The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-02

, in her own parlor of sunny afternoon,
with roses in the window, tea on the
table and Pinkey- Pankey-Poo on her
! lay is ever so much more interesting
| First she looks considerably younger.
| She has dropped that haunted look
which she wears when Mrs. Tanquery's
| past walks, ghost-like, at her side, all
through the play. Nor is there any
trace of that very correct hauteur and
boredom which the English actress as
sumes when she receives curtain call.
In fact she is all animation, and
| movemnt, not the nervous. jerky
movement of the American woman, but
the catlike, sinuous grace of an Eng
lish woman who clasps hands with Art.
She wears her hair low on her neck,
and 1t makes her look young. She
wears a long black cloak of a peculiar
lusterless velvet, and she wears II
well. She wears a black and white
hat with chiffon veil that fairly reeks
of Bond street. And a fieeting glimpse
under the cloak shows an afternoon
frock finished with narrow lace edge
and diamond ornaments. Mrs. Camp
bell never swathes her throat in I'M
slightly collars either on or off the
stage. She does not have to.
She is delightfully."- frank and ingen-
nous. After interviewing score of
| foreign artists who protest before they
are we'll off the gang-plank, that Amer
| lea Is the greatest country in the
world, that London is a bowling will
| derness as compared to New York, and
Paris a desert for dullness beside
| Philadelphia, 1t is truly refreshing to
| meet Mrs. Campbell who is brave
| enough not only to be loyal to her
| own country and people, but to tell
us few things which we Americans
| are and are not. And here are some
of Mrs. Campbells clever opinions.
| You ask me why l make Mrs. Tan
| query woman of such great refine
ment. Why. my dear, think OF the
society in which she moved! She has
TO be lady, otherwise would men
have invited her to act as their hostess
on board their yachts-even bachelor
yachts? No, no. The obviously i'm
moral woman does not attract gen.
tlemen. She is repulsive. Perhaps
you don't understand the sort of wo-
man Mrs. Tanduery represents. We
have them in England SO MANY of
them. Refined! Charming Intellec-
tual! They are not bad. vicious wo-
men. They have committed but the
one sin. They move In society but
suffer. oh, she must be a lady, quick
witted, clever, well-bred, well-gowned.
intellectual! She must have a beau
tiful soul-to be Mr.. Pinero's Mrs.
Tanquery.
How do our stage accommodations
compare with those in America? / am
sorry to say that on both sides of the
water, they are execrable. In our new
London theatres, there is some i'm
provement in dressing but still
chance for betterment. II is outrage
Gus that thousands Of dollars should be
spent on decorating the front OF your
houses-the auditorium, while the actor
who furnishes the life-blood of the the
alter should be forced TO dress In small
underground, foul-smelling boxes. And
cold! Do you wonder actors have pneu-
monia? In the stars soom-yes-a
strip of carpet, a bunch OF flowers.
some muslin tackled on the walls But
how can be comfortable. knowing that
my people are dressing in indescribable
quarters? And your stage settings
How / miss my beautiful London pict-
ures and hangingsi
"Why does the English actress retain
her youthful appearance? Does she
longer than her American sisters7 Per-
hapsi Well. we take II more quietly,
don't you know. We avoid hysteria. in
our art. We are emotional, understand,
but while II is deeper feeling than hys-
teria, II is not so exhausting. am
seldom more tired az the conclusion OF
performance than when the curtain
" rung up
We learn 20 control ourselves es-
peciaily IN the matter OF small things.
A reserve nerve-force IL more 20 be
desired than the most powerful Of ton
les.
There I knew you would ask ~
They al do How can ! tell you what
! think 81 your country, when I've been
here such = short time9 And IN the
fortnight J played Chicago pat on fye
Uiayh with nearly every member %