The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-27
FIRST MAID MARIAN
Mrs. W. H. Donald Nee Marie
Stone, Sees the World With
the .Bostouians.
It Was for Her That the Part Of
Maid Marian Was
Written.

The original Maid Marian Of the old
Bostonlans, she for whom the part was
written, travels each season with the pres
ent company but SO completely disguised
under the name Of Mrs. w. H. Mcdonald
that few ever suspect that she is no other
than the one-time favorite of opera-goers,
Marie Stone. ~-.rt,.;. 81 80
But you know said Mrs. Mcdonald
To-Day TO J urnal caller, II am
never interviewed; the public is not in
terested IN me, and, even when it was,
L managed some way to- :elude these in
they are kindly meant, but never liked
them Nevertheless, she smiled pleas
antly and chatted brightly in a social way,
although warily avoiding the leads OF va
r1ous significant questions and remarks.
Mrs. Mcdonald expressed much interest
IN the plan OF having Mrs: Maud Timer
Jones sing her old role gof Maid Marian
at the Saturday matinee in st. Paul, and
learned with much pleasure Of that sing
er's great popularity in her home.
Mrs. Mcdonald was trained for italian
opera and never had any great interest
In the more popular forms of opera. maid
Marian she prefers to its predecessor,
because musically 1t is much more ambi-
tious. She not only studied in Italy, but
made her debut there. She also met Mr..
Mcdonald in Italy, so that the advantages
that led her into the life of a public singer
also paved the way to her marriage, which
took her out of it. IT sometimes think, .
she said, that am enjoying the fruits
Of my work, now vastly more than when
I was in the profession, for I have time
to appreciate the nice things people say
to me in expressing their regrets at my
retirement .,>,.. Co. . -
= "a contented Woman"
"a Contented Woman is Mrs. McDon-
oil 1S ~o1& Is, ,I,1 se - A.
few women who is very agreeably situated
and who is. at, the same time fully alive
to that fact: She is fond Of travelling, OF
sightseeing. and of outdoor life and she
alone OF all the company gets the full
benefit of the opportunities afforded by the
extensive .wanderings of the company.
Each new place she explores as thoroughly
as the electric cars and comfortable walks
will permit. ."@t0s'
The older members of the company have
hosts Of friends all over the country and
Mrs Mcdonald has plenty Of time for
visiting with her share of them. 1t has
been so long since the company was in
Minneapolis that their former acquaint-
ances here have become scattered. Gust
one thing seemed homelike this time,
said Mrs. Mcdonald. For years there
has been one man in st. Paul who never
let us get in town without meeting us at
the train, even though it arrived at s
o CLOCK In the morning. His friendship is
SO faithful and unselfish that we have
come to call him old Dog Tray" and nc
visit would be complete without seeing
him. We don't keep track of him. but
sure enough Sunday might his was the
first familiar face we saw and it made
us feel right at home.'''.s |',.",. ,''
~. Just One Renaissance.
Mrs. Mcdonald does not rate. contem
porary artists very high and refused to
admit that: her acquaintance included
many justly: entitled to be called celeb
rites and worth writing "reminiscences
about, although she knows nearly every
one whom the passing nthrong rates as
famous. She laughed when reminis-
cences were suggested and said: well,
If I was going to write any, should GER
tainly put in zone Of our latest expert
ences. We were just crossing the border
into Canada early in the morning and
We're Weakened by a rough cockney Eng
lish voice announcing,f Look after your
vaccinations scars and baggage" When
we got enough awake we found that we
were expected to- offer for inspection moi
only our baggage to the customs officers
but our vaccination Scars to the quar-
in the company and wild efforts were
made to evade both the inspection and
| the question Of vaccination. 1t was final
]y satisfactorily settled after many funny
encounters and the unvaccinated ones
did not submit to vaccination; In spite Of
the officers bold bluff