The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-14

utes without having uttered word.
In the room were Bran Stoker, who had
been his immediate manager for many
years, and few other intimate friends.
The event caused the greatest pain and
CONSERVATION among the members OF
the company. #
Spoke Of His Death. q
To the last moment Of his life Sir
Henry Irving's heart was in the work
to which he had devoted his career
the raising Of the standard of his art.
On Wednesday he was entertained at
luncheon in the Bradford town hall, at
which the mayor presented him an adj
dress from his admirers. as, III L
) In replying to the address, Sir Henry
spoke Of himself as one the sands Of
whose life were fast running out, but
no one then present had the slightest
ofa tpa eea sna n T hs Geeg so %
to- advocate the establishment Of thea
tiers by municipalities, 'because," he
said, ~ believe that by this means the
standard of the true drama as distin7
guished from miscellaneous entertain.
ments would be successfully upheld.
Endowment for Theater.
Money is spent like water for all
kinds Of philanthropic and educational
the theater9 I am sure the time will
come when you will regard the theater
as necessary to liberal education and
be prepared to consider any reasonable
suggestions for the extension Of its legi-
innate influence. -
It may be that in years to come our
countrymen will scarcely understand
how in, our times so potent an instru-
ment for good or ill as the stage. was
left entirely outside the sphere Of pub.
lie administration 49, -. :
Sir Henry's last appearances in Lon.
don were made last summer, following
the nightly receptions accorded him in
the historic Drury Lane theater will
long be remembered. Since then he has
| been engaged in touring the provinces
and contemplated another visit to-, the
United States. ~ s. s1l3
| No definite funeral arrangements
| have been made, but the family is I'm;
| derstood to desire to have them as
| simple as possible. >, 20 ~
| Miss Terry Grieves. -.
Ellen bs ae TsrrY sh was ssdg greatly distressed
81 know all this has happened as he
/ wished. He worked to the very last il
I full possession of his faculties. It re
joices me that he finished his evening 4
work. Ellis last words ons the stage
were: Thru night to light. into THY
hands, Oh God, into thy hands, 7>. =,
of his life, @1 was fcr municipal I'll theate
where everything would be Of the frs
order, where the standard of :, tru'
drama as distinguished from miscella
neous entertainment would be success
fully upheld. A realization Of this wisl
would be a fitting monument to him. ,
Sir Charles Wyndham, manager 0:
the Criterion theater, is taking the in
1tlatlve in summoning meeting o:
actors and managers to decide VIVA
memory 2A Of Hth vsH chief. Suggestion
are heard in some quarters that tn
burial take place in Westminster ab
hey, in Poets, corner, where lie tn
4 bodies of Garrick, Mrs. Siddons am
other theatrical celebrities. -......~, !,
@n' y, Ills Long Career: e i s>rrs
1 4sir Henry Irving was 90 years ode
near Glastonbury, Eng, and much Of hi
boyhood was spent in Hastletown, nea
St. Ives. He was II years old, accorG
ing to his own count, when he, bega
his theatrical career, appearing as Gas
ton, duke Of Orleans, in "Riche1ieu.
The place. was Sunderland, Eng, til
day Sept. II. 1856. -
~teI began life," Sir Henry has ofte
said, Gas a poor boy. I was denie
even the advantages Of common. schoe
education and the struggle to gain eve
the means of the poorest living was nc
the easiest magma ble.'' - =.
, On another occasion he spoke q
: those early struggles and of the an
bltion to. become an actor that neve
!, left him. ... .-. - ,'>>
As an actor he played in London j
a play called .ftHunted Dewn,i,'k an
later being prominent in the run Z
"The Belle IS Strategem.''
: ..,s. 49,. His First Chance. a.4 ~
It was November, 1881, that he Or,
duced "The Bells'' at the Lyceun
: II have waited long for this chance,
Z sighed Irving, when his critics were {
: last silenced and his Matthias we
> counted the creation Of the hour. !
= 1878 he assumed the management Z
= = the ,Lyceum and one of his first move
3 as manager was to make Miss Ellie
: Terry his leading woman. Thereaftt
5 her name was closely linked, with h
during the twenty-one years that 70