Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-05-24
KYALAMI OR THE NEST
Charming Summer Home on Long
Island of John Drew and
His wife.

I'VE call our Long Island home 'Iya-
lami,' which means The Nest" said
Mrs. John Drew, the wife of the famous
| actor, who is visiting at the residence
of Mrs. ]. c. McCIintock on Twenty
third street, in Milwaukee, Wis.
1T is at East Hampden, you know"
she continued, almost at the end of
Long Island. 1t is a very charming
spot Just there the sand dunes are
plentiful-great banks OF sand right on
the very edge of the water. They rise
to a height of about ten or twelve feet,
and while they don't keep away an iota
OF the delightful sea breeze, they serve
as shelter from the intense glare. 1t
is almost the only place on the coast,
| think, where there are dunes, and il
is Il curious fact that they will remain
just as long as the grass is allowed to
grow over them, but if the sod be taken
away, the wind and the rain soon level
them down. Some of them have stood
there for 30 years, and many of the
cottagers build their houses right upon
them, so as to be close to the sea. We
built our home at East Eampden last
year, and last summer lived in it for
the first time. Ii was named by young
Del Hay. who was a very intimate
friend of Mr.. Drew's. and, from his resi-
dence in Japan, very fond of all things.
We had many talks about Il pretty name
for the home, and this one was his
favorite.
down there Mr.. Drew finds just the
sort of rest and relaxation thar he needs
He is very fond OF all outdoor sports.
hathing ana swimming in particular, and
we spend much time in the water. Then
he plays golf and tennis, and rides a
great deal. Our daughter joins him in
all OF these. and when the cool weather
comes there is hunting. No, of course
they are not the real fox hunts, because
there are no foxes, but they trail an
anIse seed bag over the course and the
dogs follow the scent. While Of course
not nearly SO exciting as an actual fox
hunt. 1t really is much more humane, |
am only sorry that Mr.. Drew's season
Of rest should be so short. He will not
be through in California until the mid
dle OF June, for he Is going all through
the state in The Second in Command
and then he usually is obliged to go up
TO New York about the middle of An
gust to make ready for the coming sea-
son, which he opens there, you know"
Mrs. Drew is a charming woman-taIl
and slender with a delicate face framed
IN a soft p0mpadOur of silvered hair and
lighted by expressive hazel eyes Her
complexion is as dainty as a girls and
she speaks III a pretty voice, with an
Eastern accent. In gown of soft
brown silk, with a scarf of Chinese
crepe. clnUFolucIcu WlIn mowers, upon
| her shoulders, she made an exceedingly
pretty picture. just how long she will
remain i'll Milwaukee is uncertain. de-
pending upon whether her presence will
he required to superintend some altera-
tons which are being made at their
home.
| Mrs. Drew says that not for n long
time has her husband had a play so
| thoroughly delightful as THE Second in
| Command in which he is playing the
| lead this season.
| 1T is an army play, You know" said
| Mrs. Drew, and full of life and move
mpnt Mr. Drew's role IS n comedy
| part, and yet there is much that is Sc
riouS in it. N fact the comic and the Sc
rianS are 50 intimately blended that the
| audience is kent in transition state he
| tweeu tears and laughter. It Is the story
| of 4 man who just fails to reach what
! ever he is striving for. When he played
! ii Chicago, ! remember q theater party
| Of little girls who attended one after
| noon. They occupied the prosecution
! box. and one little maiden, perhaps II
! years old, was SO affected by the play
| That She buried her head in her mothers
| breast and sobbed most pathetically.
One thing that makes the play so good
is the perfection Of detail with which
I'll the army scenes are carried out.
When he played in Washington. the
army officers said that they had never
seen military play where all the
maneuvers We're so perfect Gen. Cor
bin was especially warm in his praise
of Il. The play had Il very successful
run in London. which perhaps was part
ly due to the fact that the time Of the
play was placed ut the opening of the
Roer war. but it really IS splendid
play.
Mr.. Drcw's plans for next season are
Oil uncertain. she continued. If he can
I e 1 / I
plays are the hardest things in the world
to find, and if he is not successful in bis
| quest he may repeat THE Second in
Command" and take it into the territory
where he has not played this season.
But all this is only suesswork. Even
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