The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1905-12-11
WITH FREDERICK wARDE.

This afternoon a representative of
the Daily Sentinel spent a pleasant
half hour with Frederick Warde, the
veteran actor, at his room in the Ho-
tel La Court. A more genial. affable
and whole souled gentleman one
could hardly wish to meet, and to
hear him talk of the stage and his
life upon the stage Is a rich treat
Mr.. Warde's home is in Brooklyn,
New York. where he has resided for
over thirty years. He is ffty-four
years old and his career upon the
stage embraces nearly the whole of
this eXpanse OF years. having been an
actor for thirty-eight years
Frederick Warde has for years
been one of the country's greatest
Shallespearian players as well as one
of the most successful actors of Amer
lea. He is familiar parsonage in
the leading play houses of all the
great cities of the country and when
he announced in one of the early
months OF this year that he would re
tire from the stage thousands of ad-
mirers throughout the country, in
Guiding a goodly number in Grand
Junction, received the announcement
with regret. on being asked for his
reason for retiring from the stage
Mr. Warde entered into a lengthy and
very satisfactory and explicit explana-
ton. For years Mr.. Warde declares
there has been a tendency on the part
of the people TO pass by the great
dramas, the ideals of the stage. The
peerless tragedies and comedies of
Shakespeare no longer appeal to the
people as they should. The apprec-
iation of the legitimate is at low ebb
The people have for years been turn
ing to the light and shallow enter
tainments, creations of the stage that
will entertain and please for a while
and then are forgotten. Mr.. Warde
declares that his whole life and am
bition have been conferred around the
highest and purest in the great art
and seeing that the pople are becom-
ing more and more unappreciative
and undesirous of this class of pro
ductions Mr.. Warde. determined to
leave the stage When asked the
reason for this growing and deplor-
able tendency on the part of the pub
lie Mr.. Warde stated that years ago
the people were more conservative
and deliberate in their business meth
DDS and life but as the years have
passed competition has grown greater,
business life has grown more strenu-
Gus. eommercialism has reached a
white heat and the people are neces-
sarily more highstrung so when a man
goes to a theatre he goes for rest and
momentary entertainment only there
fore the light operas ana comedies
are demanded while the great plays
that demand thought and concentra-
ton of mind are passed by,
Along this line of thought Mr.
Warde spoke most instructively and
entertainingly. He sees hope for the
pure in the art in the establishment
of a national theatre which viii neces-
sarlly raise a standard for the stage
in this country.
The distinguished actor is high
gratified with the success of his lee
ture course. He has been warmly re-
ceived everywhere and there is a
demand for him in all parts of the
country.
Mr. Warde has visited Colorado an
nually for years and states that ne
well remembers his previous visits to
Grand Junction. He was seen here
great demand for him in all parts of
Inc Kidder as his leading lady NJ.
Warde has filled n number of engage
ments in Colorado during the past
two weeks.
He seems TO be enjoying his tour
hugely. Last year Mr. Warde travel
ed $4,000 miles, and this year he viii
not fall far behind his travels of last
year.
MIR. Warde is a brilliant conversa-
tionalist as well as great actor and
his lecture tonight will doubtless
prove TO the people of Grand June
ton that he eNcels as a lecturer and
reCiterH