The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-17
possible end Of a platonic acquaintance, but
tnese lettersr were not. answered: -

possible end of a platonic acquaintance, but
'heseletters, were not. answered.
"Bas,des resolving not to marry an &C
tor." said Miss James. II have also deter
mined TO leave the stage when l do marry
i~haHe some ideas that may be considered
strange, relative to matrimony. Strange. o
course. when 1t is considered that they are
eo,eeiVed by one who is on the stage.
1 tnink that every woman ought to mar.
ifSaho every married couple ought to have
ncine. And when they have that hom,
my ought to live In 1t. Actors and actress.
VIII continue TO marry among them
serves. OF course, but 1t seems a mistake t
III they continue with their work +. +.
more IMAM probable that they will be sep
,arated nine months out of every year and
maybe. a longer time.
IT,. they have no permanent home, have not
me opportunity of enjoying each other
sseossie'S constantly. as married folk should,
and are practically deprived Of all the
happiness that welded life ought to bring"
linen Miss James began to interpret one
OF her day dreams.
lhe man l marry must have plenty Ct
money. He must provide me with a big
MOUSE u am so big myself. you know, and
ne must buy me fine dresses and diamonds.
lou Know. / love the trees and the flow
80 ~ urQS. ana when i get married /
want to live in the country.
Il think II the man who proposes to me
happens to be a r%anchman. or a gentleman
iarmer 1t. Will be a point In his favor.
-rDo<yous know, a big, ine-looking man
2scosted rue in the receptior-room at, the
Planters ths4other day and said he would
x IN adopt one of the little girls in the
company: She has yellow hair said the
man. land 7 ill., lsttla rirle ~-gfI ,-ott~-
nahs He said he was a ranchman and
that11sthe girl would go with him he would
give her a herd Of cattle or the whole
ranch
Well. anna little girl in the play and
have yellow hair and l was wondering II he
referred I'd, me-"
besides proposals of marriage. Miss Mile
tons through the mails. She tries TO an
swer all sensible letters. A great many Of
.'her letters are. from children. who doubt
the statement that she Is n woman of some
years. and not a child. as represented on
the stage.
A little girl in Washington wrote to Miss
James. extending to her an invitation to
attend a party at the little girls house.
Ihey say you're a real woman said
the little girl. but 1 know you're not. and
If you will come to my party you will meet
lots of nice little boys"
The postscript was: w are going to
nave kissing games. but. Of course. you
won't have to kiss the boys unless you
want to-"
MISS James wears a party gown in the
first act of The Little Princess that seems
to please mothers and children immensely.
She receives numerous requests for a pat
tern of it. and one New York woman. when
the season was nearing an end last year.
asked Miss James II she might have the
dress so as to be able to make one lust
like it for her little girl.
A letter from another little girl interested
Miss James. It read this wav: II am going
to a party and / var a dress just like
yours. Iphave three pictures OF YOU. taken
in the dress YOU wear in the play. but in
order that the dress will be Just the same
as yours. / want you to tell me the kin Of
material you use. l think all the girls will
be Jealous" ~
Miss James has an ambition. quite diff
ferent from those of other actresses. II is
an ambition that most leading women are
unable to foster. She is very proud of her
father and he is proud of her. 1t is Miss
James's desire that some day she will be
able TO play Virginia to her fathers
Virginius.
Miss James would also like to play Juliet
some or these days and as Shakespeare's
immortal heroine was only IL years old,
the Little princess" is absolutely confident
OF one thins-she could look the part.
u
Viola ALLEN. who. 1t is said. will desert
the Hail Game and Marion Crawford style
OF melodrama next season and return to a
SEakes2eerean repertoire.has had much ex-
perfencee.&ith stage deaths.
she sfes been strangled and choked,
stabbed and shot. When she told Lewis
strang about it for his book on actresses
she described her experience as follows:
L have endured many deaths. One OF
them was in 'virginius.' when / was
stabbed and fell backward to the ground
When played in 'othello' with Salvini
was always nervous during the smotherine
scene because he used to get excited.
tCrred my face sideways and held a small
place open under the further side of the
pillow so that 1 could breathe.
But even that breathing hole would fire.
get closed up under the forceful
energy OF salvini. Then. when he finds he
has killed Desdemona without cause. in his
remorse he throws himself heavily on the
body. I used to wait for this piece of bust
less in fear and trembling. Salvini's fall
was awfully realistic. Il
las Juliet / have died many times. You
know Romeo drinks the poison and subse-
quently throws the vial away as l approach
lin. (This is In the Garrick v~ersion.) Then,
seeing him die. / stab myself and fall over
him. a. % E
One night some practical joker thought
1t Would be funny to fill the vial with ink.
As Romeo merely a a slight motion as
of drinking. he did not notice the fluid. but
threw the bottle from him 1t
struck somewhere near me. and the ink
flew all over my face and lovely white
dress.
I'm La Charbonniere' I died a slow death
by poison, fand in .Hoodman Blind. l died
Of 'staryation."
Win Little Lord Fauntleroy" again on
view instiFe East. it is interesting to recall
that, MISS Allen created in America the
part of Mrs. Enroll at the Boston Museum
Elsie Leslie played the little Lord.
The Kneisel Quartet. which was heard in |
St.. Louis at the Union Musical CLUB concert |
Tuesday evening, Is. very much in the
public, eye Just now. owing to the resigna- !
lion Of its members from the Boston Sym
phony Orchestra. of which they were the |
bright particular stars. Much editorial |
comment is being devoted 10 the incident BY |
imore thoughtful Eastern newspapers.
. fair, estimate of the situation will result
in the concession that the designations are
Justified and that the management of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra itself should
AXE pride In the artistic necessity which
them about. The Kneisel Quartet
reached that point in it, history where
an exclusive devotion TO quartet work is de-
This demand is contained in the fact that
he organization is recognized in this coun-
Try, and Europe as one OF the best. II not
he best of its kind. The development. of
and protection of the Boston
sNmn1nn u nrphactru which NAV fnorafnrp /