The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-10-19
STAGE STUFF.


Henry w." in New York, and the
critical Fast say with one accord,
Great! Grand Greater than
Cyrano!" What does it take to
make great actor? Mr.. Mansfield
speaks and writes fluently five Ian
guages, Is delightful with the pallet
aud brush, has fine baritone voice
that he knows how to use, plays the
violin and piano in masterful way,
physically ls above the average,
handles the foils, clubs and dumb
bells dexterOusiy, writes well both
prose and poetry. These ale among
the qualifications that make the
actor great. The young stage aspi-
rant would do we'll to examine him
self for any one of these accom-
plishments.
How we'll the patrons of the theatre
remember old Joe Emmett Fritz,
the peer of any in his line, German
dialect. He won his way before the
footlights, not by application and
hard work but by what nature had
done for him in grace and music,
and went to the top in stride
These talents the older play-goers
will recall TO mind with tender
memories, for he and mis- gifts gave
much pleasure. Beginning life as a
house painter, Joe Emmett rose to
the star line, beloved and admired
by all, only to wreck his constitu-
ton by drink that finally ended in
death at Windsor. N. Y about ten
years ago. He was a kind and
charitable man, aud his memory
will be cherished by those who had
the pleasure of seeing him. Do you
remember Fritz's Lullaby"
1t is said that Bettina Girard
who at one time was asked tc 'put
something" in an autograph album
and al that time wrote "A short life
and a merry one,' then signed her
name, has recently written under
similar circumstances, yours in
ginger ale, exclusively" is reflect
ing quietly on what life has brought
her these past few years, that her
earlier ideas were faulty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nat Goodwin will ar
rive in this country shortly, after
spending the summer abroad, and
will 90 on tour at once in when
We Were Twenty One"
The tour of Nine. Mojeska will
open in Montreal on Oct. %, with r.
d. MacLean and Odette Tyler In
support of the Polish actress.
here's another funny thing illus
| rative of unaccOuntable ups and
d)wus Peter StuyvesaDt" was
William H. Cranes play of a year
ago. 1t was depressing failure.
Now comes THE Burgomaster, y
which is a mere caricature of the
Graz Stuyvesant, ard 10! the man
ayers are sitting up nights counting
their money.
The keynote Of the drama to-day
40 in all pro essions, il youth. The
new favorites have the buoyancy
of yoath, the freshness, bloom and
grace that does not go with years
Pretty young woman, prettiiy
dressed and cleve"ly exploited, is
the scheme that warns the heart oil
the "box-office man" and causes the
ihnouring of the sheckles.
Mary Anderson recently appeared
in concert in Eversham, England
in role new to the world, SO far a:
she is concerned-that of a prims
donna, and filled the house to over
flowing at unheard of prices, in tina
town. Those who remember tn,
great actress never for a momen
imagined she could sing, but tn,
English have discovered in her 1
song bird. She appeared for charity
aud announced she would never ap
pear in public again. Nine. Navarro
(nee Anderson) was a Louisville
KY, girl auo 10 or 20 years age
ele ctrified America by springini
into fame almost in a night. Sh'
has been living ia retirement fol
some years, after amassing fortune
OF a million before she was 30 year
of age.