The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-07-16
MISS BARRY
INTERVIEWED
Tells the Journal Readers Of
Patriotic Feelings.
The Great Reader is Enthu-
Siastic Over Oregon and
Her Climate.

A representative OF THR Journal had
the pleasure Of interviewing Margaret
Barry, the charming and talented dram.
attic reader, who is now in the city.
miss Barry will you please tell THE
Journal anything about your career,
ambitions or future plans that may in
terest our readers2"
"Well, don't know whether your
readers will consider what is uppermost
in my mind Of interest TO them or not,
but it is more than interesting TO me.
At present am fairly glowing under the
influence Of that subtle and mysterious
power called patriotism. | am afraid
have almost forgotten authors and
dramatists for the present in my
tremendous enthusiasm for sailors,
warrier sailors, / mean. am not an
Oregonian, but am an American, and
love the "Oregon." have the honor Of
bearing a complimentary title Of captain,
and am the proud posseesor Of a very
beautiful sword. 1 feel quite like
the little boy who told his friends in a
lordly way that he was an actor. because
he bad been one Of lot oi boys who ran
under canvass TO make an ocean for a
brilliant stage effect. IL is in the heart
after all you know. All we need is a
little incentive. When my managers
told me / was TO assist in a little way at
the flag presentation, | was at once 80
proud and delighted that they showed
some signs Of astonishment, and has
tened 10 assure them, that II was merely
the pride Of patriotic American. And
the poem, II is 30 beautiful such burst
Of grandeur. The man who wrote IL
must have loved the'q ueenly ship that
has brought such fame TO our navy. and
such pri lie TO our hearts. The heart
must be dead indeed, that will not throb
faster at the name of the "Oregon." +"
II makes me wish | could hail from
this state myself. How you will
cherish the emblem OF 30 much glory.
Envious people, envious state, to be
the receivers OF such trophy. Wasn't /
her victory glorious. am afraid this
burst Of eulogy will sound like a schoUl
girls rawlings for uniforms in general,
but this came deeply from my heart.
There is enough Of the old time love of
victory to make il tb rill, at such time
as this"
"Is this your first visit to the West,
Miss Barry2"
"Yes, and IL is such a pleasure TO be
spending ones summer away from the
hustle and noise, the heat and general
uncomiortableness Of the big cities OF
the. East. | came up from The Dalles
and reyelled in the beauty and quiet Of
the forests, the cool suggestiveness OF
the Columbia, with its wooded islands
and oyerhanging banks. There issome.
thing wonderfully tempting about the
whole country. We see the great logs
in the river, but fortunately for the
idealist, the woodchoppers are either at
rest or at work far inland. | cannot ap.
preciate the fact that these beautiful
trees have commercial value. only
feel the wild beauty Of their freedom,
only see their suppeness and
their majestic grandeur. During
my whole trip have been impressed as
though passing through a panoramic
picture gallery. 1t isindeed a beautiful
country, hope the people are interest.
ed IN dramatic reading and enjoy a
portrayal Of the master pieces OF
literature"
what selections will you give in this
city2"
81 will give two scenes from Barrie's
"rhe Little Minister" my own cutting
two scenes from Victor IIugo's "Les
Nliserables," Mrs. Brownings "Ths
Rhyme of the Dutchiss May" one scene
from Shakespere's "King John" the
balcony scene from Rostand's "Cyrano
de Bergerae, and poems Of Field, Riley,
Twain and kipling"