The San Francisco call., 1905-08-20

George c. Tyler may be a genius Al
casts, but I could have chosen Mrs
Madge Carr Cook as Mrs Wigs my
self I would not say that could FOL
q moment have OWNED the deliciou:
pathetico-comical Mis- Hazy in the
handsome Helen Lowell. nor the won
drous Mrs. Eichorn in Helen Redmond
nor that admirable slouch, Mr.. Stubbins
In the business-like Charles Carter
But Mrs Cooks Mrs. Wiggs is another
matter. Even the Cook nose. with its
little hopeful uplift. the humorous, ex-
perienceo mouth, the kind, sympathetic
eyes, all seem to belong by nature un-
der Mrs. Wigs sunbonnet 1t take:
only one moments acquaintance. too
10 ind in Mrs. Cook the same sunny
kindly wisdom, the same humorous
hopeful, generous, ali-forgiving philos-
ophy Of the cabbage patch sage. Quite
true, Mrs. Cooks own prettily formal
manners are not of the large. easy
going slack habit of Mrs. Wiggs, but
otherwise she was born into the part
II was not AT the cabbage patch but
at the St Francis that Mrs. Cook met
me the other day. AS Mrs. Wiggs her
self would have arranged it there was
q footstool at my chair, the chair it.
self placed by the open window lust
out OF the draught- The room was
dainty with flowers as Mrs. WiEgs
would have had hers-so Mrs. Coon
says-if she had had time, and Mrs.
Cooks welcome was as genial
We began with a slight disagree
ment. Because Mrs. Wiggs keeps her
front" in the coal scuttle or in the
back yard 1 had recklessly called the
good lady slatternly. Mrs. Cook ad-
judged II that she had only not the
time 10 be tidy; that where q woman
is the mother of many children, cook.
stairs girl and everything else TO them,
she must not be called untfdy- even IL
she does keep her hair with the GOALS
and the coal oil can in the bedl She
pointed out that when one first sees
the Wigs kitchen it has been In the
hands Of the little Wiggses for some
hours and one knew what that means
7 did. had had the fun Of decorating
kitchens myself and repentantly apol-
ogized 10 Mrs. Wigs interpreter.
1 should not like Mrs. Wiggs." Mrs
Cook said, IF she were really untidy,
but you know I've often thought what
Mrs Wiggs would have been with a
little more time and a little more
money. how she would have kept those
everything just 30. L." Mrs. Cook
broke of with a broad smile here at
the one that faced her. 'Oh, you must
known fact, you see, Mrs. Wigs is
very real to me I've lived with her
so long, thought her way. wondered her
wonderments, that can hardly believe
that there is no sech pusson.' 3"
1 told her I could well believe It, that
there was not niche Of Mrs. Wigs part
that did not 1T her to a dot
Mrs. Cook acknowledged that such had
been said before. Then, glowing like a
girl over II, she told of Nat Goodwin COM
ing behind scenes the night before to
compliment her. "It means so much from
e great artist like he is,'' she said, land
It meant ever so much more than usual
last night I was really very nervous
coming here, in addition to thu usual first
night nervousness"
But you have met with nothing but
success IN the part so far 1 protested.
Yes. but" Mrs. Cook nodded her
head wisely-'San Francisco is a little
world in itself You never quite know
how it is going to take things. 1 thought
perhaps the types might be too-locaI, to
appeal here
1T seems not"
'It seems not" she echoed happily.
AFTER all, Mrs. Wigs is a universal
type. And she's new to the stage, isn't
she-old to the world. one is glad to
think. Really, think she is most won