The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20

derful woman Have you noticed, for ex-
ample" she rocked gently, and talked as
Mrs. Wiggs herself might have talked of
the other woman's goodness. have you
noticed that Mrs. Wigs never talks about
herself? You actually know nothing about
her own personal struggle only on the one
occasion when the husband leaves her,
and she disco .ers that his return was
only an accident. Then she just says
'alter. 1 have been working for the child
ren sll these years
1T would be well for a good many of
us to remember Mrs. Wigs: Don't get
sorry fo= yourself -
Wouldn't Il? That's just it," Mrs.
Cook settled it. I'VE all make sacrifices.
don't we? But don't we let people know
about them?"
Mrs. Cooks quaint, sly, kind glance
caught me unawares. and ! acknowledged
that we did, but forthwith determined
that one of us wouldn't until next time.
''Oh, she is a big woman in every way
Mrs. Cook went on. You remember
where the husband comes home? OF
course, recreant husbands are forgiven
every day. but not in Mrs. Wigs way.
You remember how It is done? Don't
know how to tell you what I've been do
ing, Nancy Wigs stammers. You don't
have to- she just says. She forgives
ulIIl-duQ lncIc ilO lcStoIc-
But is that good for the Mr.
wiggses-"
'It seems about as good as the other
way" she laughed-euch round, warm,
sudden little ripple. Then seriously again.
And then there Is Mrs. Wigs crowning
fneness, the taking In OF that illeg Innate
child. Not only the sentimental pain It
for. to clothe, to feed, and that one the
child of her husband and another wom-
an"
Mrs. Wigs abstention from the query
habit owned had to me seemed one of
her proudest distinctions, that of all the
marrying suspicious little crowd Of the
cabbage patch, she alone, the one who
had taken Lovey Mary into her home,
had not asked the girl single question.
''She is q person of many refinements."
her creator added, "and her virtues are
so useful-the contentment, the loving
kindness Of her, never too tired or too
busy 10 help others; and the curious
wisdom of her In knowing what to say
and what not to say! Oh, to me Mrs
Wiggs is one of the really big women
of the world
els II the character you have liked best
IN all your piaying?" 1 asked.
Perhaps, yes" Mrs. Cook considered
It But ! like any role that requires
thinking about, working at I've worked
hard for a great number or years-s1nce
was three years old. and that is not
yesterday" Mrs. Cooks piquant glance
here might have been coquetry II 1 had
been a man.
I did my best, told her the obvious
truth, that her three-year span could
not have been so terribly distant. 1t was
here that we came to Eleanor Robson,
who has the honor to be mothered by
Mrs. Cook. In miniature, in full-length.
as this, as that, and as her own pretty
self, Miss Robson's sensitive face and
delicate figure adorned the dressing table.
I asked II the now famous young actress,
soon to be here, had not made her debut
in San Francisco, and with T. Daniel
Frawley's famous company.
It was at the California her mother
told me, that Miss Robson put foot upon
the stage for the first time, some seven
or eight years ago. She came right there
from school. 1t was Ito please mother"
that she came at all. She did not care
for the stage, had no dramatic ambitions,
but just to be with her motner, VINO was
then in her second season here with
F'rawley.
Mrs Cook laughed gently as she told
of her daughters debut. 1t was in the
second ingenue role In Men and Wom-
en-" She went on. Mrs. Cook says,
with the self-possession Of absolute