The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-01

pr6EnaEed Wlth certain fuoreSeent
salts. I'm darkness only the portions
of material thus rendered luminous are
visible
The recent death of Augustus Cock,
The actor, removed from the list of
prominent creators of character roles
one OF the best of all the number ON
the American stage Cooks vlflie per-
fcrmance of Napoleon DOE kathryn Kid
der's production OF Aladame sans
Gene" perhaps attracted the greatest
attention to his work. but he bad long
been recognized as au adept iD char
acter work. Perhaps next 20 Wilton
LaCkaye be was the creator of most
striking makeups and in addition he
possessed a tine sense of the dnpToprI-
ateness OF his parts 90 the entire play
Cook was an English actor ana was
brought 90 this country by Minnie Pal
mer He subsequently Joined the Ia
ceum forces and supported y. H. SOth-
ern i'm nearly ali Of his early successes
there such as The Master of Wood
barrow, Captain LetferhlaiV,' The
Dancing Girl and others that followed
ia their timc. PIE was tHe husband of
Madge Carr Cook. now the star ot
MIS-. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch
but they were divorced in 1894, Cook
subsequently marrying inc daughter of
New York City. The report that he
was the daushter eff Eleanor Robson
is erroneous, Miss Robson is the
daughter of Madge Carr Cook, but her
father died some years before her
mothers marriage TO Cook,
The relation of the player To the
social world. which has been widely
discussed. was made the subject of
investigation recently iu New York,
with some iuteTestius results. The
actor has ceased to- be the pariah i'm
society he once was. The fact that
he is not more frequently represented
I'm the lists of social gatherings is
rather due 10 his own lack of iJ,teT-
est and Concentration i1 his work-
There t. uo class of people more self-
CenteTed than the actors. Their ah-
sences from New York ana distant
wauderings not only COHuDe their So
cjII intercourse largely 90 members OF
their own profession, but discourage
the maintenance of circles Of non-pr0-
fessionai friends. The engTOs5iug ma
tuTe OF their work also iuterferes with
the demands of "a social position. There
are exceptions however. and "a num-
Der of the players do maintain social
positions which are either of their own
individual making or have been handed
GOWN ass q heritage Of continued family
prestige.
Ethel Barrymore has found the doors
Of society swung open freely at her
approach. Few American actress
have been So welcomed I'm excIusive
sets. When in New York she enter
tains pleasantly. Miss Barrymore does
not go out socially nowadays as uiEch
as she did iu the earlier DAYS Of her
stage career. for leisure has besan1R
a raTer luxury That. perhaps. Isl nozT
the only reason. Like many an0tHeE
woman of brains. she quickly tired q
that phase Of social life which Was
merely a round If chatter and small
talk.
John Drew has always been known
as q society actor" and he is one of
the few Of the profession to whom New
York clubs and Newport drawing rooms
alike have been open. Tt was quite
material therefore. that his daughter.
Louisa, should take her place among
the aTistoCrats of the theatre Among
the families with whom the DreWs have
been intimate are the HewiJts and the
Cuttings. They We're frequently guests
at the Assembly halls and i'm New
port the exclusive cottages welcome
them.
The Drews have been entertained by
the DCwager Duchess Of Manchester
(COnsUelo YznaSa) and Lady Dorothy
Nevii. one of the bTaiuiest women in
the London smart set. I'm the summer
the Drew family lives at Easthamp-
ton Long island, IN aH unpTetentoUs
house of colonial style. There they
entertain and are entertained
Mrs. Richard Mansfield, though no
longer active on the stage as she was
under the name of Beatrice Came
ron. was always a welcome visitor i'm
circles not ordinarily entered by the
professionals. 1t was al the summer
home of Georgia Gibbs, daughter Of
the late Edwin s. Gibbs that Rich
ard Mansfield couTted and won her.
The actor was then living al Port
chester and the Gibbs home was at
Rye. only d short distance away.
Julia -Afarlowe's leauiuEs have been
rather toward the literary and artistic
set than that of so-caued smart SO
ciety. Though she has occasionally
slipped tea ana exchanged the COM
mOnplaCes CT polite society. she admits
10 no liking for that particular sort
of thing Nor does Annie Russell. who
at her homo i'm New York and her
PemaQuid (1Ie) summer place finds
her best pleasures in books and run
ning brooks.
Louis James tells story Of "a sub
urban literary club that was devotius
its attention TO the perusaI Of Ham
LETT just before the last meeting one
of the members of the club said TO
another woman whom she met at an
afternoon tea.
Il am i'm an awful hurry for the
next meeting of our reading club, be-
cause we are studying Hamlet and
I'm simply crazy 20 know how il comes