The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-30

| with me in a farewell performance here.
He saw my friends here and hr.Frohman
Joined him In the scheme, So you see here
| am back in New York
Nine. Modjeska Is beyond the usual age.
Indeed, the biographies show that she is
considerably beyond It. But her face n
youthful and her figure slender. Years ago
she decided that she was not going TO get
, old. and she has succeeded remarkably In
carrying out that plan.
Il had a grandmother who was rs years
old. she said to the reporter, and once
II was necessary to provide for her some
Of the warm, thick hannels that old ladies'
need
Don't give those to me- abe said with
scorn. viii wear them when / get old
Il do not remember that ever did any
! thing for my health except to try TO follow
/ a reasonable, hygienio life. have always
I taken a great deal Of exercise in California
/ on horseback and on foot. Life s very
I tranquil and peaceful out there, and now
/ that ] am working on nv memoirs ] have
I always something to do.
But am never 1t loss for occupation
! out there. In the summers We always
! 60 down TO the seashore. where i battle
! sometimes four times a day II the weather
| IL good. We have large Polish colony
on the place and they are very happy and
| busy
Nine ModjeskA has had many oters
| TO make a tour Of the country next season,
playing In all Of the large cities one OF the
! characters suited 20 her age with which
she has been identified. These were to
| roles she has selected for her appearance
/ here on Tuesday-and such other parts
| a. she should care 70 pick out.
| Nine MojeskA was to make the tour in
q private car and the terms offered 70 her
| we're as good as any she received IN the
| height Of her popularity. But she declined
| the offer because she was not SURE that the
| company and accessories would be Of q
I kind to correspond with her ideas, She
! hRs also refused an oner OF N,1b0 a week
| 10 appear In vaudeville.
/ Il would not accept that, abe said. as
/ Il would be q degradation OF my an. II
| would be merely an exploitation OF my
| reputation as IN thoee few minutes should
| be able to do nothing that would exhibit
my art az its best.
tOniy a few years ago an actress who
| IL now one Of the most popular stan In this
| country was very much dissatisfied with
! her progress. She thought her manager
| did not get her the night eort Of plays and
| abe wanted 20 start out alone.
She happened TO appear IN q little
| akStch. which was very SUCCESSFUL. An
| offer came from a vaudeville ,theater to
act for ten weeks at 81 900 a week
Il win accept that she told me, be
cause with that money l will be abls 10 do
what I want. i viii be in position TO
refuse any part that do not think IL suited
| to me-
mace neT promise me DtlOIt bnc AelN
| the room that she would do nothing Of the
! kind. Half a dozen times since she has
thanked me With team In her eyes for my
| advice.
zone must be true TO ones standard Of
art. have not struggled 70 gain my ideals
all these years only 70 turn my back on them
| IN the end.
i don't know how any young actress
Of the day she went on, ever manages
70 acquire a repertoire. have played In
my life certainly more than q hundred
parts in addition 10 those have played
only few times.
yet nowadays a young women rarely
gets the opportunity 20 act more than one
or two In q year, and before abe has 40
quired experience enough 20 be really an
artist, she Is no longer very young But In
her art she h q beginner.
i once acted Cdmills three weekB In suo-
ceasion In London, and thought that the
limits to my endurance had been reached
then II turned out however, that some
thing was stnl In store for me. HAD 10
act Odttte ninety times,
After the last performance / fair y
ahrieked from nervousness. Mrs. Ban
croft sent her maid 10 my room 10 ask n
was H. ] sent back word that was very
! ~ and that Odotie was the name Of my
malady. But ] hear OF actresses playing
the same role night after night Tor year
! or two,
swher ] came here first 10 act was
,ccllsed o cling too naturalistiC ard sup
prcsced. Th.t so,'nds strange now when