Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-17
BEAUTIFUL B0UQUE7
PRESENTED TO MISS ALBERTA
CALLATlN At THE ELKS
TREATER.
BY the Daughters Of th4 Comic dsraoy,
ton. s. NJ. Taylor Making the
r esentadon Speech
ay the Daughters Of tha Comic dsra.y,
MISS =GALLATINsS BRIEF REPLY
F esentation Speech

MISS GALLATlNss BRIEF REPLY
Heeez character studtes always leave
1aaloes= Impressions with those who al.
aewI thetr portrayal by means ot=the
stage such Is she play Ghosts"
that WAS presented by Miss Alberta
t'alIaJin al The ElRs theateY last night.
and il is safe 10 say that her audience
i'll tine main We're pleased lbscn'a
widely discussed drama has met with
various criticisms during lite season.
some condcmning II as immoral in the
extreme While others look at the mag
hitlccnt opportunity il AFT ads for the
preaching of one of the strongest ser.
mons ef modern times. In the hands
OF crude actress the play would be
immoral, but with Miss Gallatin in
the title rodo. supported by a capable
cast, there is nothing in the presenta.
With all that, il is not a play for chill
drcn or the galleries. The scenery is
not changed during the entire perform
ance and the actors ale required to
wear the same costumes throughout,
which gives to the performance weird
and ghostly effect. but lends all the
more pawer to the acting and the plot
itself. In this day and time, when elab-
crate stage setting. costly gowns and
brilliant rCpartee is required to enter
tain an audience Miss GaIlatin's trl-
umph is all the greater because she
needs none of these accessories, yet
holds her listeners Spcllbound through
out
As Mrs. Alvin, the leading role the
star has part which appeals strongly
to m9thers and sons alike for each is
made To feel that everlasting love
which a mother has toward her off
spring...In the last act the actress
rises 10 the climax of strong acting
and the solemn grandeur of the scene
leaves a lasting impression on the
minds # the, hearers which entirely
oVershadoWs any suggestiveness in the
opening scenes.
Al the closing of the second act
there appeared an opportunity for one
bright spot i'll the performances Miss
Gallatin had been called before the cur
tain in response to an enccTe and Hon.
S. NJ. Taylor,on behalf of the local
Daughters OF the Confederacy, present
ed her with a cluster Of roses as
mark Of the esteem in which shei
held by the Daughters He said:
You being known to be the daugh-
of Confederate soldier, the Daughters
Of the Confederacv Of this city have
directed me to bring you these flow
ers. Though you be stranger
among us, these Daughters of the
Confederacy wish you to feel that
yau are in your own southland, and
among those who are bound to you by
hooks of steel The flowers are not
presented because Of your spendid tai
ous but because you are a child OF
e G5alf de4ate soldier. You are great
f., hoI fad by being a descendant OF
the great Albert Gallatin, who, under
Ne father Of Democracy President
Adape held the office Of secretary or
the treasury. but there rests upon yam
a greater and grander honor, because
you are daughter ii the s9ea5 Gen.
Calla'in who, under the leadership of
1&o immer'al Lee, gave his life for the
cause OF tic solth.
With the pleasing readiness of true
woman, Miss Gallatiu rose TO the &C.
cason and expressed her thanks III
the following: Il don't know what TO
say. | cannot make speech, but
even if We're the best speech
maker in the world | could
not tell how much | thank ysp
all. In behalf cf my company, my
manager and myself, ! thank you and
the Daughters of the Confederacy.
A weI-illed house attended the per-
formance, and all speak in highest
praise of it.