Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-16

up struggle that had lasted sey.r
years, and came back 70 London. II
was several years later that he return.
ed TO Africa as Il volunteer.
Mrs. Campbell was born 10 romano
as Il were. Her father John Tana,r
was living In Bombay, when ne feu il,
love with beautiful Italian circus rlj,
er. Louisa Roman!ni, whose father .vs,
the proprietor Of the show. and mar.
ried her, TO the great astonlshnnAnt ~
his social circle in Bombay. The dauph.
ter OF this union was christened SteIa
Beatrice after her mothers sls,er
stella Romanini whose horsemanshln
made her also one Of the attractions In
RomanlnPs grand circus
Mrs. CampbellG people all live near
her In Kensington, London. Her moth.
er, a charming Italian who spaaks
English brokenly. almost invariabIy
accompanies her daughter to the thea.
ter. When she IL prevented Mrs Nm
a sister Of Mrs. Campbell. who T.
much seen In smart society. Is I'm tba
dressingroom. Mrs, Campbell is one o,
family whose family feeling is un.
usually strong.
The fact that, rs Ben Greet says. Mrs
accounts for the stern treatment sha
sometimes gives the men and women
in her company. She has such lahorloia
ideals that II takes extraordinary 40,
tors and actresses to al all approach
them. But when she sees that some
one In her employ Is trying hard no opa
exceeds Mrs Campbell In patience. This
often, moreover. when she may have
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quite her custom.
A London theatrical man said Of Mrs.
Campbell a few days since. "She vil
be as great an actress as Bernhardt vet
She IL far on the path now and scarcely
past 80. She has almost Purltanical
Ideals OF morality and she works as
have never seen woman work In my
life"
Mrs. Campbell's home life and social
lie have none OF the rouge and. powder
aspect attributed to the off -stage hours
or actresses by those who know little
about the subject She lives In typl.
cally grim and outwardly ugly house In
the quiet and rather fashionable Ken.
sington Square But as IL so often
the case with forbidding smoke
stained London house, once you get In.
side you find yourself surrounded with
every evidence Of rare taste In art ami
books. Mrs Campbells favorite and
most cherished volume IL precious
Kelmscott edition OF Chaucer--her best
loved auhor-and ] have been so for.
tunate as to obtain a hitherto unpub.
llshed photograph by a famous anna.
teur which shows the actress at home.
porting over this Identical tome, whose
typographical beauties can be Judged
from the photograph.
Mrs, Campbell was so much feted IN
America last summer and goes about
90 much over here, that she has the
reputation Of being ambitious socially
But that reputation isn't I'm accord with
the facts, for Instead Of kow- towing 10
ihes chIgher up, and condescendlng 10
those lower down the social scale. az
the climbers have to do. II doest mp.
pear 10 make particle Of difference
to this unusual sort OF woman whether
her intimates are duchessea or girls who
have to work for a living. Both kinds
are On her visiting Hist, and all are ap-
parently alike 10 her so long as they
are quiet. thoughtful folk She was The
Intimate friend OF Burne-Jones ant
Lady Burnc-Jones, and her London
house Is filled with the artists work
presented by him To her. Mrs. Camp
bell differs from go many actors and
actresses who find their only deep IN.
terest IN the actual stage. II Is her ar.
tlstlc and intellectual life, rather than
her dramatic interests which decides
her friendships for her
CURTIS BROWNE,