The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-22
n,tv Anderson ,s ~
as a Girl Actress

4 her ambition 10 uoii.es''S u"ies' yet
ss'n Anderson the actress her career must
sn ,beme Of interest to the world, and es-
j E'g " Miss Amelia Miller Of Louisville, |
fHI ~,ny heretofore unpublished facts about
a VA M OF Mary Anderson In the course
ss ,,,tion Miss Miller said: We used to
',,b,r about ten OF us, in the neigh
Nv " 4 Jefferson street, between Hancock
m1.v One Of our number was Mary An
nd she was one OF my playmates Tor
f'e r.. before her mother married Dr. Crit
" W. A,dersons lived in East Jefferson
Iouisyille Mary used to collect her
~ ..,rd her after school and on Satur-
IA mount the steep front steps that led to
u ~ .r1 recite. As a school girl she was
8, remarkably good In her reading lessons
&s's.,,,,ions: the truth is, she often kept me
r,uor Of excitement, as she would get so
3 -,ipp over some piece.
IN ~. .,s exceedingly tall and unpromisng In
toy the queenly and classic beauty she
T a1 t,,sr She would often recite in such
T'5 ,,-nest way that she frightened us, and
,..,v The rest Of US would fly away in ter
n. ,,ntcnt with recitations on the portico,
,,,,,i,ed company of her own, COM
td y U.s. 81 he cellar Of Gao Eas, Jefferson
a n. n, house occupied for many years by the
I'M 4 the late Samuel Sulzer. The price Of
.;,s,o was. think, twenty-five pins and ey-
A IN, n that vicinity bought tickets.
IN, e,lzer boys we're numerous and natural
,1,ae They improvised a stage, painted the
curtain that seemed in our evcs
,,me Of art Charles Rcmers then abo.t
"u ,rs had charge Of the s,ar- derorat.
slt,l,s " ,sr.r, b-o,,gbt ~ vines ccdars anil
as. soaii,. rn,de a Courageous cfrec,
E, pa p ps, o,er became one Of the Ie.din0
y n oris,,ille Then again tbs
M o ss,. n.ro r,d,,ated from, sccc ns,ters
VIZ W" Ma, ,nd rnanv sion about on;s-
w aa p' 80 ,hsir ;,,,rirt
.c'ss.s. The fret audience Mary Arde-so,
.a.5 80 ,..rs ,L,se IN the ci,I,er c,ttor
- ~. e,,i,er hoys ubo ;s ro,y Mrs
'e 49,, shsrsI fbe bonors /, the cast yith
49, i-I.,,os
~ n l $780,. ct..,-- e.---,..-
'. .s.,s,ra toned circus and travelsd ,yitb
o.s.-s ,.bo nl,yrd the rolcs NJ Williams a..
"a in,.rs ,,e-e William, l,;edork.r,-,-
sa.,,a sutsr Matte Lucas Anna Hamiito,
4 T-,,l g,rr and others can not now recall
l'S,, eb;eqy bowever. during the DAVIS \. hen
Al ,-,rd,d M N5rRrrrie's school mn Valn,,,
4 ~ b,,w.sn r,ctson and Mancorl, strests
5bs,ilt that remeuber Mary Anderson
M Anna Hamilton p-ofessor Of the Fin.
Y IA l,prusqe in the rirls high school and nrcsi.
a. Of he Kentucky Federation Of Women
H., was also one OF the classmates. Mary.
n itrg idea was to plav the heroine or none
HI, little dramas given In the Suffer cellar
Huay had 10 20 her way or else at the las,
trnt Mary would get to pouting and rcfusl
ID cone before the audience.
Many people recall her as iollv and froiic
ra. She though, nothing, they saw, Of run
NJ after street car or an omnibus and hang
On the rear steps.
tmoyed to 2ai GRAY street. When she cam.
a Evansville as 4 real actress in later years sew
rl,ntmhers OF the Sulzcr cellar cast arrange,
seHust which was sent to her dressing room
Hlg Anderson however. never acknowledge,
/ receipt although We waited anxiously for he
kdso'
he residence of Dr Hamilton Griffin &c et,i
a fre state OF preservation in GRAY street il
a;vl, The actic room 70 which the grea
rttM refers in her memoirs IS in the thirt
2tap. The family now owning the, house Ina,
ne for It. so the ladder stems were take,
Atg and the entrance covered with boards
aNatd and Dgncred
h; window in the gable is the one throuel
Am when studyjnr those traced, c,rte tha
ia, sfsrward 10 Siam bar ss canins 4
ttic was so b'rb np add ,nfrc9,,entrl III
shtor folk star,eJ ronn ,' 49,. bost ba
ben tie place and had o{te, been ssSn +, nre
x d The windo,, On ,bn $50 ~ ,ridniah,
1t was aiterward explained nv III, family
aa The prcsent t,nst Toru ",s tSa
rril time, she had hem c,,,.d rno7 h
sr,ssa DESTROY, ,o Get neon ~ the abor
eesd little attic made f,r,oI p ~, Ma" An5r,
- "
Tie Uncle NorI" a. ,,,,;,o,,, r.forr.d - /;
y remors ia we'll i,,,o,,.,' o,,;s,;,t
4 t9s He was nr;o., ond 80 F,ther Ar
stg reformed many nobIc acre of mc-ey !
e tisn suburban Parish ~ e. Pcter,s Fatbr
Aii'ny possesscl the mover Of healing. an
guns from all over the state who had hear
\, cures iourneyed tbither
''.A'i Anthony died some vosrs ,,o He W.
E Anderson's IDEAL Of goodness He new,
etm bis consent 70 tor go ca-..r 81