-
Cipal urged me 90 leave her there until
she was through
III you do I win guarantee her a
position as teacher Of elocution at 81
900 a year"
Mother talk about infant proiigies IS
foolish ] suppose but / admit ! am
proud NJ the fact that she learned thc
alphabet IN an hour a friend dropped
IN and amused himself by playing with
her blocks ON the floor Before he left
she had learned the name OF every l.t-
Ter on the blocks.
When she was seven years old o. critic
said that N she lived she would wear
the mantle of Mrs Si1dons
Her success has not surprised meanl
I have not been "eytr1y0ginty hap
py.' as my friends say. about 70. She
has always been a hard student OF the
stage and has won her way gradually
and by the closest application.