Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25

mother Her voice Is soft and low, in
capable of great dramatic expression,
but admirably suited to comedy ana
the lighter strains OF emotion Tit
youngest of stars, the most magnetic,
the best dressed the one actress whom
critics never find fault with, whom au-
diences Invariably praise-at three ana
twenty with $4,000 year. Ethel Barry
aNrlfcrtlY uossegEes an that the
'-~u'o CON Give to its fnvorites. Yet
her present happiness Is merely an
. ,n. an, ot compensation
The first IS wears of her llfe had little
sunshine. Maurice Barrymore and
Georgie Drew were rival wits. Their
conversation was as brilliant as one Of
Oscar Wilde's plays They were an
interesting but impr0ctlCable couple
both Bohemian. now rich. NOW poor, nj
one time playing IN distant parts Of
the country AT another disengagcd and
at home. getting acquainted after a sea-
son Of separation Maurice tearing his
hair over the writing Of a play, Georgia
dressing like a daily hint from Paris
IL was like a page out of Dickens but
although interesting II was I'm III KIN
dorgarten for children Finally Georgia
died and Maurice went mad. There
are those who write scnrnfully about
John Drew, but he Is fine fellow His
sisters children We're his inheritance.
lie educated and placed them IN pros
perity He took Ethel and Lionel into
his own company and trained them ia
art John Barrymore, having no dra-
matte talent, was educated In drawing.
The shadow Of early sorrow Is found In
the boys. Johns drawings for the mag
azines are gruesome and modelled after
Dore, Lloncl's performances are tragic
and emotional Ethel lnherits the un-
Quenchable humor Of her mother, who
could make epigrams with a breaking
heart The Barrymore boys are tall
ented but gloomy; the Barrymore girl
is high spirited and yivacious.
one night this chronicler met Maur-
Ice I'm Broadway and asked him 10 go
e. the opera. II was a Die Goetter-
d9emnerung' performance and the ac
tor then becoming noticeably Eighty,
expressed his contempt for Wagner's
music so vehemently that In order to
soothe his guest the writer carried the
actor quietly out Of the Metropolitan.
- say old fellow said Barrymore
nov that you have made me listen 10
that rubbish, youll have to do me a
favor | have two kids playing at
different theaters tonight, | never saw
them trying 10 act and | don't want to
ask seats at the box offices, But want
t. see what Ethel and Lionel can do.
One is with her uncle. John, the other
with Herne' SO We went first TO the
Republic, whore the boy was playing
IN Sag Harbor," afterwards to the
Empire. Maurice Barrymore studied
the efforts of his progeny with careful
attention and inexpllCable silence. The
theater over we sat at supper. Barry
l1ore's face was turned to the wall
He wiped his eyes. Don't mind me,
Re said, choking down his emotion,
you know ] had never seen those
lids on the stage, and damme I'm
proud OF EN-" A short time after
wards he was taken 20 the lunatic asy-
lpm, where he Is now waiting for the
coming Of the night In the earlier
stages Of his insanity Barrymore used
10 rage at his brother-n-law But john
Trew was his best friend after ali
What would have become Of "the Kids"
without the financial and friendly as
sisiance Of their prosperous relative Is
difficult TO fancy. Mr.. Drew accepted
the responsibility Of caring for his sis
ter's children on her death. That this
self-imposed guardianship was well
carried out Is shown in the present for
tune Of his niece and nephews, Ethe'
and Lionel have maintained the Drew
fame In one field Of art and John In
another. HILLARY BELL,